Women Directed Films in 2018

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December

• On the Basis of Sex – Directed by Mimi Leder
• Destroyer – Directed by Karyn Kusama
• Between Worlds – Written and Directed by Maria Pulera
• Capernaum – Directed by Nadine Labaki; Written by Nadine Labaki, Michelle Kesrouani, Jihad Hojeily, and Khaled Mouzanar
• That Way Madness Lies… (Documentary) – Directed by Sandra Luckow; Written by Sandra Luckow and Anne Alvergue
• Mary Queen of Scots – Directed by Josie Rourke
• Dumplin’ – Directed by Anne Fletcher; Written by Kristin Hahn
• The Party’s Just Beginning – Written and Directed by Karen Gillan
• Bird Box – Directed by Susanne Bier
• Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (Documentary) – Directed by Alexis Bloom
• Out of Many, One (Short Documentary) – Directed by Nanfu Wang and John Hoffman
• Clara’s Ghost – Written and Directed by Bridey Elliott
• Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer – Written and Directed by Jennifer Westcott
• Ulam: Main Dish (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Alexandra Cuerdo

November

• No Shade – Written and Directed by Clare Anyiam-Osigwe
• Happy as Lazzaro – Written and Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
• Roll With Me (Documentary) – Directed by Lisa France
• United Skates (Documentary) – Directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown; Written by Dyana Winkler
• Bathtubs Over Broadway (Documentary) – Directed by Dava Whisenant; Written by Dava Whisenant and Ozzy Inguanzo
• Piripkura (Documentary) – Directed by Mariana Oliva, Renata Terra, and Bruno Jorge; Written by Mariana Oliva and Renata Terra
• Rajma Chawal – Directed by Leena Yadav; Written by Leena Yadav, Vivek Anchalia, and Manu Rishi Chadha
• Becoming Astrid – Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen; Written by Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson
• ¡Las Sandinistas! (Documentary) – Directed by Jenny Murray
• 8 Remains – Directed by Juliane Block; Written by Laura Sommer and Wolf-Peter Arand
• Write When You Get Work – Written and Directed by Stacy Cochran
• Invisible Hands (Documentary) – Directed by Shraysi Tandon; Written by Shraysi Tandon and Chad Beck
• Meow Wolf: Origin Story (Documentary) – Directed by Morgan Capps and Jilann Spitzmiller; Written by Morgan Capps, Jilann Spitzmiller, and Christina Procter
• Les Rendez-Vous d’Anna (40th Anniversary Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Chantal Akerman
• Heart, Baby! – Written and Directed by Angela Shelton
• Bali: Beats of Paradise (Documentary) – Directed by Livi Zheng
• Speed Kills – Directed by Jodi Scurfield
• Jinn – Written and Directed by Nijla Mu’min
• Liz and the Blue Bird – Directed by Naoko Yamada; Written by Reiko Yoshida
• The New Romantic – Written and Directed by Carly Stone
• Pimp – Written and Directed by Christine Crokos
• Lez Bomb – Written and Directed by Jenna Laurenzo
• The Long Dumb Road – Directed by Hannah Fidell; Written by Hannah Fidell and Carson Mell
• Narcissister Organ Player (Documentary) – Directed by Narcissister
• Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Documentary) – Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, and Felix Moeller; Written by Margarethe von Trotta and Felix Moeller
• Distant Constellation (Documentary) – Directed by Shevaun Mizrahi
• Unlovable – Directed by Suzi Yoonessi; Written by Charlene deGuzman, Sarah Adina Smith, and Mark Duplass

October

• Shirkers (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sandi Tan
• Been So Long – Directed by Tinge Krishnan
• Viper Club – Directed by Maryam Keshavarz; Written by Maryam Keshavarz and Jonathan Mastro
• 5 Weddings – Directed by Namrata Singh Gujral; Written by Namrata Singh Gujral, Denise Cruz-Castino, and Andy Glickman
• Silencio – Written and Directed by Lorena Villarreal
• Weed the People (Documentary) – Directed by Abby Epstein
• The Long Shadow (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Frances Causey
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Directed by Marielle Heller; Written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
• On Her Shoulders (Documentary) – Directed by Alexandria Bombach
• What They Had – Written and Directed by Elizabeth Chomko
• Change in the Air – Directed by Dianne Dreyer; Written by Audra Gorman
• Galveston – Directed by Mélanie Laurent
• The Waldheim Waltz (Documentary) – Directed by Ruth Beckermann
• Caniba (Documentary) – Directed by Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
• The Kindergarten Teacher – Written and Directed by Sara Colangelo
• Sadie – Written and Directed by Megan Griffiths
• Over the Limit (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Marta Prus
• Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (Documentary) – Directed by Johanna Demetrakas
• Jane and Emma – Directed by Chantelle Squires; Written by Melissa Leilani Larson
• After Everything – Written and Directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power
• Stella’s Last Weekend – Written and Directed by Polly Draper
• Charm City (Documentary) – Directed by Marilyn Ness
• Liyana (Documentary) – Directed by Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp
• Private Life – Written and Directed by Tamara Jenkins
• Trouble – Written and Directed by Theresa Rebeck
• Living in the Future’s Past (Documentary) – Directed by Susan Kucera
• Bill Coors: The Will to Live (Documentary) – Directed by Kerry David; Written by Kerry David, Margo Hamilton, and Bill Coors
• Moynihan (Documentary) – Directed by Toby Perl Freilich and Joseph Dorman

September

• All About Nina – Written and Directed by Eva Vives
• Little Women – Directed by Clare Niederpruem; Written by Clare Niederpruem and Kristi Shimek
• Summer ‘03 – Written and Directed by Becca Gleason
• 306 Hollywood (Documentary) – Directed by Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín; Written by Elan Bogarín, Nyneve Laura Minnear, and Jonathan Bogarín
• Lessons From a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane (Short Documentary) – Directed by Kim A. Snyder
• A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and The American Dream (Documentary) – Directed by Stephanie Welch; Written by Stephanie Welch and Andrew Kimbrell
• hillbilly (Documentary) – Directed by Sally Rubin and Ashley York
• Free Solo (Documentary) – Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
• 3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Audé Story (Documentary) – Directed by Jamielyn Lippman
• Nappily Ever After – Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour; Written by Cee Marcellus and Adam Brooks
• Love, Gilda (Documentary) – Directed by Lisa D’Apolito
• A Happening of Monumental Proportions – Directed by Judy Greer
• Where Hands Touch – Written and Directed by Amma Asante
• MDMA – Written and Directed by Angie Wang
• Lost Child – Directed by Ramaa Mosley; Written by Ramaa Mosley and Tim Macy
• I Think We’re Alone Now – Directed by Reed Morano
• The Land of Steady Habits – Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener
• Science Fair (Documentary) – Directed by Christina Costantini and Darren Foster; Written by Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, and Jeff Plunkett
• Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable (Documentary) – Directed by Sasha Waters Freyer
• I Am Not a Witch – Written and Directed by Rungano Nyoni
• Nelly – Written and Directed by Anne Émond
• Kusama: Infinity (Documentary) – Directed by Heather Lenz; Written by Heather Lenz and Keita Ideno
• City of Joy (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Madeleine Gavin
• Reversing Roe (Documentary) – Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
• Hal (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Scott

August

• Let the Corpses Tan – Written and Directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
• Inventing Tomorrow (Documentary) – Directed by Laura Nix
• Pick of the Litter (Documentary) – Directed by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Jr.; Written by Dana Nachman
• Chasing the Win (Documentary) – Directed by Laura Sheehy and Chris Ghelfi
• The Bookshop – Written and Directed by Isabel Coixet
• Hot to Trot (Documentary) – Directed by Gail Freedman
• Last Curtain Call – Directed by Jennifer Tadlock
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before – Directed by Susan Johnson; Written by Sofia Alvarez
• The Ranger – Directed by Jenn Wexler; Written by Jenn Wexler and Giaco Furino
• The Rest I Make Up (Documentary) – Directed by Michelle Memran
• A Whale of a Tale (Documentary) – Directed by Megumi Sasaki
• Skate Kitchen – Directed by Crystal Moselle; Written by Crystal Moselle, Jen Silverman, and Aslihan Unaldi
• Madeline’s Madeline – Directed by Josephine Decker; Written by Josephine Decker and Donna di Novelli
• The Swan – Written and Directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdótirr
• Church & State (Documentary) – Directed by Holly Tuckett and Kendall Wilcox; Written by Holly Tuckett, Jennifer Lynn Dobner, Kendall Wilcox, and Torben Bernhard
• Summer of 84 – Directed by Anouk Whissell, Francois Simard, and Yoann-Karl Whissell
• Cielo (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Alison McAlpine
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post – Directed by Desiree Akhavan; Written by Desiree Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele
• The Spy Who Dumped Me – Directed by Susanna Fogel; Written by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson
• The Darkest Minds – Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• Never Goin’ Back – Written and Directed by Augustine Frizzell
• Night Comes On – Directed by Jordana Spiro; Written by Jordana Spiro and Angelica Nwandu
• Like Father – Written and Directed by Lauren Miller Rogen
• Milla – Written and Directed by Valérie Massadian
• Nico, 1988 – Written and Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli

July

• Snapshots – Directed by Melanie Mayron; Written by Jan Miller Corran and Katherine Cortez
• Good Manners – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Juliana Rojas
• Across the Universe (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed by Julie Taymor
• Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms – Written and Directed by Mari Okada
• Wanda (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Barbara Loden
• 93Queen (Documentary) – Directed by Paula Eiselt
• Generation Wealth (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Lauren Greenfield
• Far from the Tree (Documentary) – Directed by Rachel Dretzin
• What Will People Say – Written and Directed by Iram Haq
• Pin Cushion – Written and Directed by Deborah Haywood
• The Butterfly Tree – Written and Directed by Priscilla Cameron
• A Second Chance – Directed by Susanne Bier
• Dark Money (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Kimberly Reed
• The Devil’s Doorway – Co-Written and Directed by Aislinn Clarke
• Angels on Tap – Directed by Trudy Sargent
• The Broken Ones – Directed by Elyse Niblett-Russell; Written by Cece King
• Sunset Society – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Phoebe Dollar
• Sharp Edges (Documentary) – Directed by Sandra Luckow (Re-Release)

June

• Woman Walks Ahead – Directed by Susanna White
• Dark River – Written and Directed by Clio Barnard
• The Bookshop – Written and Directed by Isabel Coixet
• Summer of ’67 – Written and Directed by Sharon Wilharm
• Leave No Trace – Directed by Debra Granik; Written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
• Love, Cecil (Documentary) – Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
• Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (Documentary) – Directed by Tiffany Bartok
• Recovery Boys (Documentary) – Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Boundaries – Written and Directed by Shana Feste
• Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts – Co-Written and Directed by Mouly Surya
• Never Steady, Never Still – Written and Directed by Kathleen Hepburn
• To Each, Her Own – Directed by Myriam Aziza; Written by Myriam Aziza and Denyse Rodriguez-Tomé
• Us and Them – Directed by Rene Liu
• Racing Colt – Co-Directed by Heather R. Provost
• Lobster Cop – Written and Directed by Xinyun Li
• The Accidental Detective 2: In Action – Directed by Eon-hie Lee
• The Year of Spectacular Men – Directed by Lea Thompson; Written by Madelyn Deutch
• Lust Stories (Anthology) – Co-Directed by Zoya Akhtar
• Set It Up – Directed by Claire Scanlon; Written by Katie Silberman
• Half the Picture (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Adrion
• Nancy – Written and Directed by Christina Choe
• The Valley – Written and Directed by Saila Kariat
• Middleground – Co-Written and Directed by Alisa Khazanova
• One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Agnès Varda
• Social Animals – Written and Directed by Theresa Bennett
• To A More Perfect Union: U.S. V. Windsor (Documentary) – Directed by Donna Zaccaro
• Hedda Needs Help (Short) – Directed by Lisa Baron; Written by Malin Barr and Lisa Baron
• The Texture of Falling – Written and Directed by Maria Allred

May

• Mary Shelley – Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour; Written by Emma Jensen and Haifaa Al-Mansour
• Summer 1993 -  Directed by Carla Simón; Written by Carla Simón and Valentina Viso
• The Tale – Written and Directed by Jennifer Fox
• The Gospel According to André (Documentary) – Directed by Kate Novack
• Cargo – Written and Co-Directed by Yolanda Ramke
• Revenge – Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat
• Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Documentary) – Directed by Sara Driver
• Mountain (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Jennifer Peedom
• The Last Horsemen of New York (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Mary Haverstick
• What Haunts Us (Documentary) – Directed by Paige Tolmach
• One October (Documentary) – Directed by Rachel Shuman; Written by Annie Bruno and Whitney Henry-Lester
• American Dream: Detroit (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Christina Kline
• Angels Wear White – Written and Directed by Vivian Qu
• RBG (Documentary) – Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen
• The Desert Bride – Written and Directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato
• Everything Else – Written and Directed by Natalia Almada
• Altered Perception – Directed by Kate Rees Davies

April

• Kings – Written and Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Ava – Written and Directed by Sadaf Foroughi
• Jewel’s Catch One (Documentary) – Directed by C. Fitz; Written by C. Fitz and Pat Branch
• The Rachel Divide (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Laura Brownson
• Little Pink House – Written and Directed by Courtney Moorehead Balaker
• I Feel Pretty – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Abby Kohn
• Let the Sunshine In – Directed by Claire Denis; Written by Claire Denis and Christine Angot
• Mercury 13 (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Heather Walsh
• Dude – Written and Directed by Olivia Milch
• Imitation Girl – Written and Directed by Natasha Kermani
• Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Audacity to be Free – Directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post; Written by by Cordula Kablitz-Post and Susanne Hertel
• Lives Well Lived (Documentary) – Directed by Sky Bergman
• Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story (Documentary) – Directed by Ashley Bell; Co-Written by Ashley Bell and Fernanda Rossi
• Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Documentary) – Directed by Sophie Fiennes
• Nana (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Serena Dykman
• The Judge (Documentary) – Directed by Erika Cohn
• 20 Weeks – Written and Directed by Leena Pendharkar
• The Rider - Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao
• Zama – Written and Directed by Lucrecia Martel
• 10×10 – Directed by Suzi Ewing
• I Am Not An Easy Man – Directed by Eleonore Pourriat; Written by Eleonore Pourriat and Ariane Fert
• You Were Never Really Here – Written and Directed by Lynne Ramsay
• Blockers – Directed by Kay Cannon
• 6 Balloons – Written and Directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan
• Sun Dogs – Directed by Jennifer Morrison
• Spiral (Documentary) – Directed by Laura Fairrie
• The 4th Company – Written and Co-Directed by Mitzi Vanessa Arreola

March

• All I Wish – Written and Directed by Susan Walter
• First Match – Written and Directed by Olivia Newman
• Outside In – Co-Written and Directed by Lynn Shelton
• Beauty and the Dogs – Written and Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
• Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (Documentary) – Directed by Lorna Tucker
• I Got Life! – Co-Written and Directed by Blandine Lenoir
• Madame – Co-Written and Directed by Amanda Sthers
• Layla M. – Co-Written and Directed by Mijke de Jong
• Backyard Wilderness – Co-Directed by Susan Todd; Co-Written by Susan Todd and Wendy MacKeigan
• Paradox – Written and Directed by Daryl Hannah
• A Wrinkle in Time  - Directed by Ava DuVernay; Written by Jennifer Lee
• Furlough – Directed by Laurie Collyer
• No Light and No Land Anywhere – Written and Directed by Amber Sealey
• Keep the Change – Written and Directed by Rachel Israel
• Take Your Pills (Documentary) – Directed by Alison Klayman
• In the Land of Pomegranates (Documentary) – Directed by Hava Kohav Beller
• Maineland (Documentary) – Directed by Miao Wang
• Dear Dictator – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Lisa Addario
• Meditation Park – Written and Directed by Mina Shum
• Girls vs Gangsters – Co-Written and Directed by Chun-Chun Wong
• Itzhak (Documentary) – Directed by Alison Chernick
• Viva Kino! (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Lia Beltrami
• Our Blood Is Wine (Documentary) – Directed by Emily Railsback
• Oh Lucy! – Written and Directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
• Werewolf - Written and Directed by Ashley McKenzie

February

• Half Magic – Written and Directed by Heather Graham
• Dark River – Written and Directed by Clio Barnard
• The Boy Downstairs  – Written and Directed by Sophie Brooks
• Irreplaceable You  – Directed by Stephanie Laing; Written by Bess Wohl
• Heroin(e) (Short Documentary) – Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Traffic Stop (Short Documentary) – Directed by Kate Davis
• The Party  – Written and Directed by Sally Potter
• Western  – Written and Directed by Valeska Grisebach
• Negative Space (Animated Short) – Co-Directed by Ru Kuwahata
• Watu Wote: All of Us (Short) – Directed by Katja Benrath; Written by Julia Drache
• Edith + Eddie (Short Documentary) – Directed by Laura Checkoway
• The Female Brain  –  Directed by Whitney Cummings; Co-Written by Whitney Cummings and Louann Brizendine
• Becks  – Co-Directed by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh; Co-Written by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Rebecca Drysdale
• Seeing Allred (Documentary) – Directed by Sophie Sartain and Roberta Grossman

January

• Just Charlie – Directed by Rebekah Fortune
• In Between – Written and Directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
• Blame – Written and Directed by Quinn Shephard
• Project Eden – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Ashlee Jensen
• In the Land of Pomegranates (Documentary)  – Written and Directed by Hava Kohav Beller
• The Strange Ones –  Co-Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
• Goldbuster – Directed by Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
• Almost Paris – Directed by Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
• Vazante – Co-Written and Directed by Daniela Thomas
• My Art – Written and Directed by Laurie Simmons
• Freak Show – Directed by Trudie Styler; Co-Written by Beth Rigazio
• The Polka King – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Maya Forbes
• Forever My Girl –  Written and Directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf
• Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story (Documentary)  – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Kate McIntyre Clere
• The Open House – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Suzanne Coote
• Blockbuster – Co-Written and Directed by July Hygreck