Suffragette

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Suffragette

PG-13

2015

1h 46m

Biography

History

Drama

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In early 20th-century Britain, the growing suffragette movement forever changes the life of working wife and mother Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan). Galvanized by political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Watts joins a diverse group of women who fight for equality and the right to vote. Faced with increasing police action, Maud and her dedicated suffragettes must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, risking their jobs, homes, family and lives for a just cause.

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Critics Consensus

Suffragette dramatizes an important -- and still painfully relevant -- fact-based story with more than enough craft and sincerity to overcome its flaws.

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Edward Porter

The Times (UK)

Nov 29, 2022

A rousing, demonstrative tale, and Mulligan not only shows the right sort of ardour, but also adds a bit of subtlety.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 1, 2017

B

It's not a new Hollywood approach, but it doesn't make it right. It just perpetuates the idea that white women represent all women. Period.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Mar 7, 2017

Suffragette is a stirring history lesson, wrapped in a very compelling and intimate film that is riveting, educational and thought provoking.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

2 days ago

C-

Confusing suffrage for suffering, 'Suffragette' is a political period piece with a conflated ego and very little sense of narrative purpose.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 6, 2025

3/4

With Suffragette, screenwriter Abi Morgan managed to pen a movie about Britain’s working-class women that’s a far sight better than the dud she scripted about Britain’s upper-class harridan.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 25, 2022

4/5

“Suffragette” dances in numerous shades of gray both in the actions of the women shown in the film and in the film’s opinion about them.

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Yun T

@RT29794062 Apr 21, 2026

def a must-see movie. One of the best movies ever in human history. DON'T MISS IT if you are interested in the way we've gone through in fighting for HUMAN rights!

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Michael T

@RT22930678 Apr 10, 2025

It’s hard to watch I didn’t like it

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Kaci B

@RT68436115 Apr 9, 2025

I recommend watching this movie if you would like to learn more about history of woman or for intertainment. It can be good for you to show teens/young adults.

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Karine L

@RT37619045 Sep 25, 2023

Awesome movie with a moving story.

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John S

@RT40486670 Jun 11, 2023

Lovingly crafted and performed. And relevant, relevant, revelant until equality is achieved (and long thereafter lest we forget).

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Feb 5, 2023

Impactful and powerful

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Synopsis

In early 20th-century Britain, the growing suffragette movement forever changes the life of working wife and mother Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan). Galvanized by political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Watts joins a diverse group of women who fight for equality and the right to vote. Faced with increasing police action, Maud and her dedicated suffragettes must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, risking their jobs, homes, family and lives for a just cause.

Director: Sarah Gavron
Producer: Alison Owen, Faye Ward
Screenwriter: Abi Morgan
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Ruby Films
Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Brief Strong Language|Some Intense Violence|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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