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Post by politicidal on Dec 9, 2019 19:40:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 19:55:53 GMT
It's kind of a elusive bar though, isn't it? Is a female led movie just a film with all the lead characters being female. Not some, not 3/4, but all of them? Because it seems like a female led movie with all female leads is a category of its own while films with male and female leads rounds up to a male-film by default?
What about a film like say...Dogville? Nicole Kidman is clearly the main character, the character whose journey is the focal point of the story, but there's no shortage of male characters. What about films like Marriage Story? Is it a male led movie or a female led movie or something else?
How about Colossal. All but one essential character I recall are male. The one female character is Anne Hathaway and she's the main character, the character whose journey is most critical to the film and the selling point of the film. She's one female character, but she is the lead. Is that a female led movie, or does the presence of the almost entirely male supporting cast render it a male led film?
Does a film with a female lead have to have all female main characters to be a female led film?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 20:01:11 GMT
Anyways, a few off the top of my head:
The Favourite The Babadook The Witch Thoroughbreds Colossal Room Annihilation ...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2019 11:24:35 GMT
Most of my favourite movies this year have had female leads 
Ride Like A Girl (biggest selling Australian movie of the year)
My Last Days of Mercy
Frozen 2
Rabid
The Nightingale
Knife+Heart
Edzeit
Vita and Virginia
Tell It to the Bees
Celeste
Judy & Punch
Snapshots
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Post by anthonyrocks on Dec 11, 2019 4:06:42 GMT
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 11, 2019 16:37:35 GMT
One more:
"The Others"
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Post by Marv on Dec 11, 2019 17:14:02 GMT
Us
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Post by DC-Fan on Jan 17, 2020 3:46:28 GMT
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was good, but that was released in 2016. Wonder Woman was released in 2017 and is the last female-led movie that was good.
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Post by Winter_King on Jan 17, 2020 13:49:03 GMT
Rogue One
Wonder Woman
Atomic Blonde
10 Cloverfield Lane
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Post by nostromo on Jan 17, 2020 13:58:25 GMT
There are loads of them
Booksmart
Eighth Grade
Atlantics
Hustlers
The Farewell
Ms Purple
American Woman
And Breathe Normally
The Heiresses
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 17, 2020 13:59:07 GMT
I disregard the OP text as it is blatantly stupid.
Wonder Woman is the big one obviously, but I also had a soft spot for Alita despite the marketing making it look atrocious.
Also there was Annihilation, "I, Tonya", or Mad Max: Furiosa Road.
Also, in drama there are countless good female led movies.
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 17, 2020 15:13:23 GMT
It's kind of a elusive bar though, isn't it? Is a female led movie just a film with all the lead characters being female. Not some, not 3/4, but all of them? Because it seems like a female led movie with all female leads is a category of its own while films with male and female leads rounds up to a male-film by default?
What about a film like say...Dogville? Nicole Kidman is clearly the main character, the character whose journey is the focal point of the story, but there's no shortage of male characters. What about films like Marriage Story? Is it a male led movie or a female led movie or something else?
How about Colossal. All but one essential character I recall are male. The one female character is Anne Hathaway and she's the main character, the character whose journey is most critical to the film and the selling point of the film. She's one female character, but she is the lead. Is that a female led movie, or does the presence of the almost entirely male supporting cast render it a male led film?
Does a film with a female lead have to have all female main characters to be a female led film?
From the OP. A movie where the lead characters were all female.
Since OP mentions Showgirls and Spring Breakers, the supporting cast can include males but none of the leads can be male. Dogville would qualify based on this, but Marriage Story and Colossal would not. I assume the OP is asking for this specifically because there are a lot of movies where all the lead characters are male - most action movies for example.
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 17, 2020 15:25:11 GMT
It's kind of a elusive bar though, isn't it? Is a female led movie just a film with all the lead characters being female. Not some, not 3/4, but all of them? Because it seems like a female led movie with all female leads is a category of its own while films with male and female leads rounds up to a male-film by default?
What about a film like say...Dogville? Nicole Kidman is clearly the main character, the character whose journey is the focal point of the story, but there's no shortage of male characters. What about films like Marriage Story? Is it a male led movie or a female led movie or something else?
How about Colossal. All but one essential character I recall are male. The one female character is Anne Hathaway and she's the main character, the character whose journey is most critical to the film and the selling point of the film. She's one female character, but she is the lead. Is that a female led movie, or does the presence of the almost entirely male supporting cast render it a male led film?
Does a film with a female lead have to have all female main characters to be a female led film?
Absolutely not!
That is a separate issue though and is just referring to terminology. The OP is asking for movies where none of the main characters are male.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 17, 2020 15:25:37 GMT
Official Secrets
Annihilation
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Post by kevin on Jan 17, 2020 15:27:34 GMT
Portrait of a Lady on Fire, just a few weeks or months ago depending on where you live. And I'm gonna watch Little Women in 2 weeks, which I'm very excited for. Many others from recent years with women as the main characters or character:
10 Cloverfield Lane
20th Century Women
Annihilation
Booksmart
Cold War
The Edge of Seventeen
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Hereditary
Lady Bird
Midsommar
mother!
Roma
Room
The Shape of Water
Under the Shadow
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 17, 2020 15:28:56 GMT
A movie where the lead characters were all female and the film didn't suck.
As far as female main character movies of recent all I know is: Ghostbusters 2016 which is irrelevant, Neon Demon which I haven't seen but i'm sure it's terrible. And Showgirls. And Springbreakers which is horrible.
So as far as these types of movies, at least Showgirls at least has something going for it. So I'd say that's the best one. At least it had a good director.
However I might be missing the point, on that and on what makes a good movie. there may be some female led movies I am missing here that are competent, just haven't seen them. But Bridesmaids certainty aint one. You're not missing the point on what makes a good movie. You're missing the point that the studios don't believe a movie where the lead characters were all female can be any good, so they don't make nearly as many of them.
Even you seem to think that they're automatically going to suck, based in your opening sentence.
And the that fact that you name Ghostbusters 2016, Neon Demon, Showgirls and Springbreakers as examples tells me you don't even know much about movies where the lead characters were all female and the film didn't suck.
You're part of the problem: the automatic assumption that female led movies are going to suck.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 17, 2020 15:37:04 GMT
Holy shit! Even toastedcheese could find one!!! Awesome!
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 17, 2020 15:42:32 GMT
A movie where the lead characters were all female and the film didn't suck.
As far as female main character movies of recent all I know is: Ghostbusters 2016 which is irrelevant, Neon Demon which I haven't seen but i'm sure it's terrible. And Showgirls. And Springbreakers which is horrible.
So as far as these types of movies, at least Showgirls at least has something going for it. So I'd say that's the best one. At least it had a good director.
However I might be missing the point, on that and on what makes a good movie. there may be some female led movies I am missing here that are competent, just haven't seen them. But Bridesmaids certainty aint one. You're not missing the point on what makes a good movie. You're missing the point that the studios don't believe a movie where the lead characters were all female can be any good, so they don't nearly as many of them.
Even you seem to think that they're automatically going to suck, based in your opening sentence.
And the that fact that you name Ghostbusters 2016, Neon Demon, Showgirls and Springbreakers as examples tells me you don't even know much about movies where the lead characters were all female and the film didn't suck.
You're part of the problem: the automatic assumption that female led movies are going to suck.
I think part of it is that there are entire genres that are seen as male genres. I don't think it is that studios think movies with all female leads can't be any good, but that they aren't a box-office draw. The studios don't seem all that interested in good movies, just movies that will make the most money. Luckily there are good action filmmakers that pushed more female led action movies, like Tarantino, James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 22:04:25 GMT
It's kind of a elusive bar though, isn't it? Is a female led movie just a film with all the lead characters being female. Not some, not 3/4, but all of them? Because it seems like a female led movie with all female leads is a category of its own while films with male and female leads rounds up to a male-film by default?
What about a film like say...Dogville? Nicole Kidman is clearly the main character, the character whose journey is the focal point of the story, but there's no shortage of male characters. What about films like Marriage Story? Is it a male led movie or a female led movie or something else?
How about Colossal. All but one essential character I recall are male. The one female character is Anne Hathaway and she's the main character, the character whose journey is most critical to the film and the selling point of the film. She's one female character, but she is the lead. Is that a female led movie, or does the presence of the almost entirely male supporting cast render it a male led film?
Does a film with a female lead have to have all female main characters to be a female led film?
From the OP. A movie where the lead characters were all female.
Since OP mentions Showgirls and Spring Breakers, the supporting cast can include males but none of the leads can be male. Dogville would qualify based on this, but Marriage Story and Colossal would not. I assume the OP is asking for this specifically because there are a lot of movies where all the lead characters are male - most action movies for example. I got it but I don't regret my quizzical tone or probing.
Even now, I'm not sure of the difference between Colossal and Dogville. Are you suggesting Paul Bettany was less a main character in Dogville than Jason Sudeikis in Colossal? Because I wouldn't have considered either a lead character, but if one of them is then I'm not sure why the other isn't.
I haven't seen Spring Breakers. It's been on my to see list for a while.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 17, 2020 22:08:51 GMT
I like "Peppermint"
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