International Women’s Day (March 8th, 2023) is a global day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. BENlabs has put together a curated what-to-watch list of female creators, game-changers, and icons.
INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN
Strong and Resilient ON-SCREEN HEROINES
- The Handmaid’s Tale (Prime Video, Channel 4)
- Happy Valley (BBC iPlayer)
- The Marvellous Mrs Maisel (Prime Video)
- Suffragette (All4)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (Prime Video)
- Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix)
- The Swimmers (Netflix)
- Emily (Prime Video £)
- Save the Cinema (Sky Cinema)
- Queen of Katwe (Disney+)
- She Said (Prime Video £)
- Hidden Figures (Disney+)
- The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
- Frida (Prime Video £)
- Fighting with my Family (Prime Video £)
WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA
Written, Directed and/or Produced by Women
- Bridgerton (Netflix)
- Starstruck (BBC iPlayer)
- We Are Lady Parts (All4)
- Everything I Know About Love (BBC iPlayer)
- The Flatshare (Paramount+)
- Heartstopper (Netflix)
- Feel Good (All4, Netflix)
- Aftersun (MUBI)
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+)
- Abbott Elementary (Disney+)
- Mood (BBC iPlayer)
- Big Age (All4)
- On the Basis of Sex (BBC iPlayer, Prime Video £)
- This Way Up (All4)
- Valeria (Netflix)
Leading Ladies
Women Taking Centre Stage
- Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
- The Bold Type (Netflix)
- Derry Girls (All4, Netflix)
- Ms Marvel (Disney+)
- Dead to Me (Netflix)
- Blank Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney+)
- Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (In Cinemas, Prime Video £)
- Catherine Called Birdy (Prime Video)
- Tár (In Cinemas, Prime Video £)
- I Am… (All4)
- Wednesday (Netflix)
- Motherland (BBC iPlayer, Netflix)
- Call the Midwife (BBC iPlayer)
- Nolly (ITVX)
- Maternal (ITVX)
DOCUMENTARIES
REAL STORIES ABOUT REAL WOMEN
- Period. End of Sentence. (Netflix)
- Lionesses: Champions of Europe (BBC iPlayer)
- I Am Greta (BBC iPlayer)
- The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland (BBC iPlayer)
- Judi Love: Black, Female and Invisible (All4)
- Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause (All4)
- One Born Every Minute (All4)
- 100 Vaginas (All4)
- Random Acts: Lesbian. (All4)
- Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW (Disney+)
- The Hair Tales (Disney+)
- British Army Girls (All4)
- Boobs (All4)
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (Netflix)
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix)
