Indiewire’s The All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women

In 2019, Indiewire published a list specifically outlining the All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women. It allowed me to further expand my exposure to women’s voices in film. Below are my reviews for all the films from that list.

  1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels
  2. Beau Travail
  3. The Piano 
  4. A League of Their Own 
  5. Daisies 
  6. Lady Bird 
  7. Cléo from 5 to 7
  8. Meshes of the Afternoon*
  9. Seven Beauties
  10. Daughters of the Dust*
  11. The Rider 
  12. Winter’s Bone 
  13. Clueless 
  14. Yentl*
  15. Dance, Girl, Dance
  16. Zero Dark Thirty
  17. Fish Tank
  18. The Adventures of Prince Achmed*
  19. Wanda*
  20. The Matrix
  21. Lost in Translation 
  22. Suspense*
  23. Persepolis*
  24. We Need to Talk About Kevin
  25. Harlan County USA*
  26. Le Bonheur 
  27. Losing Ground*
  28. The Headless Woman*
  29. Desperately Seeking Susan*
  30. Eve’s Bayou*
  31. Europa Europa*
  32. Point Break 
  33. The Babadook
  34. News From Home 
  35. Desert Hearts*
  36. Sugar Cane Alley*
  37. Fat Girl*
  38. Leave No Trace 
  39. Monster 
  40. Selma 
  41. Whale Rider 
  42. The Virgin Suicides
  43. The Watermelon Woman*
  44. Stories We Tell*
  45. The Hitch-hiker
  46. Mikey and Nicky 
  47. The House is Black*
  48. The Decline of Western Civilization*
  49. The Hurt Locker
  50. Sink or Swim*
  51. Mabel’s Blunder*
  52. Breathe*
  53. Paris is Burning*
  54. The Savages
  55. You Were Never Really Here
  56. Girlhood 
  57. Little Women 
  58. Zora Neale Hurston’s Early Ethnographic*
  59. My Brilliant Career*
  60. Big
  61. Reassemblage*
  62. Bend it Like Beckham
  63. Real Women Have Curves*
  64. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  65. A New Leaf *
  66. Girlfight 
  67. Morvern Collar 
  68. Cameraperson*
  69. Portrait of Jason*
  70. Pariah 
  71. Wendy and Lucy
  72. Orlando 
  73. Love & Basketball 
  74. High Art
  75. Thirteen*
  76. Antonia’s Line*
  77. Enough Said
  78. The Connection*
  79. Boys Don’t Cry*
  80. Girlfriends 
  81. After the Wedding
  82. Appropriate Behavior*
  83. Crossing Delancey*
  84. One Way or Another*
  85. Something’s Gotta Give
  86. Gas Food Lodging*
  87. The Souvenir
  88. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance*
  89. Near Dark  
  90. 35 Shots of Rum
  91. Outrage*
  92. Nitrate Kisses*
  93. The Breadwinner*
  94. Monsoon Wedding 
  95. Rambling Rose*
  96. The Secret Garden*
  97. They*
  98. I am Not a Witch*
  99. Frozen 
  100. American Psycho

*Denotes a film I have not watched yet