15 movies for women to watch alone

We know that most people don’t want to be alone on Valentine’s Day, but if you’re one of those independent women who don’t mind spending this day alone, our post brings you the perfect movies for the occasion.

O awesome.club compiled stories whose protagonists are strong women. Some are willing to do so, while others do so because of circumstances.

Revenge is in fashion

2015

Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth

Myrtle Dunnage, as a child was accused of murder and sent to an intern. Years later, upon returning to her hometown, she is met with rejection by her neighbors, who still remember the circumstances of her departure. However, Myrtle, little by little, manages to establish relationships with them, thanks to her talent as a seamstress. But the old secrets, as you know, don’t disappear, they just hide. For a while.

Jack’s room

Room, 2015

Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay

17-year-old Joy’s life changed in an instant: she was kidnapped and imprisoned in a small room. Two years later, she gives birth to Jack, the son of her kidnapper. From birth to 5th birthday, when she accidentally manages to escape, the child’s entire world was limited to just that room. However, life after freedom won’t be quite as Joy envisioned.

Forever Alice

Still Alice, 2014

Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart

The life of 50-year-old linguistics teacher Alice Hawland is going along normally: a successful career, a happy marriage and three children. One day, she is diagnosed with the first stage of Alzheimer’s. An illness that will cause her to gradually lose her consciousness and the memories will simply be erased.

Cast: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington

Year 1914. Vera Brittain’s life promises to be happy and successful. She enters Oxford, has a loving family and a boyfriend. But everything changes when World War I enters their lives and their brothers, friends and boyfriend are recruited. Vera herself becomes a nurse and helps save wounded English and German soldiers.

cross stories

The Help, 2011

Cast: Emma StoneViola Davis

Southern USA, 1960s. Eugenia Phelan, who everyone calls “Skeeter”, returns home after graduating, dreaming of becoming a successful writer and escaping the sleepy atmosphere of her small town. Trying to find a reason why the maid left, abandoning her during her absence, she begins to take an interest in the problems of black people and realizes that the treatment they receive little differs from the time of slavery.

Desire and Atonement

Atonement, 2007

Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan

Year 1935. Briony, 13, has a great imagination and dreams of being a writer. One day, her cousin Lola is raped, and Briony’s conscience creates scenes that didn’t happen. The girl accuses Robbie of the crime, the son of a maid and lover of her older sister Cecilia. Everyone except Cecilia believes he is guilty and the young man is arrested. From prison, she goes to the battlefields of WWII.

the golden lady

Woman in Gold, 2015

Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds

During World War II, all of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer’s family possessions, including Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I”, were stolen by the Nazis. Half a century later, Maria Altmann, Ferdinand’s niece, whom she declared heir, decides to fight in court and recover the stolen goods.

the young queen victoria

The Young Victoria, 2009

Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend

In world history, there is hardly a more influential and beloved ruler than Queen Victoria, the 63-year ruler of the British kingdom. However, in addition to succeeding in the political arena, Victoria achieved what no queen has ever achieved, marrying her love.

Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern

Cheryl Strayed goes through a complicated divorce and with the death of her mother, she decides to take a 1,800 km trip alone. And on foot, along trails. Her path follows along the Pacific Trail, a tourist trail that stretches through mountain ranges, away from the more inhabited areas. On this journey, she will meet her fears, desires and end the trail as a new woman. Based on true story.

Linked Destinations

Mother and Child, 2009

Cast: Annette Bening, Naomi Watts

The moving drama “Fates Crossed” tells the lives of 3 women whose fates are about to intertwine in the most unexpected ways. Apparently, nothing can unite Karen, a 50-year-old single woman who abandoned her only child, Elizabeth, with a successful lawyer who discovers an unwanted pregnancy, and young Lucy, a bakery chef, who is infertile.

Notes on a scandal

Notes on a Scandal, 2007

Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett

Sheba Hart starts teaching Arts at a new school and has a trusting relationship with her older classmate Barbara, a lonely and withdrawn woman. However, everything changes when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with Steven, a 15-year-old student at the school, and begins to blackmail her young classmate. However, not motivated by the moral aspect…

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella

Alexandria, late 4th century. The Roman Empire is coming to an end and political disputes and bloodshed are becoming commonplace. In this tragic time lives Hypatia: the greatest scientist of his time, who has an extensive knowledge of philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. However, as Chinese sages say, there is nothing worse than living in a time of change…

Secretariat – An impossible story

Secretariat, 2010

Cast: Diane Lane, John Malkovich

After her mother’s death, Penny discovers that the farm where several generations of the family raised racehorses could be mortgaged. Leaving her four children in the care of her husband, she goes to the family home. Soon, one of the mares has a foal, which in a few years becomes Secretariat, a horse riding legend.

Frances Ha

Frances Ha, 2012

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner

The film, in black and white, tells the story of Frances, a 27-year-old non-professional ballerina. Her life is difficult, and she has one problem after another. Anyone could fall into depression. Anyone except Frances.

Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown

Women on the edge of an attack of nerves, 1988

Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas

Pepa is left by her married lover. Trying to figure out the cause of the sudden breakup, he faces not only his ex-wife who recently got out of the psychiatric hospital, but also his son, who shows up on his doorstep.