• The Piano (1993, Jane Campion)
• Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
• The Hurt Locker (2008, Kathryn Bigelow)
• Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
• Triumph of the Will (1935, Leni Riefenstahl)
• Beau Travail (1999, Claire Denis)
• Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938, Leni Riefenstahl)
• Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962, Agnès Varda)
• Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938, Leni Riefenstahl)
• Persepolis (2007, Marjane Satrapi [and Vincent Paronnaud])
• Nomadland (2020, Chloé Zhao)
• Wanda (1971, Barbara Loden)
• Vagabond (1985, Agnès Varda)
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Kathryn Bigelow)
• Shrek (2001, Vicky Jenson [and Andrew Adamson])
• Salaam Bombay! (1988, Mira Nair)
• Europa Europa (1990, Agnieszka Holland)
• Anatomy of a Fall (2023, Justine Triet)
• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, Maya Deren [and Alexander Hammid])
• Gimme Shelter (1970, Charlotte Zwerin [and Albert Maysles and David Maysles])
• My Brilliant Career (1979, Gillian Armstrong)
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, Céline Sciamma)
• Toni Erdmann (2016, Maren Ade)
• Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, Ágnes Hranitzky [and Béla Tarr])
• The Power of the Dog (2021, Jane Campion)
• Daisies (1966, Vera Chytilova)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006, Valerie Faris [and Jonathan Dayton])
• The Gleaners and I (2000, Agnès Varda)
• Monsoon Wedding (2001, Mira Nair)
• Boys Don't Cry (1999, Kimberly Peirce)
• Promising Young Woman (2020, Emerald Fennell)
• Seven Beauties (1975, Lina Wertmüller)
• Swept Away (1974, Lina Wertmüller)
• Past Lives (2023, Celine Song)
• Lady Bird (2017, Greta Gerwig)
• Winter's Bone (2010, Debra Granik)
• Children of a Lesser God (1986, Randa Haines)
• Clueless (1995, Amy Heckerling)
• American Splendor (2003, Shari Springer Berman [and Robert Pulcini])
• Fish Tank (2009, Andrea Arnold)
• An Education (2009, Lone Scherfig)
• Salesman (1969, Charlotte Zwerin [and Albert Maysles and David Maysles])
• The House is Black (1963, Forugh Farrokhzad)
• Big (1988, Penny Marshall)
• Entre Nous (1983, Diane Kurys)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985, Susan Seidelman)
• Harlan County, USA (1976, Barbara Kopple)
• Little Women (2019, Greta Gerwig)
• The Kids Are All Right (2010, Lisa Cholodenko)
• Antonia's Line (1995, Marleen Gorris)
• An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion)
• Nowhere in Africa (2001, Caroline Link)
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991, Eleanor Coppola [and Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper])
• The Heartbreak Kid (1972, Elaine May)
• The Asthenic Syndrome (1989, Kira Muratova)
• Barbie (2023, Greta Gerwig)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Amy Heckerling)
• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, Dorothy Arzner)
• Yentl (1983, Barbara Streisand)
• Capernaum (2018, Nadine Labaki)
• Whale Rider (2002, Niki Caro)
• Mädchen in Uniform (1931, Leontine Sagan)
• Testament (1983, Lynne Littman)
• White Material (2009, Claire Denis)
• A New Leaf (1971, Elaine May)
• India Song (1975, Marguerite Duras)
• Awakenings (1990, Penny Marshall)
• Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay)
• Women Talking (2022, Sarah Polley)
• The Ascent (1976, Larisa Shepitko)
• Mustang (2015, Deniz Gamze Ergüven)
• Stories We Tell (2012, Sarah Polley)
• Petite Mamam (2021, Céline Sciamma)
• One Night in Miami (2020, Regina King)
• CODA (2021, Sian Heder)
• Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May)
• Girlfriends (1978, Claudia Weill)
• Quo vadis, Aida? (2020, Jasmila Zbanic)
• The Little Fugitive (1953, Ruth Orkin [and Ray Ashley and Morris Engel])
• Paris Is Burning (1990, Jennie Livingston)
• First Cow (2019, Kelly Reichardt)
• The Farewell (2019, Lulu Wang)
• Little Women (1994, Gillian Armstrong)
• The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975, Margarethe von Trotta [and Volker Schlöndorff])
• Selma (2014, Ava DuVernay)
• Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005, Miranda July)
• Aftersun (2022, Charlotte Wells)
• Animal Farm (1954, Joy Batchelor [and John Halas])
• Microcosmos (1996, Marie Pérennou [and Claude Nuridsany])
• Saint Omer (2022, Alice Diop)
• The Act of Killing (2012, Christine Cynn [and Joshua Oppenheimer and Anonymous])
• Daughters of the Dust (1991, Julie Dash)
• Trouble the Water (2008, Tia Lessin [and Carl Deal])
• Too Early, Too Late (1982, Danièle Huillet [and Jean-Marie Straub])
• Brothers (2004, Susanne Bier)
• In a Better World (2010, Susanne Bier)
• The Cool World (1964, Shirley Clarke)
• Jacquot de Nantes (1991, Agnès Varda)
• Born Into Brothels (2004, Zana Briski [and Ross Kauffman])
• 35 Shots of Rum (2008, Claire Denis)
• Diary for My Children (1982, Márta Mészáros)
• Grey Gardens (1975, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer [and Albert Maysles and David Maysles])
• The Savages (2007, Tamara Jenkins)
• Chocolat (1988, Claire Denis)
• A Tale of the Wind (1989, Marceline Loridan-Ivens [and Joris Ivens])
• La ciénaga (2001, Lucrecia Martel)
• News from Home (1976, Chantal Akerman)
• The Intruder (2004, Claire Denis)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002, Gurinder Chadha)
• Le Souriante Madame Beudet (1923, Germaine Dulac)
• My Twentieth Century (1989, Ildikó Enyedi)
• The Day I Became a Woman (2000, Marzieh Meshkini)
• The Prince of Tides (1991, Barbra Streisand)
• Meek's Cutoff (2010, Kelly Reichardt)
• Shut Up and Sing (2006, Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck)
• Thirteen (2003, Catherine Hardwicke)
• Gas Food Lodging (1992, Allison Anders)
• Beyond Silence (1996, Caroline Link)
• Orlando (1992, Sally Potter)
• Fat Girl (2001, Catherine Breillat)
• Working Girls (1986, Lizzie Borden)
• Titane (2021, Julia Ducournau)
• Coco Before Chanel (2009, Anne Fontaine)
• Frida (2002, Julie Taymor)
• Atlantics (2019, Mati Diop)
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023, Kelly Fremon Craig)
• Wadjda (2012, Haifaa Al-Mansour)
• Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola)
• The Rider (2017, Chloé Zhao)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001, Sharon Maguire)
• Faithless (2000, Liv Ullmann)
• The Corporation (2003, Jennifer Abbott [and Mark Achbar])
• Yes (2004, Sally Potter)
• The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel)
• Pariah (2011, Dee Rees)
• Gunner Palace (2004, Petra Epperlein [and Michael Tucker])
• Between the Lines (1977, Joan Micklin Silver)
• Water (2005, Deepa Mehta)
• Booksmart (2019, Olivia Wilde)
• Little Dorrit (1988, Christine Edzard)
• Till (2022, Chinonye Chukwu)
• American Dream (1990, Barbara Kopple and Cathy Caplan [and Thomas Haneke and Lawrence Silk])
• Sugar Cane Alley (1983, Euzhan Palcy)
• Rambling Rose (1991, Martha Coolidge)
• Away From Her (2006, Sarah Polley)
• Wendy and Lucy (2008, Kelly Reichardt)
• Eve's Bayou (1997, Kasi Lemmons)
• Frozen River (2008, Courtney Hunt)
• Sweetie (1989, Jane Campion)
• Look Both Ways (2005, Sarah Watt)
• Blood and Sand (1922, Dorothy Arzner [and Fred Niblo])
• The Bigamist (1953, Ida Lupino)
• De Stilte rond Christine M. (1982, Marleen Gorris)
• No Fear, No Die (1990, Claire Denis)
• A League of Their Own (1992, Penny Marshall)
• Boat People (1982, Ann Hui)
• Men... (1985, Doris Dörrie)
• Priest (1994, Antonia Bird)
• Three Men and a Cradle (1985, Coline Serreau)
• Le Bonheur (1965, Agnès Varda)
• Hester Street (1975, Joan Micklin Silver)
• Buck (2011, Cindy Meehl)
• Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996, Sandrine Veysset)
• Proof (1991, Jocelyn Moorhouse)
• The Turin Horse (2011, Ágnes Hranitzky [and Béla Tarr])
• In Darkness (2011, Angieszka Holland)
• The Apple (1998, Samira Makhmalbaf)
• Marianne and Juliane (1981, Margarethe von Trotta)
• Household Saints (1993, Nancy Savoca)
• Lovely & Amazing (2001, Nicole Holofcener)
• La Captive (2000, Chantal Akerman)
• Origin (2023, Ava DuVernay)
• Smithereens (1982, Susan Seidelman)
• 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001, Jill Sprecher)
• Point Break (1991, Kathryn Bigelow)
• First They Killed My Father (2017, Angelina Jolie)
• On the Ropes (1999, Nanette Burstein [and Brett Morgen])
• High Art (1998, Lisa Cholodenko)
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022, Laura Poitras)
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018, Marielle Heller)
• Monster (2003, Patty Jenkins)
• Peppermint Soda (1977, Diane Kurys)
• A Great Day in Harlem (1994, Jean Bach)
• The Second Mother (2015, Anna Muylaert)
• The Ground Truth (2006, Patricia Foulkrod)
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926, Lotte Reiniger [and Carl Koch])
• Faces Places (2017, Angès Varda [and JR])
• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2002, Kim Bartley [and Donnacha O'Briain])
• Unbroken (2014, Angelina Jolie)
• West of Memphis (2012, Amy Berg)
• The Watermelon Woman (1996, Cheryl Dunye)
• The Atomic Cafe (1982, Jayne Loader [and Kevin Rafferty and Pierce Rafferty]
• Where Are My Children? (1916, Lois Weber [and Phillips Smalley])
• Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly)
• Ripley's Game (2002, Liliana Cavani)
• Hustlers (2019, Lorene Scafaria)
• Girlfight (2000, Karyn Kusama)
• Something's Gotta Give (2003, Nancy Meyers)
• Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971, Suzanne Schiffman [and Jacques Rivette])
• Leave No Trace (2018, Debra Granik)

# IF REMOVING MOVIES CO-DIRECTED BY MEN, ADD THESE 31 INSTEAD #

• Mudbound (2017, Dee Rees)
• True Love (1989, Nancy Savoca)
• Across the Universe (2007, Julie Taymor)
• The Babadook (2014, Jennifer Kent)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019, Marielle Heller)
• Dear Frankie (2004, Shona Auerbach)
• A Simple Life (2011, Ann Hui)
• Shoes (1916, Lois Weber)
• Happy as Lazzaro (2018, Alice Rohrwacher)
• The Unconquered (1954, Nancy Hamilton)
• Blackboards (2000, Samira Makhmalbaf)
• Me Without You (2001, Sandra Goldbacher)
• Late Night (2019, Nisha Ganatra)
• Don't Tell (2005, Cristina Comencini)
• Higher Ground (2011, Vera Farmiga)
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010, Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg)
• Please Give (2010, Nicole Holofcener)
• Under the Skin (1997, Carine Adler)
• Polisse (2011, Maïwenn Le Besco)
• The Taste of Others (2000, Agnès Jaoui)
• Things to Come (2016, Mia Hansen-Løve)
• On Body and Soul (2017, Ildikó Enyedi)
• Citizenfour (2014, Laura Poitras)
• Enough Said (2013, Nicole Holofcener)
• Portrait of Jason (1967, Shirley Clarke)
• After the Wedding (2006, Susanne Bier)
• One Child Nation (2019, Zhang Lynn and Nanfu Wang)
• Olivier Olivier (1992, Agnieszka Holland)
• Losing Ground (1982, Kathleen Collins)
• Songcatcher (2000, Maggie Greenwald)
• Zama (2017, Lucrecia Martel)