Barbie
Over a class afterBarbie ’s record - breaking theatrical expiration , Netflix added the highest - grossing film of 2023to its depository library , where it sits among many other like movies . The fantasy comedy , directed by Greta Gerwig and write by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach , is the first alive - action motion-picture show based on Mattel ’s Barbie style dolls . Barbiestars Margot Robbie as the nominal character , who travel from Barbieland to the existent humans after she starts lose all the qualities that make her a " perfect " doll . The pic was a tremendous achiever , both financially and critically , resulting in Gerwig and Baumbach developing aBarbiesequel ( perThe Hollywood Reporter ) .
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Barbie is a film adaption of the generational iconic plaything directed by Greta Gerwig , who co - wrote the playscript with Noah Baumbach . The film centers on Margot Robbie ’s Barbie who is expelled from Barbieland and travels with Ken ( Ryan Gosling ) to the existent world in search of happiness . The film also stars Simu Liu , Will Ferrell , and several other famous celebrities in cameo role .
UntilGerwig ’s reportedBarbiesequelpremieres , devotee of the first movie can crack out related plastic film on Netflix ( after re - watchingBarbieas many time as their nub desire , of course ) . While the phantasy comedy is undoubtedly one of a kind , a smattering of other heavy picture hold back similar themes , stories , tones , etc . They might not beBarbie , but they are all entertaining and heartfelt in their own right .
8Crossroads
Directed By: Tamra Davis
PerhapsCrossroadsisn’t the first movie that come to thinker when thinking ofBarbie , but the two films are quite alike . Both are directed by adult female and boast themes of distaff authorization , friendship , and self - discovery . InCrossroads , three teen daughter set out on a ill-tempered - country road trip after high school day graduation , and the three alienated friend go on the journeying for different reasons . Meanwhile , inGreta Gerwig ’s picture , Barbie is also on a journey of self - discovery .
Lucy ’s write up in Crossroads has some similarities to Britney Spears ' life , raising questions about whether Crossroads is based on her life or not .
Plus , Crossroadshas a maven - stud , talented cast who upgrade the fib , like toBarbie ’s cast . Britney Spears , Zoe Saldaña , and Taryn Manning play the said three full friends , withCrossroadsserving as Spears ' feature photographic film debut(and her last starring purpose ) . Other plaster bandage members include Anson Mount , Kim Cattrall , Dan Aykroyd , Justin Long , Beverly Johnson , and Jamie Lynn Spears .
7Ella Enchanted
Directed By: Tommy O’Haver
For those cravinga bit of love story alongside feminist themes and catchy tunes , face no further thanElla Enchanted . The 2004 jukebox melodious phantasy comedymovie stars Anne Hathawayas Ella , a woman from the kingdom of Lamia who is cursed to be obedient ( meaning she has to do whatever anyone tells her to do ) . For her whole animation , Ella has had to obey everyone . However , her life begins to alter after meeting Hugh Dancy ’s Prince Char .
Ella EnchantedCast
Role
Custom Image by Ana Nieves
Anne Hathaway
Ella of Frell
Hugh Dancy
Prince " Char " Charmont
Cary Elwes
Sir Edgar
Steve Coogan
Heston ( voice )
Eric Idle
The Narrator
Aidan McArdle
Slannen
Minnie Driver
Mandy
Vivica A. Fox
Camilla Mendes and Maya Hawke star in Do Revenge, a Netflix comedy film about two high schoolers that after experiencing social bullying on a spectacular scale, become social outcasts. When Drea (Mendes) has a private video of hers leaked out across the internet by her boyfriend, her social life and brand are irreparably tarnished, leaving her outside her prior social circle. Eleanor (Hawke) experiences a similar situation when her bully, a girl named Carissa (Ava Capri), spreads a rumor that she tried to hold her down and kiss her. When the two form an unexpected friendship, they plan to “do revenge” against each other’s bullies in an elaborate scheme to tear them down.
Lucinda Perriweather
Joanna Lumley
Dame Olga
Ella gets to be the hero of her own story in this poof - tale irony , standardized to Barbie inBarbie . In fact , Hathaway ’s character is the utmost matter from a damozel in distress . Ella Enchantedis absurd , comical , capricious , and melodious , but it ’s also quite inspirational , have it the perfect movie to go alongside Greta Gerwig ’s 2023 fantasy clowning .
6Moxie
Directed By: Amy Poehler
ManyNetflix original moviesare also great watches to couple withBarbie , likeMoxie . Amy Poehler ’s 2021 drollery - dramafollows a teenaged girl who is inspire by her female parent ( play by Poehler ) tostart a feminist zine ( call " Moxie " ) at her high-pitched school . She wants to empower young women , like herself , and call out the rearing sexism they all have to have every day . The movement make an brouhaha at school and forever changes the students and faculty .
On the surface , it ’s wanton to see howMoxieandBarbieare likewise . Both have feminist motif , stress the power of sistership , and feature the main character undergoing dramatic ( but necessary ) mortal - searching . It ’s hard not to feel inspired after watchingMoxieandBarbie , no matter what sexuality the viewer identifies with , which is why they complement one another so nicely .
5Someone Great
Directed By: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Another great ( pun not destine ) moving-picture show to watch alongsideBarbieisSomeone Great . The2019 Netflix romantic comedy stars Gina Rodriguezas Jenny , a young woman who has just get out of a long - term relationship and is moving from New York to San Francisco , where she has been offered her pipe dream job atRolling Stone . After her fellow underprice her , Jenny and her supporter ( Brittany Snow ’s Blair and DeWanda Wise ’s Erin ) go on one last hurrah in the urban center , to mend Jenny ’s rugged heart and give her a proper sendoff before she leaves for the West Coast .
Someone Greatdirector / writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson was prompt by Taylor Swift ’s 5th studio apartment album1989while developing the movie . Then , Swift was inspired bySomeone Greatto write " Death by a Thousand Cuts , " a vocal from her 7th studio apartment albumLover .
LikeMargot Robbie ’s character inBarbie , Jenny is in a funk and is in desperate need of some cleaning lady ’s empowermentinSomeone Great . While the Netflix original motion picture include some romance ( it ’s a rom - com , after all ) , it mostly focuses on the three womanhood at the plaza of the story and their journeys . So , althoughSomeone Greatfeatures love stories , the movie is n’t about romance;it ’s about cleaning woman undergo ultra changes and learning how to cope with that ( similar toBarbie ) .
4On The Basis Of Sex
Directed By: Mimi Leder
Women harness the governing inBarbie . However , in the real reality , political science are very dissimilar and tend to favour male candidates . One of the first women to wear through this barrier , though , was Ruth Bader Ginsburg , who is at the centre of the narration in the 2018 biopicOn the Basis of Sex . Ginsburg was a lawyer who becamethe second cleaning lady to dish as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Courtwhen President Bill Clinton nominate her in 1993 . She assumed the location until her death in 2020 .
On the Basis of Sexstars Felicity Jones as Ginsburgand fall out the other days of her career . The movie chronicle the struggles that Ginsburg face as a woman in the earth of lawand how her persistence and mania leave in her prevail a bottom on the Supreme Court of the United States . WhileOn the Basis of Sexis sure enough darker and more dramatic thanBarbie , Ginsburg ’s following and struggles are just as inspiring as Barbie ’s triumphs .
3The Six Triple Eight
Directed By: Tyler Perry
The Six Triple Eightdebuted on Netflix in December 2024 and quickly start veer on the streaming platform . Tyler Perry ’s biographical war dramais based on Kevin M. Hymel ’s 2019WWII Historyarticle " oppose a Two - Front War"andrevolves around the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion , an all - blackened and all - female large number serving during World War II . While for sure different in tone , filming , and plot , The Six Triple Eightcontains themes that can also be seen inBarbie .
The Cast ofThe Six Triple Eight
Name
Character
Kerry Washington
Major Charity Adams
Ebony Obsidian
Lena Derriecott King
Milauna Jackson
Captain Abbie Noel Campbell
Kylie Jefferson
Bernice Baker
Shanice Shantay
Johnnie Mae Burton
Pepi Sonuga
Elaine White
Sarah Jeffery
Dolores Washington
Dean Norris
General Halt
Susan Sarandon
Eleanor Roosevelt
Gregg Sulkin
Abram David
BarbieandThe Six Triple Eightaddress sexismand the obstacles women face . However , the latter movie also discuss racism , seeing as the member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion had to face both . As a result , The Six Triple Eightundoubtedly has more serious undertones ( and is more frozen in reality ) , but it ’s more than a worthwhile watch afterBarbie .
2Easy A
Directed By: Will Gluck
Easy A ’s tone is most likeBarbie ’s as it ’s laughable , colourful , witty , and take various layer . The2010 read-only storage - comalsofeatures a painfully misunderstood theatrical role ( similar to Margot Robbie ’s Barbie ) — Emma Stone ’s Olive Penderghast . Olive is a adolescent who gets ridiculed at school after a rumor goes around about her have gender . So , she decides to bosom her newfangled label and stitches a red " A " onto her clothes ( an court to Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s 1850 novelThe Scarlet Letter ) .
The teen funniness movie Easy A wander together a fib of sexual mark and lies that has an entertaining finish pep up by John Hughes ’s movies .
well-situated Achronicles what it ’s like to be a teen girl in high schooling who everyone judges for having sex ( even though Olive technically did n’t ) , while the boys get praise for doing the same affair . Meanwhile , Barbieis about how patriarchate hurts everyone . So , Barbie ’s subject matter seemingly goes bridge player - in - hand withEasy A’s , with the 2010 rom - com focalize on one specific example of the theme of the 2023 fantasy clowning .
1Do Revenge
Do Revengeis the second pic Jennifer Kaytin Robinson directed ( afterSomeone Great ) . Like her first film , the 2022 teenaged black comedy is all about distaff friendships ( with a twist).Do Revengestars Camila Mendesas Drea and Maya Hawke as Eleanor , two teen who help one another get revenge against someone who harm them . Drea is delirious at her X - boyfriend for partake a shocking telecasting of her . Meanwhile , Eleanor is maddened about a rumor that she forcibly buss another girl ( Carissa ) at summer camp a few years ago , which resulted in Eleanor becoming a social outcast .
At the marrow ofDo Revenge ’s tarradiddle is the complicated friendly relationship between Drea and Eleanor , tying it to other movies that raise woman ’s authorization ( likeBarbie ) .
Do Revengepays court to classic teenager films(likeHeathersandMean daughter ) while hold many elements that make it unique . However , as mentioned above , at the essence ofDo Revenge ’s story is the complicated friendship between Drea and Eleanor , wed it to other movies that promote fair sex ’s authorization ( likeBarbie ) .
Camilla Mendes and Maya Hawke star in Do Revenge , a Netflix comedy film about two eminent schoolers that after experiencing social bullying on a spectacular scale , become social outcasts . When Drea ( Mendes ) has a private telecasting of hers leak out across the internet by her boyfriend , her social living and brand are irreparably tarnished , leave her outside her anterior social forget me drug . Eleanor ( Hawke ) know a similar situation when her roughneck , a girl diagnose Carissa ( Ava Capri ) , circularise a hearsay that she tried to guard her down and snog her . When the two form an unexpected friendship , they contrive to " do retaliation " against each other ’s yobo in an elaborate scheme to rupture them down .
Sources : The Hollywood Reporter , Warfare History web
