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Classic Films With Great Female Characters
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These films from the 1930s-1960s feature female characters who are smart, gutsy, free-thinking, flawed, determined, rebellious, ambitious, angry, joyful, scared, brave, funny, and generally three-dimensional.
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Adam's Rib (1949)
1
96%
7.5
The African Queen (1951)
2
96%
7.8
All About Eve (1950)
3
99%
8.2
Baby Face (1933)
4
100%
7.5
Blonde Venus (1932)
5
63%
7.1
Born Yesterday (1950)
6
97%
7.5
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
7
81%
7.1
Carmen Jones (1954)
8
77%
6.8
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
9
89%
7.3
Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
10
92%
7.9
The Corn Is Green (1945)
11
7.5
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
12
83%
6.8
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
13
95%
7.8
Design for Living (1933)
14
76%
7.4
Desk Set (1957)
15
100%
7.2
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
16
100%
7.6
Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
17
5.3
The Divorcee (1930)
18
78%
6.7
Female (1933)
19
83%
6.7
Funny Girl (1968)
20
93%
7.4
Giant (1956)
21
91%
7.6
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
22
100%
7.7
Gun Crazy (1950)
23
90%
7.6
His Girl Friday (1940)
24
99%
7.8
Hud (1963)
25
83%
7.8
Humoresque (1946)
26
57%
7.3
I'm No Angel (1933)
27
93%
6.9
Imitation of Life (1934)
28
87%
7.5
It Happened One Night (1934)
29
99%
8.1
Johnny Belinda (1948)
30
91%
7.7
Johnny Guitar (1954)
31
94%
7.6
Kitty Foyle (1940)
32
80%
6.9
The Lady Eve (1941)
33
100%
7.8
The Little Foxes (1941)
34
100%
7.9
Madam Satan (1930)
35
40%
6.5
Man Wanted (1932)
36
6.5
Mildred Pierce (1945)
37
86%
8.0
Morocco (1930)
38
83%
7.0
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
39
94%
7.6
Night Nurse (1931)
40
82%
7.0
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