Indie Outlook's 180 Essential Films by Female Directors

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Film critic Matt Fagerholm, assistant editor at RogerEbert.com, decided to compensate for the extreme lack of female directors being nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards by curating a list of 180 essential films directed by women.

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  1. 88 -

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 72 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 179 -1

    You've Got Mail

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 31 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 119 -

    The Prince of Egypt

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 53 -

    Frozen

    2013, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 30 -

    Cloud Atlas

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  9. 112 -

    The Parent Trap

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 116 -

    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 165 -1

    Wayne's World

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 175 -1

    Winter's Bone

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 43 -

    An Education

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  14. 14 -

    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 18 -

    Boys Don't Cry

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 16 -

    Billy Madison

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 83 -

    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 99 -

    Monster

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 10 -

    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 86 -

    A League of Their Own

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 149 -1

    Thirteen

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 115 -

    Pay It Forward

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 6 -

    American Splendor

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 50 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 140 -1

    The Snowman

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 89 -

    Little Women

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 52 -

    Frida

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 132 -

    The Secret Garden

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 128 -

    The Runaways

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 141 -1

    Somewhere

    2010, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 98 -

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 29 -

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 96 -

    Me and You and Everyone We Know

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 156 -1

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 28 -

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 169 -1

    Whale Rider

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 79 -

    Jesus Camp

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 20 -

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 155 -1

    Toni Erdmann

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    The Edge of Seventeen

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 34 -

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 60 -

    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 163 -1

    Waitress

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 25 -

    Children of a Lesser God

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 151 -1

    13th

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 167 -1

    Wendy and Lucy

    2008, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 45 -

    Enough Said

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 54 -

    Frozen River

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 153 -1

    Tiny Furniture

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  50. 100 -

    Mustang

    2015, in 5 top lists Check
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