Ladies First: Matriarchy on the Screen
Movies and episodes of television shows that involve female-dominated societies. This includes matriarchies, tribes of Amazon women, and galactic sisterhoods.
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- DirectorSimon WellsStarsSeth GreenJoan CusackDan FoglerA young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsNicolas CageEllen BurstynLeelee SobieskiA sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockThe men of Enterprise fall under the seductive control of three Orion women. Trip is the only male member of the crew not to succumb to the women.
- DirectorCarlos AtanesStarsXavier TortAnne Céline AucheManel SolásFrance. A near and probable future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the order... But her relationship with a special man, Nono, will make her question profoundly the principles of the Doctrine.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsAlexandra KampMichael ShanksSimona WilliamsBased on Sax Rohmer's cult novels "Sumuru", this futuristic fantasy takes you to an Earth-colony in the far future, in which women rule and men are used to propagate the race and work in the mines.
- DirectorBrian SheesleyStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioGigantic feminist Amazons give Fry, Kif, and Zapp a grueling workout.
- DirectorChris BouldStarsBrian DowneyXenia SeebergMichael McManusStan and Kai search for Xev and find her footsteps crossing the inhospitable surface of the planet Fire. Her tracks lead to Girltown. Queen develops a strong interest in Stan, but his needs and hers turn out to be very different.
- DirectorDarren Patrick MoloneyStarsShyra DelandChristian BoevingMike RomanDisappointed that Andromina, the pleasure planet, has fallen on hard times, three men travel to a planet for women only to recruit females to bring back to the planet.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsJulie BowenPaul FrancisTamlyn TomitaIn a world ruled and populated only by women, a young female scientist creates a male human being, genetically enhanced to refrain from violence.
- DirectorHelen ShaverStarsDavid KeithClaire RankinNadia CaponeMajor Jason Mercer awakes from a cryogenics experiment to a primitive Earth society devoid of men. His presence among these women, many of whom have never seen a man, begins to complicate the relationships of the colony, with disastrous results.
- DirectorRick HarringtonStarsMichael W. RhoadsClyde PetersonPatti RayneWomen have taken over the future world, and men, deemed to be "almost entirely ruled by their penises," exist only in harems. The single exception is Roger W. Rigian, the only man with a job, but now on trial now for "machoism" or letting his penis lead him astray.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsElizabeth KaitanTroy VincentLesli KayA man crash lands on a Western themed planet inhabited by beautiful women.
- DirectorJohn McPhersonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where the vast majority of men have succumbed to a deadly virus, the male Sliders find themselves arrested and put into service as breeders at a re-population center.
- DirectorDan GoldenStarsAdrienne BarbeauMaria FordKevin AlberIn 19th Century France, a young Bram Stoker is captured by a man-hating, all-female cult of thong bikini wearers. Aided by flesh-eating rats, the warrior women raid the lairs of evil men and punish them. Our hero must decide between his wish to escape the dangerous cult and his love for one of its members.
- DirectorVern GillumStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where women dominate authority and traditional gender roles are reversed, Professor Arturo becomes the first male candidate for mayor. Although initially welcoming of the advances of a powerful woman, Rembrandt laments the manner in which he is tricked and used.
- DirectorFred Olen RayJim WynorskiStarsRoss HagenRichard GabaiAntonia DorianFive downed pilots must contend with hungry prehistoric beasts and lusty cave women on a lush island paradise.
- 1993–199445mTV-147.6 (236)TV EpisodeDirectorKim MannersStarsBruce CampbellJulius CarryChristian ClemensonBrisco sets his sights on apprehending the Swill brothers while Lord Bowler is hired to capture an armored vehicle. Their paths cross along the way and fireworks ensue.
- DirectorJ.F. LawtonStarsShannon TweedBill MaherKaren M. WaldronThe U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avocado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food.
- DirectorRobert HayesStarsPersis KhambattaKathleen KinmontPeggy McIntaggartIn a post-apocalyptic world, women warriors battle each other from junkyards to gravel pits as they determine the fate of the entire world.
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonRiker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
- DirectorAlejandro SessaStarsBrent HuffKai BakerMónica GonzagaIn a female-ruled society where men are kept solely for breeding, two women come to believe that their society's treatment of men is wrong, and lead them in a revolt against the system.
- DirectorDavid EngelbachStarsChuck WagnerLaurene LandonWilliam WallaceIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland where a tribe of women rule and all men are either ferals or slaves, one men rises up to free the men. Can they coexist in peace or will they die in war?
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsSam GroomGretchen CorbettTony O'DellThe Sterlings find themselves in a place where women are in charge and men are treated like dirt. Trace gets in trouble cause of a couple of violations. And he ends up being auctioned off and the family tries to buy him.
- DirectorJuliusz MachulskiStarsWieslaw MichnikowskiJerzy StuhrOlgierd LukaszewiczTwo scientists are placed into a 3-year hibernation, but when they wake up, it turns out to have been 50 years, and they are the only two males in a new underground society composed exclusively of women.
- 1983–198530mTV-Y77.0 (113)TV EpisodeDirectorGwen WetzlerStarsJohn ErwinAlan OppenheimerLinda GaryAdam and Teela come across a secret city called, Arcadia, where the women rule and the men are slaves.