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December 25, 2024 at 12:00pm EST
Whether you’re looking at the women around you, or are thinking back to some of the characters you’ve seen in movies and TV, we’re guessing you know just how complicated and multi-dimensional women can be. We can be strong, brave, vulnerable, ambitious, sexy, funny and the list goes on.
So, of course, it’s no surprise that so many of our favorite 2024 movies had incredible, complicated female characters right in the center.
Just ask Demi Moore, whose performance in The Substance has brought on a major career comeback. “It really captivated me, the way in which it was exploring this subject of aging and, in particular, that violence that we can have against ourselves, the way in which we all — men and women alike — can dissect and criticize our own reflection,” Moore told The Hollywood Reporter. “It just felt so relatable, on a human level.”
To find out more 2024 movies like The Substance, which talked about what it means to be a woman, from how to fit in in high school or how to be the perfect mom, scroll below!
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‘Babygirl’
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Nicole Kidman is receiving rave reviews for her performance as high-powered CEO Romy in Babygirl. In it, the executive strikes up an unexpected romance with her intern (Harris Dickinson) and their connection soon fulfills all her sexual desires.
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‘Nightbitch’
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Nightbitch might have a wild premise, but it’s one of the most accurate portrayals of motherhood out there. The movie follows a stay-at-home mom (Amy Adams)who gave up her art career to take care of her son. Two years into raising him, however, the taxing routine starts to take a toll, and her body begins to mysteriously transform into a dog’s.
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‘I’m Still Here’
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Brazil’s I’m Still Here is a movie that’ll have you seeing the warm and beautiful country in a whole new light. Set during the dictatorship in the 70s, this movie follows the real-life story of Eunice Paiva, a mom of five whose husband was taken into questioning and never returned. It’s all about strength and the fight one woman had to honor her husband.
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‘The Substance’
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In a movie that’s responsible for Demi Moore’s renaissance, The Substance tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a Hollywood actress who’s fired from her longtime role for not being young enough. As a result, she finds The Substance – a mystery injection that promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.
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‘We Love in Time’
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Starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, We Love in Time might be the most tear-jerking movie of the year. The film follows Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) as they meet, fall in love, cope with Almut’s battle with cancer, and navigate life as a new family with Almut’s ever-growing culinary ambitions.
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‘Emilia Pérez’
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In Emilia Pérez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez play three women with completely different lives. While Gascón plays a transgender woman trying to right her wrongs, Zoe Saldaña is an ambitious lawyer willing to take risks to shake up her life and Gomez is a mother of two trying to navigate her new world following the death of her husband.
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‘It Ends With Us’
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Starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, It Ends With Us tells the heartbreaking story of flower shop owner Lily Bloom as she meets and falls for neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. Soon after their relationship gets serious, however, Ryle’s temper and abuse begin to escalate.
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‘My Old Ass’
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In another movie that will probably make up cry happy tears, My Old Ass follows 18-year-old Elliott as she hallucinates an older version of herself and starts to wonder what is real or fake. Of course, her confusion only worsens once she meets the boy her older version tells her to stay away from.
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‘The Idea of You’
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The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway, is the movie that put mom-coms on the map! The movie follows divorcée gallerist Solène as she strikes up an unexpected romance with 24-year-old pop star Hayes Campbell.
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‘Babes’
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After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, Ilana Glazer’s Eden embarks on a whole new chapter of her life in Babes. Alongside her best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau), she’s given a true crash course on all things pregnancy and babies.
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‘Blitz’
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Saoirse Ronan in Blitz shows the lengths a mom would go to to protect their child. The movie follows a mom and her nine-year-old son on a quest to find each other after he’s evacuated to the countryside in World War II London.
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‘The Outrun’
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In another Saoirse Ronan title this year, The Outrun follows a young woman named Rona whose alcohol addiction takes her to Scotland’s Orkney Islands in an attempt to finally heal and recover.
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‘Parachute’
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Parachute, which marked Brittany Snow’s directorial debut, tells the story of a young woman named Riley (Courtney Eaton) trying to navigate friendships, family and relationships after a stint in rehab for an eating disorder.
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‘Scrambled’
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In Scrambled, 34-year-old Nellie is enjoying life and having the time of her life always being the bridesmaid when the opportunity for her to freeze her eggs comes knocking.
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‘Fitting In’
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In one of the most endearing coming-of-age movies of the year, Fitting In follows 16-year-old Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) as she’s diagnosed with a reproductive condition that alters her view of sex, relationships, womanhood, and more.
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‘Suncoast’
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In another coming-of-age movie, Suncoast follows a young girl (Nico Parker) who’s trying to fit in at school while taking care of her sick brother.
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