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1
The Wachowskis • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Action • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Cyborg / Android / Robot
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2
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund • Starring: Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Crime Drama
3
Mary Harron • Starring: Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller
4
Agnès Varda • Starring: Dominique Davray, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller
Comedy • Drama • Female-Directed Film
5
Penny Marshall • Starring: Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins, Jared Rushton
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Fantasy Comedy
6
Sofia Coppola • Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama
7
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan • Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
8
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris • Starring: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell
Comedy Drama • Comedy • Domestic Comedy
9
Penelope Spheeris • Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
Absurd Comedy • Based-on-Television • Buddy Film
10
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
Chase Movie • Female-Directed Film • Horror
11
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Vincent Cassel
Animation • Comedy • Fairy Tales and Legends
12
Greta Gerwig • Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Drama
13
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold
Comedy Drama • Comedy • Coming-of-Age
14
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Action Thriller • Action • Combat Films
15
Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola • Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Samuel Bottoms
Biography • Documentary • Female-Directed Film
16
Céline Sciamma • Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adele Haenel, Luàna Bajrami
Costume Romance • Drama • Female-Directed Film
17
Greta Gerwig • Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age • Costume Romance
18
Chantal Akerman • Starring: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Female-Directed Film
19
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
20
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Patrick Swayze
Action Thriller • Action • Female-Directed Film
21
Martha Coolidge • Starring: Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, William Atherton
Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Female-Directed Film
22
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi • Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Animation • Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Comics
23
Penny Marshall • Starring: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty
Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama
24
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: John C. Reilly, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller
25
Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer • Starring: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Biography • Culture and Society • Documentary
26
Patty Jenkins • Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright
Action • Adventure • Based-on-Comics
27
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini • Starring: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander
Based-on-a-True-Story • Based-on-Comics • Biopic
28
Debra Granik • Starring: Kevin Breznahan, John Hawkes, Jennifer Lawrence
Detective Film • Drama • Family Drama
29
Barbara Kopple • Starring: John Corcoran, John O'Leary, Norman Yarborough
Americana • Biography • Documentary
30
Vera Chytilová • Starring: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Julius Albert
Avant-garde / Experimental • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
31
The Wachowskis • Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
32
Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid • Starring: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Avant-garde / Experimental • Fantasy • Female-Directed Film
33
Larisa Shepitko • Starring: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev
Anti-War Film • Drama • Female-Directed Film
34
Lone Scherfig • Starring: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivia Williams
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Female-Directed Film
35
Olivia Wilde • Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jason Sudeikis
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age
36
Lotte Reiniger
Adventure • Animation • Fairy Tales and Legends
37
Ava DuVernay • Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
38
Sofia Coppola • Starring: James Woods, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner
39
Kelly Fremon Craig • Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner
40
Jennifer Kent • Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Female-Directed Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
41
Greta Gerwig • Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera
Comedy • Fantasy Comedy • Fantasy
42
Jane Campion • Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill
43
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky • Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Janos Derzsi, Peter Fitz
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime
44
Lulu Wang • Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin
Comedy Drama • Drama • Family Drama
45
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Dystopian Film • Female-Directed Film
46
Penny Marshall • Starring: Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Robin Williams
47
Andrea Arnold • Starring: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing
48
Tom Tykwer, The Wachowskis • Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature
49
Elaine May • Starring: Walter Matthau, George Rose, James Coco
Black Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
50
Jennie Livingston • Starring: Pepper Labeija, Danny Xtravaganza, Brooke
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Culture and Society • Documentary
51
Antonia Bird • Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies
Black Comedy • Cannibal Film • Costume Horror
52
Kimberly Peirce • Starring: Matt McGrath, Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
53
Emerald Fennell • Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime
54
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy of Manners • Comedy
55
Miranda July • Starring: Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Female-Directed Film
56
Sian Heder • Starring: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur
Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama
57
Celine Song • Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Romance
58
Agnès Varda • Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama • Feminist Film • Female-Directed Film
59
Tamra Davis • Starring: Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel
Comedy • Farce • Female-Directed Film
60
Agnès Varda • Starring: Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Foreign Language Film
61
Elaine May • Starring: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, William Hickey
62
Naoko Yamada • Starring: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki
Animation • Anime • Based-on-Comics
63
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee • Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
Animated Musical • Animation • Comedy
64
Claire Denis • Starring: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
65
Sarah Polley • Starring: Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Stacey Laberge
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Marriage Drama
66
Lisa Cholodenko • Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Josh Hutcherson
Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Female-Directed Film
67
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
68
Sally Potter • Starring: Tilda Swinton, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama
69
Niki Caro • Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Childhood Drama • Drama • Family Drama
70
Sarah Polley • Starring: Andrew Church, Peter Evans, Justin Goodhand
Biography • Culture and Society • Docudrama
71
Chloé Zhao • Starring: Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier
72
Mary Lambert • Starring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Female-Directed Film • Horror
73
Kelly Reichardt • Starring: Michelle Williams, Lucy, Wally Dalton
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Psychological Drama
74
Drew Barrymore • Starring: Elliot Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden
75
Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan • Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo
Comedy • Ensemble Film • Female-Directed Film
76
Randa Haines • Starring: Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco
77
Ida Lupino • Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman
Crime Thriller • Crime • Drama
78
Julie Taymor • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Angus MacFadyen, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
79
Julia Ducournau • Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
Black Comedy • Cannibal Film • Comedy Drama
80
Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey • Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Evan McGuire
Animation • Family-Oriented Fantasy • Family
81
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris • Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina
Comedy Drama • Drama • Fantasy Comedy
82
Ana Lily Amirpour • Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh
83
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews
84
Julie Taymor • Starring: Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Female-Directed Film • Jukebox Musical • Musical Romance
85
Lexi Alexander • Starring: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Urban Drama
86
Marielle Heller • Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Enrico Colantoni
87
Gillian Armstrong • Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst
88
Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells • Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ralph Fiennes, Val Kilmer
Adventure Drama • Adventure • Animated Musical
89
Adrienne Shelly • Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines
Comedy Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
90
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi • Starring: Alex Honnold
91
Justine Triet • Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner
Courtroom Drama • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
92
Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman • Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animation
93
Lorene Scafaria • Starring: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, William Petersen
Apocalyptic Film • Comedy Drama • Drama
94
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith • Starring: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo
Animation • Comedy • Coming-of-Age
95
Nora Ephron • Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
96
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner
Comedy • Crime Comedy • Crime
97
Debra Granik • Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Dana Millican
Drama • Family Drama • Female-Directed Film
98
Elaine May • Starring: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Female-Directed Film
99
Tamra Davis • Starring: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer
Buddy Film • Comedy of Errors • Comedy
100
Martha Coolidge • Starring: Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye
Comedy of Manners • Comedy • Coming-of-Age
101
Patty Jenkins • Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Crime Drama
102
Gillian Robespierre • Starring: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Romance
103
Ava DuVernay • Starring: Cory Booker, Angela Davis, Henry Louis Gates
Documentary • Female-Directed Film • Law and Crime
104
Susanne Bier • Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Christian Tafdrup, Frederik Gullits Ernst
105
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Animal Picture • Culture and Society • Documentary
106
Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Brian Mulroney, Yvette Kaplan • Starring: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore
Animation • Based-on-Television • Buddy Film
107
Amy Heckerling • Starring: Jason Lively, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux
Comedy • Slapstick • Parody/Spoof
108
Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky • Starring: Janos Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos
109
Nicole Holofcener • Starring: James Gandolfini, Toni Collette, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
110
Jane Campion • Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Female-Directed Film
111
Tamara Jenkins • Starring: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco
Comedy Drama • Domestic Comedy • Drama
112
Karyn Kusama • Starring: Michiel Huisman, Logan Marshall-Green, John Carroll Lynch
Female-Directed Film • Horror • Psychological Thriller
113
Julie Taymor • Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Costume Romance
114
Sofia Coppola • Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Epic
115
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck • Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts
116
Agnieszka Holland • Starring: Julie Delpy, André Wilms, Aschley Wanninger
117
Amy Holden Jones • Starring: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella
Female-Directed Film • Horror Comedy • Horror
118
Courtney Hunt • Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
119
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck • Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law
Action • Adventure • Alien Invasion Films
120
Charlotte Wells • Starring: Paul Mescal, Francesca Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
121
Cathy Yan • Starring: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor
Action Comedy • Action • Based-on-Comics
122
Mira Nair • Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty
123
Nancy Savoca • Starring: Richard Panebianco, Mitchell Whitfield, Lili Taylor
124
Betty Thomas • Starring: Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy
125
Jane Campion • Starring: Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, William Brandt
126
Kelly Reichardt • Starring: Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams
Adventure Drama • Drama • Feminist Film
127
Laura Poitras
Documentary • Female-Directed Film
128
Catherine Hardwicke • Starring: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson
129
Deniz Gamze Ergüven • Starring: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan
130
Penelope Spheeris • Starring: Alice Bag Band, Fear, The Germs
131
Bonnie Hunt • Starring: David Duchovny, Bonnie Hunt, Carroll O'Connor
Comedy Drama • Female-Directed Film • Magic Realism
132
Jamie Babbit • Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Michelle Williams, Clea Duvall
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
133
Sofia Coppola • Starring: Michelle Monaghan, Elle Fanning, Stephen Dorff
134
Maren Ade • Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Ingrid Bisu
Berlin School • Black Comedy • Comedy Drama
135
Nicole Kassell • Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Female-Directed Film
136
Hettie Macdonald • Starring: Linda Henry, Julie Smith, Jeillo Edwards
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Female-Directed Film
137
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
138
Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Ben McKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku
Action • Animation • Based-on-Comics
139
Regina King • Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Period Film
140
Fran Rubel Kuzui • Starring: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Horror Comedy
141
Christine Jeffs • Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
142
Lina Wertmüller • Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama
143
Catherine Hardwicke • Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger
144
Nora Ephron • Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
145
Andrea Arnold • Starring: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, McCaul Lombardi
Comedy Drama • Drama • Road Movie
146
Susanne Bier • Starring: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen
Childhood Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
147
Julie Delpy • Starring: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl
148
Gina Prince-Bythewood • Starring: Boris Kodjoe, Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps
149
Nancy Meyers • Starring: Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black
Comedy Drama • Female-Directed Film • Holiday Film
150
Gurinder Chadha • Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Domestic Comedy
151
Patricia Rozema • Starring: Embeth Davidtz, James Purefoy, Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Comedy Drama • Costume Romance
152
Jane Campion • Starring: Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox, Paul Schneider
Costume Romance • Drama • Period Film
153
Sarah Polley • Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman
Comedy Drama • Marriage Drama • Psychological Drama
154
Cate Shortland • Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz
Action • Based-on-Comics • Female-Directed Film
155
Marielle Heller • Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Alice Kremelberg, Richard E. Grant
156
Jessie Nelson • Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning
Courtroom Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
157
Dee Rees • Starring: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke
Americana • Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Drama
158
Nora Ephron • Starring: Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
159
Lynn Shelton • Starring: Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt
160
Tamara Jenkins • Starring: David Krumholtz, Kevin Corrigan, Marisa Tomei
161
Sharon Maguire • Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
162
François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell • Starring: Munro Chambers, Michael Ironside, Laurence Leboeuf
Action • Canuxploitation • Cyborg / Android / Robot
163
Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky • Starring: Jonathan Blow, Phil Fish, Edmund McMillen
Culture and Society • Documentary • Female-Directed Film
164
Jodie Foster • Starring: Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin
165
Beth McCarthy-Miller • Starring: Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl
Concert Film • Female-Directed Film • Made-for-Television
166
Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Jonathan Adams, William Baldwin, Nolan North
167
Anne Fletcher • Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Craig T. Nelson
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Female-Directed Film
168
Stacy Title • Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish
Black Comedy • Comedy • Crime Comedy
169
Lynne Ramsay • Starring: Kathleen McDermott, Samantha Morton, Paul Popplewell
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Feminist Film
170
Barbara Peeters • Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow
Exploitation Film • Female-Directed Film • Horror
171
Susan Stroman • Starring: Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Female-Directed Film
172
Lake Bell • Starring: Lake Bell, Rob Corddry, Alexandra Holden
Comedy • Female-Directed Film • Workplace Comedy
173
Donna Deitch • Starring: Patricia Charbonneau, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles
174
Isabel Coixet • Starring: Scott Speedman, Deborah Harry, Maria de Medeiros
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Melodrama
175
Leni Riefenstahl • Starring: Martin Bormann, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Culture and Society • Documentary • Foreign Language Film
176
Lesli Linka Glatter • Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Rosie O'Donnell
Comedy Drama • Coming-of-Age • Ensemble Film
177
Kasi Lemmons • Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
178
Céline Sciamma • Starring: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson
Childhood Drama • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama
179
Liliana Cavani • Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Leroy
Drama • Erotic Drama • Female-Directed Film
180
Domee Shi • Starring: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse
181
Barbara Loden • Starring: Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes
182
Autumn de Wilde • Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy
183
Lisa Gottlieb • Starring: Joyce Hyser, William Zabka, Toni Hudson
Comedy of Errors • Comedy • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
184
Penelope Spheeris • Starring: Chris Farley, Tim Matheson, Mark Arm
Comedy • Slapstick • Buddy Film
185
Agnieszka Holland • Starring: Kate Maberly, Andrew Knott, John Lynch
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Childhood Drama • Drama
186
Kirsten Sheridan • Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Childhood Drama • Drama • Fantasy
187
Susanna White • Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Made-for-Television
188
Bert, Bertie, Rhys Thomas • Starring: Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga
189
Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Oliver Platt, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion
Action • Adventure • Animation
190
Beeban Kidron • Starring: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending
191
Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg
192
Léa Pool • Starring: Mischa Barton, Jackie Burroughs, Mimi Kuzyk
193
Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich • Starring: Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda
Based-on-Theatre • Coming-of-Age • Drama
194
Jodie Foster • Starring: Jodie Foster, Adam Hann-Byrd, Dianne Wiest
195
Lynne Littman • Starring: Jane Alexander, Lilia Skala, Kevin Costner
Anti-War Film • Disaster Film • Drama
196
Lili Fini Zanuck • Starring: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott
Addiction Drama • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story
197
Nancy Meyers • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
198
Marjane Satrapi • Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick
Black Comedy • Comedy Thriller • Crime Comedy
199
Nicole Holofcener • Starring: Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Josh Pais
Black Comedy • Comedy • Domestic Comedy
200
Sarah Smith • Starring: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy
Animation • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy
201
The Wachowskis • Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox
Action • Action Comedy • Adventure
202
Nancy Meyers • Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson
Comedy • Family • Comedy of Errors
203
Sofia Coppola • Starring: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst
Drama • Erotic Drama • Melodrama
204
Nicole Holofcener • Starring: Catherine Keener, Raven Goodwin, Jake Gyllenhaal
205
Jennifer Kent • Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr
Chase Movie • Drama • Female-Directed Film
206
Agnès Varda • Starring: Bodan Litnanski, Agnès Varda, Francois Wertheimer
207
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman • Starring: Robert Gulaczyk, Jerome Flynn, Eleanor Tomlinson
Animation • Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic
208
Kelly Reichardt • Starring: Will Oldham, Matt McCormick, P. C. Peri
Buddy Film • Drama • Female-Directed Film
209
Liliana Cavani • Starring: Dougray Scott, John Malkovich, Ray Winstone
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
210
Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz • Starring: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz
211
Amy Berg • Starring: Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley
Documentary • Female-Directed Film • History
212
Mira Nair • Starring: Irfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Kal Penn
213
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck • Starring: Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino, Andre Holland
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Social Problem Film
214
Lauren Montgomery • Starring: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Andre Braugher
215
Nanette Burstein • Starring: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day
216
Susan Seidelman • Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn
217
Lina Wertmüller • Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino
Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Commedia all’italiana
218
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou • Starring: Claude Nuridsany, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marie Perennou
Documentary • Female-Directed Film • Foreign Language Film
219
Rachel Goldenberg • Starring: Ben Syder, Dominic Keating, Gareth David-Lloyd
Action • Detective Film • Female-Directed Film
220
Gillian Armstrong • Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
Australian New Wave • Biopic • Costume Romance
221
Floria Sigismondi • Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Coming-of-Age
222
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee • Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff
Adventure Comedy • Adventure • Animated Musical
223
Jocelyn Moorhouse • Starring: Heather Mitchell, Frank Gallacher, Frankie J. Holden
224
Penelope Spheeris • Starring: Lemmy, Chris Holmes, Steven Tyler
225
Claire Denis • Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Political Drama
226
Dee Rees • Starring: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis
227
Niki Caro • Starring: Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek
Courtroom Drama • Docudrama • Drama
228
Mimi Leder • Starring: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment
229
Rachel Talalay • Starring: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts
230
Nora Twomey • Starring: Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif
Animation • Childhood Drama • Drama
231
Lynn Shelton • Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Drama
232
Nicole Holofcener • Starring: Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field
Buddy Film • Comedy Drama • Female-Directed Film
233
Forugh Farrokhzad • Starring: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri
234
Coralie Fargeat • Starring: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Guillaume Bouchède
235
Emerald Fennell • Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike
236
Amy Berg • Starring: Bob Jyono, Nancy Sloan, Marie Jyono
237
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber • Starring: Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Short Film
238
Andrea Arnold • Starring: Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Andrew Armour
Psychological Thriller • Thriller • Female-Directed Film
239
Audrey Wells • Starring: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Vincenzo Ricotta
240
Nancy Meyers • Starring: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
Comedy • Workplace Comedy • Female-Directed Film
241
Nina Paley • Starring: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally
Animated Musical • Animation • Epic
242
Antonia Bird • Starring: Linus Roache, Cathy Tyson, Robert Carlyle
Drama • Female-Directed Film • Gay and Lesbian Film
243
Julia Ducournau • Starring: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier
Body Horror • Crime Drama • Crime
244
Lisa Cholodenko • Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Tammy Grimes, David Thornton
Addiction Drama • Drama • Female-Directed Film
245
Jane Campion • Starring: Dorothy Barry, Karen Colston, Genevieve Lemon
246
Kathryn Bigelow • Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard
Action • Action Thriller • Adventure
247
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris • Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Comedy Drama
248
Claudia Weill • Starring: Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Eli Wallach
249
Marielle Heller • Starring: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård
Based-on-Comics • Coming-of-Age • Drama
250
Eliza Hittman • Starring: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Sharon Van Etten
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