10 Films Celebrating The Fearless Female At Any Age
Undoubtedly every female is fearless but these movies go another mile to celebrate and tell the stories of an older, shining generation of women
It has been said and I’ll say it again—every female is fearless. Gone are the days where damsels in distress are pushed aside, manic pixie dream girls live for men’s fantasies, and the "I’m not like other girls" girl is king. It also particularly goes to show that women should be heralded at any and every age, and that success never comes too late wherever the woman is at points in her life.
Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn dancing to 'You Don't Own Me' in 'The First Wives Club' | Paramount Pictures
10 Films Celebrating The Fearless Female At Any Age
10 Films Celebrating The Fearless Female At Any Age
The beautiful minds: Hidden Figures (2016), dir. Theodore Melfi
Let’s do the math here—three women were responsible for running some of NASA’s biggest projects and they almost got zero credit for it? Things just don’t add up. Luckily, their stories were heard and seen in this film about how they grew in their careers (albeit not as easy as we all thought) despite their skin color and gender.
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The beautiful minds: Hidden Figures (2016), dir. Theodore Melfi
The road to their success may have been full of challenges but I’m glad that more and more of these stories are told, as they should be.
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Love the third time around: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016), dir. Sharon Maguire
Bridget Jones re-explores singlehood and falls in love again in the final chapter of this successful romantic comedy trilogy. She gets into a Mamma Mia situation when she gets pregnant along the way and is torn between her ex-lover Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and new flame Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey).
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Love the third time around: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016), dir. Sharon Maguire
What ensues is a hilarious trip down memory lane for Bridget Jones fans and an adventure with a wee one on the side.
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Fighting for equality: On the Basis of Sex (2018), dir. Mimi Leder
God forbid a woman fight for her own rights. During that time, it was practically unheard of, but one Ruth Bader Ginsberg would ruthlessly take that statistic down as she battled for female equality in the Supreme Court.
Photo Credit: Focus Features
Fighting for equality: On the Basis of Sex (2018), dir. Mimi Leder
Based on the real-life figure woman, this only emphasizes the importance of equality between the sexes, a battle that is still ongoing to this day.
Photo Credit: Focus Features
Family comes first: Four Sisters and a Wedding (2013), dir. Cathy Garcia-Molina
More than its iconic lines, this film is a deeply touching tribute to mothers and sisters everywhere. This one tells the story of four sisters who try to stop the wedding (with unsuccessful results) of their youngest brother as they gather at home for the first time, in well, forever.
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Family comes first: Four Sisters and a Wedding (2013), dir. Cathy Garcia-Molina
Family issues and drama arise as these four ladies address tense moments with their strong mother in the center. Prepare for an onslaught of tears, but know that a key takeaway from this film is that family will always come first, whatever the moment and whatever point you are in life.
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Learning is living: Life of the Party (2018), dir. Ben Falcone
It’s never too late to stop learning and here, Melissa McCarthy shows that off—in the craziest, zaniest way possible, of course. In this film, she is a divorcee who decides to go back to school and finish her university degree, much to the initial chagrin of her daughter.
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Learning is living: Life of the Party (2018), dir. Ben Falcone
But a wild one night stand (and several after that), gatecrashing her ex-husband’s wedding, and partying it out with her daughter’s best friends had her realizing that the fun never stops, even when you’re getting older.
Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
Tender loving care: Roma (2018), dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Lovingly dedicated to all the women who cared for director Alfonso Cuaron, this film tells the story of a live-in housekeeper who works for an affluent family in the 1970s and the turbulent in-betweens.
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Tender loving care: Roma (2018), dir. Alfonso Cuaron
This Oscar-nominated movie showcases Cleo at the forefront, a strong mother figure who has to keep it together for the sake of her own kin and her ‘second’ family.
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Relationship status: It’s Complicated (2009), dir. Anne Lockhart
Meryl Streep gets into the grey area of relationships when she divorces her husband and later on starts a secret affair with him behind her children’s backs.
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Relationship status: It’s Complicated (2009), dir. Anne Lockhart
More than the hilarious pain of unraveling the truth, this film sheds the goody-two-shoes woman for this saucy take and tells a great story in between.
Photo Credit: Universal Pictures
Fifty shades of friendship: Book Club (2018), dir. Bill Holderman
EL James’s raunchy and risque trilogy brings four book club friends together as they discover the tale of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.
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Fifty shades of friendship: Book Club (2018), dir. Bill Holderman
Starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen, this romantic comedy follows these friends as they try to relate what they’ve learned from the Fifty Shades trilogy to their own love lives.
Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
Stand-up for your right: Late Night (2019), dir. Nisha Ganatra
Women are funny. It’s a debate that’s lasted for most of our lives, as male comedians try to shove the thesis that men are the superior gender in terms of comedy (and everything else) down our throats. This is what Emma Thompson tries to disprove in this comedy about a washed-up late night female comedian who hires a budding comic writer (Mindy Kaling) to pen her succeeding stand up routines.
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Stand-up for your right: Late Night (2019), dir. Nisha Ganatra
More than the jokes that run the whole show, the heartwarming performances of both Thompson and Kaling stand out.
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Friends forever: The First Wives Club (1996), dir. Hugh Wilson
“You Don’t Own Me” has got to be the most empowering anthem and the message only gets stronger when three powerhouse women belt it out in an empty function room. This classic story tells of three divorcees who were left by their men in different ways and seek revenge for that, but establish a strong bond along the way.
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Friends forever: The First Wives Club (1996), dir. Hugh Wilson
Toss in Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton and you’ve got an entertaining show to catch.
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