5 Best Women Centric Films to Watch
To judge the sheer presence of enough women characters being represented in cinema, there is a test called the ‘Bechdel Test’. It is a very simple test, which helps in judging whether enough women representation is there in cinema or not. The test keeps its bar way too low and in spite of that, very few films pass the test. In fact, most of the popular Academy Award winning films do not even pass this test.
The test has a criteria consisting of just three points. The first thing is that the film should have two or more women characters in it. Now that is simple. It’s the least one can ask for. The second criterion is that those two women should have proper character names in the film. That is also not a big thing to ask for! And lastly, these women should have a conversation with each other about anything other than men.
As mentioned earlier, this sets the bar way too low, and yet a large amount of films fail to clear this ‘Bechdel Test’. This test in no way helps in determining the content of the film though. Also, the films that pass this test may not necessarily be feminist films. This test just judges whether enough women are being represented or not. On that note, here is a list of some women centric films that push the envelope. They all pass the test, and are also amazing films about womanhood.
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There are quite a few women centric films in Hollywood, and the good news is that these films are also doing good business. That just shows that one does not only want to see men show off their hot bodies and jump across from one building to the other. There is space for women centric films too. If you still haven’t seen the films mentioned in this list, you should surely take out the time to do so.
