Historical Women in Film
Movie Recommendations
Agatha Christie, A Life in Pictures. Not rated. 2004.
(Agatha Christie). DVD 791.4572 AGA TV
Amelia. PG. 2009. (Amelia Earhart).
DVD Drama and Blu-ray Drama
Anastasia. Not rated. 1956. (Anastasia Nikolaevna). DVD Drama
Anna and the King. PG-13. 1999. (Anna Leonowens). DVD Drama
Anna Boleyn. Not rated. 1920. (Anne Boleyn).
DVD World (German)
Anne Frank. Not rated. 2001. (Anne Frank).
DVD 791.4572 ANN TV and VHS 791.4572 ANN TV
Anne of the Thousand Days. PG. 1969. (Anne Boleyn).
DVD Drama
Artemisia. R. 1997. (Artemisia Gentileschi). DVD World (French)
Becoming Jane. PG. 2007. (Jane Austen). DVD Drama
Bride of the Wind. R. 2001. (Alma Mahler). DVD Drama
Bright Star. PG. 2009. (Fanny Brawne). DVD Drama
Camille Claudel. R. 1989. (Camille Claudel). DVD World (French)
Carrington. R. 1995. (Dora Carrington). DVD Drama
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach. Not rated. 1967. (Anna Magdalena Bach).
DVD World (German)
Cleopatra. G. 1963. (Cleopatra). DVD Drama
Coco Before Chanel. PG-13. 2009. (Coco Chanel).
DVD World (French) and Blu-ray World (French)
Coco Chanel. PG. 2008. (Coco Chanel). DVD 791.4572 COC TV
Cross Creak. PG. 1983. (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings). DVD Drama
Dangerous Beauty. R. 1998. (Veronica Franco). DVD Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank. Not rated. 1959. (Anne Frank). DVD Drama and VHS Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank. Not rated. 1986. (Anne Frank). VHS Drama
The Duchess. PG-13. 2008. (Georgiana Cavendish). DVD Drama and Blu-ray Drama
Elizabeth. R. 1998. (Queen Elizabeth I). DVD Drama
Elizabeth, The Golden Age. PG-13. 2007. (Queen Elizabeth I). DVD Drama
Elizabeth R. Not rated. 1971. (Queen Elizabeth I). DVD 791.4572 ELI TV
Evita. PG. 1996. (Eva Peron). DVD Musical
Frida. R. 2002. (Frida Kahlo). DVD Drama
Georgia O'Keeffe. Not rated. 2009. (Georgia O'Keeffe). DVD 791.4572 GEO TV
Grey Gardens. TV-PG. 2009. (Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale). DVD 791.4572 GRE TV
Haunted Summer. R. 1988. (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley). VHS Drama
Helen of Troy. Not rated. 1956. (Helen of Troy). DVD Action/Adventure
Helen of Troy. Not rated. 2003. (Helen of Troy). DVD 791.4572 HEL TV
The Hours. PG-13. 2002. (Virginia Woolf). DVD Drama
Impromptu. PG-13. 1991. (George Sand). DVD Drama
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. R. 1999. (Dorothy Dandridge). DVD 791.4572 I TV
Iron Jawed Angels. Not rated. 2004. (Alice Paul and Lucy Burns). DVD 791.4572 IRO TV
Joan of Arc. Not rated. 1999. (Saint Joan of Arc). DVD 791.4572 JOA TV
The Josephine Baker Story. R. 1991. (Josephine Baker). DVD 791.4572 JOS TV
Julia. PG. 1977. (Lillian Hellman). DVD Drama
Lady Jane. PG-13. 1986. (Lady Jane Grey). DVD Drama
Lady Sings the Blues. R. 1972. (Billie Holiday). DVD Drama
The Lion in Winter. PG. 1968. (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine). DVD Drama
The Lion in Winter. Not rated. 2003. (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine). DVD 791.4572 LIO TV
Madame Curie. Not rated. 1943. (Marie Curie). DVD Drama
Margot. Not rated. 2009. (Margot Fonteyn). DVD 791.4572 MAR TV
Marie Antoinette. PG-13. 2006. (Marie Antoinette). DVD Drama
Mary of Scotland. Not rated. 1936. (Mary, Queen of Scots). DVD Drama
Mary, Queen of Scots. PG-13. 1972. (Mary, Queen of Scots). DVD Drama
Mata Hari. Not rated. 1931. (Mata Hari). DVD Drama
The Miracle Worker. Not rated. 1962. (Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan). DVD Drama
The Miracle Worker. Not rated. 1979. (Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan).
DVD 791.4572 MIR TV and VHS Drama
The Miracle Worker. PG. 2000. (Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan). Youth DVD
Mrs. Brown. PG. 1997. (Queen Victoria). DVD Drama
Miss Potter. PG. 2006. (Beatrix Potter). DVD Drama
Nora. R. 1999. (Nora Barnacle). DVD Drama
The Other Boleyn Girl. Not rated. 2003. (Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn).
DVD 791.4572 OTH TV
The Other Boleyn Girl. PG-13. 2007. (Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn).
DVD 791.4572 Drama
Out of Africa. PG. 1985.(Karen Blixen). DVD Drama
Princess Ka'iulani. PG. 2008. (Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii). DVD Drama
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. Not rated. 1939. (Queen Elizabeth I).
DVD Drama
Queen Christina. Not rated. 1933. (Queen Christina). DVD Drama
Queen Margot. R. 1994. (Queen Marguerite). DVD World (French)
Séraphine. Not rated. 2008. (Séraphine Louis). DVD World (French)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Not rated. 2001. (Sophie Scholl). DVD World (German)
The Story of Adele H. PG. 1975. (Adele Hugo). DVD World (French)
Thérèse. PG. 2004. (Saint Therese of Lisieux). DVD Religious
La Vie en Rose. PG-13. 2007. (Edith Piaf). DVD World (French)
Waiting for the Moon. Not rated. 1987. (Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas). DVD Drama
Warrior Queen. Not rated. 2003. (Queen Boadicea). DVD 791.4572 WAR TV
A Woman Called Moses. Not rated. 1978. (Harriet Tubman). DVD 791.4572 WOM TV
The Young Victoria. PG. 2009. (Queen Victoria). DVD Drama and Blu-ray Drama
Zora Is My Name! Not rated. 1990. (Zora Neale Hurston). DVD 791.4572 ZOR TV