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Movies that fail the Bechdel Test
Favs/dislikes: 3:3. The Bechdel Test, or Bechdel-Wallace Test, sometimes called the Mo Movie Measure or Bechdel Rule is a simple test which names the following three criteria: (1) it has to have at least two women in it, (2) who talk to each other, (3) about something besides a man. Currently, there are 8787 movies in the bechdeltest.com database, 894 of them score 0 out of 3 on the test. These are listed here (sorted from newest to oldest). Last update: March 3rd 2021. -
Every Title on an Official iCM Checklist Which Has a Woman Director
Favs/dislikes: 67:2. (Or as close as I could get.) Suggestions/corrections welcome, but please be sure of your facts* and nice about it. Updates especially welcome! *For example, these directors are not women: Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak, Even Benestad, Reha Erdem, Jasmin Dizdar, Mariano Llinás, Gabriele Muccino, Lynn Reynolds, Karen Schachnazarov, Jean-Marie Straub -
House of Psychotic Women: Compendium of Female Neurosis
Favs/dislikes: 19:0. Every film listed in the appendix of Kier-La Janisse's 2012 memoir "House of Psychotic Women." From the book: "[…]while by no means comprehensive, this appendix is a cross-section of horror and violent exploitation films that feature disturbed or neurotic women as primary or pivotal characters […] Admittedly some films stretch genre definitions, and others fall completely outside of the centre but are nonetheless important progenitors for genre characterizations." -
115 Films By and About Women of Color
Favs/dislikes: 11:0. "To be clear, the list itself isn't comprehensive and doesn't claim to represent every woman-directed film about women of color; there would be too many to name. Rather, consider it a solid reflection of people's tastes. The original call was to "name three films you like with black, brown, native or Asian women leads" that were also directed by women. So the response online tells us a great deal about the films that general movie fans watch, like and remember. You could say that the original list of 84 films reflects which movies had an impact on Hollywood and the US independent film scene, since the call came from a well-known US-based filmmaker. In order to come up with titles beyond the original 84, many of you looked to films made overseas, in nations where people of color are the majority. It’s interesting to note which directors were listed multiple times; names like Mira Nair, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Gurinder Chadha came up more than once as women who have built careers on telling the stories of women of color, and whose films have made money over the years. And of note, we’re looking only at feature-length, scripted films directed by women. Of course there are lots of important documentaries made by and about women of color, arguably many more than narrative features due to the cost and means of documentary production. So again, there would be too many documentaries to name here. There’s also the fact that many docs focus on groups of people, societal systems, or eras in history rather than individual protagonists, which makes it tougher to classify which documentaries are "led by women of color." But it may be worth a separate discussion on docs in the future." -
FemFilm
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. Ballot for 'ICMForum's Favourite Films Directed by Women' -
A Year With Women: 103 Essential Films By Female Filmmakers
Favs/dislikes: 33:1. From Cinemafanatic.com: Lately I’ve become more and more frustrated with the various “best ever” lists that have been released because they rarely feature films by women, or if they do it’s usually one or two films. I think this is more a reflection of those who are polled for these kinds of lists, as well as a compounding of history on itself. For so long films by men have made up the bulk of the film canon and I think people are afraid to add new films to these revered lists. I also think many people haven’t seen very many films by women, or if they have it’s always the same handful of films. In an attempt to create a better, more inclusive list of great films by women, I polled over 500 critics, filmmakers, bloggers, historians, professors and casual film viewers, asking them to tell me what films directed (or co-directed) by women are essential viewing. Some people only responded with as little as five votes, others submitted hundreds of films. In the end, I received over 7,000 votes for 1,100+ different films. After tallying up this data, with ties factored in, I then had a list of 103 essential films directed by women. While this list is in no way the end all and be all of female filmmakers, it does include films from multiple countries, filmmakers of all ages, films from all kinds of genres and spans 9 decades. Also, I would like to point out that although the earliest film on this list is from 1935, there were several filmmakers from the silent era who were women (and whose films were in the initial 1,100+ list), including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber and others. This list should be looked at as a springboard, a way to get your feet wet with the most beloved films made by women. There are lots of resources to find even more great films by women. DirectedByWomen.com and TheDirectorList.com are two such invaluable places to start learning more about the thousands of women who have been making films since the beginning of cinema. -
Autostraddle's 100 (or is it 102) best lesbian movies of all time
Favs/dislikes: 9:1. Films aimed at lesbian, bisexual and queer women have never exactly been noted for their universal excellence. Hollywood is a notoriously sexist machine and it’s hard enough to get a solid film about women made, let alone a solid film about women who prefer the company of other women. While unprecedented progress is being made on television, film lags sadly behind, offering few, if any, portrayals of LGBTQ women. The term “lesbian movies” is used in the headline because that is the most popular search term for people looking for films about women who like other women, but these movies feature women of all sexual orientations besides “straight.” -
AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. The Tenth Anniversary of AFI's 100 Greatest Movies List got us to thinking, especially when we noticed that of 400 films nominated for AFI's list, only 4.5 were directed by women. We thought it would be interesting and fun to see whether AWFJ members– a diverse group of strongly opinionated and outspoken professional women film journalists who care passionately about the movies and industry they cover– would develop a list substantially different AFI's. The result, presented in alphabetical order, is an eclectic, perhaps somewhat surprising, collection of titles. It's neither politically nor academically correct, and it's far from definitive. -
TimeOut's 100 Best Feminist Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 10:0. Let’s hope the seismic waves triggered by #MeToo and #TimesUp result in serious, lasting change—the kind that marks one generation from the next. In the meantime, we're inspired. We're furious. And we want to watch the best feminist movies of all time. From Oscar-winning classics like ‘Norma Rae’ and ‘Thelma & Louise’ to ferocious action movies like ‘Foxy Brown’ and ‘Kill Bill’, we've packed decades of empowerment into our list, along with the landmark accomplishments of women directors, women screenwriters and women documentarians. A promise: If you watch all of these films—and take your time, because they're all worth savouring—you'll become a better person, more aware of the distance we've come and how far we still have to go. List published March 2018 -
AIWFF’s Best 100 Films on Women in Arab Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. Aswan International Women's Film Festival was founded in 2017 by Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Abdel Khalek and has quickly become one of Egypt's premier film events. On it's 5th edition they announced a list of the 100 best films on women throughout the history of Egyptian and Arab cinema, chosen by 70 Egyptian and Arab film critics. -
Little White Lies 100 Great Movies By Female Directors
Favs/dislikes: 29:0. A list of 100 films directed by women (no more than one film per director) selected by the editorial staff of the magazine Little White Lies and published in July 2015. [url]http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/100-great-films-by-female-directors-complete-31303[/url] -
For The Ladies
Favs/dislikes: 25:1. Awesome movies with positive portrayals of women in lead roles, from goofy comedies to badass action flicks. Many pass the Bechdel Test, but not all, and many of them feature female writers and/or directors. This list is determined by the personal tastes of Alexandra Kittle, blogger at http://www.filmforager.com. Enjoy! -
Best Lesbian Flicks
Favs/dislikes: 12:0. The best in queer lady cinema - nothing like Room in Rome or that other cheap crap. Not to say there's no trashy stuff here, but it's special and smart trashy stuff. I can only rank the movies when I am on my PC, so new additions below Carol (really, Carol is not a great movie, I should not even include it here) might get ranked higher when I get round to it. The Handmaiden is awful and I absolutely can't recommend it to anyone but teenage boys. Same goes for everything but the first 20-30 minutes of Blue Is the Warmest Colour. It's not a great movie and the sex scene is not only unrealistic but just plain bad. Even bad porn is better because at least it doesn't pretend to be art. Blockers I normally wouldn't include because the lesbian story line doesn't take up much space, but gets an honorary mention because it is surprisingly good and funny. I only add movies I have watched. If you think I have missed a great movie, please send me a pm! :) -
GaFi's Sapphic Films
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Sapphic films we watched with my girl ❤️ -
Fifty Essential Feminist Films
Favs/dislikes: 9:0. Alison Nastasi's essential feminist films list is diverse and audacious, offering everything from obscure avant-garde shorts to Hollywood classics. http://flavorwire.com/467279/50-essential-feminist-films/view-all -
Hello Giggles: 50 movies you have to see in your lifetime
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Rough Guide to Chick Flicks
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. From the book by Samantha Cook, published 2006. -
TSZDT: The 50 Greatest Horror Films Directed by Women
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. Out of the 7,195 films that have been nominated at least once, only 212 of those are directed by women. 30 are co-directed by women and men. In the top 1000, there are only 13 films directed by women (+ 1 co-production). Some of these are anthologies that have at least one segment directed by a woman. This list is a top 50 of all films directed and co-directed by women. -
Great films by female directors
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. A compilation of some of the best female directed films. -
Jane Austen Adaptations
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. -
Creepy Movies About Women
Favs/dislikes: 1:1. Creepy movies about creepy women. -
Autostraddle 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 0:1. Autostraddle's selection of the best 100 movies featuring lesbian, queer, or bisexual women.