Take Care of My Cat (2001), Seven Chances (1925), Stage Door (1937), Westward the Women (1951), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Thelma & Louise (1991), Nine to Five (1980), The Gay Sisters (1942) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Independent Women movies.
Storyline: A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, female lead, aviation, race, 1930s, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two young women from England's northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Misdirected and separated, they strike out on their own with Yvonne becoming a model and Brenda a waitress. After Brenda sabotages Yvonne's date whom takes advantage of her, they lose their jobs and soon the roles are reversed with Brenda succeeding as a model and Yvonne becoming a waitress. With both of them competing with the other, they soon learn that they have to team up to take on their adversaries in order to succeed.—Matt Patay
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, british film, 1960s, london, female lead, dual female leads ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession", a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night", angry wife becomes a streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One", seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone", wife vainly attempts to divert her over-engrossed writer husband; "At the Opera", a battle over a supposedly exclusive dress; "Suicides", a death pact; and "Snow", would-be suitor is actually a private detective hired by jealous husband.—Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, female perspective, anthology, marriage, romance, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Young vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancée Gil a diplomatic appointment. Meanwhile Gil's affections meander to beautiful ingenue Kentucky, Billie's best friend. After securing Gil's appointment, Abbott is crushed to learn of Billie's impending marriage. What Billie didn't count on was Gil getting Kentucky pregnant. This throws her wedding day into scandal and creates turmoil in the lives of the youthful quartet.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, romance, drama, american film, black and white, 1920s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly Whitten tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he's been cheating on, she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, female-led, revenge, betrayal, friendship, urban life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Geeky Clifford has a date with pretty Kelly. But when he comes to pick her up, she has gone to see her ex-boyfriend, the DJ at a nightclub, using her roommate Margo's car. Margo and their third roommate, CeCe, induce Clifford into driving them around, first to the nightclub to find Kelly, then on an all-night tour of the L.A. night scene in search of CeCe's new love, rock star Bruno X.—Jerry Milani <jmilani@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: youth, comedy, romance, 1980s, los angeles, nightlife, fashion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After the Dalton brothers are killed off by lawmen, their female relatives take up where they left off, but armed with more dangerous weapons. The embark on a series of stagecoach robberies, bank hold-ups and picking up loose change here and there. The girls are Holly (Merry Anders,, the oldest and gang-leader; Rose Lisa Davis),, a cold-blooded killer; Columbine (Penny Edwards), who mostly wants out; and Marigold ('Sue George'), who mostly holds the horses. A gambler, W. T. "Illinois" Grey (John Russell), is on hand to bind Columbine's wounds.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, crime, historical adaptation, revenge, sisters, 19th century, american west ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A drama set in filmland, following the triumphs and heartaches of women who try to succeed in the movie industry.
Plot Keywords: drama, women, 1930s, black and white, classic, american film, early cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city's newest hot spot where the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful women that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief.
Plot Keywords: music, dance, bar, female empowerment, dreams, new york, youth ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two literary women compete for 20 years: one (Jacqueline Bisset) writes for the critics; the other one (Candice Bergen), to get rich.
Plot Keywords: drama, female, friendship, competition, success, fame and fortune, new york ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, María, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, María and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options?
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, western, crime, adventure, buddy, heist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After moving in together in an impossibly beautiful New York apartment, Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big make a rather arbitrary decision to get married. The wedding itself proves to be anything but a hasty affair--the guest list quickly blooms from 75 to 200 guests, and Carrie's simple, label-less wedding gown gives way to an enormous creation that makes her look like a gigantic cream puff. An upcoming photo spread in Vogue puts the event--which will take place at the New York Public Library--squarely in the public eye. Meanwhile, Carrie's girlfriends--Samantha, the sexpot; Charlotte, the sweet naïf; and Miranda, the rigid perfectionist--could not be happier. At least, they couldn't be happier for Carrie. Charlotte still has the unrealized hope of getting pregnant. Samantha is finding a loving, committed relationship more grueling than she could have imagined. Miranda unwittingly lets her own unhappiness--created when Steve admits to cheating on her just once--spoil Carrie's. After a ...
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, friendship, fashion, urban life, female perspective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this remake of 1988's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," 2 con-women hustle in a small French Riviera town - one for small amounts from average men, and one for higher amounts wealthier men. They bet on what looks like an easy target. Winner gets $500K from him, and the loser leaves town forever.—Asher Zeiger
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, con, female-led, remake, sisterhood, wealthy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life to which they are accustomed; shopping, drinking, and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at a fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more.
Plot Keywords: comedy, fashion, british film, sequel, female lead, humour, tv adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two sisters find that they have to make their own way in the world after their father is jailed. Elinor is a cleaner in a spa. Marianne works for a marketing company but she also makes scented lotions, which turn out to be a real winner.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, modern adaptation, jane austen, sisterhood, fashion, los angeles ...
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