Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama > Girl-centric: 372 Films to Rent
Just Like a Woman (2012)
- Dir. Rachid Bouchareb
Feat. Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Roschdy Zem
- Sienna Miller plays a Chicago housewife who joins a North African belly dancer en route to Santa Fe in this light comedy of…
Wadjda (2012)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
Feat. Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah
- This humanist triumph is the first ever feature to be shot in Saudi Arabia, centering on a plucky young girl who attempts to raise money for a…
What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Feat. Sara Wiseman, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…
Corpo Celeste (2011)
- Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Salvatore Cantalupo, Anita Caprioli
- A thirteen–year–old girl moves back to southern Italy with her mother and older sister and struggles to find her place, restlessly…
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Sean Durkin
Feat. Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy…
- A damaged young woman struggles to re–assimilate with her sister after fleeing an abusive cult in this unnerving, suggestive psycho–drama…
Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (2011)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Kate Winslet gives a towering performance as the titular housewife of James M. Cain's classic noir novel of Depression Era desperation and…
Source, The (La Source des femmes) (2011)
- Dir. Radu Mihaileanu
Feat. Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass
- A dashing feminist dramedy sprung from the male bias in the Middle East, about a village of women who take up a 'sex strike' after their husbands…
Winners and Losers (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay…
- Winning female–centric dramedy concerns the altered lives of four Melbournian women who score big on the Lottery. Gets great mileage from the…
Your Sister's Sister (2011)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass
- A note–perfect indie drama from the dir. of HUMPDAY, this 'chick flick' may well appeal as much to male audiences with its engaging cast and…
Another Year (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville…
- A happily married middle–aged couple attempt to fix up their cheery, if secretly depressed friend in this honest domestic drama, another winner…