I don't see many films, but I have added these to ones I want to see now.

I see more television and I really don't think TV is a good forum that it was decades ago with Maude and Rhoda, etc. Comedy that opened people's eyes. Now we have people like the Kardashians or the women on USA or Lifetime that have their stories center on their love life.

yes INDEED

Steel Magnolias too.

Sigourney Weaver was bad-ass in those movies

"An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird."

Still waiting for the film version of "A Thousand Splendid Suns". By the author of "The Kite Runner". The book was great... hope the movie is as good.

'74 Ellen Burstyn. Very strong woman, newly widowed, making it on her own.

Lily Tomlin. I know it's a comedy, but there's a lot of truth in it.

I know that it's graphic and the violence against women, especially the main protagonist, Lisbeth Salander, is distasteful at times. But as a statement of empowered women, Salander's, although unconventional solutions, have a sense of justice. It is the way she views it also.

You'll either like these, or hate them. But I think they deserve at least an honorable mention especially due to their focus on a fiercly independent woman fighting a world that is utterly crashing down upon her. That's what makes them compelling reads.

Just my opinion, and my nomination.

Hopefully, some will take the venture.

1. Män Som Hatar Kvinnor (translated: Men Who Hate Women) published in English as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

2. Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden roughly translates to the English title, The Girl Who Played with Fire

3. Luftslottet Som Spränges in English is published as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The movies were originally done in Sweden with the same names. Skip the English language remake and go for the subtitles or dubbing of the Swedish language. Plus Noomi Rapace is great as Salander. The rest of the cast is also good.

The English version of the first, although closer to the book, has weak casting, IMHO, especially Salander. Rooney Mara just doesn't pull off Salander's physicality, the way she moves and acts. Rapace plays it like she's an eternally coiled spring, which is what the books portray.

The books are great if you give them a chance.

Thanks.

I've seen the Swedish films, and prefer the first one to the American version, although that was fine.

Lisbeth is a very interesting and complex character, even my Dad, after watching the US version of GWADT, said, "She's kick ass!"

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

One of my favorites.

Jennifer Jason Leigh, imo, has been severely underrated over the years.

Joan Allen has an excellent performance, I thought she should have won the Academy Award that year. It's one of my all time favorite movies.

and DOA Dead or Alive. Both action movies.


on edit: You can add D.E.B.S. and Ultra Violet to the list.

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1.) Reds. Even though it's the story of John Reed, it is also the story of Louise Bryant and Diane Keaton is a perfect foil for Warren Beatty. Lots of tough broads in the film including Maureen Stapleton as Emma Goldman.

are all favorites of mine Certainly Fried Green Tomatoes would be on my list along with Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. All feature strong women who overcome the worst that can be thrown to them. They all have true endurance.

Thats a decent start.

A League of Their Own, Iron Jawed Angels, (and of course Fried Green Tomatoes and Thelma and Louise.)

Too tired to post synopses of the films.

Legally Blonde
Private Benjamin

one of the few I rewatch every few months.

Diana Rigg can do no wrong.

Selena is highly intelligent as she unravels the political intrigue and betrayals within multiple factions with sometimes overlapping agendas.

1950 version.

I guess I need 4 more.......

Two interesting facts about Judy Holliday:

1. She had a genius-level IQ, and

2. Used her experience as portraying "Billie Dawn" to "act dumb: when in 1952 she was called to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to explain why her name had been linked to Communist front organizations. Because of acting like a cliched "ditzy blonde," she escaped the Blacklist (although she was informally blacklisted from television because of the taint of her appearing before SISS).

Wicked had great strong female characters.
And in Star Trek The Next Generation K'Ehleyr was such a great female character that they struggled for ever after trying to find one to live up to her.

I also loved Captain Janeway. Seven of Nine was also a very interesting character, except for that effing catsuit they made her wear almost the whole time (as well as not putting Troi into her science blues until almost the end).

The Alien Quadrilogy...

Well... It's hard to find them in my DVD collection. My husband has a bunch of horror movies that I simply do not touch...

I need to check out the library and Netflix for the others.

Seriously. She was the real center of it, and the truly strong one.