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Alternet's list of films with strong women characters. Women in these movies are powerful and independent, just as they should be. For the full article go to: http://www.alternet.org/movies/24026/?page=1

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1979
    Ridley Scott
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror, New Hollywood
    Sigourney Weaver, Eddie Powell, Tom Skerritt, Bolaji Badejo, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Helen Horton More
  2. 2
    1950
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Drama, Black-and-white, LGBT, Black comedy
    George Sanders, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Ratoff, Walter Hampden, Hugh Marlowe, Barbara Bates, Bette Davis, Thelma Ritter More
  3. 3
    1949
    George Cukor
    Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    Eve March, Will Wright, Jean Hagen, Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Katharine Hepburn, Clarence Kolb, Tom Ewell More
  4. 4
    1992
    Tim Burton
    Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Superhero movie More
    Michelle Pfeiffer, Anna Katarina, Pat Hingle, Danny DeVito, Andrew Bryniarski, Cristi Conaway, Michael Keaton, Christopher Walken, Michael Murphy, Michael Gough, Jan Hooks More
  5. 5
    1997
    Quentin Tarantino
    Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Indie, Blaxploitation More
    Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Bowen, Sid Haig, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier, Hattie Winston, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Tangie Ambrose, Aimee Graham, Chris Tucker, Diana Uribe, Lisa Gay Hamilton More
  6. 6
    1958
    Morton DaCosta
    Drama, Comedy, Film adaptation
    Fred Clark, Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker, Roger Smith, Peggy Cass, Pippa Scott More
  7. 7
    2000
    Jonathan Demme
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Horror, LGBT, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Suspense More
    Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Diane Baker, Darla, Dan Butler, Charles Napier, Brooke Smith, Anthony Heald, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Levine, Scott Glenn, Frankie Faison More
  8. 8
    1999
    David Fincher
    Drama, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Black comedy, Cult, Satire, Airplanes and airports, Existentialism More
    Rachel Singer, Edward Norton, Richmond Arquette, George Maguire, Meat Loaf, Ezra Buzzington, Jared Leto, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Eugenie Bondurant, Zach Grenier, David Andrews, Christina Cabot, Bob Stephenson, Tim De Zarn More
  9. 9
    1962
    Robert Mulligan
    Drama, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation, Courtroom Drama More
    Brock Peters, William Windom, Mary Badham, Gregory Peck, Collin Wilcox, Paul Fix, Phillip Alford, Rosemary Murphy, Robert Duvall, Alice Ghostley, John Megna, Ruth White, Frank Overton More
  10. 10
    George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand

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