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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
33. Paris, I Love You (2006)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented, and awakened.
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydès, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Leonor Watling, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 74,565 | Gross: $4.86M
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
88. Soldiers of Music (1991)
88 min | Documentary
Directors: Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles | Stars: Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya
Votes: 58
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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