Want to be a hero but don’t want to get off your couch? No worries! You can help get more movies made by women greenlit by the simple act of streaming great female-helmed flicks available to you right now. OK, feminist icon, have you solved sexism now???
No, you haven’t. But it’s actually not a bad first step — streaming data is a huge part of studio decisions for future projects. To help you start saving the world, we’ve put together a list of the best and most loved movies on Disney+ written, directed, and/or produced by female-identifying creatives. Thank you for your service!
1. Black Widow
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Before her standalone movie in 2021, Scarlett Johansson’s iconic ass-kicking Black Widow character had appeared in eight Marvel movies: Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and a Captain Marvel end credits scene. But after all that time in the MCU, her origin story was still nebulous. How did she become a human that holds her own alongside superpowered heroes? What led her to become a Black Widow assassin, and why did she defect? Does she have any family? Black Widow, directed by Cate Shortland, answers all these questions and more with a funny, engaging script and a knockout cast that includes Florence Pugh and David Harbour.
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