Women Written Films in 2018
December
- Bumblebee – Written by Christina Hodson
- Second Act – Written by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Justin Zackham
- Welcome to Marwen – Written by Caroline Thompson and Robert Zemeckis
- 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
- Mortal Engines – Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson
- The Second Time Around – Written by Sherry Soules and Leon Marr
- Dumplin’ – Directed by Anne Fletcher; Written by Kristin Hahn
- The Party’s Just Beginning – Written and Directed by Karen Gillan
- Back Roads – Written by Tawni O’Dell
- Bernie the Dolphin – Written by Terri Emerson and Marty Poole
- Clara’s Ghost – Written and Directed by Bridey Elliott
- The Charmer – Written by Ingeborg Topsøe and Milad Alami
- 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
- A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding – Written by Robin Bernheim and Nathan Atkins
- Happy as Lazzaro – Written and Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
- 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
- Head Full of Honey – Written by Jojo Moyes, Til Schweiger, and Lo Malinke
- 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
- The Favourite – Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
- Becoming Astrid – Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen; Written by Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson
- 8 Remains – Directed by Juliane Block; Written by Laura Sommer and Wolf-Peter Arand
- Ralph Breaks the Internet – Written by Pamela Ribon and Phil Johnston
- 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
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle – Written by Callie Kloves
- Meow Wolf: Origin Story (Documentary) – Directed by Morgan Capps and Jilann Spitzmiller; Written by Morgan Capps, Jilann Spitzmiller, and Christina Procter
- Widows – Written by Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen
- Les Rendez-Vous d’Anna (40th Anniversary Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Chantal Akerman
- Anchor and Hope – Written by Jules Nurrish and Carlos Marques-Marcet
- The Princess Switch – Written by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger
- Cam – Written by Isa Mazzei
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Written by J.K. Rowling
- At Eternity’s Gate – Written by Louise Kugelberg, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Julian Schnabel
- Heart, Baby! – Written and Directed by Angela Shelton
- 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
- Here and Now – Written by Laura Eason
- 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
- Outlaw King – Written by Bathsheba Doran, Mark Bomback, David Harrower, James MacInnes, and David Mackenzie
- The Divide – Written by Jana Brown
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Written by Ashleigh Powell and Tom McCarthy
- Welcome to Mercy – Written by Kristen Ruhlin
- Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Documentary) – Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, and Felix Moeller; Written by Margarethe von Trotta and Felix Moeller
- The Other Side of the Wind – Written by Oja Kodar and Orson Welles
- Unlovable – Directed by Suzi Yoonessi; Written by Charlene deGuzman, Sarah Adina Smith, and Mark Duplass
October
- Shirkers (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sandi Tan
- Viper Club – Directed by Maryam Keshavarz; Written by Maryam Keshavarz and Jonathan Mastro
- Border – Written by Isabella Eklöf, Ali Abbasi, and John Ajvide Lindqvist
- 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
- The Long Shadow (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Frances Causey
- Burning – Written by Jungmi Oh and Chang-dong Lee
- Dovlatov – Written by Yulia Tupikina and Aleksey German
- London Fields – Written by Roberta Hanley
- Indivisible – Written by Cheryl McKay, David G. Evans, and Peter White
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Directed by Marielle Heller; Written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
- What They Had – Written and Directed by Elizabeth Chomko
- Change in the Air – Directed by Dianne Dreyer; Written by Audra Gorman
- Viral Beauty – Written by Elizabeth Lam
- Wildlife – Written by Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano
- Reach – Written by Maria Capp, Johnny James Fiore, and Grant Harling
- 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
- 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
- Bigger – Written by Ellen Furman, Andy Weiss, George Gallo, and Brad Furman
- Better Start Running – Written by Annie Burgstede and Chad Faust
- Rusty – Written by Savannah Morgan and Errol Sack
- The Hate U Give – Written by Audrey Wells
- Private Life – Written and Directed by Tamara Jenkins
- Trouble – Written and Directed by Theresa Rebeck
- Venom – Written by Kelly Marcel, Scott Rosenberg, and Jeff Pinkner
- Malevolent – Written by Eva Konstantopoulos and Ben Ketai
- Bill Coors: The Will to Live (Documentary) – Directed by Kerry David; Written by Kerry David, Margo Hamilton, and Bill Coors
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
- Maggie Black – Written by Jessalyn Maguire
- Hell Fest – Written by Blair Butler, Akela Cooper, and Seth M. Sherwood
- 306 Hollywood (Documentary) – Directed by Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín; Written by Elan Bogarín, Nyneve Laura Minnear, and Jonathan Bogarín
- A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and The American Dream (Documentary) – Directed by Stephanie Welch; Written by Stephanie Welch and Andrew Kimbrell
- Smallfoot – Written by Clare Sera and Karey Kirkpatrick
- Golden Job – Written by Erica Li, Kin-Lok Kwok, and Heiward Mak
- Nappily Ever After – Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour; Written by Cee Marcellus and Adam Brooks
- Colette – Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Wash Westmoreland, and Richard Glatzer
- White Rabbit – Written by Vivian Bang and Daryl Wein
- The Storyteller – Written by Rachel Noll and Joe Crump
- Call Her Ganda (Documentary) – Written by Victoria Chalk and PJ Raval
- Quincy (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks
- The Song of Sway Lake – Written by Elizabeth Bull and Ari Gold
- Where Hands Touch – Written and Directed by Amma Asante
- A Simple Favor – Written by Jessica Sharzer
- MDMA – Written and Directed by Angie Wang
- Lost Child – Directed by Ramaa Mosley; Written by Ramaa Mosley and Tim Macy
- Warning Shot – Written by Breanne Mattson
- 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
- A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. – Written by Samantha Tanner and Qasim Basir
- A Wizard’s Tale – Written by Alicia Núñez Puerto and Jim Hecht
- Letter from Masanjia (Documentary) – Written by Caylan Ford and Leon Lee
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening (Documentary) – Written by Maya Krinsky and RaMell Ross
- I Am Not a Witch – Written and Directed by Rungano Nyoni
- Sierra Burgess Is A Loser – Written by Lindsey Beer
- 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
- God Bless the Broken Road – Written by Jennifer Dornbush and Harold Cronk
- Lost Fare – Written by Rachel Reaugh and Bruce Logan
- The Most Assassinated Woman in the World – Written by Vérane Frédiani
- On My Skin – Written by Lisa Nur Sultan and Alessio Cremonini
August
- The Little Stranger – Written by Lucinda Coxon
- Pick of the Litter (Documentary) – Directed by Dana Nachman and Don Hardy Jr.; Written by Dana Nachman
- Active Measures (Documentary) – Written by Marley Clements and Jack Bryan
- The Bookshop – Written and Directed by Isabel Coixet
- Parwaaz Hai Junoon – Written by Farhat Ishtiaq
- Load Wedding – Written by Fizza Ali Meerza and Nabeel Qureshi
- The Wife – Written by Jane Anderson
- Juliet, Naked – Written by Tamara Jenkins, Evgenia Peretz, and Jim Taylor
- 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
- Mile 22 – Written by Lea Carpenter
- Blaze – Written by Sybil Rosen and Ethan Hawke
- Breaking & Exiting – Written by Jordan Hinson
- Crazy Rich Asians – Written by Adele Lim and Peter Chiarelli
- 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
- Hope Springs Eternal – Written by Stephanie Mickus
- Along Came the Devil – Written by Heather DeVan and Jason DeVan
- Church & State (Documentary) – Directed by Holly Tuckett and Kendall Wilcox; Written by Holly Tuckett, Jennifer Lynn Dobner, Kendall Wilcox, and Torben Bernhard
- 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
- 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
- Perdida – Written by Mili Roque Pitt, Alejandro Montiel, and Jorge Maestro
- Christopher Robin – Written by Allison Schroeder, Alex Ross Perry, and Tom McCarthy
- Dog Days – Written by Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama
- 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
- The Row – Written by Sarah Scougal
- The Bleeding Edge (Documentary) – Co-Written by Amy Ziering
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms – Written and Directed by Mari Okada
- Wanda (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Barbara Loden
- Generation Wealth (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Lauren Greenfield
- Damascus Cover – Co-Written by Samantha Newton
- 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
- Dark Money (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Kimberly Reed
- The Devil’s Doorway – Co-Written and Directed by Aislinn Clarke
- Sunset Society – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Phoebe Dollar
- The More You Ignore Me – Written by Jo Brand
- The Broken Ones – Directed by Elyse Niblett-Russell; Written by Cece King (Opens July 10)
June
- Dark River – Written and Directed by Clio Barnard
- The Bookshop – Written and Directed by Isabel Coixet
- Hover – Written by Cleopatra Coleman
- Summer of ’67 – Written and Directed by Sharon Wilharm
- Tau – Written by Noga Landau
- Leave No Trace – Directed by Debra Granik; Written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
- 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
- Lobster Cop – Written and Directed by Xinyun Li
- The Year of Spectacular Men – Directed by Lea Thompson; Written by Madelyn Deutch
- Set It Up – Directed by Claire Scanlon; Written by Katie Silberman
- Brothers of the Wind – Written by Joanne Reay
- Ocean’s 8 – Co-Written by Olivia Milch
- 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
- 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
- Ibiza – Written by Lauryn Kahn
- In Darkness – Co-Written by Natalie Dormer
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties – Co-Written by Philippa Goslett
- Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran – Co-Written by Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla
- Book Club – Co-Written by Erin Simms
- Cargo – Written and Co-Directed by Yolanda Ramke
- Life of the Party – Co-Written by Melissa McCarthy
- Revenge – Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat
- Mountain (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Jennifer Peedom
- The Last Horsemen of New York (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Mary Haverstick
- One October (Documentary) – Directed by Rachel Shuman; Written by Annie Bruno and Whitney Henry-Lester
- Lu Over the Wall – Co-Written by Reiko Yoshida
- The Assassin’s Code – Co-Written by Valerie Grant
- Higher Power – Co-Written by Julia Fair
- Angels Wear White – Written and Directed by Vivian Qu
- Tully - Written by Diablo Cody
- The Desert Bride – Written and Directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato
- Everything Else – Written and Directed by Natalia Almada
- The Guardians – Co-Written by Marie-Julie Maille and Frédérique Moreau
- Alex & The List – Co-Written by Kristen D’Alessio
April
- Disobedience – Co-Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- 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
- In the Last Days of the City – Co-Written by Rasha Salti
- 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
- 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
- Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story (Documentary) – Directed by Ashley Bell; Co-Written by Ashley Bell and Fernanda Rossi
- Nana (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Serena Dykman
- 20 Weeks – Written and Directed by Leena Pendharkar
- The Rider - Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao
- Zama – Written and Directed by Lucrecia Martel
- I Am Not An Easy Man – Directed by Eleonore Pourriat; Written by Eleonore Pourriat and Ariane Fert
- The Miracle Season – Co-Written by Elissa Matsueda
- Where Is Kyra? – Written by Darci Picoult
- You Were Never Really Here – Written and Directed by Lynne Ramsay
- 6 Balloons – Written and Directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan
- 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
- Finding Your Feet – Co-Written by Meg Leonard
- Outside In – Co-Written and Directed by Lynn Shelton
- Fourplay – Co-Written by Emanuela Galliussi
- Beauty and the Dogs – Written and Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
- 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
- Elis – Co-Written by Vera Egito
- Backyard Wilderness – Co-Directed by Susan Todd; Co-Written by Susan Todd and Wendy MacKeigan
- Paradox – Written and Directed by Daryl Hannah
- Pacific Rim Uprising – Co-Written by Kira Snyder and Emily Carmichael
- Ismael’s Ghosts – Co-Written by Léa Mysius and Julie Peyr
- A Bag of Marbles – Co-Written by Alexandra Geismar
- Tomb Raider – Co-Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet
- Mary Magdalene – Written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett
- No Light and No Land Anywhere – Written and Directed by Amber Sealey
- Keep the Change – Written and Directed by Rachel Israel
- Dear Dictator – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Lisa Addario
- Love, Simon – Co-Written by Elizabeth Berger
- A Wrinkle in Time - Directed by Ava DuVernay; Written by Jennifer Lee
- Meditation Park – Written and Directed by Mina Shum
- Girls vs Gangsters – Co-Written and Directed by Chun-Chun Wong
- Viva Kino! (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Lia Beltrami
- The Leisure Seeker – Co-Written by Francesca Archibugi
- Shining Moon – Co-Written by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
- Oh Lucy! – Written and Directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Dance Academy: The Movie – Written by Samantha Strauss
- The Lullaby – Written by Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo
- Gnome Alone – Co-Written by Zina Zaflow
- Werewolf - Written and Directed by Ashley McKenzie
- Eat Me – Written by Jacqueline Wright
February
- Half Magic – Written and Directed by Heather Graham
- Dark River – Written and Directed by Clio Barnard
- Finding Your Feet – Co-Written by Meg Leonard
- The Boy Downstairs – Written and Directed by Sophie Brooks
- Irreplaceable You – Directed by Stephanie Laing; Written by Bess Wohl
- The Silent Child (Short) – Written by Rachel Shenton
- The Party – Written and Directed by Sally Potter
- Western – Written and Directed by Valeska Grisebach
- Watu Wote: All of Us (Short) – Directed by Katja Benrath; Written by Julia Drache
- 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
- La Boda de Valentina – Co-Written by Issa López
- The 15:17 to Paris – Written by Dorothy Blyskal
- Monster Family – Co-Written by Catharina Junk and Kirstie Falkous
- Before We Vanish – Co-Written by Sachiko Tanaka
- The Music of Silence – Co-Written by Anna Pavignano
January
- The Competition – Written by Kelsey Tucker
- 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
- Vazante – Co-Written and Directed by Daniela Thomas
- My Art – Written and Directed by Laurie Simmons
- Lover for a Day – Co-Written by Caroline Deruas-Garrel and Arlette Langmann
- A Woman’s Life – Co-Written by Florence Vignon
- Freak Show – Directed by Trudie Styler; Co-Written by Beth Rigazio
- The Polka King – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Maya Forbes
- The Insult – Co-Written by Joëlle Touma
- A Demon Within – Co-Written by Michelle Beyda-Scott and Helene Gonze
- Mary and the Witch’s Flower – Co-Written by Riko Sakaguchi
- 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
- Delirium – Co-Written by Lisa Clemens