Female Bonding
"female bonding" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Elas por Elas
Synopsis:
Seven friends who met in their youth at an English course meet again 25 years later; Lara, Taís, Helena, Adriana, Renée, Natália and Carol, each of them has a different personality and origin, but they share a deep affection.
Starring:
Mariana Santos,
Karine Teles,
Késia Estácio
#2
Thelma & Louise
Synopsis:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Christopher McDonald,
Geena Davis
#3
Stepmom
Synopsis:
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Starring:
Jena Malone,
Susan Sarandon,
Ed Harris
#4
Practical Magic
Synopsis:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end t…
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Sandra Bullock,
Dianne Wiest
Plot:
loss of loved one,
persecution,
curse,
love,
magic,
witch,
small town,
tragic event,
widow,
exorcism
...
#5
Mona Lisa Smile
Synopsis:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
Starring:
Dominic West,
Kirsten Dunst,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
#6
Imitation of Life
Synopsis:
Lora Meredith, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson, a black single mother. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's daughter, Susie, while Lora pursues her stage career. Both women deal with the difficulties of motherhood: Lora's thirst for fame threatens her relationship with Susie, while Annie's light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane, struggles with…
Starring:
Dan O'Herlihy,
Lana Turner,
John Gavin
Plot:
african american,
housekeeper,
light skinned black,
race relations,
melodrama,
actress,
star,
maid,
girl,
tween girl
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#7
Girl, Interrupted
Synopsis:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belo…
Starring:
Brittany Murphy,
Winona Ryder,
Jared Leto
#8
Fried Green Tomatoes
Synopsis:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Starring:
Kathy Bates,
Stan Shaw,
Mary-Louise Parker
#9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Synopsis:
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Justin Long,
Missi Pyle
Plot:
gym,
dodgeball,
pirate,
tournament,
coach,
sports team,
goofball,
cult film,
absurdism,
gymnasium
...
#10
Cold Mountain
Synopsis:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifte…
Starring:
Brendan Gleeson,
Donald Sutherland,
Natalie Portman
#11
A League of Their Own
Synopsis:
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Geena Davis,
Lori Petty
#12
The 355
Synopsis:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Starring:
Fan Bingbing,
Jessica Chastain,
Lupita Nyong'o
Plot:
semiautomatic pistol,
glock,
pistol,
handgun,
girl spy,
spy,
ar 15,
number in title,
ensemble cast,
espionage
...
#13
Striptease
Synopsis:
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail…
Starring:
Robert Patrick,
Demi Moore,
Ving Rhames
Plot:
stripper,
strip club,
based on novel,
striptease,
exotic dancer,
stripper pole,
congressman,
undressing,
bouncer,
breasts
...
#14
Friends
Synopsis:
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Starring:
Matthew Perry,
Courteney Cox,
Jennifer Aniston
#15
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Synopsis:
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!
Starring:
Texas Battle,
Henry Rollins,
Aleksa Palladino
#16
Wild Child
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Poppy has everything her unlimited credit cards can buy, and a spoiled attitude to match. After a final thoughtless prank, her exasperated father ships her off to boarding school in England. There, Poppy meets her match in a stern headmistress and a class full of girls who will not tolerate her selfishness.
Starring:
Emma Roberts,
Alex Pettyfer,
Aidan Quinn
#17
Uptown Girls
Synopsis:
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
Starring:
Brittany Murphy,
Austin Pendleton,
Dakota Fanning
Plot:
nanny,
girl,
inheritance,
birthday,
guitar,
nightclub,
new york city,
f rated,
vomiting,
overalls
...
#18
The Heat
Synopsis:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly …
Starring:
Marlon Wayans,
Demián Bichir,
Sandra Bullock
#19
The Craft
Synopsis:
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Starring:
Fairuza Balk,
Breckin Meyer,
Neve Campbell
Plot:
witch,
witchcraft,
teenage witch,
bully comeuppance,
friendship,
female bonding,
spell,
magic,
coming of age,
supernatural power
...
#20
Sucker Punch
Synopsis:
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Starring:
Oscar Isaac,
Jena Malone,
Jon Hamm
Plot:
escape,
alternate reality,
samurai,
prostitution,
strip club,
female bonding,
violence,
sexual assault,
stepfather,
insane asylum
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