Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 795 Films to Buy & Rent
Reform School Girl (1958)
- Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Gloria Castillo, Sally Kellerman
- A “shocking true story”, this cheapie concerns the rough–ride of 17 year–old Gloria Castillo, who gets mixed up with a…
Viking Women And The Sea Serpent (Saga Of The Viking Women And Their Voyage To The Waters Of The Great Sea Serpent) (1958)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot
- Roger Corman schlock scraped from the seabed, about a clan of viking women who head out to sea in pursuit of their missing husbands. Soon they are…
Mother India (1957)
- Dir. Mehboob Khan
Feat. Nargis , Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar
- A quintessential Indian classic, depicting the struggle of a woman through her adult life to reconcile traditional values and village life with a…
Runaway Daughters (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel…
- Drive–in fare from American–International, this time about a trio of disaffected teenage girls – one wanting more than her…
She-Creature, The (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marla English, Tom Conway, Chester Morris…
- A sideshow hypnotist attains fame by predicting murders that are actually carried out by his lovely assistant, under his hypnotic spell. Slow yet…
Sorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
- Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Girls in Prison (1956)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Richard Denning, Joan Taylor
- A seminal women–in–prison movie sure to have packed the kids in at US drive–ins to see 'what happens when a group of deranged,…
Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) (1956)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig
- British crime drama film that features a celebrated performance by "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors. Bearing a coincidental resemblance to the Ruth…
Virgin Queen, The (1955)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Bette Davis
- Bette Davis is in full flight playing Queen Liz I, for the second time. Quality Hollywood.
Les Diaboliques (1954)
- Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse…
- Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…