1. The Woman King
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
It has an average vote of 7.682 on TMDB.
2. Yes
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
3. The Blue Butterfly
Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on Earth, the mythic and elusive Blue Morpho. His mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly, leading to an adventure that will transform their lives
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
4. Edge of Madness
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
5. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles)
Two sisters, their families, and sometimes complicated lives.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
6. Against Their Will: Women in Prison
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's prison have reigned with impunity - rape, sex for money and illegal favors have become the norm until one woman decides to battle the system. Leading a group of inmates on a risky life-or-death struggle for justice, a ten year silence is finally broken, exposing the twisted truth to the world and enabling the prisoners the freedom to live without fear.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Ma fille est innocente
A teenage girl spends her vacation in Asia together with her mom and dad. There she meets another guy from France, who uses her, and she is caught by the drug police, arrested and sentenced to jail. Now her parents need to do something to release their innocent girl and punish the real criminal. Conditions in prison are very bad, the authorities are corrupted and are only interested in their money.
It has an average vote of 3.7 on TMDB.
8. Jamila and the President (Jamila dan Sang Presiden)
Jamila is a prostitute serving a life sentence behind bars. She surrenders herself to the authorities after admitting she killed a high-ranking minister, and refuses to be represented by any lawyer or request a plea to ease her sentence.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
9. Tsatsiki (Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen)
Little Tsatsiki, son of a single mother in Sweden, has never met his father, a Greek fisherman. Tsatsiki befriends a nice but straight-laced motorcycle policeman renting one of their rooms and decices he is the right guy for his mother, an amateur rock singer in love with her band's bass player.
It has an average vote of 5.34 on TMDB.
10. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
11. Peach
Lucy Lawless stars in this short which predated her rise to fame as Xena Princess Warrior. Sal is in a relationship going nowhere with Mog, a layabout who shows her no respect. A chance encounter with an easy-going female truck driver encourages Sal to take more chances in her life, symbolized by the purchase of a tasty but out-of-season peach.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
12. A Dog Barking at the Moon (再见 南屏晚钟)
Coming back to her broken family, pregnant writer Huang Xiaoyu and her French husband, Benjamin, finds herself trapped between her cult brainwashed mother, Li Jiumei, and her secretly homosexual father, Huang Tao.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
13. Lost in Yonkers
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
14. Brave New World
In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their minds are conditioned to follow the rules. A tragic outsider jeopardizes the status quo.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
15. Love for Share (Berbagi Suami)
Three women from three different social, economic, and ethnic groups discuss their lives in polygamous household.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
16. Chants of Lotus (Perempuan Punya Cerita)
This is an omnibus film, directed by 4 females and consists of 4 stories about women.
17. Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit , arrested and locked up behind bars.
18. Istanbul Story
Katia’s unexpected journey to Istanbul traps her in a chain of adventures enacted on the front of her disrupted childhood. She discovers her mother’s secrets and faces her own inner desires and dilemmas.
19. Xamou (Ξα μου)
“Xa mou” means “to do whatever I feel like” in the Cretan idiom. Johnny, the film’s main character, is a French man who lives in Crete. He unexpectedly loses his job, but he is reborn when he discovers the small pleasures in everyday life.
20. Till Dark
A teen boy's obsession with his childhood best friend reaches a peak when he discovers she's been spending time with the other member of their trio.