Ladies First: Matriarchy on the Screen
Movies and episodes of television shows that involve female-dominated societies. This includes matriarchies, tribes of Amazon women, and galactic sisterhoods.
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- DirectorSimon WellsStarsSeth GreenJoan CusackDan FoglerA young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsNicolas CageEllen BurstynLeelee SobieskiA 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.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsScott BakulaJohn BillingsleyJolene BlalockThe 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.
- DirectorCarlos AtanesStarsXavier TortAnne Céline AucheManel SolásFrance. 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 special man, Nono, will make her question profoundly the principles of the Doctrine.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsAlexandra KampMichael ShanksSimona WilliamsBased 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.
- DirectorBrian SheesleyStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioGigantic feminist Amazons give Fry, Kif, and Zapp a grueling workout.
- DirectorChris BouldStarsBrian DowneyXenia SeebergMichael McManusStan 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.
- DirectorDarren Patrick MoloneyStarsShyra DelandChristian BoevingMike RomanDisappointed 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.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsJulie BowenPaul FrancisTamlyn TomitaIn a world ruled and populated only by women, a young female scientist creates a male human being, genetically enhanced to refrain from violence.
- DirectorHelen ShaverStarsDavid KeithClaire RankinNadia CaponeMajor 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 the relationships of the colony, with disastrous results.
- DirectorRick HarringtonStarsMichael W. RhoadsClyde PetersonPatti RayneWomen 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 job, but now on trial now for "machoism" or letting his penis lead him astray.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsElizabeth KaitanTroy VincentLesli KayA man crash lands on a Western themed planet inhabited by beautiful women.
- DirectorJohn McPhersonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn 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.
- DirectorDan GoldenStarsAdrienne BarbeauMaria FordKevin AlberIn 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 and punish them. Our hero must decide between his wish to escape the dangerous cult and his love for one of its members.
- DirectorVern GillumStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn 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 advances of a powerful woman, Rembrandt laments the manner in which he is tricked and used.
- DirectorFred Olen RayJim WynorskiStarsRoss HagenRichard GabaiAntonia DorianFive downed pilots must contend with hungry prehistoric beasts and lusty cave women on a lush island paradise.
- 1993–199445mTV-147.6 (234)TV EpisodeDirectorKim MannersStarsBruce CampbellJulius CarryChristian ClemensonBrisco 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.
- DirectorJ.F. LawtonStarsShannon TweedBill MaherKaren M. WaldronThe 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.
- DirectorRobert HayesStarsPersis KhambattaKathleen KinmontPeggy McIntaggartIn a post-apocalyptic world, women warriors battle each other from junkyards to gravel pits as they determine the fate of the entire world.
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonRiker, Troi, Data and Yar beam down to a planet ruled by a matriarchal government in the hopes of locating a missing freighter crew.
- DirectorAlejandro SessaStarsBrent HuffKai BakerMónica GonzagaIn 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.
- DirectorDavid EngelbachStarsChuck WagnerLaurene LandonWilliam WallaceIn 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?
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsSam GroomGretchen CorbettTony O'DellThe 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.
- DirectorJuliusz MachulskiStarsWieslaw MichnikowskiJerzy StuhrOlgierd LukaszewiczTwo 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.
- 1983–198530mTV-Y77.0 (113)TV EpisodeDirectorGwen WetzlerStarsJohn ErwinAlan OppenheimerLinda GaryAdam and Teela come across a secret city called, Arcadia, where the women rule and the men are slaves.
- DirectorYang-Ming TsaiStarsDon WongHui-Shan YangPei Hua ChangSemi-naked Amazonian warriors defend their girls only island from from male pirates from the men only island.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsBo SvensonAnita EkbergDonald PleasenceAn 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.
- CreatorNorman LearAnn MarcusStarsLois NettletonBarbara BaxleyAnita GilletteSatirical look at a world where women rule and men are objectified.
- DirectorMiguel IglesiasStarsEva MillerFrank BrañaClaudia GravyA sailor escapes a mutiny on his ship and finds himself stranded on a jungle island--with a tribe of gorgeous amazon women.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsMartin LandauBarbara BainCatherine SchellAfter 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.
- StarsLisa HarrowChristian QuadfliegChristiane KrügerMedusa, 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 society is ruled by women, all of them beautiful. Men are considered mentally inferior and divided into two categories: the "adequately intelligent," who are selected by women to act as their personal "domestics" for household chores; and the remainder, who are forced to perform menial labor under the supervision of female guards. The guards are attired nicely in visored helmets, boots, hot pants, and elbow-length gloves which are used to control the men through some sort of apparent force. Two of the men from Medusa escape and head to Earth, determined to be free of their female oppressors, but they are pursued by two Medusan women. When the Earth authorities fail to help capture the fugitives, the Medusan women take two Earth scientists (a man and a woman) back to Medusa until an exchange can be arranged. The earthlings are forced to take their designated places in Medusan society. The man is chosen as a domestic, sometimes forced to work on a city maintenance crew, and the woman is assigned an elite white-collar job. The men and women from both worlds adjust to their new surroundings as the battle of the sexes continues.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsJohn SaxonJanet MargolinTed CassidyA 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.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsAldo CantiMarc HannibalHua YuehThree men with supernatural powers interfere in a tribal warfare to prevent evil Amazons destroying the inhabitants of a village.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsLincoln TateLucretia LovePaola TedescoA 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.
- 1972–197422m5.7 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSherry AlberoniJerry DexterJackie JosephJosie 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 leader of the planet. Alan and Alex are left helpless to save the girls until they discover the girls are wearing rings equipped with remote-control units monitored by Merla.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyThe crew of the Enterprise pursues a mysterious woman who has abducted Spock's brain.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsMamie Van DorenMary MarrPaige LeeAstronauts 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.
- DirectorJan SchmidtStarsVladimír HlavatýJitka HorejsiOndrej JariabekA 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.
- DirectorMichael CarrerasStarsMartine BeswickEdina RonayMichael LatimerJungle 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.
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara BarrieGladys CooperA 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.
- DirectorSilvio AmadioStarsHoward DuffJocelyn LaneLuciano MarinNoble, 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. Meanwhile, the treacherous and ruthlessly ambitious General Arbace plots against both siblings.
- DirectorBarry MahonStarsEddie DewNani MakaTrine HovelsrudThe survivor of a shipwreck finds himself on an island populated only by women.
- DirectorRichard E. CunhaStarsRichard TravisCathy DownsK.T. StevensEscaped cons stowaway on a flight to the moon and discover alien women ruled by a sadistic queen.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsZsa Zsa GaborEric FlemingDave WillockAmerican 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.
- DirectorJames L. WolcottStarsJean HawkshawMary Ann WebbCandé GerrardMen, 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.
- DirectorCurt SiodmakStarsDon TaylorGianna SegaleEduardo CiannelliA 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."
- DirectorCy RothStarsAnthony DexterSusan ShawPaul CarpenterA 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.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRobert PaigeTwo workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
- DirectorArthur HiltonStarsSonny TuftsVictor JoryMarie WindsorAstronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights.
- DirectorGregg G. TallasStarsLaurette LuezAllan NixonJoan ShawleeTigri and her stone-age girl friends hate all men, but realizing they are a necessary evil, capture some for potential husbands.
- DirectorEdward FinneyStarsRobert LoweryPatricia MorisonJ. Edward BrombergA 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.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsJohnny WeissmullerBrenda JoyceJohnny SheffieldA 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.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsArthur AskeyAnne SheltonPeter GravesDuring World War II, a plane crashes on an island full of dominating women.
- DirectorGabriela TagliaviniStarsRyan HurstDaniela AmaviaJustin WalkerIn 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.