My favourite films by Female Directors
by lucieleythecheetah | created - 18 Apr 2015 | updated - 20 Dec 2018 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Directors: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | Stars: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam
Votes: 6,413 | Gross: $1.74M
2. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 877,531 | Gross: $141.32M
3. Ginger & Rosa (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening, Oliver Platt
Votes: 11,771 | Gross: $1.01M
4. Ruby Sparks (2012)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 105,416 | Gross: $2.54M
5. Finsterworld (2013)
91 min | Drama
A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways, and all of them have dark sides which may shock us to the core.
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder | Stars: Gisela Aderhold, Christoph Bach, Margit Carstensen, Jakub Gierszal
Votes: 2,029
6. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,738 | Gross: $1.17M
7. The Bling Ring (2013)
R | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Claire Julien
Votes: 92,214 | Gross: $5.84M
8. Eden (II) (2014)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne, Hugo Conzelmann
Votes: 5,298
9. Gruber Is Leaving (2015)
92 min | Drama
Fast sex, expensive cars, designer apartment with a view over Vienna. John Gruber is an advertising professional and despises everything, including his sister. But suddenly he receives a cancer diagnosis.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Manuel Rubey, Bernadette Heerwagen, Doris Schretzmayer, Liliane Amuat
Votes: 204
10. Oh Yeah, She Performs! (2012)
G | 90 min | Documentary
"Oh Yeah, She Performs!" is about four extraordinary women pursuing the same dream: composing, producing, and living from their own music--without compromising their ideals. A film about ... See full summary »
Director: Mirjam Unger | Stars: Eva Jantschitsch, Vera Kropf, Clara Luzia, Teresa Rotschopf
Votes: 19
11. 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: 22,261 | Gross: $0.13M
12. Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Unrated | 127 min | Drama, Romance
After Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki, Maximilian Brückner
Votes: 6,114 | Gross: $0.10M
13. 52 Tuesdays (2013)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
Director: Sophie Hyde | Stars: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Imogen Archer, Del Herbert-Jane
Votes: 1,539
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,668 | Gross: $1.74M
15. The Tournament (2015)
83 min | Drama, Sport
Budapest International Chess Tournament. The most likely winner: Cal Fournier (22), French champion, immature genius, socially awkward, compulsive player. But this time, an unusual 9-... See full summary »
Director: Élodie Namer | Stars: Michelangelo Passaniti, Lou de Laâge, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Viktoria Kozlova
Votes: 499
16. Breathe (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Charlie is an average French suburban teenager, but when she becomes fast friends with Sarah, the rebellious new girl at school, she discovers there's nothing average about how she feels.
Director: Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Claire Keim
Votes: 7,845 | Gross: $0.04M
17. All of a Sudden (2016)
112 min | Drama, Mystery
Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
Director: Asli Özge | Stars: Sebastian Hülk, Julia Jentsch, Hanns Zischler, Sascha Alexander Gersak
Votes: 972
18. A Serious Game (2016)
115 min | Drama, Romance
An adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg's novel "The Serious Game" from 1912. The great Swedish love story.
Director: Pernilla August | Stars: Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 1,426
19. Wild (I) (2016)
97 min | Drama, Mystery
An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.
Director: Nicolette Krebitz | Stars: Lilith Stangenberg, Georg Friedrich, Silke Bodenbender, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes: 1,620
20. Coco Before Chanel (2009)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain
Votes: 42,090 | Gross: $6.11M
21. Water Lilies (2007)
85 min | Drama, Romance
After meeting at a local pool over their summer break, a love triangle forms between three adolescent girls, which proves difficult to sustain as they each desire the love of another.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel, Warren Jacquin
Votes: 13,443 | Gross: $0.08M
22. The Dancer (2016)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
Loïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan.
Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto | Stars: Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp
Votes: 2,754
23. Pendular (2017)
108 min | Drama, Romance
The loving relationship between a sculptor and a dancer.
Director: Júlia Murat | Stars: Raquel Karro, Rodrigo Bolzan, Neto Machado, Marcio Vito
Votes: 541
24. The Dreamed Path (2016)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A young German couple find their relationship tested after his mother suffers an accident. Thirty years later, a middle-aged actress splits with her anthropologist husband. Soon, these two couples' paths cross in unexpected ways.
Director: Angela Schanelec | Stars: Miriam Jakob, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Maren Eggert, Phil Hayes
Votes: 460
25. Ratcatcher (1999)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie, Michelle Stewart
Votes: 11,769 | Gross: $0.22M
26. Tower. A Bright Day. (2017)
106 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Mula lives with her family in the country. Just before her daughter's First Holy Communion, Mula's long lost sister pays them a visit. The family believes in reconciliation, but Mula has her reasons to feel afraid of Kaja.
Director: Jagoda Szelc | Stars: Anna Krotoska, Malgorzata Szczerbowska, Anna Zubrzycki, Dorota Lukasiewicz
Votes: 698
27. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani
Votes: 20,579
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