women filmmakers watchlist*

by clairebeale13 | created - 19 Apr 2014 | updated - 26 Jan 2015 | Public

*but not removing films as I do watch them so it's always a reference list for finding films made by women

Tbest films directed and/or written by women; I'd suggest 'Sort by: IMDb Rating'

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1. Lucky Them (2013)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

65 Metascore

A rock journalist is assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.

Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Arianda, Oliver Platt

Votes: 4,114 | Gross: $0.03M

2. Budrus (2009)

Unrated | 70 min | Documentary, Action, Biography

Follows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.

Director: Julia Bacha

Votes: 405 | Gross: $0.07M

3. In the Shadow of a Man (2012)

65 min | Documentary, Drama

In the wake of the Egyptian revolution, four women speak of their fight for the future and what it means to be a woman in Egypt.

Director: Hanan Abdalla

Votes: 29

4. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Crime

78 Metascore

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Andrew Braunsberg, Richard Brenneman, Douglas Dalton, Marilyn Beck

Votes: 5,207 | Gross: $0.06M

5. The Animal Project (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a thirty something acting teacher attempts to push a group of eager young performers out of their comfort zones, he struggles with his own ability to live an authentic and fulfilling life with his teenage son.

Director: Ingrid Veninger | Stars: Aaron Poole, Hannah Cheesman, Johnathan Sousa, Sarena Parmar

Votes: 118

6. A Simple Life (2011)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

78 Metascore

After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, Hailu Qin, Fuli Wang

Votes: 6,308 | Gross: $0.19M

7. July Rhapsody (2002)

103 min | Drama

Yiu-Kwok is a high school teacher, having a perfect family. Good times don't last long, when a student, Choy-Nam, falls in love with him. For dealing with a relationship with Mr. Seng, a ... See full summary »

Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Eric Kot

Votes: 1,108

8. Take My Eyes (2003)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa Maria Sardà

Votes: 7,478 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Even the Rain (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History

69 Metascore

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri

Votes: 14,225 | Gross: $0.56M

10. Blackboards (2000)

88 min | Drama, War

64 Metascore

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a ... See full summary »

Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati

Votes: 2,905 | Gross: $0.00M

11. Prodigal Sons (2008)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

74 Metascore

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long estranged... See full summary »

Director: Kimberly Reed | Stars: Kimberly Reed, Carol McKerrow, Marc McKerrow, Claire Jones

Votes: 759 | Gross: $0.07M

12. Illusions & Mirrors (2013)

2 min | Short

ILLUSIONS and MIRRORS is about the futile attempt of chasing a shadow that wanders through the dunes of an empty beach. When it finally comes to an encounter in a deserted house, the young woman experienced a disturbing surprise.

Director: Shirin Neshat | Stars: Tarek Aylouch, Michael Markiewicz, Natalie Portman, Judy Bennett

Votes: 290

14. Desert Runners (2013)

99 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama

A diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt to complete the most difficult ultramarathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across the World's most picturesque ... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Stars: Samantha Gash, Tremaine Kent, David O'Brien, Ricky Paugh

Votes: 546

15. Hannah Arendt (2012)

Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama

69 Metascore

A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch

Votes: 12,025 | Gross: $0.71M

16. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.

Directors: Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 4,893

17. Daypass (2002)

TV-MA | 13 min | Comedy, Short

A short comedy about love after life. A dead but undying romantic returns from the grave to further pursue the love of his life.

Director: Deborah Chow | Stars: Kristin Di Spaltro, Sean Modica, James Urbaniak, Eric Wippo

Votes: 31

18. Me Without You (2001)

R | 107 min | Drama

67 Metascore

Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s.

Director: Sandra Goldbacher | Stars: Anna Friel, Michelle Williams, Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell

Votes: 4,833 | Gross: $0.30M

19. El lugar más pequeño (2011)

100 min | Documentary

The inhabitants of a small town in El Salvador relive their life experiences during the civil war while remembering their loved ones.

Director: Tatiana Huezo

Votes: 186

21. Forever (II) (2006)

Unrated | 95 min | Documentary

Forever is a film about the power and vitality of art and a place where love and death go hand in hand and beauty lives on: the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Director: Heddy Honigmann | Stars: Yoshino Kimura, Bertrand Beyern, Camille Solari

Votes: 342

22. Morning (2001)

89 min | Drama

A man returns to his small-town roots following the death of his childhood friend.

Director: Ami Canaan Mann | Stars: Kieran Mulroney, Annabeth Gish, Darren E. Burrows, J.R. Richards

Votes: 42

23. The Mourning Forest (2007)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Shigeki Uda, Machiko Ono, Kanako Masuda, Yôichirô Saitô

Votes: 2,897

24. Hanezu (2011)

91 min | Drama

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to a small village Asuka.He then meets Kayoko,a woman who went to the same school as Takumi.Kayoko is fascinated with the color hanezu(crimson); lives with boyfriend Tetsuya.Soon,she falls in love with Takumi.

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Tôta Komizu, Hako Ohshima, Durian Sukegawa, Akaji Maro

Votes: 1,003

25. Sharasôju (2003)

100 min | Drama

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. ... See full summary »

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo, Naomi Kawase, Katsuhisa Namase

Votes: 1,817

26. Iron Jawed Angels (2004 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.

Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 6,429

27. Model Minority (2012)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

A 16-year-old half-Japanese teen's life spirals out of control after her parents divorce.

Director: Lily Mariye | Stars: Nichole Sakura, Courtney Mun, Jessica Tuck, Chris Tashima

Votes: 2,325

28. Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

93 Metascore

An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

Director: Nina Paley | Stars: Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally, Manish Acharya

Votes: 4,957

29. This Land Is Mine (2012)

4 min | Animation, Short, History

An animated short set to the tune of Pat Boone's Exodus Song satirizing the history of the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant. "I envisioned This Land Is Mine as the last scene ... See full summary »

Director: Nina Paley

Votes: 359

30. Persepolis (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

90 Metascore

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux

Votes: 100,203 | Gross: $4.45M

31. Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994)

105 min | Documentary, Biography

A film about the work of the artist most famous for her monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the Civil Rights Fountain Memorial.

Director: Freida Lee Mock | Star: Maya Lin

Votes: 534 | Gross: $0.06M

32. Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (II) (2013)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, History

68 Metascore

A profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.

Director: Freida Lee Mock | Stars: Jill Abramson, Joe Biden, John Carr, Orrin Hatch

Votes: 588

34. Another Me (2013)

PG-13 | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller

A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sophie Turner, Claire Forlani, Rhys Ifans, Eugenio Pérez

Votes: 6,069

35. Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History

76 Metascore

'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, ... See full summary »

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Bobby Fischer, David Edmonds, Anthony Saidy, Susan Polgar

Votes: 7,402

36. Hot Coffee (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

How the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right wing crusade to weaken civil justice.

Director: Susan Saladoff | Stars: Chuck Allen, Judy Allen, Jay Angoff, David Arredondo

Votes: 4,015

37. Breakfast with Curtis (2012)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

62 Metascore

Syd is an eccentric bookseller with delusions of grandeur fueled by red wine. He caused a rift 5 years ago between his bohemian housemates and the family next door, but now tries to recruit his 14-year-old neighbor as a collaborator.

Director: Laura Colella | Stars: Jonah Parker, Theo Green, David A. Parker, Aaron Jungels

Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.01M

38. English Vinglish (2012)

Not Rated | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well-educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand English.

Director: Gauri Shinde | Stars: Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand

Votes: 39,603 | Gross: $1.67M

39. Identities (2008)

81 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Identities is a feature documentary charting the multicultural transgender community in Ireland. Five personal stories give shape to the vibrant, parallel worlds of Transvestism, Transsexualism, Drag, Sexual identity, and Gender Dysphoria.

Director: Vittoria Colonna | Stars: Fabio Ferri, Sahara, Shani Williams, Lee Stella

Votes: 20

40. My Neighbor, My Killer (2009)

80 min | Documentary

The people of Rwanda attempt to reconcile after the genocide through an open process of admission and forgiveness.

Director: Anne Aghion

Votes: 92

41. Ice People (2008)

77 min | Documentary

Unique in the genre of exploration and adventure films, ICE PEOPLE takes you on one of the earth's most seductive journeys-Antarctica. Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Anne Aghion spent ... See full summary »

Director: Anne Aghion | Stars: Allan Ashworth, Andrew Podoll, Adam R. Lewis, Kelly Gorz

Votes: 43

42. In Montauk (2012)

Not Rated | 69 min | Drama, Romance

The hardest choices in life are the ones we think we'll never have to make.

Director: Kim Cummings | Stars: Nina Kaczorowski, Lukas Hassel, George Katt, Carolina Caro

Votes: 5,518

43. Weeki Wachee Girls (2000)

22 min | Short, Drama

Best friends forever, Katie and Maura have dreamed of being part of the live mermaid show at Weeki Wachee Spring for as long as they can remember. It's the summer of '79, they're fifteen ... See full summary »

Director: Kim Cummings | Stars: Emily Donahoe, Wendy Gardner, Eliza Pryor Nagel

Votes: 34

44. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime

86 Metascore

Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam, Jeff Anderson

Votes: 10,827 | Gross: $30.58M

45. West of Memphis (2012)

R | 147 min | Documentary, Crime

80 Metascore

An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Michael Baden

Votes: 10,956 | Gross: $0.31M

46. Last Love (2013)

Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

36 Metascore

He's a widower in Paris who speaks no French. She's a dance instructor less than half his age. Can they become a family, or will his estranged adult children halt the friendship?

Director: Sandra Nettelbeck | Stars: Michael Caine, Michelle Goddet, Jane Alexander, Serge Hollogne

Votes: 13,248

47. As If I Am Not There (2010)

109 min | Drama

A young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel.

Director: Juanita Wilson | Stars: Natasha Petrovic, Fedja Stukan, Jelena Jovanova, Sanja Buric

Votes: 1,325

48. Seven Beauties (1975)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore

Votes: 6,488 | Gross: $0.01M

49. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News

78 Metascore

Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.

Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik

Votes: 18,008 | Gross: $3.41M

50. Sink or Swim (1990)

Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary

In a series of 26 short autobiographical vignettes, Su Friedrich methodically analyzes and reflects on her childhood and the emotional scars left by her detached and self-involved father.

Director: Su Friedrich | Star: Jessica Meyerson

Votes: 450

51. Nuyorican Dream (2000)

Documentary

A gripping portrait of one Puerto Rican family living in NYC. Roberto, 29, the eldest son gay and living in Greenwich Village. Marta the family matriarch, living in Brooklyn and raising the... See full summary »

Director: Laurie Collyer

Votes: 112

52. Shut Up & Sing (2006)

R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

77 Metascore

A documentary on the The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) in the wake of singer Natalie Maines' anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert.

Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck | Stars: Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Clayton Allen

Votes: 4,989 | Gross: $1.22M

53. Hester Street (1975)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance

In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh

Votes: 1,883 | Gross: $5.00M

54. Salt of This Sea (2008)

Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

43 Metascore

A romantic drama about a working-class woman and her experiences traveling back home.

Director: Annemarie Jacir | Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Dana Drigov

Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.01M

55. Children of a Lesser God (1986)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco

Votes: 18,685 | Gross: $31.85M

56. Antonia's Line (1995)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.

Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir, Veerle van Overloop, Els Dottermans

Votes: 9,479 | Gross: $4.82M

57. Frozen River (2008)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama

82 Metascore

A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?

Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 26,463 | Gross: $2.51M

58. Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

73 Metascore

A documentary on Brooklyn-based Congresswoman Shirley's Chisholm's 1972 presidential bid.

Director: Shola Lynch | Stars: Shirley Chisholm, Walter Cronkite, George Wallace, Ralph Abernathy

Votes: 325

59. Tomboy (2011)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama

74 Metascore

A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.

Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani

Votes: 22,281 | Gross: $0.13M

60. Elevate (2011)

PG | 81 min | Documentary

67 Metascore

From a basketball academy in Senegal, to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the film documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams.

Director: Anne Buford | Stars: Amadou Gallo Fall, Dethie

Votes: 140 | Gross: $0.00M

61. El general (2009)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

The glimpse into the life of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles.

Director: Natalia Almada

Votes: 68

62. Fraulein (2006)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

64 Metascore

Ruza left Belgrade for Switzerland as a young woman full of hope for a new, better life. 25 years later she appears to have achieved everything: She owns a canteen in Zurich, which she ... See full summary »

Director: Andrea Staka | Stars: Mirjana Karanovic, Marija Skaricic, Ljubica Jovic, Andrea Zogg

Votes: 985 | Gross: $0.00M

63. The Hurt Locker (2008)

R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War

95 Metascore

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce

Votes: 473,917 | Gross: $17.02M

64. Billy the Kid (2007)

PG-13 | 84 min | Documentary

75 Metascore

"I'm not black, I'm not white, not foreign, just different in the mind. Different brains, that's all," explains 15-year-old Billy in Jennifer Venditti's provocative coming of age film. ... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Venditti | Stars: Penny Baker, Billy P., Heather Pelletier

Votes: 599

65. Sigur Rós: Leaning Towards Solace (2012 Music Video)

12 min | Short, Music

Music short for Sigur Ros.

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Elle Fanning, John Hawkes, Ever Rabineau

Votes: 303

66. Clowns (I) (2008)

58 min | Documentary

Tommy Tickle is Britain's answer to Krusty the Clown. He hates his job, but does it to pay the bills. He drinks and smokes and swears, and although he tries to stay sober for parties, he ... See full summary »

Director: Daisy Asquith | Stars: The Great Velcro, Potty the Pirate, Mr. Pumpkin, Tommy Tickle

Votes: 10

67. Celestial Clockwork (1995)

85 min | Comedy

Ana bolts from her wedding altar and flies from Venezuela to Paris (in her wedding gown) to realize her dream of becoming a great opera star. The great Parisian director Italo Medici is ... See full summary »

Director: Fina Torres | Stars: Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi, Lluís Homar

Votes: 391

68. Fight Like a Girl (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Drama, Sport

Follow Jill Morley as she delves inside the world of female boxers. Real emotional histories and traumas bubble up, fleshing out a compelling story about women overcoming adversity.

Director: Jill Morley | Stars: Melissa Hernandez, Gary Lee, Susan Merlucci, Jill Morley

Votes: 47

69. Going on 13 (2008)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary

A four-year study of how four young girls come of age in today's world.

Directors: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Dawn D. Valadez

Votes: 30

70. Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Fantasy, History

The history of fictional female heroes in Western media from Wonder Woman's creation onward.

Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan | Stars: Lynda Carter, Jane Espenson, Michelle Frank, Kathleen Hanna

Votes: 203

71. History of the Eagles (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Music

The life and times of the super successful American soft-rock band, Eagles.

Stars: Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, Joe Walsh

Votes: 2,810

72. A Place at the Table (2012)

PG | 84 min | Documentary

68 Metascore

A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.

Directors: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook, Mariana Chilton

Votes: 1,236 | Gross: $0.23M

73. On the Outs (2004)

R | 86 min | Drama

66 Metascore

Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.

Directors: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik | Stars: Anny Mariano, Judy Marte, Paola Mendoza, Dominic Colón

Votes: 692 | Gross: $0.05M

74. Toots (2006)

84 min | Documentary

The '40s and '50s were a classic period in New York City nightlife, when the saloonkeeper was king and regular folks could drink with celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason. In this documentary, Kristi Jacobson profiles her grandfather, the king of kings: Toots Shor of the eponymous restaurant and saloon, which was once the place to be seen in Manhattan.

Director: Kristi Jacobson | Stars: Maury Allen, Dave Anderson, Yogi Berra, David Brown

Votes: 125

75. American Standoff (2002)

95 min | Documentary

The Teamster's Union goes on strike against Overnite Transportation, a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization. The Union, however, faces its own internecine battles as ... See full summary »

Director: Kristi Jacobson

Votes: 59

76. Gideon's Army (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

87 Metascore

Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.

Director: Dawn Porter

Votes: 836

77. Spies of Mississippi (2014)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. The anti-civil rights organization was ... See full summary »

Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Ross Barnett, Margaret Block, R.L. Bolden, Rick Bowers

Votes: 168

78. Bench Seat (2011)

19 min | Short, Drama, Musical

Bench Seat, a classic love story with a musical twist, is a brief moment in the lives of a young couple on the verge of either moving forward or breaking up. While the girl envisions a ... See full summary »

Director: Anna Mastro | Stars: Cassandra Scerbo, Kyle Riabko, Dan Finnerty, Vanessa Curry

Votes: 22

79. Prostitution bag sløret (2004)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary

A documentary that follows two young women raising children and supporting drug habits through prostitution in a country ruled by fundamentalists.

Director: Nahid Persson | Star: Nahid Persson

Votes: 393

80. Drottningen och jag (2008)

90 min | Documentary

Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson Sarvestani talks with the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in 1979.

Director: Nahid Persson | Stars: Farah Pahlavi, Nahid Persson, Zinat S. Lloyd, Reza Tiregar

Votes: 610

81. Liar (2005)

10 min | Short, Drama

Four characters, a drag queen, a city boy, a lad, and a loner are all uttering falsehoods, inflated fibs, and tragic untruths. Nobody knows who's telling the truth because every one is a LIAR.

Director: China Moo-Young | Star: Glenn Doherty

Votes: 69

82. Juvenile (2007)

11 min | Short, Drama

The bittersweet story of a single parent father with a teenage daughter, and the day she brings home her new boyfriend.

Director: China Moo-Young | Stars: Louis Cordice, Louis Sheridan Cordice, Glenn Doherty, Sophie Shaw-Foucher

Votes: 24

83. Forev (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Sophie and Pete get engaged on their first date, which is a 6-hour drive through the desert. And then nothing goes wrong... nothing at all.

Directors: Molly Green, James Leffler | Stars: Noël Wells, Matt Mider, Amanda Bauer, Timmy L'Heureux

Votes: 352

84. Burma Soldier (2010)

70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

Directors: Nic Dunlop, Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Colin Farrell, Myo Myint

Votes: 54

85. The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)

PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Crime

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt" is a feature documentary about a brutal rape/murder case and a wrongly convicted man, Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not... See full summary »

Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Evelyn Jefferson, Fred Flagler, John Reeves, Mary Anne Sheboy

Votes: 1,081 | Gross: $0.00M

86. The Joy of Life (2005)

Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary, History

Beautifully composed landscape shots of San Francisco juxtaposed with voiceover detailing the emotional intricacies of the love affairs of a butch lesbian and the history of Golden Gate Bridge as the world's prime suicide location.

Director: Jenni Olson | Stars: Harry Dodge, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Votes: 120

87. Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012)

PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, News

67 Metascore

An investigative documentary that uncovers the U.S. healthcare system's true design.

Directors: Susan Froemke, Matthew Heineman | Stars: Clive Alonzo, Don Berwick, Elizabeth Blackburn, Krystal Bracy

Votes: 556 | Gross: $0.10M

89. Christo in Paris (1990)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary

This is the story of the quest of the artist Christo to wrap the famous Pont Neuf in France in fabric. It took Christo and his wife ten years to get permission from the Parisian government,... See full summary »

Directors: Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles, David Maysles | Stars: Jacques Chirac, Christo, Jeanne-Claude

Votes: 113

90. Chasing the Dream (2007)

105 min | Documentary

Chasing the Dream is a candid portrayal of eight Huntington Beach High School kids trying to obtain the impossible -- a career in professional surfing. The teens must steer through the ... See full summary »

Director: Angelo Mei | Star: Gary Busey

Votes: 19

91. The Source Family (2012)

TV-14 | 98 min | Documentary, Music

62 Metascore

A charismatic leader founds a commune in Los Angeles in the early '70s based on natural food, spiritual practices and psychedelic rock. This short-lived era is recreated with archival material and the memories of participants.

Directors: Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille | Stars: Ahom Aquarian, Isis Aquarian, Don Bolles, Elena Michaels

Votes: 1,465

92. Tom's Wife (2004)

91 min | Drama

Using a then proto-type lens that would later revolutionize digital video's ability to have a true filmic quality, Tom's Wife was a monumental achievement in micro-budget cinema. An ... See full summary »

Director: Alana Cash | Stars: Meredith May, Shasta Lusk, John Wannen Jr., Cameron Cash

Votes: 30

93. Bunso: The Youngest (2005 Video)

64 min | Documentary

A documentary that explores injustice, neglect and perpetual helplessness.

Director: Ditsi Carolino

Votes: 43

94. Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary

81 Metascore

The uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema vérité.

Director: Chiemi Karasawa | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, James Gandolfini

Votes: 987 | Gross: $0.30M

95. For One More Hour with You (2002)

55 min | Documentary, Biography

Italian documentary filmmaker Alina Marazzi tries to piece together the life of her mother who passed away in 1972 when she was 7 years old. Through a patchwork of home movies, recordings ... See full summary »

Director: Alina Marazzi | Stars: Luisa Marazzi Hoepli, Alina Marazzi

Votes: 211

96. The Selfish Giant (2013)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

83 Metascore

Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.

Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne

Votes: 12,736 | Gross: $0.01M

97. The Arbor (2010)

Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

88 Metascore

Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin, Parvani Lingiah

Votes: 2,134 | Gross: $0.02M

98. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012)

Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography

75 Metascore

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own ... See full summary »

Director: Sophie Huber | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Sophie Huber, Wim Wenders, David Lynch

Votes: 1,343

99. Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Biography

55 Metascore

Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a... See full summary »

Directors: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter | Stars: Harley K. Dubois, Marian Goodell, Larry Harvey, John Law

Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.12M

100. Molly Maxwell (2013)

90 min | Drama, Romance

At Phoenix Progressive School, where everyone tries to outdo each other with creative self-expression, 16-year-old Molly Maxwell (Lola Tash) would rather be invisible than risk revealing ... See full summary »

Director: Sara St. Onge | Stars: Lola Tash, Charlie Carrick, Krista Bridges, Rob Stewart

Votes: 2,258



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