IndieWire's 100 All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women

IndieWire's 100 All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women's icon

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IndieWire's new top 100 list by female directors, embarrassed by how many I've not seen so have made a project of it. Zora Neale Hurston's stuff isn't on IMDB so there's only 99 here.

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  1. 20 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 21 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 5 new

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 2 new

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 7 new

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 3 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 18 new

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 49 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 47 new

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 99 new

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 1 new

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 53 new

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 25 new

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 6 new

    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 68 new

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 19 new

    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 8 new

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 10 new

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 88 new

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 23 new

    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 32 new

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 26 new

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 13 new

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 17 new

    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 93 new

    Monsoon Wedding

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 28 new

    La mujer sin cabeza

    2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 64 new

    A New Leaf

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 16 new

    Zero Dark Thirty

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 59 new

    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 78 new

    Boys Don't Cry

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 45 new

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 46 new

    Mikey and Nicky

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 66 new

    Morvern Callar

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 58 new

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 34 new

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 71 new

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 69 new

    Pariah

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 40 new

    Selma

    2014, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 44 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 43 new

    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 67 new

    Cameraperson

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 29 new

    Desperately Seeking Susan

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 31 new

    Europa Europa

    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 30 new

    Eve's Bayou

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 79 new

    Girlfriends

    1978, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 72 new

    Love & Basketball

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 9 new

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 42 new

    The Virgin Suicides

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 12 new

    Winter's Bone

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 75 new

    Antonia

    1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check
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