The following are great films to enjoy and appreciate, even though their ostensible underlying messages are not particularly empowering to women as a group:

1. Sleeping Beauty
2. The Little Mermaid
3. The Lion King
4. The Sword in the Stone
5. Pretty Woman
6. The Man in the Iron Mask
7. The Princess Bride
8. Gladiator
9. Troy
10. Apocalypto
Juliette Frette