your favorite american films of the past 50 years with female protagonists

You're assuming that hollywood has a crystal ball that shows it what people want - the evidence here is shaky to say the least.

It's not so much a crystal ball as simply thinking "people like Julia Roberts/Cameron Diaz/Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway etc., so let's develop stuff for them."

the fact that hollywood doesn't have a crystal ball makes them that much more likely to embrace a non-sexist formula movie if one were shown to be highly profitable. like if elfquest starring naomi klein as capt. nologo made $200million, there'd be nothing but non-sexist, socially progressive elf movies forever.

dare to dream

so where are all the Bridesmaids knockoffs btw

aren't there like 2 or 3 already in the pipeline?

panic room

is carnival of souls too old to make the cutoff?

no ones mentioned the travelling pants movies fyi

havent seen them but the protagonists are female pants i hear

so where are all the Bridesmaids knockoffs btw

Bridesmaids was retrograde and shallow too so no worries

But it had an Irish leading male!

It's not so much a crystal ball as simply thinking "people like Julia Roberts/Cameron Diaz/Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway etc., so let's develop stuff for them."

Not so much, seemingly: http://jezebel.com/5907744/the-truth-about-women-and-hollywood-these-actresses-theyre-fucked-good-luck-to-kate-and-reese