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Made in Dagenham (2010)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Choose this for an ensemble story about the people who understand a job better than anyone assigning its pay grade. Ford sewing machinists object when their work is classed as unskilled. What starts on the factory floor grows into a public argument about equal pay.
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Real Women Have Curves (2002)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Try this when you want a quieter story about talent that gets overlooked at work and at home. A young woman wants college, but her family expects her to work in her sister's garment factory. The movie lets you see the skill in making those clothes as clearly as it sees her need to choose a future.
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She's the Man (2006)
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Pick this for a lively school comedy where getting on the field is harder than playing. Viola poses as her brother for a chance to compete on a boys' soccer team. The jokes get better whenever a teammate has to reckon with how well she reads the game.
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Choose this if you want to see a good student taught to trust an ability she has kept quiet. Akeelah is an exceptional speller at a school without a history of national victories. Her training makes the bee feel like something her whole neighborhood has a stake in.
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
5.8/10on IMDb
Released
Try this for a school comedy with a bigger musical payoff. A disguised singer takes over a music class and hears a choir in a group adults have given up on. The students have to decide for themselves whether they want anyone else to hear it.
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A League of Their Own (1992)
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Choose this for an entire team that has to earn a place in the eyes of fans, owners and a skeptical manager. The players can draw a crowd with publicity, but keeping a league going takes baseball worth watching. You get both the jokes in the clubhouse and the competition on the field.
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Pick this for a bright sports comedy about making room for a talent nobody had planned for. Jess joins a team while hiding matches from her family. The team's competition and a family wedding eventually ask her to show how much soccer means to her.
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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Try this if you want an underestimation story that plays out in public. Billie Jean King pushes for better pay for women players before meeting Bobby Riggs in a televised match. You can watch the tennis and the promotion become two separate contests over what her skill is worth.
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Fighting with My Family (2019)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Try this for the training-room version of being the wrong kind of candidate. Paige arrives at WWE with a family wrestling background that makes her feel out of place among the other recruits. You can watch her learn the show's rhythms while deciding how much of her old style to keep.
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Queen of Katwe (2016)
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Try this if you like watching a competition change other people's idea of who belongs there. Phiona learns chess in her Kampala neighborhood and takes her game into rooms that look nothing like her home. Her practical sense of how to survive a difficult position translates into something the other players have to respect.
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Dumplin' (2018)
6.5/10on IMDb
Released
Choose this for a pageant comedy about refusing to accept its definition of who belongs onstage. A former queen's daughter enters her mother's competition as a protest. More contestants follow, and her ability to make people feel welcome starts to matter as much as a polished walk.
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