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. 1 -

    Efter brylluppet

    2006 — a.k.a. After the Wedding, in 1 top list Check
  2. 2 -

    Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Alba

    2016, in 1 top list Check
  4. 4 -

    American Fable

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    American Splendor

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Hide and Seek

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Armor of Light

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Audrie & Daisy

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    Bastard Out of Carolina

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Belle

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Beyond the Lights

    2014 — a.k.a. Blackbird, in 0 top lists Check
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    Billy Madison

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 18 -

    Boys Don't Cry

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 20 -

    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 21 -

    Broken English

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 22 -

    Buster's Mal Heart

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 23 -

    Cairo Time

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Children of a Lesser God

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    Circumstance

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 29 -

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 30 -

    Cloud Atlas

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  26. 31 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 32 -

    Komunia

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 33 -

    Betoniyö

    2013 — a.k.a. Concrete Night, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 34 -

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 35 -

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 36 -

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 37 -

    Deliver Us from Evil

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 38 -

    The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  34. 39 -

    The Dish & the Spoon

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 40 -

    Dreamcatcher

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 41 -

    The Edge of Seventeen

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 43 -

    An Education

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Elegy

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Enough Said

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 46 -

    Eve's Bayou

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    À ma soeur!

    2001 — a.k.a. Fat Girl, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 50 -

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 51 -

    The Fits

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 52 -

    Frida

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 53 -

    Frozen

    2013, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 54 -

    Frozen River

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
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    Future Weather

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Gett

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  49. 57 -

    Girlfight

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Girlfriends

    1978, in 6 top lists Check
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