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The Women [or Films with an All- or Predominantly Female Cast]

Films being predominantly male-centric, it always fascinates me to stumble on something that have either an all-female cast or a predominantly female cast. I was getting into Henry Jaglom's Eating, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that there was nary a male actor in sight! In a cast of many, many women! It quickly reminded me of George Cukor's The Women [and David Miller's, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's, and Diane English's forgotten remakes.] These films being anomalies is a constant fascination for me in this unfair world [read this 2018 study], and being an actressexual, I am doubly fascinated with their existence. So I decided to put up a list of films with an all-female or predominantly female cast -- as a guide for me and for everyone else similarly interested. They're not all good, but many of them are a delight!

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  • 'night, Mother
  • 3 Women
  • 5 Women
  • 7 Women
  • 7 Women and a Murder
  • 8 Women
  • 80 for Brady
  • The 355
  • After Blue (Dirty Paradise)
  • All About My Mother
  • All Girls Weekend
  • The Amazonian Angel
  • L'Amore
  • Ammonite
  • Anchoress
  • Angels of Sin
  • Ann
  • Annihilation
  • Apparition
  • Autumn Mists
  • Autumn Sonata
  • Baby
  • Bachelorette
  • Bad Moms
  • Balikbayan
  • The Beguiled
  • The Beguiled
  • The Belle of Amherst
  • The Bellwether
  • Betty Tells Her Story
  • Big Business
  • Big Little Lies
  • Bindhaast
  • Birds in the Earth
  • Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  • Black Narcissus
  • Blacker Than the Night
  • The Bling Ring
  • The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
  • Book Club
  • Born in Flames
  • Breathe
  • Bridesmaids
  • Bring It On
  • Brink of Life
  • Flowers of the City Jail
  • The Capsule
  • Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
  • Charlie's Angels
  • Charlie's Angels
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
  • Cinema Sabaya
  • Cléo from 5 to 7
  • Coffer
  • The Company of Strangers
  • A Couple
  • Coyote Ugly
  • Cracks
  • Cria!
  • Homemade: Crickets
  • Cries and Whispers
  • Crossroads
  • Cuties
  • Daisies
  • Damsels in Distress
  • Darker Than Night
  • Daughters
  • Dear Mom
  • Death Proof
  • The Descent
  • Dr. T & the Women
  • The Duke of Burgundy
  • Eating
  • Elaine Stritch at Liberty
  • Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)
  • Emilie Muller
  • Erwartung
  • The Eternal Daughter
  • Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob
  • Even the Wind Is Afraid
  • Eva
  • Ever Is Over All
  • Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss
  • Fallen Blossoms
  • The Favourite
  • The Final Girl
  • The First Wives Club
  • Five Across the Eyes
  • National Theatre Live: Fleabag
  • Flipped
  • Four Women
  • Friendships, Secrets and Lies
  • Game of Checkers
  • Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Write Your Own Code
  • Ghostbusters
  • Girl, Interrupted
  • Girl/Girl Scene: The Movie
  • A Girl's Band
  • Girls in Uniform