Female Protagonist Movies

A romantic girl, influenced by a popular magazine, has a series of brief adventures with her ambitious cousin, her gay cousin, her neighborhood's...

On the cusp of motherhood, a woman drifts into a vivid daydream, embarking on a nostalgic journey back to her old family home. As she revisits the...

Jenna returns to her job as a Boston 911 emergency dispatcher, where she's still haunted by the death of her teenage brother and the missed call he...

A girl is commissioned to paint over an old concrete illustration, in which to her surprise, sinks into. She befriends a painted dragon who has a...

Parallel City

A year after shooting a notorious outlaw known as Ghost, a young orphan discovers he’s still alive and out for revenge. She must outwit him one...

A young nun's encounter with the underworld of child labor in Sumba restores her sense of purpose in life.

Dismissed by those around her, a young woman begins performing as a living statue, finding strange power in stillness, until she reclaims the...

A visually stunning and thought-provoking biopic documenting the life and career of renowned photographer Linda Troeller. Her work explores the...

A young woman receives a document from an elderly relative that causes her to pause. Confronted with the meaning of an entire life, she suddenly...

Short experimental film in black & white. A young girl learns to appreciate her beauty through the help of a mysterious stranger... Will this be the...

The documentary questions femininity through the perspectives of two defeminized women, who share their experiences and the stigmas they face in...

Shot in the eye by security forces amid protests, a teenage girl actively attempts to convince others that she has regained her sight.

Receiving a shocking late night phone call from the police, celebrated author Annie Cutter learns that her estranged, recently-deceased sister had...

What does it mean to be free? The Cocoon explores the feeling of imprisonment experienced by women who try to find freedom – not only in times...

Based on the long-rumoured special division of Scotland Yard that investigates the occult, a former detective's pursuit of a killer forces her back...

Taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to experimental filmmaking, GRLHOOD explores a typical day in the life of a young woman trying to take a trip to...

In the wake of a confusing personal loss, a college photography student quietly unravels, finding new ways to connect with the world around her.

When Chloe photographs a violent attack outside her apartment, she is certain she has proof of what she saw. Then the image vanishes. As objects...

Roxana follows a young mother’s return to the juvenile detention center she was once incarcerated in, now as a trained somatic therapist....