Film Suggestions About Women
March 7, 2014 3:40 PM Subscribe
Hey! I'm looking for movies about women who want to be high class and/or rich and famous. Not a "Cinderella" type story but one that is darker... Thanks!
Working Girl?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 3:46 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 3:46 PM on March 7, 2014
All About Eve.
posted by rtha at 3:48 PM on March 7, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by rtha at 3:48 PM on March 7, 2014 [5 favorites]
Came in to say All About Eve, but someone rich and famous who wants to be richer and famouser: Sunset Boulevard.
posted by Erasmouse at 3:53 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by Erasmouse at 3:53 PM on March 7, 2014
Bling Ring has a couple of male characters but I'd say it's female-centric.
posted by lovableiago at 3:57 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by lovableiago at 3:57 PM on March 7, 2014
Miniseries, not a film proper, but The Crimson Petal and the White is awesome and very dark. The novel of the same name is great too.
posted by oinopaponton at 3:58 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by oinopaponton at 3:58 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
A Streetcar Named Desire
posted by matildatakesovertheworld at 3:59 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by matildatakesovertheworld at 3:59 PM on March 7, 2014
Mildred Pierce; Mildred works for her success but it turns her daughter into a spoiled brat obsessed with class and status.
posted by bcwinters at 4:07 PM on March 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by bcwinters at 4:07 PM on March 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
Vanity Fair is an absolute classic of the genre - but I don't know if any of the movie adaptions are any good.
(There's a miniseries of The Crimson Petal and the White?! HUZZAH!)
posted by L'Estrange Fruit at 4:08 PM on March 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
(There's a miniseries of The Crimson Petal and the White?! HUZZAH!)
posted by L'Estrange Fruit at 4:08 PM on March 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
Chicago?
posted by vogon_poet at 4:21 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by vogon_poet at 4:21 PM on March 7, 2014
Angel
...Which also stars Romola Garai from The Crimson Petal and the White. (The novel's thick, sure, an absolute page-turner.)
posted by mochapickle at 4:32 PM on March 7, 2014
...Which also stars Romola Garai from The Crimson Petal and the White. (The novel's thick, sure, an absolute page-turner.)
posted by mochapickle at 4:32 PM on March 7, 2014
Are you looking for good movies? If not, I suggest Showgirls.
posted by zorseshoes at 4:42 PM on March 7, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by zorseshoes at 4:42 PM on March 7, 2014 [5 favorites]
To Die For, with Nicole Kidman?
posted by Snarl Furillo at 4:46 PM on March 7, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by Snarl Furillo at 4:46 PM on March 7, 2014 [4 favorites]
It's older but Stella Dallas is definitely dark.
posted by sardonyx at 4:51 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by sardonyx at 4:51 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Really cheesy, but Death Becomes Her.
posted by shortyJBot at 5:01 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by shortyJBot at 5:01 PM on March 7, 2014
The other one I was trying to think of was Imitation of Life. Both are dark, and very, very sad films.
posted by sardonyx at 5:02 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by sardonyx at 5:02 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Muriel's Wedding, a charmingly filmed flick from Australia about a woman chasing fame and fortune (Toni Collette!)
posted by Khazk at 5:07 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Khazk at 5:07 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Another so-bad-it's-good film: The Lonely Lady
I haven't seen it, but Mahogany also came to mind.
posted by zorseshoes at 5:11 PM on March 7, 2014
I haven't seen it, but Mahogany also came to mind.
posted by zorseshoes at 5:11 PM on March 7, 2014
The Woody Allen movie Small Time Crooks is a lighthearted but somewhat bittersweet comedy with lots of this theme.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 5:43 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by overeducated_alligator at 5:43 PM on March 7, 2014
inside Daisy Clover
Red-Headed Woman
No Man of Her Own
posted by Ideefixe at 6:39 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Red-Headed Woman
No Man of Her Own
posted by Ideefixe at 6:39 PM on March 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
I was going to suggest Imitation of Life as well.
posted by MadamM at 8:19 PM on March 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by MadamM at 8:19 PM on March 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
I came in to say Baby Face with Barbara Stanwyck, but someone already covered it.
posted by Bigfoot Mandala at 9:21 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by Bigfoot Mandala at 9:21 PM on March 7, 2014
White Oleander
posted by third word on a random page at 9:37 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by third word on a random page at 9:37 PM on March 7, 2014
Drop Dead Gorgeous!
And not a movie but Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 is a pretty great take on the modern It Girl.
posted by fshgrl at 9:39 PM on March 7, 2014
And not a movie but Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 is a pretty great take on the modern It Girl.
posted by fshgrl at 9:39 PM on March 7, 2014
The eponymous Cukor movie was based on the Van Druten play Old Acquaintance,which had been made with Bette Davis.
A Place in the Sun
posted by brujita at 11:27 PM on March 7, 2014
A Place in the Sun
posted by brujita at 11:27 PM on March 7, 2014
Blargh! About WOMEN....which doesn't fit with Clift ( NO SNARKS about what he preferred in bed).
posted by brujita at 11:29 PM on March 7, 2014
posted by brujita at 11:29 PM on March 7, 2014
Macbeth
posted by Grangousier at 1:42 AM on March 8, 2014
posted by Grangousier at 1:42 AM on March 8, 2014
Carrie (not Steven King - the 1952 adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie).
posted by snarfles at 5:09 AM on March 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by snarfles at 5:09 AM on March 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also Georgy Girl
Ah, that reminds me of Julie Christie in Darling from 1965.
posted by Rash at 8:24 AM on March 8, 2014
Ah, that reminds me of Julie Christie in Darling from 1965.
posted by Rash at 8:24 AM on March 8, 2014
Mulholland Drive
posted by milk white peacock at 9:31 AM on March 8, 2014
posted by milk white peacock at 9:31 AM on March 8, 2014
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Based on a true story of a young woman who went to Hollywood to "get famous" and wound up famous for how she was gruesomely murdered.
posted by Michele in California at 3:44 PM on March 7, 2014