This is a selection of feature films directed by women directors.
1890sâÂÂ1920s
1930sâÂÂ1940s
1950sâÂÂ1960s
1970s
- 1970 The Dark Side of Tomorrow; director: Barbara Peeters
- 1970 Wanda; director: Barbara Loden
- 1971 Bury Me an Angel; director: Barbara Peeters
- 1971 For Women: Chapter 1 (Für Frauen: 1. Kapitel); director: Cristina Perincioli â documentary fiction on a women's strike in Berlin
- 1971 The Guest (L'ospite); director: Liliana Cavani
- 1971 The Long Farewell; director: Kira Muratova
- 1971 A New Leaf; director: Elaine May
- 1971 The Woman's Film; directors: Louise Alaimo, Judy Smith
- 1972 The Heartbreak Kid; director: Elaine May
- 1972 The Other Side of the Underneath; director Jane Arden
- 1972 Sambizanga; director: Sarah Maldoror â feature film about the liberation movement in Angola
- 1972 The Seduction of Mimi; director: Lina Wertmüller
- 1972/73 Es kommt darauf an, sie zu verändern; director: Claudia von Alemann â organised women workers discuss the possibilities for change
- 1973 Milarepa; director: Liliana Cavani
- 1974 The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived ; director: Heiny Srour
- 1974 I, You, He, She (Je Tu Il Elle); director: Chantal Akerman
- 1974 The Night Porter (Il Portiere di Notte); director: Liliana Cavani
- 1974 Summer School Teachers; director: Barbara Peeters
- 1975 Anna und Edith; writers: Cristina Perincioli and Cäcilia Rentmeister â first feature film in German TV ZDF on a lesbian relationship
- 1975 Catherine & Co.; director: Catherine Breillat
- 1975 Hester Street; director: Joan Micklin Silver
- 1975 Letter from My Village (Kaddy Bekat â Lettre Paysanne); director: Safi Faye
- 1975 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann); directors: Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff
- 1975 '; directors: Shirley MacLaine, Claudia Weill
- 1975 Seven Beauties (Pasqualino settebellezze); director: Lina Wertmüller; the first time a woman was nominated for an Academy Award for directing a feature film
- 1976 Harlan County, USA; director: Barbara Kopple
- 1976 Jeanne Dielman; director: Chantal Akerman
- 1976 Mikey and Nicky; director: Elaine May
- 1976 Not a Pretty Picture; director: Martha Coolidge
- 1976 A Real Young Girl; director: Catherine Breillat
- 1977 The Ascent; director: Larissa Shepitko
- 1977 Beyond Good and Evil; director: Liliana Cavani
- 1977 First Love; director: Joan Darling
- 1977 News from Home; director: Chantal Akerman
- 1977 One Sings, the Other Doesn't; director: Agnes Varda
- 1977 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna; director: Chantal Akerman
- 1977 Starhops; director: Barbara Peeters
- 1978 But what do they want, after all? (Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent?); director: Coline Serreau
- 1978 ' (Die allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit â Redupers); director: Helke Sander
- 1978 Getting to Know the Big, Wide World; director: Kira Muratova
- 1978 Girlfriends; director: Claudia Weill
- 1978 The Mafu Cage; director: Karen Arthur
- 1978 ' (Die Macht der Männer ist die Geduld der Frauen); writer, director, producer: Cristina Perincioli; (ZDF TV) feature film/documentary fiction on domestic violence
- 1978 Rabbit Test; director: Joan Rivers
- 1979 Anti-Clock; writer and co-director Jane Arden
- 1979 Daughter Rite; director: Michelle Citron; a feminist pseudo-documentary which deconstructs the conventions of Direct Cinema
- 1979 Germany Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter); director: Helma Sanders-Brahms
- 1979 Provincial Actors (Aktorzy prowincjonalni); director: Agnieszka Holland
- 1979 My Brilliant Career; director: Gillian Armstrong
- 1979 Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin); director: Ulrike Ottinger
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
- 2020 12 Hour Shift; director: Brea Grant
- 2020 Amulet; director: Romola Garai
- 2020 Berlin, Berlin â Der Film; director: Franziska Meyer Price
- 2020 Between Waves; director: Virginia Abramovich
- 2020 Birds of Prey; director: Cathy Yan
- 2020 The Broken Hearts Gallery; director: Natalie Krinsky
- 2020 Charlatan (Ã
 arlatán); director: Agnieszka Holland
- 2020 Charter; director: Amanda Kernell
- 2020 '; director: Zoe Lister-Jones
- 2020 The Curse of Willow Song; director: Karen Lam
- 2020 Emma; director: Autumn de Wilde
- 2020 Father of the Bride Part 3(ish); director: Nancy Meyers
- 2020 The Forty-Year-Old Version; director: Rahda Blank
- 2020 The Glorias; director: Julie Taymor
- 2020 The High Note; director: Nisha Ganatra
- 2020 Holler; director: Nicole Riegel
- 2020 I'm Your Woman; director: Julia Hart
- 2020 Kajillionaire; director: Miranda July
- 2020 Ladies of Steel; director: Pamela Tola
- 2020 Lucky; director: Natasha Kermani
- 2020 Lorelei; director: Sabrina Doyle
- 2020 Mainstream; director: Gia Coppola
- 2020 Misbehaviour; director: Philippa Lowthorpe
- 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always; director: Eliza Hittman
- 2020 Nomadland; director: Chloé Zhao
- 2020 The Old Guard; director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
- 2020 Promising Young Woman; director: Emerald Fennell
- 2020 Quo Vadis, Aida?; director: Jasmila Ã
½baniÃÂ
- 2020 Relic; director: Natalie Erika James
- 2020 The Rhythm Section; director: Reed Morano
- 2020 The Roads Not Taken; director: Sally Potter
- 2020 Tove; director: Zaida Bergroth
- 2020 She Dies Tomorrow; director: Amy Seimetz
- 2020 Shirley; director: Josephine Decker
- 2020 Shiva Baby; director: Emma Seligman
- 2020 The Three; director: Anna Melikian
- 2020 What We Wanted; director: Ulrike Kofler
- 2020 Wonder Woman 1984; director: Patty Jenkins
- 2020 The World to Come; director: Mona Fastvold
- 2021 70 Is Just a Number; director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
- 2021 A Mouthful of Air; director: Amy Koppelman
- 2021 Bergman Island; director: Mia Hansen-Løve
- 2021 Black Widow; director: Cate Shortland
- 2021 Candyman; director: Nia DaCosta
- 2021 Captain Volkonogov Escaped; director: Natasha Merkulova
- 2021 Censor; director: Prano Bailey-Bond
- 2021 CODA; director: Siân Heder
- 2021 The Divide; director: Catherine Corsini
- 2021 Earwig; director: Lucile HadÃ
¾ihaliloviÃÂ
- 2021 Eternals; director: Chloé Zhao
- 2021 The Fallout; director: Megan Park
- 2021 Gerda; director: Natalya Kudryashova
- 2021 Happening; director: Audrey Diwan
- 2021 I'm Your Man; director: Maria Schrader
- 2021 The Lost Daughter; director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- 2021 The Manor; director: Axelle Carolyn
- 2021 Mark, Mary & Some Other People; director: Hannah Marks
- 2021 The Matrix Resurrections; director: Lana Wachowski
- 2021 Mayday; director: Karen Cinorre
- 2021 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon; director: Ana Lily Amirpour
- 2021 Mothering Sunday; director: Eva Husson
- 2021 The North Wind; director: Renata Litvinova
- 2021 The Novice; director: Lauren Hadaway
- 2021 Petite Maman; director: Celine Sciamma
- 2021 Pleasure; director: Ninja Thyberg
- 2021 The Power of the Dog; director: Jane Campion
- 2021 Quarantine; director: Diana Ringo
- 2021 She Will; director: Charlotte Colbert
- 2021 Silent Night; director: Camille Griffin
- 2021 Stellar; director: Darlene Naponse
- 2021 The Story of My Wife; director: Ildikó Enyedi
- 2021 Sweetheart; director: Marley Morrison
- 2021 Titane; director: Julia Ducournau
- 2021 Together Together; director: Nikole Beckwith
- 2021 Unclenching the Fists; director: Kira Kovalenko
- 2021 Violet; director: Justine Bateman
- 2021 Wolf; director: Nathalie Biancheri
- 2021 Yuni; director: Kamila Andini
- 2021 Zola; director: Janicza Bravo
- 2022 Aftersun; director: Charlotte Wells
- 2022 Alice, Darling; director: Mary Nighy
- 2022 Amanda; director: Carolina Cavalli
- 2022 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; director: Aitch Alberto
- 2022 Batata; director: Noura Kevorkian
- 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies; director: Halina Reijn
- 2022 Both Sides of the Blade; director: Claire Denis
- 2022 Continue; director: Nadine Crocker
- 2022 Corsage; director: Marie Kreutzer
- 2022 DalÃÂland; director: Mary Harron
- 2022 Deadstream; director: Vanessa Winters, co-directed with Joseph Winters
- 2022 Don't Make Me Go; director: Hannah Marks
- 2022 Emily; director: Frances O'Connor
- 2022 Fresh; director: Mimi Cave
- 2022 Girl Picture; director: Alli Haapasalo
- 2022 Glorious; director: Rebekah McKendry
- 2022 Good Luck to You, Leo Grande; director: Sophie Hyde
- 2022 Hatching; director: Hanna Bergholm
- 2022 Just Something Nice; director: Karoline Herfurth
- 2022 Mack & Rita; director: Katie Aselton
- 2022 Montreal Girls; director: Patricia Chica
- 2022 Next Exit; director: Mali Elfman
- 2022 North of Normal; director: Carly Stone
- 2022 Piggy; director: Carlota Pereda
- 2022 Please Baby Please; director: Amanda Kramer
- 2022 She Said; director: Maria Schrader
- 2022 Showing Up; director: Kelly Reichardt
- 2022 Sissy; director: Hannah Barlow, co-directed with Kane Senes
- 2022 The Sky Is Everywhere; director: Josephine Decker
- 2022 Stars at Noon; director: Claire Denis
- 2022 The Swearing Jar; director: Lindsay MacKay
- 2022 Till; director: Chinonye Chukwu
- 2022 Torn Hearts; director: Brea Grant
- 2022 Umma; director: Iris K. Shim
- 2022 Watcher; director: Chloe Okuno
- 2022 When Time Got Louder; director: Connie Cocchia
- 2022 Where the Crawdads Sing; director: Olivia Newman
- 2022 Women Talking; director: Sarah Polley
- 2022 Wunderschön; director: Karoline Herfurth
- 2023 1984; director: Diana Ringo
- 2023 A Thousand and One; director: A.V. Rockwell
- 2023 About My Father; director: Laura Terruso
- 2023 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt; director: Raven Jackson
- 2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.; director: Kelly Fremon Craig
- 2023 Barbie; director: Greta Gerwig
- 2023 Birth/Rebirth; director: Laura Moss
- 2023 Bottoms; director: Emma Seligman
- 2023 Cocaine Bear; director: Elizabeth Banks
- 2023 Days of Happiness; director: Chloé Robichaud
- 2023 Desperation Road; director: Nadine Crocker
- 2023 The End We Start From; director: Mahalia Belo
- 2023 Family Time; director: Tia Kouvo
- 2023 Fair Play; director: Chloe Domont
- 2023 Finality of Dusk; director: Madison Thomas
- 2023 Five Nights at Freddy's; director: Emma Tammi
- 2023 Green Border (Zielona Granica); director: Agnieszka Holland
- 2023 Homecoming; director: Catherine Corsini
- 2023 How to Have Sex; director: Molly Manning Walker
- 2023 Howdy, Neighbor!; director: Allisyn Snyder
- 2023 Jeanne du Barry; director: Maïwenn
- 2023 Joy Ride; director: Adele Lim
- 2023 La chimera; director: Alice Rohrwacher
- 2023 Lee; director: Ellen Kuras
- 2023 Lovely, Dark, and Deep; director: Teresa Sutherland
- 2023 Mafia Mamma; director: Catherine Hardwicke
- 2023 The Marvels; director: Nia DaCosta
- 2023 The Order of Time; director: Liliana Cavani
- 2023 Past Lives; director: Celine Song
- 2023 Perpetrator; director: Jennifer Reeder
- 2023 The Pod Generation; director: Sophie Barthes
- 2023 Polarized; director: Shamim Sarif
- 2023 Polite Society; director: Nida Manzoor
- 2023 Priscilla; director: Sofia Coppola
- 2023 Rye Lane; director: Raine Allen-Miller
- 2023 Saltburn; director: Emerald Fennell
- 2023 Scrambled; director: Leah McKendrick
- 2023 Scrapper; director: Charlotte Regan
- 2023 Sometimes I Think About Dying; director: Rachel Lambert
- 2023 The Starling Girl; director: Laurel Parmet
- 2023 There's Something Wrong with the Children; director: Roxanne Benjamin
- 2023 Totally Killer; director: Nahnatchka Khan
- 2023 Unseen; director: Yoko Okumura
- 2023 Woman of the Hour; director: Anna Kendrick
- 2023 The Worst Idea Ever; director: Pamela Tola
- 2023 You Hurt My Feelings; director: Nicole Holofcener
- 2024 All We Imagine as Light; director: Payal Kapadia
- 2024 Apartment 7A; director: Natalie Erika James
- 2024 The Black Sea; director: Crystal Moselle
- 2024 Blink Twice; director: Zoë Kravitz
- 2024 Babygirl; director: Halina Reijn
- 2024 Beautiful Rebel; director: Cinzia Torrini
- 2024 Bird; director: Andrea Arnold
- 2024 The Fire Inside; director: Rachel Morrison
- 2024 The Last Showgirl; director: Gia Coppola
- 2024 Love in the Big City; director: E.oni
- 2024 Love Lies Bleeding; director: Rose Glass
- 2024 Madame Web; director: S. J. Clarkson
- 2024 Moana 2; director: Dana Ledoux Miller, co-directed with David Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
- 2024 Mr. K; director Tallulah H. Schwab
- 2024 My Name Is Dingo; director: Mari Rantasila
- 2024 My Old Ass; director: Megan Park
- 2024 '; director: Julia Loktev
- 2024 Nightbitch; director: Marielle Heller
- 2024 The Outrun; director: Nora Fingscheidt
- 2024 Stolen; director: Elle Márjá Eira
- 2024 Stormskerry Maja; director: Tiina Lymi
- 2024 The Substance; director: Coralie Fargeat
- 2024 Toxic; director: SaulÃÂ BliuvaitÃÂ
- 2024 '; director: Kelly Marcel
- 2024 Your Monster; director: Caroline Lindy
- 2025 100 Sunset; director: Kunsang Kyirong
- 2025 After Dreaming; director: Christine Haroutounian
- 2025 Akashi; director: Mayumi Yoshida
- 2025 Alpha; director: Julia Ducournau
- 2025 Bad Girl; director: Varsha Bharath
- 2025 Bad Influence; director: Chloé Wallace
- 2025 Bird in Hand; director: Melody C. Roscher
- 2025 The Crazy Empress; director: Radda Novikova
- 2025 The Curse of Modigliani; director Diana Ringo
- 2025 Dead Lover; director: Grace Glowicki
- 2025 Die My Love; director: Lynne Ramsay
- 2025 Eleanor the Great; director: Scarlett Johansson
- 2025 Franz; director: Agnieszka Holland
- 2025 Hamnet; director: Chloé Zhao
- 2025 Hedda; director: Nia DaCosta
- 2025 A House of Dynamite; director: Kathryn Bigelow
- 2025 The Ice Tower; director: Lucile HadÃ
¾ihaliloviÃÂ
- 2025 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You; director: Mary Bronstein
- 2025 KPop Demon Hunters; director: Maggie Kang, co-directed with Chris Appelhans
- 2025 Love, Brooklyn; director: Rachael Abigail Holder
- 2025 The Mastermind; director: Kelly Reichardt
- 2025 Nesting; director: Chloé Cinq-Mars
- 2025 The Old Guard 2; director: Victoria Mahoney
- 2025 Peak Everything; director: Anne ÃÂmond
- 2025 Queens of the Dead; director: Tina Romero
- 2025 Red Sonja; director: M. J. Bassett
- 2025 Sound of Falling; director: Mascha Schilinski
- 2025 The Testament of Ann Lee; director: Mona Fastvold
- 2025 Three Goodbyes; director: Isabel Coixet
- 2025 Unidentified; director: Haifaa al-Mansour
- 2025 The Virgin of the Quarry Lake; director: Laura Casabé
- 2025 Winter of the Crow; director: Kasia Adamik
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