(Arsaib) (Women Directors) (Top 55 Films)

By: Arsaib

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in no particular order

• 01
  Sicilia!
  Danièle Huillet
• 02
  Oxhide II
  Liu Jiayin
• 03
  I Can't Sleep
  Claire Denis
• 04
  The Holy Girl
  Lucrecia Martel
• 05
  Wanda
  Barbara Loden
• 06
  Squandered Sunday
  Drahomíra Vihanová
• 07
  Everyone Else
  Maren Ade
• 08
  Sacrificed Youth
  Zhang Nuanxin
• 09
  At Land
  Maya Deren
• 10
  The Unpolished
  Pia Marais
• 11
  The Days Between
  Maria Speth
• 12
  Vagabond
  Agnès Varda
• 13
  The House is Black
  Forugh Farrokhzad
• 14
  Daisies
  Věra Chytilová
• 15
  The Arch
  Tang Shu Shuen
• 16
  Beau travail
  Claire Denis
• 17
  Into the Picture Scroll: The Tale of Yamanaka Tokiwa
  Sumiko Haneda
• 18
  Marianne and Juliane
  Margarethe von Trotta
• 19
  20 Fingers
  Mania Akbari
• 20
  The Apple
  Samira Makhmalbaf
• 21
  The Headless Woman
  Lucrecia Martel
• 22
  La ciénaga
  Lucrecia Martel
• 23
  Dear Pyongyang
  Yang Yong-hi
• 24
  The Ascent
  Larisa Shepitko
• 25
  Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
  Chantal Akerman
• 26
  The Sky Turns
  Mercedes Álvarez
• 27
  Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  Amy Heckerling
• 28
  The Portrait of a Lady
  Jane Campion
• 29
  Lost in Translation
  Sofia Coppola
• 30
  Nathalie Granger
  Marguerite Duras
• 31
  The Intruder
  Claire Denis
• 32
  Pin Boy
  Ana Poliak
• 33
  The Smiling Madame Beudet
  Germaine Dulac
• 34
  The Sealed Soil
  Marva Nabili
• 35
  The Hitch-Hiker
  Ida Lupino
• 36
  Diary for My Children
  Márta Mészáros
• 37
  The Bigamist
  Ida Lupino
• 38
  The Last Days of Chez Nous
  Gillian Armstrong
• 39
  Coming to Terms with the Dead
  Pascale Ferran
• 40
  Innocence
  Lucile Hadzihalilovic
• 41
  The Widow
  Park Nam-ok
• 42
  Suzaku
  Naomi Kawase
• 43
  The Asthenic Syndrome
  Kira Muratova
• 44
  Passing Summer
  Angela Schanelec
• 45
  Jealousy Is My Middle Name
  Park Chan-ok
• 46
  A Simple Life
  Ann Hui
• 47
  Ratcatcher
  Lynne Ramsay
• 48
  Wendy and Lucy
  Kelly Reichardt
• 49
  Mädchen in Uniform
  Leontine Sagan
• 50
  The Girl
  Márta Mészáros
• 51
  A Lion in the House
  Steven Bognar
• 52
  A Story of Manchurian Settler Communities
  Sumiko Haneda
• 53
  Goodbye First Love
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• 54
  Afternoon
  Angela Schanelec
• 55
  The End of the World
  Dorota Kędzierzawska
• 56
  Mundane History
  Anocha Suwichakornpong
• 57
  Cléo from 5 to 7
  Agnès Varda
• 58
  Somersault
  Cate Shortland
• 59
  From the East
  Chantal Akerman
• 60
  At Ellen's Age
  Pia Marais
• 61
  Outrage
  Ida Lupino
• 62
  Madonnas
  Maria Speth
• 63
  Adoption
  Márta Mészáros
• 64
  Journey to the Sun
  Yeşim Ustaoğlu
• 65
  The Forest for the Trees
  Maren Ade
• 66
  The Seashell and the Clergyman
  Germaine Dulac
• 67
  35 Shots of Rum
  Claire Denis
• 68
  Observando el cielo
  Jeanne Liotta
• 69
  Meshes of the Afternoon
  Maya Deren
• 70
  The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr
• 71
  To Have (or not)
  Laetitia Masson
• 72
  The Traveling Circus
  Việt Linh
• 73
  Lore
  Cate Shortland