Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Girl-centric: 375 Films to Buy & Rent
Wetlands (2013)
- Dir. David Wnendt
Feat. Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse
- Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
WPC 56 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Jennie Jacques
- In the tradition of JULIET BRAVO, this Birmingham–set police drama follows the trials and triumphs of a woman constable to serving in the…
Beyond the Hills (2012)
- Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Feat. Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur
- Cristian Mungiu directs this engrossing companion piece to his Cannes–winning 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, about the test of closeness between…
Black & White & Sex (2012)
- Dir. John Winter
Feat. Katherine Hicks, Roxane Wilson, Anya Beyersdorf…
- Provocative, multifaceted portrait of a sex worker –played by eight different actresses – who through a series of interviews with a…
Bomb Girls (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Ali Liebert…
- A first–rate Canadian drama centred on the lives of women on the home–front who were recruited to work in dangerous munitions factories…
Call the Midwife (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Jessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Miranda Hart…
- Immensely popular BBC series follows – in fashionable period detail – the trials and tribulations of a newly–qualified midwife, who begins…
Foxfire (2012)
- Dir. Laurent Cantet
Feat. Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni
- From a Joyce Carol Oates story, Laurent Cantet (THE CLASS) directs this plucky period drama of a girl gang who rally against male oppression in 1950s…
Frances Ha (2012)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver…
- The whimsical exploits of a struggling dancer at the tail end of her adolescence are semi–improvised in this Manhattan indie rom–com,…
Free Samples (2012)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Jay Gammill
Feat. Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter…
- A small–scale but deceptively smart and engaging "retail comedy" that spends a day in the life with a sarcastic LA law–school dropout who…
Girls - Season 1 (TV Series) (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke…
- Following her "mumblecore" hit TINY FURNITURE, wunderkind Lena Dunham's breakthrough into television (with the help of kingpin Judd Apatow) heralds a…