Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "patriarchy"

1. Succession (2018– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

Stars: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman

Votes: 274,889

2. Barbie (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon

Votes: 540,773 | Gross: $636.24M

3. The Menu (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau

Votes: 394,417 | Gross: $38.50M

4. Fair Play (2023)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.

Director: Chloe Domont | Stars: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer

Votes: 37,615

5. Falling Down (1993)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin

Votes: 207,149 | Gross: $40.90M

6. There's Still Tomorrow (2023)

118 min | Comedy, Drama

Set in postwar 1940s Italy, it follows Delia breaking traditional family patterns and aspiring to a different future, after receiving a mysterious letter.

Director: Paola Cortellesi | Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli

Votes: 8,621

7. Aladdin (2019)

PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Aladdin, a kind thief, woos Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, with the help of Genie. When Jafar, the grand vizier, tries to usurp the king, Jasmine, Aladdin and Genie must stop him from succeeding.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari

Votes: 290,703 | Gross: $355.56M

8. Mulan (1998)

G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

To 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.

Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer

Votes: 317,197 | Gross: $120.62M

9. The Royal Hotel (2023)

R | 91 min | Thriller

Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.

Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Herbert Nordrum, Dylan River

Votes: 9,548

10. The Peasants (2023)

R | 114 min | Animation, Drama, History

Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.

Directors: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman | Stars: Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miroslaw Baka, Sonia Mietielica

Votes: 5,318

11. Teeth (I) (2007)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman

Votes: 46,525 | Gross: $0.35M

12. Ammonite (2020)

R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance

1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.

Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle

Votes: 23,440

13. Women Talking (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand

Votes: 42,170

14. Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to not be defined by his condition.

Director: Thor Freudenthal | Stars: Charlie Plummer, Andy Garcia, Taylor Russell, AnnaSophia Robb

Votes: 13,641

15. Apostle (2018)

TV-MA | 130 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1905, a drifter on a dangerous mission to rescue his kidnapped sister tangles with a sinister religious cult on an isolated island.

Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins, Bill Milner

Votes: 59,198

16. Winter's Bone (2010)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone

Votes: 150,693 | Gross: $6.53M

17. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak

Votes: 89,094 | Gross: $71.52M

18. Mansfield Park (1999)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.

Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Hannah Taylor Gordon

Votes: 25,883 | Gross: $4.76M

19. Antebellum (2020)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

Directors: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz | Stars: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston

Votes: 29,859

20. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Not Rated | 202 min | Drama

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine.

Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Votes: 13,994 | Gross: $0.02M

21. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)

Not Rated | 210 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

After marrying a poor woman, rich Rahul is disowned by his father and moves to London to build a new life. Years later, his now-grown younger brother Rohan embarks on a mission to bring Rahul back home and reunite the family.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan

Votes: 55,763 | Gross: $2.90M

22. Swept Away (2002)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

A snooty socialite is stranded on a Mediterranean island with a communist sailor.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood, Elizabeth Banks

Votes: 17,917 | Gross: $0.01M

23. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 77,765 | Gross: $2.22M

24. Leila's Brothers (2022)

165 min | Drama

Leila, who has spent her entire life caring for her family, makes a plan as her brothers are struggling to make ends meet.

Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Saeed Poursamimi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Payman Maadi

Votes: 14,164

25. What Men Want (2019)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Kristen Ledlow, Josh Brener, Kellan Lutz

Votes: 31,849 | Gross: $54.61M

26. Whale Rider (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 44,071 | Gross: $20.78M

27. Blinded by the Light (2019)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett

Votes: 27,352 | Gross: $11.90M

28. Zorba the Greek (1964)

Not Rated | 142 min | Comedy, Drama

An uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova

Votes: 24,138

29. Titus (1999)

R | 162 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.

Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Osheen Jones, Dario D'Ambrosi

Votes: 21,484 | Gross: $1.92M

30. The Wonders (2014)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo

Votes: 6,009 | Gross: $0.07M

31. Courageous (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 129 min | Drama

When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers. Together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.

Director: Alex Kendrick | Stars: Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes, Renee Jewell

Votes: 21,615 | Gross: $34.52M

32. Chennai Express (2013)

Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A man travelling to Rameswaram via Chennai express for his late grandfather's ashes immersion finds himself in trouble after helping a don's daughter and her cousins board the train.

Director: Rohit Shetty | Stars: Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, Sathyaraj, Nikitin Dheer

Votes: 63,726 | Gross: $5.31M

33. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, Romance

When Raj meets Simran in Europe, it isn't love at first sight but when Simran moves to India for an arranged marriage, love makes its presence felt.

Director: Aditya Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal

Votes: 77,327

34. Terrestrial Verses (2023)

77 min | Drama

Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.

Directors: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami | Stars: Bahram Ark, Ali Asgari, Sadaf Asgari, Ardeshir Kazemi

Votes: 672

35. Misbehaviour (2020)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 10,588

36. Motel Destino (2024)

112 min | Thriller | Completed

Under the burning sky on a roadside on the coast of Ceará, Motel Destino is the scene of dangerous games of desire, power and violence. One night, the arrival of young Heraldo definitively transforms the daily life of the place.

Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Fábio Assunção, Nataly Rocha, Iago Xavier

37. Anne Boleyn (2021)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History

The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her desire to secure a future for her daughter, Elizabeth, and the brutal reality of her failure to provide Henry with a male heir.

Stars: Jodie Turner-Smith, Kris Hitchen, Thalissa Teixeira, Barry Ward

Votes: 28,034

38. Savior (1998)

R | 103 min | Drama, War

A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.

Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski, Pascal Rollin, Catlin Foster

Votes: 11,540 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Happiness (1965)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance

François, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean-Claude Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin, Manon Lanclos

Votes: 9,581

40. Three Sisters (2022–2024)

150 min | Drama

The tale of three sisters and the obstacles they must overcome will be told. With Turkan's marriage, dark clouds will begin to hover over the family, and nothing will be the same as before.

Stars: Berker Güven, Özgü Kaya, Reha Özcan, Almila Ada

Votes: 814

41. Inshallah a Boy (2023)

113 min | Drama

A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.

Director: Amjad Al Rasheed | Stars: Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara

Votes: 1,101

42. Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (2023)

16+ | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Docuseries exploring the truth beneath the surface of reality TV's mega-family, The Duggars.

Stars: Derick Dillard, Jill Duggar Dillard, Brooke Arnold, Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Votes: 4,429

43. Le bal des folles (2021)

122 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.

Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Mélanie Laurent, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin

Votes: 4,168

44. Robyn Hood (2023– )

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.

Stars: Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Jessye Romeo, Nykeem, Ian Matthews

Votes: 6,292

45. I Am Rage (2023)

89 min | Action

An ancient cult embroiled in a sinister blood trade makes the deadly mistake of abducting a young woman with a violent, shocking past.

Director: David Ryan Keith | Stars: Hannaj Bang Bendz, Marta Svetek, Derek Nelson, Antonia Whillans

Votes: 1,226

46. Bulbbul (2020)

TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A man returns home after years to find his brother's child bride now grown up and abandoned, and his ancestral village plagued by mysterious deaths.

Director: Anvita Dutt | Stars: Triptii Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Rahul Bose, Parambrata Chattopadhyay

Votes: 14,430

47. The Seven Kittens (1980)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four elder daughters. The fifth and youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back ... See full summary »

Director: Neville de Almeida | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Ana Maria Magalhães, Lima Duarte, Ary Fontoura

Votes: 536

48. Golden Balls (1993)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances to build his dream project.

Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Elisa Tovati

Votes: 3,888

49. K-12 (2019)

TV-MA | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Musical

A brave-hearted girl and her charming best friend make a bewitching pair as they embark on a mission to take down the oppressive schooling system of K-12.

Directors: Melanie Martinez, Alissa Torvinen | Stars: Melanie Martinez, Emma Harvey, Megan Gage, Margot Budzyna

Votes: 3,806 | Gross: $0.30M

50. Larger Than Life (2001)

TV-MA | 105 min | Drama

A sexploitation flick that leaves the women feeling violated again.

Director: Jeffrey Jeturian | Stars: Ina Raymundo, Klaudia Koronel, Jaclyn Jose, Irma Adlawan

Votes: 540