Menstruation Movies
- 2017
The Day I Hate to Go to School
The Day I Hate to Go to School02017HD
Eun-jung, who is poor enough to buy a sanitary pad, leaves school without her father's knowledge and sneaks into her house. And they spend the day in...
- 2020
Absent
Absent82020HD
Unable to afford proper menstrual products, Chloe is constantly faced with anxiety and humiliation; this is not the first time this has happened and...
- 1949
Growing Girls
Growing Girls61949HD
After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the...
- 2023
Bloodshed
Bloodshed02023HD
Tilly, Miah and Safa are three young women who endure debilitating period pain. Following an adolescence with little menstrual education, support or...
- 2022
First Blood
First Blood3.52022HD
A teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.
- 2024
Shedding
Shedding02024HD
In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.
- 1974
Linda's Film on Menstruation
Linda's Film on Menstruation5.31974HD
This is an educational short released by the Los Angeles Public Library explaining what to expect when you get your first period.
- 2019
Thank You, Eve
Thank You, Eve72019HD
A sophomore struggles to get passed embarrassment when she receives her menstrual cycle in front of her fellow students. Emotions run high, as growth...
- 2020
Pothos
Pothos02020HD
Ivy gets her first period during her first communion.
- 1970
Delphyne
Delphyne71970HD
Delphyne (meaning ‘womb’) discusses the stigma around menstruation. Addressing shame and acceptance, taboos around menstrual blood are...
- 1992
Cage of Flame
Cage of Flame01992HD
A bewitching celebration of menstruation which uses a variety of animation techniques from pixilation to scratch on film. An antidote to the vacuous...
- 2015
Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness
Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness52015HD
A weekend father wants to bond with his teenage daughter by taking her with him to the carwash. They end up on a life-changing adventure in the...
- 1995
Her Grandmother's Gift
Her Grandmother's Gift01995HD
A grandmother discusses past and present attitudes toward menstruation.
- 2021
Empty Womb
Empty Womb02021HD
The manifesto of a body that bleeds by nature, the reconnection with the ancestors and the self-portrayed voice of a woman who seeks to break with...
- 2024
Ichor
Ichor02024HD
Thrown between reality and false Catholic narratives, Luna questions her sanity, exploring independence moving into her first ever apartment, as each...
- 2023
Girls’ Stories
Girls’ Stories02023HD
Jagoda and Zuzia giggle in the opening scenes in the way that only 11-year-old girls can. Together they are the center of their own changing world....
- 1953
Molly Grows Up
Molly Grows Up3.51953HD
Molly anxiously awaits her first sign of menstruation, which means that she'll be able to date and go dancing. The school nurse explains exactly what...
- 2013
Holiday at the Seaside
Holiday at the Seaside72013HD
Amalia, a girl of thirteen, gets her first period one day before leaving for the seaside with her parents.
- 2020
Period: A State of Purity
Period: A State of Purity02020HD
Tibetan Buddhist nuns from the Thupten Choling monastery in the Himalayan foothills discuss their mentruation practices.
- 2012
Without You
Without You02012HD
A young girl gets her first menstrual period.