And yes I hope some day we don't need to add "woman" in front of the "director" title to distinguish them, but at the same time I don't think it's wrong to highlight some films made by women for the sake of list-making.
35 Shots of Rum (writ./dir. Claire Denis)
$9.99 (dir. Tatia Rosenthal)
American Teen (dir. Nanette Burstein)
An Education (dir. Lone Scherfig, based on Lynn Barber's memoir)
Annie (1982) (writ. Carol Sobieski)
Away We Go (co-writ. Vendela Veda)
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (dir. Joan Micklin Silver)
Blue Beard (writ./dir. Catherine Breillat)
Bridesmaids (writ. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo)
Bridget Jones's Diary (writ. Helen Fielding, dir. Sharon Maguire, insp. by Jane Austen)
Bright Star (writ./dir. Jane Campion)
Bringing Up Baby (co-writ./story by Hagar Wilde)
But I'm a Cheerleader (writ./dir. Jamie Babbit)
Clueless (writ./dir. Amy Heckerling, insp. by Jane Austen)
Coco Before Chanel (writ./dir. Anne Fontaine)
Daisies (writ./dir. Vera Chytilová)
Day Night Day Night (writ./dir. Julia Loktev)
Dead Space (writ. Catherine Cyran)
D.E.B.S. (writ./dir. Angela Robinson)
Desperately Seeking Susan (writ. Leora Barish, dir. Susan Siedelman)
Drones (co-dir. Amber Benson)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (writ. Lona Williams)
Duck Season (co-writ. Paula Markovitch)
El Calentito (co-writ./dir. Chus Gutiérrez)
Empire Records (writ. Carol Heikkinen)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (dir. Amy Heckerling)
Fear(s) of the Dark (feat. short film by Marie Caillou)
Fish Tank (writ./dir. Andrea Arnold)
Frida (dir. Julie Taymor, co-writ. Diane Lake and Anna Thomas)
Girlfight (writ./dir. Karyn Kusama)
Going the Distance (dir. Nanette Burstein)
Grace of My Heart (writ./dir. Allison Anders)
Grease 2 (dir. Patricia Birch)
Harvey (co-writ./based on play by Mary Chase)
I Am Love (co-writ. Barbara Alberti; essentially a modern-day version of The Awakening)
I Could Never Be Your Woman (writ./dir. Amy Heckerling)
I'll Take You There (writ./dir. Adrienne Shelly)
It's Always Fair Weather (co-writ. Betty Comden)
Jane Eyre (writ. Moira Buffini, based on book by Charlotte Bronte)
Jennifer's Body (writ. Diablo Cody, dir. Karyn Kusama)
Johnny Dangerously (dir. Amy Heckerling)
Julie & Julia (writ./dir. Nora Ephron, based on books by Julia Child and Julie Powell)
Kamikaze Girls (made by dudes but offering one of the best portrayals of female friendship I've ever seen)
Kick-Ass (co-writ. Jane Goldman)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (writ. Nancy Dowd)
Legally Blonde (writ. Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, based on book by Amanda Brown)
Lost in Translation (writ./dir. Sofia Coppola)
Lovely & Amazing (writ./dir. Nicole Holofcener)
Made in Dagenham (made by dudes but tells true story of women factory workers striking for equal pay)
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (writ./dir. Sarah Jacobson)
Me Without You (co-writ./dir. by Sandra Goldbacher)
Meduzot (co-writ./dir. Shira Geffen)
Metropolis (1927) (writ. Thea von Harbou)
My Effortless Brilliance (co-writ./dir. Lynn Shelton)
My First Mister (writ. Jill Franklyn, dir. Christine Lahti)
New Waterford Girl (writ. Tricia Fish)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (writ. Lorene Scafaria)
Nine to Five (co-writ./story Patricia Resnick)
Office Killer (writ./dir. Cindy Sherman)
Once Upon a Mattress (dir. Kathleen Marshall)
Orlando (writ./dir. Sally Potter, based on book by Virginia Woolf)
Pariah (writ./dir. Dee Rees)
Penelope (writ. Leslie Caveny)
Pepperminta (writ./dir. Pipilotti Rist)
Please Give (writ./dir. Nicole Holofcener)
Romance (writ./dir. Catherine Breillat)
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (writ. Robin Schiff)
Singin' in the Rain (co-writ. Betty Comden)
Sita Sings the Blues (writ./dir. Nina Paley)
Slap Shot (writ. Nancy Dowd)
Somewhere (writ./dir. Sofia Coppola)
Stage Door (predominantly female cast of rad ladies, based on play co-writ. by Edna Ferber)
Stardust (co-writ. Jane Goldman)
Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Sugar and Spice (writ. Lona Williams, dir. Francine McDougall)
Super Mario Bros. (co-dir. Annabel Jankel)
Suspiria (co-writ. Daria Nicolodi)
Sweetie (writ./dir. Jane Campion)
Talk to Me (dir. Kasi Lemmons)
Tank Girl (dir. Rachel Talalaly)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (writ./dir. Lotte Reiniger)
The Cake Eaters (dir. Mary Stuart Masterson)
The Future (writ./dir. Miranda July)
The Hours (insp. by Virginia Woolf, plus it has tons of female protagonists)
The Hurt Locker (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
The Kids Are All Right (writ./dir. Lisa Cholodenko)
The Parking Lot Movie (dir. Meghan Eckman)
The Piano (writ./dir. Jane Campion)
The Runaways (writ./dir. Floria Sigismondi, based on book by Cherie Currie)
The Virgin Suicides (writ./dir. Sofia Coppola)
Thelma & Louise (writ. Callie Khouri)
(Untitled) (co-writ. Catherine DiNapoli)
Walking and Talking (writ./dir. Nancy Holofcener)
Wayne's World (co-writ. Bonnie Turner, dir. Penelope Spheeris)
Wendy and Lucy (writ./dir. Kelly Reichardt)
What a Way to Go! (co-writ. Betty Comden)
Whip It (writ. Shauna Cross, dir. Drew Barrymore)
Winter's Bone (writ. Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, dir. Debra Granik)
With Love, Lilly (writ./dir. Larisa Sadilova)
X-Men: First Class (co-writ. Jane Goldman)
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (dir. Aviva Kempner; doc on pioneering comedy writer Gertrude Berg)
Young Adult (writ. Diablo Cody)
PS Here is our podcast episode about the Bechdel Test.
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