Women and survival
Overcoming tough reality. Homelessness, abuse, nature, war, etc.
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- DirectorJohn CurranStarsMia WasikowskaAdam DriverLily PearlA young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog.
- DirectorFrank Hall GreenStarsElla PurnellBrian GeraghtyDiane FarrAfter conditions in her new home become unbearable, a teenage girl runs away and befriends an older man preparing for a hike through the Alaskan wilderness.
- DirectorWilliam ParkerStarsJet JandreauShannon BrownTommy NashA young housewife is stranded alone in the woods after a tragic accident along The Oregon Trail. Far from home, she is tested mentally, physically, and spiritually in a battle for her life.
- DirectorDamian HarrisStarsGillian JacobsJohn MalkovichRyan SimpkinsAfter being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsSaoirse RonanTom HollandGeorge MacKayAn American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
- DirectorRon KraussStarsVanessa HudgensRosario DawsonBrendan FraserA pregnant teenager flees her abusive mother in search of her father, only to be rejected by her stepmother and forced to survive on the streets until a compassionate stranger offers a hopeful alternative.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsReese WitherspoonLaura DernGaby HoffmannA chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
- DirectorCarlos BrooksStarsBriana EviganCharlie TahanGarret DillahuntA thriller centered on a young woman and her autistic little brother who are trapped in a house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane.
- DirectorPeter LevinStarsThora BirchMichael RileyRobert BockstaelLiz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving but drug-addicted parents. She becomes homeless at 15, and after tragedy strikes, she begins her work to finish high school.
- DirectorRotimi RainwaterStarsShenae Grimes-BeechMarshall AllmanAustin WilliamsA 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Hollywood and Venice beach.
- DirectorJessica SharzerStarsKristen StewartElizabeth PerkinsRichard HagermanA teenager is traumatized into silence after a disastrous summer party.
- DirectorDebra GranikStarsJennifer LawrenceJohn HawkesGarret DillahuntAn unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
- DirectorLori PettyStarsJennifer LawrenceJavon JohnsonSophi BairleyA dramatization of Lori Petty's teenage years spent in small town Iowa.
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsMorgana O'ReillyRima Te WiataGlen-Paul WaruA young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking.
- DirectorsDaniel ChubaMark A.Z. DippéKyungho JoStarsIlleana DouglasMackenzie FoyZachary GordonFour children set out on a journey to find a new home.
- DirectorsLaura DernBryce Dallas HowardBonnie HuntStarsJennifer HudsonSarah HylandMelissa LeoLike its first breast cancer-themed installment, Call Me Crazy aka Five 2/Five More will feature five short films featuring A-list talent both in front and behind the camera. The sequel will address mental illness. Directors include Laura Dern, Bonnie Hunt, Ashley Judd and Bryce Dallas Howard.
- DirectorSean DurkinStarsElizabeth OlsenSarah PaulsonJohn HawkesHaunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
- DirectorJillian SchlesingerStarsDick DekkerKim DekkerLaura Dekker14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
- DirectorStuart BeattieStarsCaitlin StaseyRachel Hurd-WoodLincoln LewisWhen their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie PortmanAn Italian hit man protects a New York orphan.
- DirectorRoar UthaugStarsIsabel Christine AndreasenIngrid Bolsø BerdalMilla OlinSigne, spared from death to produce a child, befriends a little girl, Frigg, and escapes from the camp.
- DirectorJulian PölslerStarsMartina GedeckLuchs von KyffhäuserbachKarlheinz HacklA woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.
- DirectorCate ShortlandStarsSaskia RosendahlKai-Peter MalinaNele TrebsAs the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
- DirectorLucky McKeeStarsPollyanna McIntoshBrandon Gerald FullerLauren Ashley CarterWhen a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.
- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsSarah ButlerJeff BransonAndrew HowardA writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.