Mediascape's top 100 American films by female directors

• MABEL'S BUSY DAY (Mabel Normand, 1914)
• SOMETHING NEW (Nell Shipman & Bert Van-Tuyle, 1920)
• THE LOVE LIGHT (Frances Marion, 1921)
• THE BLOT (Lois Weber, 1921)
• TWO WISE WIVES (Lois Weber, 1921)
• THE WILD PARTY (Dorothy Arzner, 1929)
• LINDA (Dorothy Davenport aka Mrs. Wallace Reid, 1929)
• CHRISTOPHER STRONG (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)
• DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
• FIRST COMES COURAGE (Dorothy Arzner, 1943)
• MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943)
• NOT WANTED (Ida Lupino & Elmer Clifton, 1949)
• OUTRAGE (Ida Lupino, 1950)
• THE BIGAMIST (Ida Lupino, 1953)
• THE COOL WORLD (Shirley Clarke, 1964)
• BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL (Doris Wishman, 1965)
• PORTRAIT OF JASON (Shirley Clarke, 1967)
• FUSES (Carolee Schneemann, 1967)
• RAPE (Yoko Ono & John Lennon, 1969)
• WANDA (Barbara Loden, 1971)
• A NEW LEAF (Elaine May, 1971)
• THE VELVET VAMPIRE (Stephanie Rothman, 1971)
• TERMINAL ISLAND (Stephanie Rothman, 1973)
• DYKETACTICS (Barbara Hammer, 1974)
• THE WORKING GIRLS (Stephanie Rothman, 1974)
• HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple, 1976)
• NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Ackerman, 1977)
• GIRLFRIENDS (Claudia Weill, 1978)
• CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (Joan Micklin Silver, 1979)
• OLD BOYFRIENDS (Joan Tewkesbury, 1979)
• THE LIFE AND TMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER (Connie Fields, 1980)
• TELL ME A RIDDLE (Lee Grant, 1980)
• THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)
• LOSING GROUND (Kathleen Collins, 1982)
• ✔ FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (Amy Hecklering, 1982)
• SMITHEREENS (Susan Seidelman, 1982)
• VALLEY GIRL (Martha Coolidge, 1983)
• YENTL (Barbra Streisand, 1983)
• DESERT HEARTS (Donna Deitch, 1985)
• DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (Susan Seidelman, 1985)
• WORKING GIRLS (Lizzie Borden, 1986)
• CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (Randa Haines, 1986)
• BORDER RADIO (Allison Anders, Dean Lent, & Kurt Ross, 1987)
• ✔ NEAR DARK (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
• WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN? (Christine Choy & Renee Tajima-Pena, 1987)
• DAMNED IF YOU DON'T (Su Friedrich, 1987)
• ISHTAR (Elaine May, 1987)
• ✔ BIG (Penny Marshall, 1988)
• SURNAME VIET GIVEN NAME NAM (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1989)
• BLUE STEEL (Katherine Bigelow, 1990)
• SINK OR SWIM (Su Friedrich, 1990)
• ✔ PARIS IS BURNING (Jennie Livingston, 1990)
• RAMBLING ROSE (Martha Coolidge, 1991)
• A PLACE CALLED LOVELY (Sadie Benning, 1991)
• ✔ DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (Julie Dash, 1991)
• LITTLE MAN TATE (Jodie Foster, 1991)
• MISSISSIPPI MASALA (Mira Nair, 1991)
• DOGFIGHT (Nancy Savoca, 1991)
• GAS FOOD LODGING (Allison Anders, 1992)
• ✔ A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Penny Marshall, 1992)
• ✔ WAYNE'S WORLD (Penelope Spheeris, 1992)
• HISTORY AND MEMORY (Rea Tajiri, 1992)
• MI VIDA LOCA (Allison Anders, 1993)
• GO FISH (Rose Troche, 1994)
• THE ELEGANT SPANKING (Maria Beatty & Rosemary Delain, 1995)
• STRANGE DAYS (Katherine Bigelow, 1995)
• ✔ CLUELESS (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
• THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (Jane Campion, 1996)
• WATERMELON WOMAN (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
• ✔ FOXFIRE (Annette Haywood-Carter, 1996)
• WALKING AND TALKING (Nicole Holofcener, 1996)
• MANNY & LO (Lisa Krueger, 1996)
• ALL OVER ME (Alex Sichel, 1997)
• PRIVATE PARTS (Betty Thomas, 1997)
• COMING SOON (Collette Burson, 1999)
• HOLY SMOKE (Jane Campion, 1999)
• ✔ BOYS DON'T CRY (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
• ✔ AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron, 2000)
• GIRLFIGHT (Karyn Kusama, 2000)
• LOVE AND BASKETBALL (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)
• THINGS BEHIND THE SUN (Allison Anders, 2001)
• SOUTHERN COMFORT (Kate Davis, 2001)
• STRANGER INSIDE (Cheryle Dunye, 2001)
• LOVELY & AMAZING (Nicole Holofcener, 2001)
• THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY (Jennifer Jason Leigh & Alan Cumming, 2001)
• THIRTEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING (Jill Sprecher, 2001)
• THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE (Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen, 2002)
• PERSONAL VELOCITY (Rebecca Miller, 2002)
• ✔ FRIDA (Julie Taymor, 2002)
• ✔ AMERICAN SPLENDOR (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, 2003)
• ✔ LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
• MONSTER (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
• SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Nancy Meyers, 2003)
• YES (Sally Potter, 2004)
• THE TIME WE KILLED (Jennifer Todd Reeves, 2004)
• ✔ ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
• SHERRYBABY (Laurie Collyer, 2006)
• ✔ MARIE ANTOINETTE (Sofia Coppola, 2006)
• LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton, 2006)
• OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)