FILMS ABOUT HISTORICAL WOMEN WARRIORS
Recopilation of movies about female warriors of history. From ancient times to XX century.
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- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMilla JovovichJohn MalkovichRab AffleckA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsIngrid BergmanJosé FerrerSelena RoyleThe abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.
- DirectorRadha Krishna JagarlamudiKangana RanautStarsKangana RanautDanny DenzongpaSuresh OberoiStory of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
- DirectorAkan SatayevStarsGhassan MassoudAlmira TursynAizhan LighgThis is the story of the life of the great queen of of the steppe - legendary Tomiris. She is destined to become a skillful warrior, survive the loss of close people and unite the Scythian/Saka tribes under her authority.
- DirectorTony BancroftBarry CookStarsMing-Na WenEddie MurphyBD WongTo save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsLiu YifeiDonnie YenGong LiTo keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.
- DirectorSérgio GracianoStarsLesliana PereiraAna SantosErica ChissapaIn the 17th century a warrior woman fights for the independence of Angola. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people being humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Njinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the motto: those who stay fight to win.
- DirectorSergey MokritskiyStarsYuliya PeresildEvgeniy TsyganovOleg VasilkovA story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
- DirectorRaymond BernardStarsVanni MarcouxCharles DullinYvonne SergylKing Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois and the king's god-daughter Jeanne Fouquet and knight Robert Cottereau unfurl in spite of all the obstacles in their way. One of these being a pack of hungry wolves trying to stop Jeanne from carrying out an important mission assigned to her by the king himself.
- DirectorJuan de OrduñaStarsAurora BautistaFernando ReyVirgilio Teixeira1808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish forces under General Palafox are scarce. Brave Agustina doesn't hesitate to lead the battle and even fire a cannon to stop the invaders when others run away. Based on historical facts.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneMichelangelo AntonioniRiccardo FredaStarsAnita EkbergGeorges MarchalFolco LulliZenobia, Queen of Palmyra, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops - but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.
- DirectorNoam MurroStarsSullivan StapletonEva GreenLena HeadeyGreek general Themistocles of Athens leads the naval charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
- DirectorGiorgio Walter ChiliStarsVirna LisiCarlo GiuffrèSergio FantoniGiovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dying mother Caterina Sforza, listening to the re-enactment of her life.
- DirectorShuudertsetseg BaatarsurenStarsSukhee AriunbyambaTsegmed AyurzanaBatmend BaastA monk renounces his role to become King after his brother is killed. His new Queen is forced to choose sides between her husband and her father from a rival land, which eventually leads to an all out war for sovereignty.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayHoward KeelAllyn Ann McLerieThe story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.
- DirectorSadao NakajimaStarsMari YoshimuraYumiko NogawaShigeru TsuyuguchiIn Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Fearing Toyotomi's blood descendants would end, he impregnates one Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi in hopes of continuing the bloodline.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsVirginia McKennaPaul ScofieldJack WarnerDuring World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsDavid HaymanRonan VibertPhilippe De GrossouvreThis sword and sandals movie is an off-the-wall comedy adventure about three unlikely heroines, who set out to save Celtic Britain, by thwarting the Roman invasion in their own unique and outrageous style.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniFrancesco RosiStarsAnna MagnaniRaf ValloneAlain CunyThe story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination. Although the defence of Rome has become impossible, Garibaldi declares his intent to continue the struggle for republican liberty and a unified Italy. With a following of four thousand men he begins a march across the Apennines with the aim of reaching Venice which is under siege but still resisting. However, the Bourbons and the Austrians pursue the volunteers who have in their ranks Frattini, a traitor secretly working to disunite the small but brave force. Many in fact desert and even the most loyal officer, Bueno, gives in to Frattini's proposals to impose summary justice. Anita Garibaldi, whom her husband had left behind in Rome because she was expecting a baby, rejoins him, and her influence, courage and vivacity succeed in restoring unity. San Marino gives refuge to the surviving force and the Austrians offer a cease-fire. But the terms of surrender proposed by the Austrians are so severe that Garibaldi prefers to disband his men, and during the night leaves for Venice with a few faithful. Many Garibaldi supporters are shot and Anita also dies. Garibaldi and Bueno manage to escape with the help of local peasants.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsClaudette ColbertPaulette GoddardVeronica LakeA group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
- DirectorDmitriy MeskhievStarsLesya AndreevaMariya AntonovaMariya AronovaRussia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanTullio CarminatiGiacinto PrandelliSurreal musical about the time of the execution of Joan of Arc.
- DirectorJorge SanjinésStarsPiti CamposJorge HidalgoLuis AduviriIn November 1825, in the Bolivian city of Chuquisaca, doña Juana Azurduy Bermúdez de Padilla, heroine of the independence war against the Spanish army, receives the visit of the liberators Simón Bolívar, Antonio José de Sucre and José Miguel Lanza. Throughout a long conversation, the woman will receive the admiration of the rulers, while reminiscing the most significant episodes of her career as a patriot and commander of the armed forces.
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsHema MaliniDharmendraParveen BabiAn account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut.
- DirectorJosé BolañosStarsSilvia PinalJaime FernándezNarciso Busquets"La soldadera" (the female soldier) focuses upon Lázara, a simple country girl who is caught up in the Mexican Revolution. At the beginning of the film, she is a newlywed whose husband, Juan, is forced to join the federal army during the revolution. Lázara chooses to follow Juan, but unfortunately he is soon killed in battle. One of the Villista soldiers (supporters of Pancho Villa), Nicolás, takes Lázara to be his woman and so she becomes part of their band. Lázara has to walk alongside Nicolás' horse whilst carrying his rifle and gun belt as they travel. One of the older "soldaderas" puts the gun belt on Lázara and shows her how to shoot. Although Lázara does not fight, she is present during moments of conflict and is involved in the looting of a town. But Lázara wishes for nothing more than a home.
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsCarmen SevillaJulio AlemánVicente ParraReyes Mendoza (Carmen Sevilla) is a Spanish artist who arrives in Mexico in 1913 and finds herself involved in the Pancho Villa (Jose Elias Moreno) revolution.
- DirectorVicente ArandaStarsAna BelénVictoria AbrilAriadna GilAt the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJean PetersLouis JourdanDebra PagetIn order to recover his ship impounded by the British, former pirate captain LaRochelle agrees to spy on the notorious Caribbean Sea pirates Blackbeard and Anne Providence.
- DirectorBill AndersonStarsAlex KingstonSteven WaddingtonEmily BluntBoudica, the Warrior Queen on Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the Roman Empire and the mad Emperor of Rome Nero.
- DirectorCiaron DaviesStarsFionnuala CollinsCiaron DaviesPeter CosgroveThe life of Grainne Uaile, the 16th century Pirate Queen from Ireland.
- DirectorEldar RyazanovStarsLarisa GolubkinaYuriy YakovlevIgor IlyinskyA young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
- DirectorYevgeniya ZhigulenkoStarsValentina GrushinaYana DrouzDmitri ZamulinThis war film tells about the feat of Soviet women-pilots, who during the WWII, mostly at night, bombed the positions of German-fascist troops and enemy communications. The Germans were horrified at the sudden appearance of Soviet light U-2 airplanes at night, and they began to call them "Night Witches".
- DirectorJin XieStarsXijuan ZhuXingang WangMei XiangIn 1930s, Wu Qionghua was a housemaid of Nan-ba-tian, a cruel warlord of a village in Hainan Island, China. Often abused by her master, Qionghua was finally rescued by Hong Changqing, leader of the Red Detachment of Women - a troop of women soldiers. She joined the troop and became the Detachment leader after the death of Hong. They captivated and executed the warlord and liberated Qionghua's home village.
- DirectorJingle MaWei DongStarsWei ZhaoKun ChenRongguang YuThe epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father.
- DirectorStanislav RostotskiyStarsAndrey MartynovIrina DolganovaElena DrapekoDuring World War II in a small village outpost, a Soviet sergeant has his troop replaced by an all female unit. As they finally begin to appreciate one another, German paratroopers are spotted nearby and the realities of war emerge.
- DirectorFeng YuehStarsIvy Ling PoHan ChinKam-Tong ChanAbout a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
- DirectorChatrichalerm YukolStarsM.L. Piyapas BhirombhakdiSarunyu WongkrachangChatchai PlengpanichDuring the 16th century, as Thailand contends with both a civil war and Burmese invasion, a beautiful princess rises up to help protect the glory of the Kingdom of Ayothaya. Based on the life of Queen Suriyothai.
- DirectorErmanno OlmiStarsBud SpencerJun IchikawaSally Ming Zeo NiA young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsTatiana MoukhineSandrine BonnaireJean-Marie RichierA part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted more as a warrior than a saint (all cliches are avoided), with only her faith for strength.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsSandrine BonnaireAndré MarconJean-Louis RichardFilm about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution.
- DirectorByron W. ThompsonStarsJoanna PaculaRutger HauerArnold VoslooElizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to discover that her son Peter (Sander Kolosov) has been taken by Grekkor (Rutger Hauer), an ex-Lord wreaking havoc throughout the land. She sets out to locate and save Peter.