Top Ten Best Women Empowered Movies to Stream Right Now
Grab your friends, snacks, and blankets for the ultimate movie night.
Here’s our list of the ten best women empowered movies to stream right now.
10. Whip it! (2009)
This coming of age film is about an awkward teenager who feels trapped in her small town. Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) lives a double life as a pageant contestant to please her mom and a badass roller-derby skater. This movie touches on rocky relationships between mother and daughter, finding your passion and living your truth.
9. Coyote Ugly (2000)
Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) moves to New York to become a singer/songwriter but her plans are put on hold when she quickly finds out how competitive the music business can be. In the meantime, she lands a job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. It’s the bar of every man’s dream and the place Violet steps out of her comfort zone and faces her fears.
8. Spice World (1997)
The Spice Girls: Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) and Victoria Addams (Posh Spice) give their fans a fun inside look at the spice life. It’s all about Girl Power.
7. Set It Off (1996)
Frankie (Vivica A. Fox), Tisean (Kimberly Elise), Cleo (Queen Latifah) and Stony (Jada Pinkett) got tired of the everyday struggles of life so they decided to take matters into their own hands by robbing banks. These kickass women were successful at first but couldn’t shake a detective that was obsessed with solving the case of the four mysterious bank robbers.
6. Charlies Angels (2000)
Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Alex Munday (Lucy Liu), and Dylan Sander (Drew Barrymore) are three elite investigators who try to save a billionaire’s voice-identification software. This trio fights serious crime and looks sexy while doing it. The ultimate women empowered film.
5. Girls Trip (2017)
Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall), Dina (Tiffany Haddish), Sasha Franklin (Queen Latifah), and Lisa Cooper (Jada Pinkett Smith) are four best friends known as the Flossy Posse. Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall) has a business trip in New Orleans for Essence Fest and decides to bring her girls along to catch up and reconnect their friendship. This is a laugh-out-loud movie that’ll make you call up your crew and plan a girl’s trip of your own.
4. Oceans 8 (2018)
Lou (Cate Blanchett) and Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) create a team of specialists including hacker Nine Ball (Rihanna), jeweler Amita (Mindy Kaling), suburban mom Tammy (Sarah Paulson), street con Constance (Awkwafina), and fashion designer Rose (Helena Bonham Carter). Together these ladies combine their talents to steal a $150 million necklace worn by A-list actress Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway) at the Met Gala.
3. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is a writer looking to work her way up from the bottom at a major fashion magazine. In an attempt to get her foot in the door, she applies to be an assistant for editor-and-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Miranda is no ordinary boss; she pushes Andy to the limits and forces her to come face to face with the harsh reality of who she’s become.
2. The Hustle (2019)
Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) is a glamorous British woman who steals money from gullible men. Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson) is a manipulative Australian woman who chooses to con unsuspecting marks. These women have two totally different methods but one similar goal, to scam. So they join forces for the ultimate scheme to scam a tech billionaire.
1. Hustlers (2019)
A true story based on a group of strippers, Ramona (Jennifer Lopez), Destiny (Constance Wu), Annabelle (Lili Reinhart), and Mercedes (Keke Palmer), who join together to get revenge on the men of Wall Street. Although the movie is not available to stream just yet, we can’t wait for this star-studded film to hit theatres Septemeber 13, 2019.
