Gender Roles Movies

Idle hours at a summer cottage, when her husband is at work and the children busy at play, give a wife time to dream a little and reflect on her life...

Seven women and one non binary person share their personal experiences with masturbation through short anecdotes and a revolutionary washing machine.

Everyone is happy for rising Asian American actor GQ Qi – the network, his mother, his best friend – everyone except GQ himself....

Directed by Solveig Hoogesteijn, Macu, the Policeman's Woman (1987) is a Venezuelan crime drama based on a true story. The film follows Macu, a young...

This documentary profiles economist and writer Marilyn Waring. In extensive interviews, Waring details her feminist approach to finances and...

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.

An independent Australian horror/drama that explores the societal norms that break down among a small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world....

Amber, an eccentric child-turned-adult star, and her lover Liz are moving slow after a romantic evening celebrating Amber’s recent Oscar...

The documentary features conversations with women from different age groups about their experiences with marriage and pregnancy. Shot in Batman and...

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her...

In the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people...

The film is set in a world where traditional gender roles between women and men are reversed. Bitirim Leyla and Sarı Leman are the tough,...

Growing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider...

The animated story of the Hardibars and Mushamels—whimsical clay creatures who discover that gender stereotypes are not always accurate or...

Although Nuni has been selected to play the lead (King David) in his Jerusalem grade school play, he'd secretly rather play the princess role instead.

Edo (40), a dedicated teacher who has just been laid off, struggles to regain his rights and role as a husband, which he lost when he lost his job.

How to ride a mechanical bull and not care that everyone is picturing you naked.

It's nighttime in 1980s Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Glittery and glamorous heels climb out of cars. Women shrouded in traditional black abayas make their...

This documentary goes back to the turn of the century to show how women shaped the nation’s history.

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives...