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19 films about strong women that are worth watching
I want to recall stories that tell about the perseverance of the human spirit rather than the body. Before you films about strong women who got into difficult situations and found the strength to come out of them as winners.
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
A psychopath kidnaps and murders young women across the Midwest. The FBI, convinced that all the crimes were committed by the same person, instructs agent Clarissa Sterling to meet with a maniac prisoner who could explain the psychological motives of the serial killer and thereby bring him to his trail. The prisoner, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is serving a sentence for murder and cannibalism.
2. Fargo (Fargo 1995)
In the town of Brainard, Minnesota, committed a series of mysterious murders, which are charged with investigating a pregnant female police officer Marge Gunderson. Accidental coincidences, as well as circumstantial evidence, lead her to a possible killer - car dealer Jerry Lundegaard, who unsuccessfully simulated the abduction of his wife.
3. Soldier Jane (G.I. Jane 1997)
There is a heated debate in the U.S. government about gender discrimination in the Navy. As a result of disputes, the first woman is sent to a special forces unit in Florida to pass an elite program. She became Lieutenant Jordan O'Neal. But the cruel tests that soldiers are subjected to here, sometimes even men can not stand. And Jordan has to prove to the world and herself that she is much more enduring.
4. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc 1999)
The film takes place in the XV century, in the era of the hundred-year war between England and France. 19-year-old Joan of Arc, after the brutal murder of relatives and friends by British soldiers, appeals to the Dauphin Charles with a request to lead the French army. After a series of successful confrontations, Jeanne frees Orléans, forever winning the love, devotion and respect of her people.
5. The Iron Lady (2011)
The film is dedicated to the period of premiership of Margaret Thatcher, during which she tried to resolve the conflict over the Falkland Islands. The victory of the British Army in the Falklands War strengthened Thatcher and the Conservative Party.
6. Domino (Domino 2005)
The plot is based on the story of the life of Englishwoman Domino Harvey, who worked as a bounty hunter, one of the few women in this profession. She was the daughter of the famous actor Lawrence Harvey, but preferred a modeling career to do “more interesting”. Tired of luxury and boring life, Harvey joined a gang of thugs and engaged in the fact that he was looking for people released on bail and disappeared from the sights of the Los Angeles court.
7. The Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Boxing coach Frank Dunn is having a tough time. Due to the difficult relationship with his daughter, he did not allow himself to become attached to anyone for a long time, fearing to relive the loss. However, everything changes when Maggie appears in his training room. Existing in a constant struggle with the world around her, Maggie developed an unshakable fortitude and the will to win. But more than anything, she wants to be believed.
8. Boys Don't Cry (1999) as Boys Don't Cry
Arriving in a small town in Nebraska, Brandon Tina immediately attracts attention. He drinks like a cabbie, swears, stretches out to the full program with the local spawn and enjoys a sense of boundless freedom. But at the same time, he is sensitive and attentive to other people. Of course, no girl will miss such an interesting guy, and a local beauty falls in love with him - the dream of all teenagers.
9. Alien (Alien 1979)
Hearing the call for help, the crew of the Nostromo spacecraft makes an unplanned landing on an unfamiliar planet, where they stumble upon mysterious cocoons of unknown origin. A little later it turns out that in the cocoons hide unfriendly arachnid creatures-parasites, feeding on living flesh. As a result, the return path of Nostromo to Earth turns into a struggle for survival: the space guest who penetrated the ship clearly set out to destroy all crew members.
10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Bonnie and Clyde
America, the 30s of the 20th century, a period of economic decline. Bonnie Parker (Fay Dunaway) works as a waitress in a backwater cafe. Work is not fun, but what to do is money. Everything bothers her to the point that she is willing to do anything to change her life. Therefore, acquaintance with the bandit Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) is very convenient.
11. Previous Previous post: The Hunger Games 2012
The future. The despotic state annually organizes demonstration games for survival, which are watched live by the whole world. The lot to participate in the Games falls young Katniss and secretly in love with her Pete. They have known each other since childhood, but now they must become enemies. According to the inviolable law of the Hunger Games, only one of 24 participants can win. The judges do not care who wins, the main thing is the spectacle. This time the show will be unforgettable.
12. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
She's perfect! There is no woman on this planet who can compare to her. She is divinely beautiful, incredibly intelligent and amazingly brave. She owns all types of hand-to-hand combat, shoots amazingly from any weapons and is able to survive in the most extreme conditions. This girl is the lord's daughter. Her name is Lady Lara Croft.
13. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Beverly Donofrio was an intelligent and ambitious girl, eager to pursue a career as a writer. But the road to the dream was not close. Alas, at a tender age, the voices of hormones bubbling in the blood drown out the voice of reason: at the age of fifteen, she became pregnant from a sweet, but completely unfit for life friend Ray. A schoolgirl with a child at sixteen, later the wife of a drug addict and a single mother, Beverly received from fate, it seems, all imaginable pokes and cracks, paying for the mistakes of youth.
14. Careful! Doors Close (Sliding Doors 1998)
Young Englishwoman Helen Quilly is in a hurry to catch the train. Whether she has time to jump through the closing doors depends on her future fate. If Helen is late for boarding, events will unfold according to the planned pattern: the girl will take a taxi, be attacked by a robber and end up in the hospital. If everything goes well, and Helen has time to jump through the doors, she will arrive home in time, where she will find the groom with his mistress. The old relationship will be destroyed, and the heroine will meet a new man.
15. Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003
A pregnant assassin named Black Mamba is shot by a man named Bill. Bullet in victim's head, blood on wedding dress, darkness... But Black Mamba's head was strong. After four years in a coma, the bride recovers. She is eager to find those who betrayed her. Now only ruthless revenge will calm the heart of the Black Mamba, and she begins to kill all members of Bill’s gang in turn, leaving the leader for last.
16. Salt (Salt 2010)
CIA agent Evelyn Salt interrogates Russian defector Orlov, who tells her about "X-Day" - an operation conceived in the Soviet Union during the Cold War to destroy the United States with the help of agents embedded in the country's special services. At the funeral of the US vice president in New York, the Russian president will be assassinated by Russian spy Evelyn Salt. Orlov then escapes and the CIA thinks Salt is a traitor. Evelyn has to go into hiding.
17. Gia (Gia 1998)
The film is based on the biography of the famous model Gia Marie Karanji in the 1970s, on her personal diary, the stories of her relatives, friends and colleagues, from how she worked at her father’s diner at the age of 17, to her death from AIDS at the age of 26 (in 1986). Gia was one of the first women whose cause of death was openly named immunodeficiency virus.
18. Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich 2000)
The story is about Erin Brockovich, a single woman with three children, whom life does not often indulge in bright days. For people like her, there are no career prospects, only modest jobs at a small law firm. But for a confident beauty, not shy in expressions, one negligible chance is enough to radically change her fate.
19. Sweet November 2001 (Sweet November 2001)
Tightened in a strict suit advertising agent-workaholic Nelson Moss runs through life jumping and does not imagine any other lifestyle. But the living eccentric Sarah Deaver, half seductress, half philosopher, very much represents. If she succeeds, Nelson will be her new victory in a series of mended human destinies.
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1. The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
A psychopath kidnaps and murders young women across the Midwest. The FBI, convinced that all the crimes were committed by the same person, instructs agent Clarissa Sterling to meet with a maniac prisoner who could explain the psychological motives of the serial killer and thereby bring him to his trail. The prisoner, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is serving a sentence for murder and cannibalism.
2. Fargo (Fargo 1995)
In the town of Brainard, Minnesota, committed a series of mysterious murders, which are charged with investigating a pregnant female police officer Marge Gunderson. Accidental coincidences, as well as circumstantial evidence, lead her to a possible killer - car dealer Jerry Lundegaard, who unsuccessfully simulated the abduction of his wife.
3. Soldier Jane (G.I. Jane 1997)
There is a heated debate in the U.S. government about gender discrimination in the Navy. As a result of disputes, the first woman is sent to a special forces unit in Florida to pass an elite program. She became Lieutenant Jordan O'Neal. But the cruel tests that soldiers are subjected to here, sometimes even men can not stand. And Jordan has to prove to the world and herself that she is much more enduring.
4. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc 1999)
The film takes place in the XV century, in the era of the hundred-year war between England and France. 19-year-old Joan of Arc, after the brutal murder of relatives and friends by British soldiers, appeals to the Dauphin Charles with a request to lead the French army. After a series of successful confrontations, Jeanne frees Orléans, forever winning the love, devotion and respect of her people.
5. The Iron Lady (2011)
The film is dedicated to the period of premiership of Margaret Thatcher, during which she tried to resolve the conflict over the Falkland Islands. The victory of the British Army in the Falklands War strengthened Thatcher and the Conservative Party.
6. Domino (Domino 2005)
The plot is based on the story of the life of Englishwoman Domino Harvey, who worked as a bounty hunter, one of the few women in this profession. She was the daughter of the famous actor Lawrence Harvey, but preferred a modeling career to do “more interesting”. Tired of luxury and boring life, Harvey joined a gang of thugs and engaged in the fact that he was looking for people released on bail and disappeared from the sights of the Los Angeles court.
7. The Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Boxing coach Frank Dunn is having a tough time. Due to the difficult relationship with his daughter, he did not allow himself to become attached to anyone for a long time, fearing to relive the loss. However, everything changes when Maggie appears in his training room. Existing in a constant struggle with the world around her, Maggie developed an unshakable fortitude and the will to win. But more than anything, she wants to be believed.
8. Boys Don't Cry (1999) as Boys Don't Cry
Arriving in a small town in Nebraska, Brandon Tina immediately attracts attention. He drinks like a cabbie, swears, stretches out to the full program with the local spawn and enjoys a sense of boundless freedom. But at the same time, he is sensitive and attentive to other people. Of course, no girl will miss such an interesting guy, and a local beauty falls in love with him - the dream of all teenagers.
9. Alien (Alien 1979)
Hearing the call for help, the crew of the Nostromo spacecraft makes an unplanned landing on an unfamiliar planet, where they stumble upon mysterious cocoons of unknown origin. A little later it turns out that in the cocoons hide unfriendly arachnid creatures-parasites, feeding on living flesh. As a result, the return path of Nostromo to Earth turns into a struggle for survival: the space guest who penetrated the ship clearly set out to destroy all crew members.
10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Bonnie and Clyde
America, the 30s of the 20th century, a period of economic decline. Bonnie Parker (Fay Dunaway) works as a waitress in a backwater cafe. Work is not fun, but what to do is money. Everything bothers her to the point that she is willing to do anything to change her life. Therefore, acquaintance with the bandit Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) is very convenient.
11. Previous Previous post: The Hunger Games 2012
The future. The despotic state annually organizes demonstration games for survival, which are watched live by the whole world. The lot to participate in the Games falls young Katniss and secretly in love with her Pete. They have known each other since childhood, but now they must become enemies. According to the inviolable law of the Hunger Games, only one of 24 participants can win. The judges do not care who wins, the main thing is the spectacle. This time the show will be unforgettable.
12. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
She's perfect! There is no woman on this planet who can compare to her. She is divinely beautiful, incredibly intelligent and amazingly brave. She owns all types of hand-to-hand combat, shoots amazingly from any weapons and is able to survive in the most extreme conditions. This girl is the lord's daughter. Her name is Lady Lara Croft.
13. Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Beverly Donofrio was an intelligent and ambitious girl, eager to pursue a career as a writer. But the road to the dream was not close. Alas, at a tender age, the voices of hormones bubbling in the blood drown out the voice of reason: at the age of fifteen, she became pregnant from a sweet, but completely unfit for life friend Ray. A schoolgirl with a child at sixteen, later the wife of a drug addict and a single mother, Beverly received from fate, it seems, all imaginable pokes and cracks, paying for the mistakes of youth.
14. Careful! Doors Close (Sliding Doors 1998)
Young Englishwoman Helen Quilly is in a hurry to catch the train. Whether she has time to jump through the closing doors depends on her future fate. If Helen is late for boarding, events will unfold according to the planned pattern: the girl will take a taxi, be attacked by a robber and end up in the hospital. If everything goes well, and Helen has time to jump through the doors, she will arrive home in time, where she will find the groom with his mistress. The old relationship will be destroyed, and the heroine will meet a new man.
15. Kill Bill: Vol. 1, 2003
A pregnant assassin named Black Mamba is shot by a man named Bill. Bullet in victim's head, blood on wedding dress, darkness... But Black Mamba's head was strong. After four years in a coma, the bride recovers. She is eager to find those who betrayed her. Now only ruthless revenge will calm the heart of the Black Mamba, and she begins to kill all members of Bill’s gang in turn, leaving the leader for last.
16. Salt (Salt 2010)
CIA agent Evelyn Salt interrogates Russian defector Orlov, who tells her about "X-Day" - an operation conceived in the Soviet Union during the Cold War to destroy the United States with the help of agents embedded in the country's special services. At the funeral of the US vice president in New York, the Russian president will be assassinated by Russian spy Evelyn Salt. Orlov then escapes and the CIA thinks Salt is a traitor. Evelyn has to go into hiding.
17. Gia (Gia 1998)
The film is based on the biography of the famous model Gia Marie Karanji in the 1970s, on her personal diary, the stories of her relatives, friends and colleagues, from how she worked at her father’s diner at the age of 17, to her death from AIDS at the age of 26 (in 1986). Gia was one of the first women whose cause of death was openly named immunodeficiency virus.
18. Erin Brockovich (Erin Brockovich 2000)
The story is about Erin Brockovich, a single woman with three children, whom life does not often indulge in bright days. For people like her, there are no career prospects, only modest jobs at a small law firm. But for a confident beauty, not shy in expressions, one negligible chance is enough to radically change her fate.
19. Sweet November 2001 (Sweet November 2001)
Tightened in a strict suit advertising agent-workaholic Nelson Moss runs through life jumping and does not imagine any other lifestyle. But the living eccentric Sarah Deaver, half seductress, half philosopher, very much represents. If she succeeds, Nelson will be her new victory in a series of mended human destinies.
P.S. And remember, just changing our consumption – together we change the world!
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