Female Protagonist Movies

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...

Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighting the Hawk Woman; next they face-off with the...

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 woman forced by her family to study a major she doesn't want, finds her only escape in her passion for the sky while caught between economic...

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...

An isolated woman tries a newly developed therapy to overcome her fear of being touched.

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

As a faithful child of God, Mary regularly repents for her sins. Over time, her faith drives her crazy as she pushes herself to the extremes.

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

A young woman revisits memories of her fiancé while silently coping with the distance that separates them. Amid routines that now feel...

A young, unnamed woman, while biking home from the bank she works at, happens upon a weakened tree goddess whose native shrine is being demolished...

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

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...

A dream of three television shows and the narrator’s identity suspended between them in a loop is keeping the protagonist awake.

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

Alyssa (Lana Boy) follows her artistic aspirations to Los Angeles, leaving behind her husband Luka (Emmanuel Berthelot), who promises to join her...

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

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...

Helena wakes up feeling unwell with unusual symptoms. She meets with her friend Laura and they go back to Helena's house. After some flashbacks of...