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An Uncategorized List of Movies Directed by Women

Last week, I issued myself a challenge: only watch things directed by women. The problem? Apparently, all of the popular movies directed by women I had already seen! This isn’t true for most people, so (upon Sarah’s request) I decided to compile a separate list of moves directed by women. Obviously, this isn’t going to be an exhaustive list (though, IDK, it might be everything #genderinequality), but it’s a start.

These are either movies I’ve already seen, or movies I didn’t get to last week (but will likely watch when I inevitably do Part 2 of that challenge). Movies I have seen will have an asterisk (*). So here we go!

  • American Psycho (dir. Mary Harron, 2002)*
  • I Am Not a Witch (dir. Rungano Nyoni, 2018)
  • You’ve Got Mail (dir. Nora Ephron, 1998)*
  • They (dir. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, 2017)
  • The Proposal (dir. Anne Fletcher, 2009)*
  • The Breadwinner (dir. Nora Twomey, 2017)
  • Twilight (dir. Catherine Hardwick, 20__)*
  • Boys Don’t Cry (dir. Kimberly Pierce, 1999)
  • Pariah (dir. Dee Rees, 2011)*
  • Real Women Have Curves (dir. Patricia Cardoso, 2002)
  • The Watermelon Woman (dir. Cheryl Dunye, 1996)*
  • The Virgin Suicides (dir. Sofia Coppola, 1999)*
  • Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
  • The Little Rascals (dir. Penelope Spheeris, 1994)*
  • The Babadook (dir. Jennifer Kent, 2014)*
  • Desperately Seeking Susan (dir. Susan Seidelman, 1985)
  • Persepolis (dir. Marjane Satrapi, 2007)
  • Lost in Translation (dir. Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  • Yentl (dir. Barbara Streisand, 1983)
  • Clueless (dir. Amy Heckerling, 1995)*
  • Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2017)*
  • Daisies (dir. Vera Chytilova, 1966)*
  • Booksmart (dir. Olivia Wilde, 2019)*
  • Mamma Mia! (dir. Phyllida Lloyd, 2008)*
  • 13th (dir. Ava DuVernay, 2016)
  • Always Be My Maybe (dir. Nahnatchka Khan, 2019)*
  • Hustlers (dir. Loren Scafaria, 2019)*
  • The Parent Trap (dir. Nancy Meyers, 1998)*
  • Sleepless in Seattle (dir. Nora Ephron, 1993)*
  • To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (dir. Susan Johnson, 2018)*
  • Wayne’s World (dir. Penelope Spheeris, 1992)*
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller, 2019)

Co-Directed

  • Frozen (dir. Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck 2013)
  • The Matrix (Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, 1999)
Daisies

Again, there are obviously more movies by women (not a lot, but still). This should be a good setting off point. Have fun!

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