Ladies First: Matriarchy on the Screen
by mike_sean | created - 13 Apr 2011 | updated - 06 Dec 2016 | PublicMovies and episodes of television shows that involve female-dominated societies. This includes matriarchies, tribes of Amazon women, and galactic sisterhoods.
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1. Mars Needs Moms (2011)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.
Director: Simon Wells | Stars: Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois
Votes: 23,963 | Gross: $21.38M
2. The Wicker Man (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan
Votes: 71,433 | Gross: $23.64M
3.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Bound
(2005)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The 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.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,572
4. FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)
82 min | Sci-Fi
France. 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Atanes | Stars: Xavier Tort, Anne Céline Auche, Manel Solás, Raúl Mena
Votes: 260
5. Sumuru (2003)
TV-14 | 94 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Based 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.
Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Alexandra Kamp, Michael Shanks, Simona Williams, Terence Bridgett
Votes: 805
6.
Futurama (1999– )
Episode:
Amazon Women in the Mood
(2001)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gigantic feminist Amazons give Fry, Kif, and Zapp a grueling workout.
Director: Brian Sheesley | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 3,459
7.
Lexx (1996–2002)
Episode:
Girltown
(2000)
Not Rated | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Stan 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.
Director: Chris Bould | Stars: Brian Downey, Xenia Seeberg, Michael McManus, Ellen Dubin
Votes: 117
8. Andromina: The Pleasure Planet (2000)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Disappointed 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.
Director: Darren Patrick Moloney | Stars: Shyra Deland, Christian Boeving, Mike Roman, Miyoko Fujimori
Votes: 392
9. The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a world ruled and populated only by women, a young female scientist creates a male human being, genetically enhanced to refrain from violence.
Director: Les Landau | Stars: Julie Bowen, Paul Francis, Tamlyn Tomita, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 741
10.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Lithia
(1998)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Major 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: David Keith, Claire Rankin, Nadia Capone, Kirsten Alter
Votes: 362
11. E*L*M - Entry Level Male (1996)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Women 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Harrington | Stars: Michael W. Rhoads, Clyde Peterson, Patti Rayne, Jeanne Harris
Votes: 26
12. Petticoat Planet (1996)
R | 78 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man crash lands on a Western themed planet inhabited by beautiful women.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan, Troy Vincent, Lesli Kay, Betsy Lynn George
Votes: 572
13.
Sliders (1995–2000)
Episode:
Love Gods
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 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.
Director: John McPherson | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 331
14. Burial of the Rats (1995 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Golden | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Maria Ford, Kevin Alber, Olga Kabo
Votes: 528
15.
Sliders (1995–2000)
Episode:
The Weaker Sex
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 367
16. Dinosaur Island (1994)
R | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Five downed pilots must contend with hungry prehistoric beasts and lusty cave women on a lush island paradise.
Directors: Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski | Stars: Ross Hagen, Richard Gabai, Antonia Dorian, Griffin Drew
Votes: 1,823
17.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994)
Episode:
No Man's Land
(1993)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Brisco 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.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, Comet
Votes: 234
18. Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The 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.
Director: J.F. Lawton | Stars: Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Waldron, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 3,466
19. Phoenix the Warrior (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, women warriors battle each other from junkyards to gravel pits as they determine the fate of the entire world.
Director: Robert Hayes | Stars: Persis Khambatta, Kathleen Kinmont, Peggy McIntaggart, James Emery
Votes: 1,098
20.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Angel One
(1988)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Riker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby
Votes: 3,794
21. Stormquest (1987)
89 min | Action, Fantasy
In 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.
Director: Alejandro Sessa | Stars: Brent Huff, Kai Baker, Mónica Gonzaga, Rocky Giordani
Votes: 140
22. America 3000 (1986)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 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?
Director: David Engelbach | Stars: Chuck Wagner, Laurene Landon, William Wallace, Sue Giosa
Votes: 1,571
23.
Otherworld (1985)
Episode:
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
(1985)
47 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The 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.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Sam Groom, Gretchen Corbett, Tony O'Dell, Jonna Lee
Votes: 32
24. Sexmission (1984)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two 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.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Wieslaw Michnikowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Dorota Stalinska
Votes: 14,428
25.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985)
Episode:
Trouble in Arcadia
(1983)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Adam and Teela come across a secret city called, Arcadia, where the women rule and the men are slaves.
Director: Gwen Wetzler | Stars: John Erwin, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, Lou Scheimer
Votes: 113
26. Warrior Women (1981)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Semi-naked Amazonian warriors defend their girls only island from from male pirates from the men only island.
Director: Yang-Ming Tsai | Stars: Don Wong, Hui-Shan Yang, Pei Hua Chang, Fu-Hsiung Cheng
Votes: 58
27. Gold of the Amazon Women (1979 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure
An adventurer searches for the fabled Golden Cities of El Dorado and allies himself with a tribe of Amazon women against a murderous villain who is also after the treasure.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg, Donald Pleasence, Richard Romanus
Votes: 393
28. All That Glitters (1977)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Satirical look at a world where women rule and men are objectified.
Stars: Lois Nettleton, Barbara Baxley, Anita Gillette, Chuck McCann
Votes: 160
29. Kilma, reina de las amazonas (1976)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A sailor escapes a mutiny on his ship and finds himself stranded on a jungle island--with a tribe of gorgeous amazon women.
Director: Miguel Iglesias | Stars: Eva Miller, Frank Braña, Claudia Gravy, Luis Induni
Votes: 92
30.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Devil's Planet
(1977)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After investigating a planet where all humanoid life had been eradicated, Koenig becomes trapped in a prison on one of the moons where no one knows that their planet has been wiped out.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt
Votes: 223
31. Star Maidens (1976)
30 min | Sci-Fi
Medusa, a planet from another solar system, drifts into Earth's system. The surface of this planet is no longer habitable and the inhabitants have moved to a high-tech underground city. The... See full summary »
Stars: Lisa Harrow, Christian Quadflieg, Christiane Krüger, Judy Geeson
Votes: 237
32. Planet Earth (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary
Votes: 892
33. Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women (1974)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying the inhabitants of a village.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Aldo Canti, Marc Hannibal, Hua Yueh, Malisa Longo
Votes: 376
34. Battle of the Amazons (1973)
R | 100 min | Action, Fantasy
A tribe of vicious female warriors terrorizes the countryside, and especially the males, until one day the men and some local villagers decide to fight back.
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Lucretia Love, Paola Tedesco, Mirta Miller
Votes: 242
35.
Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972–1974)
Episode:
Warrior Women of Amazonia
(1972)
22 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Josie and the kids land on the mysterious planet of Amazonia after being tricked off-course by a false SOS signal. The girls are captured and put under the power of Merla, the diabolical ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Sherry Alberoni, Jerry Dexter, Jackie Joseph, Casey Kasem
Votes: 12
36.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Spock's Brain
(1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Marj Dusay
Votes: 3,623
37. Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Unrated | 78 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Astronauts landing on Venus encounter dangerous creatures and almost meet some sexy Venusian women who like to sun-bathe in hip-hugging skin-tight pants and seashell brassieres.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Mary Marr, Paige Lee, Gennadi Vernov
Votes: 1,996
38. Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)
77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
Director: Jan Schmidt | Stars: Vladimír Hlavatý, Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek, Vanda Kalinová
Votes: 647
39. Prehistoric Women (1967)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Jungle guide David is kidnapped by a tribe of natives who want to sacrifice him to their white rhino god. Just as he is about to be killed, however, he is thrown backwards in time to a kingdom of brunette women and their blonde slaves.
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer, Stephanie Randall
Votes: 1,330
40.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Consider Her Ways
(1964)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A woman awakens in a dystopian society formed after the extinction of all men where women are sorted at birth into one of four social castes - Workers, Mothers (incubators), Servitors and Doctors. She rebels against being just a mother.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Barrie, Gladys Cooper, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 445
41. War Gods of Babylon (1962)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Noble, wise King Sardanapolo and his more soft and naive younger brother Prince Sammash get into a bitter feud over the affections of sweet and alluring innocent peasant girl Mirra. ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Howard Duff, Jocelyn Lane, Luciano Marin, Giancarlo Sbragia
Votes: 161
42. Pagan Island (1961)
67 min | Action, Adventure
The survivor of a shipwreck finds himself on an island populated only by women.
Director: Barry Mahon | Stars: Eddie Dew, Nani Maka, Trine Hovelsrud, Sharon Michael
Votes: 142
43. Missile to the Moon (1958)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Escaped cons stowaway on a flight to the moon and discover alien women ruled by a sadistic queen.
Director: Richard E. Cunha | Stars: Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K.T. Stevens, Tommy Cook
Votes: 1,495
44. Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Unrated | 80 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
American astronauts are drawn by a mysterious force to the planet Venus, which they find to be inhabited only by beautiful women and their despotic queen.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Dave Willock, Laurie Mitchell
Votes: 2,572
45. The Wild Women of Wongo (1959)
Unrated | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy
Men, women and apes live together as three different tribes on the tropical island of Wongo. When the tribes discover that they live together on the island, ape-men start planning a raid on the tribe in order to capture mates.
Director: James L. Wolcott | Stars: Jean Hawkshaw, Mary Ann Webb, Candé Gerrard, Adrienne Bourbeau
Votes: 1,388
46. Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
81 min | Adventure
A party of explorers in the Amazon jungle are captured by a tribe of women, and learn that they are to be used as the tribe's "love slaves."
Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Don Taylor, Gianna Segale, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harvey Chalk
Votes: 143
47. Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
Approved | 73 min | Sci-Fi
A team of astronauts lands on a moon of Jupiter to find it populated with beautiful young women looking for mates. An old man explains to the explorers the group's story, as well as the moon's dangers.
Director: Cy Roth | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw, Paul Carpenter, Jacqueline Curtis
Votes: 1,985
48. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige, Mari Blanchard
Votes: 3,604
49. Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Astronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights.
Director: Arthur Hilton | Stars: Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, Susan Morrow
Votes: 2,047
50. Prehistoric Women (1950)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Tigri and her stone-age girl friends hate all men, but realizing they are a necessary evil, capture some for potential husbands.
Director: Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Joan Shawlee, Judy Landon
Votes: 632
51. Queen of the Amazons (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure
A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.
Director: Edward Finney | Stars: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan
Votes: 880
52. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 2,596
53. Bees in Paradise (1944)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Musical
During World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Peter Graves, Max Bacon
Votes: 167
54. Perfect Lover (2001)
92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world where women run the show, a shy plastics' designer buys a female robot, so he gains confidence and becomes a lady's man, but he falls for plastic woman.
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini | Stars: Ryan Hurst, Daniela Amavia, Justin Walker, Alexis Arquette
Votes: 170
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