Women’s History Month Films

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Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Kanopy’s curated collection of films that honor the incredible impact women have had throughout history. Let’s uplift their stories and voices, now and always! Explore the collection at kanopy.com/category/15759.

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Jason Tyrrell
Kanopy General Manager
A woman in a blue dress stands outdoors with "EMILY" in pink text beside her. Cloudy sky and hills in the background.
Emily (2022) on IMDb

Emily

Emily imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, Wuthering Heights. Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

Woman in an orange jacket looks thoughtful; the word "HOTELL" is beside her on a soft yellow background.
Hotel (2013) on IMDb

Hotell

Erika is a beautiful young woman with a perfect life. Until the day it all falls apart. She starts going to group therapy and meets other people suffering from various forms of trauma. One day this eclectic group decides to take matters into its own hands and heads off together in search of a way out. They start checking into hotels – a place of complete anonymity where you can wake up as a different person.

A couple leans in close to each other outdoors with "Japanese Story" text on the right.
Japanese Story (2003) on IMDb

Japanese Story

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu’s view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the most remote regions on earth. Japanese Story is a journey of change and discovery for its two lead characters.

Three medieval characters in royal attire with a crown stand before a fire, titled "Margrete Queen of the North.
Margrete: Queen of the North (2021) on IMDb

Margrete: Queen of the North

The year is 1402. Margrete has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she single-handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and an English princess. An alliance with England should secure the union’s status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that can tear Margrete and all she believes in apart.

Woman with a top bun stands on a rural road; blurred figure in the background. Text: "Mickey and the Bear.
Mickey and the Bear (2019) on IMDb

Mickey and the Bear

Faced with the responsibility to take care of her veteran father, headstrong teen Mickey Peck does what she can to keep her household afloat. When she receives the opportunity to leave her home for good, she must make the impossible decision between familial obligation and personal fulfillment.

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