Women Written Films in 2020

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December

November

  • Happiest Season – Directed by Clea DuVall; Written by Clea DuVall and Mary Holland
  • Black Beauty – Written and Directed by Ashley Avis
  • Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square – Directed by Debbie Allen; Written by Maria S. Schlatter
  • Mags & Julie Go on a Road Trip – Written and Directed by Ryann Liebl
  • Collective (Documentary) – Written by Antoaneta Opris and Alexander Nanau
  • Getting to Know You – Written and Directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin
  • Hearts and Bones – Written by Beatrix Christian and Ben Lawrence
  • Dirty God – Directed by Sacha Polak; Written by Sacha Polak and Susanne Farrell
  • Divine Love – Written by Rachel Daisy Ellis and Gabriel Mascaro
  • 1 Night in San Diego – Written and Directed by Penelope Lawson
  • The Princess Switch: Switched Again – Written by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger
  • Dead Reckoning – Written by Kristin Alexandre and A. Wayne Carter
  • Come Away – Directed by Brenda Chapman; Written by Marissa Kate Goodhill
  • Hillbilly Elegy – Written by Vanessa Taylor
  • The Goddess of Fortune – Written by Silvia Ranfagni, Ferzan Ozpetek, and Gianni Romoli
  • Proxima – Directed by Alice Winocour; Written by Alice Winocour and Jean-Stéphane Bron
  • Animals – Directed by Sophie Hyde; Written by Emma Jane Unsworth
  • Honey Bee – Directed by Rama Rau; Written by Bonnie Fairweather and Kathleen Hepburn
  • Lingering – Written and Directed by Yoon Eun-Kyung
  • A Place Among the Dead – Directed by Juliet Landau; Written by Juliet Landau and Deverill Weekes
  • Where She Lies (Documentary) – Written by Suz Curtis
  • My Summer as a Goth – Directed by Tara Johnson-Medinger; Written by Tara Johnson-Medinger and Brandon Lee Roberts
  • Sleepless Beauty – Written by Aleksandra Khvaleeva
  • What We Wanted – Directed by Ulrike Kofler; Written by Ulrike Kofler, Sandra Bohle, and Marie Kreutzer
  • Call Me Brother – Written by Christina Parrish
  • The German Lesson – Written by Heide Schwochow
  • Darkness in Tenement 45 – Written and Directed by Nicole Groton
  • Greatland – Written and Directed by Dana Ziyasheva

October

September

  • The Glorias – Directed by Julie Taymor; Written by Julie Taymor and Sarah Ruhl
  • Misbehaviour – Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe; Written by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe
  • Kajillionaire – Written and Directed by Miranda July
  • The Artist’s Wife – Written by Nicole Brending, Tom Dolby, and Abdi Nazemian
  • Then Came You – Directed by Adriana Trigiani; Written by Kathie Lee Gifford
  • Inez & Doug & Kira – Written and Directed by Julia Kots
  • Rocks – Directed by Sarah Gavron; Written by Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson (UK)
  • Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare – Written and Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava
  • Murder in the Woods – Written by Yelyna De Leon
  • From the East (Restored Documentary) – Written and Directed by Chantal Akerman
  • I Am Woman – Directed by Unjoo Moon; Written by Emma Jensen
  • Sibyl – Directed by Justine Triet; Written by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
  • The Broken Hearts Gallery – Written and Directed by Natalie Krinsky
  • Dad Wanted – Written by Paulette Hernandez, Javier Colinas, Victor Avelar, and Fernando Barreda Luna
  • The Roads Not Taken – Written and Directed by Sally Potter (UK)
  • Mulan – Directed by Niki Caro; Written by Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin, Amanda Silver, and Rick Jaffa
  • Cuties – Written and Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré
  • Unpregnant – Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg; Written by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Jenni Hendriks, Ted Caplan, and Bill Parker
  • Lost Girls and Love Hotels – Written by Catherine Hanrahan
  • Switched – Written by Alexandra Boylan, Andrea Polnaszek, and John K.D. Graham
  • Indigo Valley – Written and Directed by Jaclyn Bethany
  • First One In – Written and Directed by Gina O’Brien
  • Beau Travail (Restoration) – Directed by Claire Denis; Written by Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau
  • The Social Dilemma (Documentary-Narrative Hybrid) – Written by Vickie Curtis, Davis Coombe, and Jeff Orlowski
  • Black Boys (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sonia Lowman
  • The Golden Girl (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Denisa Morariu-Tamaș and Adrian Robe
  • The Mole Agent (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Maite Alberdi
  • Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest – Directed by Nathalia Hencker and Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy; Written by Natalya Dubovaya, Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy, and Ivan Kapitonov
  • Love, Guaranteed – Written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy

August

  • The Real Exorcist – Written by Sayaka Okawa
  • Fátima – Written by Barbara Nicolosi, Valerio D’Annunzio, and Marco Pontecorvo
  • Rogue – Directed by M.J. Bassett; Written by M.J. Bassett and Isabel Bassett
  • Mr. SOUL! (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Melissa Haizlip
  • The Extraordinary Ordinary – Written and Directed by Natalie Rodriguez
  • Lingua Franca – Written and Directed by Isabel Sandoval
  • The Sleepover – Directed by Trish Sie; Written by Sarah Rothschild
  • The August Virgin – Written by Itsaso Arana and Jonás Trueba
  • The Unfamiliar – Written by Jennifer Nicole Stang and Henk Pretorius
  • Chemical Hearts – Written by Krystal Sutherland and Richard Tanne
  • Before the Fire – Directed by Charlie Buhler; Written by Jenna Lyng Adams
  • In the Life of Music – Directed by Caylee So and Sok Visal; Written by Caylee So and Dane Styler
  • The Bay of Silence – Directed by Paula Van Der Ost; Written by Caroline Goodall
  • I Used to Go Here – Written and Directed by Kris Rey
  • A Thousand Cuts (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Ramona S. Diaz
  • Spinster – Directed by Andrea Dorfman; Written by Jennifer Deyell
  • Work It – Directed by Laura Terruso; Written by Alison Peck
  • To the New Girl – Directed by Aurora J. Culver and Ambika Leigh; Written by Samantha Macher
  • Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity from American Popular Culture – Written and Directed by Nicole Brending
  • Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar – Written by Donna Laemmlen, Benjamin Galland, and Corey Fischer
  • An Easy Girl – Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski; Written by Rebecca Zlotowski and Teddy Lussi-Modeste
  • Black Water: Abyss – Written by Sarah Smith and John Ridley
  • The Resistance Fighter – Written by Sylwia Wilkos and Wladyslaw Pasikowski

July

June

May

  • The High Note – Directed by Nisha Ganatra; Written by Flora Greeson
  • Papicha – Directed by Mounia Meddour; Written by Mounia Meddour and Fadette Drouard
  • On the Record (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick; Written by Amy Ziering, Sara Newens, and Kirby Dick
  • Military Wives – Written by Rachel Tunnard and Rosanne Flynn
  • Lucky Grandma – Directed by Sasie Sealy; Written by Sasie Sealy and Angela Cheng
  • I Will Make You Mine – Written and Directed by Lynn Chen
  • The Social Ones – Written and Directed by Laura Kosann
  • A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps (Documentary) – Directed by Alana DeJoseph; Written by Shana Kelly
  • Endgame 2050 (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sofia Pineda Ochoa
  • Alice – Written and Directed by Josephine Mackerras
  • Ovid and the Art of Love – Written and Directed by Esmé von Hoffman
  • The Dalai Lama: Scientist (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Dawn Gifford Engle
  • How to Build a Girl – Directed by Coky Giedroyc; Written by Caitlin Moran
  • Clementine – Written and Directed by Lara Jean Gallagher
  • Valley Girl – Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg; Written by Amy Talkington
  • Yeva – Written and Directed by Anahid Abad
  • Mother’s Little Helpers – Written and Directed by Kestrin Pantera
  • CRSHD – Written and Directed by Emily Cohn
  • Sweetness in the Belly – Written by Laura Phillips
  • More Beautiful For Having Been Broken – Written and Directed by Nicole Conn
  • Graves Without a Name (Documentary) – Written by Agnès Sénémaud and Rithy Panh
  • The Legion – Written by Carmen Ballesteros, Pedro Santamaría, Alberto Vázquez Figueroa, and C.J. Wells
  • The Half of It – Written and Directed by Alice Wu
  • South Mountain – Written and Directed by Hilary Brougher
  • Tammy’s Always Dying – Directed by Amy Jo Johnson; Written by Joanne Sarazen
  • Better Days – Written by Wing-Sum Lam, Yuan Li, and Yimeng Xu
  • Bull – Directed by Annie Silverstein; Written by Annie Silverstein and Johnny McAllister
  • The Flood – Written by Helen Kingston

April

March

  • Banana Split – Written by Hannah Marks and Joey Power
  • Blow The Man Down – Written and Directed by Danielle Krudy and Bridget Savage Cole
  • The Banker – Written by Niceole Levy, George Nolfi, David Lewis Smith, Stan Younger, and Brad Caleb Kane
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman
  • Justine – Written and Directed by Stephanie Turner
  • Misbehaviour – Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe; Written by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe (UK)
  • Ride Like a Girl – Directed by Rachel Griffiths; Written by Elise McCredie and Andrew Knight
  • Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears – Written by Deborah Cox
  • M.O.M. (Mothers of Monsters) – Written and Directed by Tucia Lyman
  • The Roads Not Taken – Written and Directed by Sally Potter
  • Stargirl – Directed by Julia Hart; Written by Julia Hart, Kristin Hahn, and Jordan Horowitz
  • Lost Transmissions – Written and Directed by Katharine O’Brien
  • Fat Fiction (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Jennifer Isenhart
  • Human Nature (Documentary) – Written by Regina Sobel and Adam Bolt
  • The Postcard Killings – Written by Liza Marklund and Andrew Stern
  • Heart of Africa – Written by Margaret B. Young and Tshoper Kabambi
  • Go Back to China – Written and Directed by Emily Ting
  • Extra Ordinary – Written by Maeve Higgins, Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, and Demian Fox
  • Guilty – Directed by Ruchi Narain; Written by Ruchi Narain, Atika Chohan, and Kanika Dhillon
  • First Cow – Directed by Kelly Reichardt; Written by Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
  • The Banker – Written by Niceole Levy, George Nolfi, David Lewis Smith, Stan Younger, and Brad Caleb Kane
  • Tokyo Godfathers (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written by Keiko Nobumoto and Satoshi Kon
  • Sulphur and White – Written by Susie Farrell (UK)
  • Zenek – Written by Marta Hryniak (UK)

February

  • Saint Frances – Written by Kelly O’Sullivan
  • Wendy – Written by Eliza Zeitlin and Benh Zeitlin
  • Thappad – Written by Mrunmayee Lagoo and Anubhav Sinha
  • All the Bright Places – Written by Liz Hannah and Jennifer Niven
  • Emma. – Directed by Autumn de Wilde; Written by Eleanor Catton
  • The Last Thing He Wanted – Directed by Dee Rees; Written by Dee Rees and Marco Villalobos
  • The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Alison Reid
  • Premature – Written by Zora Howard and Rashaad Ernesto Green
  • Vitalina Varela – Written by Vitalina Varela and Pedro Costa
  • System Crasher – Written and Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
  • 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up – Written and Directed by Galt Niederhoffer
  • Just One More Kiss – Written and Directed by Faleena Hopkins
  • Balloon – Written by Kit Hopkins, Michael Herbig, and Thilo Röscheisen
  • The Photograph – Written and Directed by Stella Meghie
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma
  • I Was at Home, But… – Written and Directed by Angela Schanelec
  • The Rest of Us – Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee; Written by Alanna Francis
  • First Lady – Written and Directed by Nina May
  • A Simple Wedding – Directed by Sara Zandieh; Written by Sara Zandieh and Stephanie Wu
  • Ride Your Wave – Written by Reiko Yoshida
  • The Kindness of Strangers – Written and Directed by Lone Scherfig
  • Fantasy Island – Written by Jillian Jacobs, Jeff Wadlow, and Christopher Roach
  • Olympic Dreams – Written by Alexi Pappas, Nick Kroll, and Jeremy Teicher
  • Those Who Remained – Written by Klára Muhi and Barnabás Tóth
  • You Go to My Head – Written by Rosemary Ricchio, Dimitri de Clercq, and Pierre Bourdy
  • Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – Directed by Cathy Yan; Written by Christina Hodson
  • The Lodge – Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala; Written by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, and Sergio Casci
  • Horse Girl – Written by Alison Brie and Jeff Baena
  • To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You – Written by Sofia Alvarez and J. Mills Goodloe
  • Mr. Jones – Directed by Agnieszka Holland; Written by Andrea Chalupa
  • Dream Round – Written by Lisa Huston and Michael Saquella

January

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