Letterboxd's Women Directors: The Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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LAST UPDATE: March 2024

Ranked by average user rating. The list was extracted thanks to here and here. This was not possible without the curation of these megalists. It will be updated monthly.

[Please note: Ágnes Hranitzky co-directed Werckmeister Harmonies and The Turin Horse with her husband Béla Tarr. Read more below the eligibility rules.]

An official list progress project on all-time stats pages for Pro and Patron users. Expanded from a top 100 to a top 250 on September 26th, 2022, on the list's 3-year anniversary.

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ELIGIBILITY RULES:

• This list counts female co-directors, even if uncredited. The developers are working towards co-directors getting their credit listed on main pages.
• Includes cis, transgender and female-identifying directors.
• Films must be feature-length (45+ minutes), with a theatrical and/or festival release.
• Documentaries of any kind, short films, theater/stage, TV movies, TV series or miniseries, and episodes are excluded.
• There is a 1,000 minimum ratings threshold.

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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
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    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
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    Werckmeister harmóniák

    2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies, in 12 top lists Check
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    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Aftersun

    2022, in 3 top lists
    Check
  7. 7 +1

    Strangers in Good Company

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 8 +1

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
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    Past Lives

    2023, in 4 top lists
    Check
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    Quo vadis, Aida?

    2020 — a.k.a. Quo Vadis, Aida?, in 4 top lists
    Check
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    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 12 +1

    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
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    Anatomie d'une chute

    2023 — a.k.a. Anatomy of a Fall, in 8 top lists
    Check
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    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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    Koe no katachi

    2016 — a.k.a. A Silent Voice: The Movie, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mustang

    2015, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 18 +1

    Little Women

    2019, in 5 top lists
    Check
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    C'è ancora domani

    2023 — a.k.a. There's Still Tomorrow, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
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    Capharnaüm

    2018 — a.k.a. Capernaum, in 7 top lists
    Check
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    Jacquot de Nantes

    1991 — a.k.a. Jacquot of Nantes, in 1 top list Check
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    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 24 +1

    Que Horas Ela Volta?

    2015 — a.k.a. The Second Mother, in 2 top lists Check
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    Petite maman

    2021 — a.k.a. Petite Maman, in 4 top lists
    Check
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    The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia

    2019, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    Sans toit ni loi

    1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check
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    Les rendez-vous d'Anna

    1978 — a.k.a. The Meetings of Anna, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 29 +1

    The Farewell

    2019, in 3 top lists
    Check
  30. 30 -1

    Chibusa yo eien nare

    1955 — a.k.a. The Eternal Breasts, in 2 top lists Check
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    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
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    L'une chante l'autre pas

    1977 — a.k.a. One Sings, the Other Doesn't, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 33 +1

    Out 1, noli me tangere

    1971 — a.k.a. Out 1, in 4 top lists Check
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    Beolsae

    2018 — a.k.a. House of Hummingbird, in 2 top lists
    Check
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    Doukyuusei

    2016 — a.k.a. Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates, in 0 top lists Check
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    Eiga Keion!

    2011 — a.k.a. K-On! The Movie, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hou lai de wo men

    2018 — a.k.a. Us and Them, in 1 top list
    Check
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    Mikey and Nicky

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
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    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Breadwinner

    2017, in 1 top list
    Check
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 42 +3

    Je verrai toujours vos visages

    2023 — a.k.a. All Your Faces, in 0 top lists
    Check
  43. 43 -1

    Le otto montagne

    2022 — a.k.a. The Eight Mountains, in 2 top lists
    Check
  44. 44 -1

    Gett

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  45. 45 -1

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 46 +2

    Farha

    2021, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    0.5 miri

    2014 — a.k.a. 0.5 Mm, in 1 top list Check
  48. 48 -2

    Liteul poreseuteu

    2018 — a.k.a. Little Forest, in 1 top list
    Check
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    Pariah

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 50 +1

    Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Mar 28, 2024 by Chilton; source