Women Centric Films in 2018

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December

• On the Basis of Sex – Directed by Mimi Leder
• Bumblebee – Written by Christina Hodson
• Second Act – Written by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Justin Zackham
• Destroyer – Directed by Karyn Kusama
• Delaware Shore
• Mary Poppins Returns
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Mortal Engines – Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson
• The Second Time Around – Written by Sherry Soules and Leon Marr
• Mary Queen of Scots – Directed by Josie Rourke
• Vox Lux
• Dumplin’ – Directed by Anne Fletcher; Written by Kristin Hahn
• The Party’s Just Beginning – Written and Directed by Karen Gillan
• Amazing Grace (Documentary)
• Bird Box – Directed by Susanne Bier
• Nona
• Hospitality
• Maine
• Clara’s Ghost – Written and Directed by Bridey Elliott

November

• Anna and the Apocalypse
• No Shade – Written and Directed by Clare Anyiam-Osigwe
• The Possession of Hannah Grace
• A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding – Written by Robin Bernheim and Nathan Atkins
• 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
• ¡Las Sandinistas! (Documentary) – Directed by Jenny Murray
• Roma
• 8 Remains – Directed by Juliane Block; Written by Laura Sommer and Wolf-Peter Arand
• Widows – Written by Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen
• Under the Wire (Documentary)
• Mobile Homes
• Family in Transition (Documentary)
• Les Rendez-Vous d’Anna (40th Anniversary Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Chantal Akerman
• 55 Steps
• Anchor and Hope – Written by Jules Nurrish and Carlos Marques-Marcet
• Madness, Farewell
• The Princess Switch – Written by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger
• Cam – Written by Isa Mazzei
• The Girl in the Spider’s Web
• 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
• May the Devil Take You
• A Private War
• Narcissister Organ Player (Documentary) – Directed by Narcissister
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Written by Ashleigh Powell and Tom McCarthy
• Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words (Documentary)
• Nobody’s Fool
• Prospect
• Welcome to Mercy – Written by Kristen Ruhlin
• The Holiday Calendar
• Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Documentary)
• 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
• Suspiria
• A Bread Factory
• 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
• Killer Kate!
• 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
• Halloween
• Transformer (Documentary)
• An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
• Life and Nothing More
• Viral Beauty – Written by Elizabeth Lam
• The Kindergarten Teacher – Written and Directed by Sara Colangelo
• The Sentence (Documentary)
• 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
• Bikini Moon
• Impulso (Documentary)
• I Still See You
• Kinky
• Look Away
• The Hate U Give – Written by Audrey Wells
• Liyana (Documentary) – Directed by Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp
• Viking Destiny

September

• All About Nina – Written and Directed by Eva Vives
• Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Documentary)
• Little Women – Directed by Clare Niederpruem; Written by Clare Niederpruem and Kristi Shimek
• Summer ‘03 – Written and Directed by Becca Gleason
• Bad Reputation (Documentary)
• Maggie Black – Written by Jessalyn Maguire
• Hell Fest – Written by Blair Butler, Akela Cooper, and Seth M. Sherwood
• At First Light
• The Outer Wild
• 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
• Love, Gilda (Documentary) – Directed by Lisa D’Apolito
• Tea with the Dames (Documentary)
• Assassination Nation
• White Rabbit – Written by Vivian Bang and Daryl Wein
• The Storyteller – Written by Rachel Noll and Joe Crump
• Where Hands Touch – Written and Directed by Amma Asante
• A Simple Favor – Written by Jessica Sharzer
• The Children Act
• Bel Canto
• Lizzie
• MDMA – Written and Directed by Angie Wang
• Lost Child – Directed by Ramaa Mosley; Written by Ramaa Mosley and Tim Macy
• Don’t Leave Home
• Warning Shot – Written by Breanne Mattson
• Four Hands
• Revenge Is a Promise
• I Am Not a Witch – Written and Directed by Rungano Nyoni
• Sierra Burgess Is A Loser – Written by Lindsey Beer
• Peppermint
• 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
• Alright Now
• Susanne Bartsch: On Top (Documentary)
• Mara
• 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
• Reversing Roe (Documentary) – Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

August

• The Bookshop – Written and Directed by Isabel Coixet
• The Children Act
• Support the Girls
• The Happytime Murders
• Arizona
• What Keeps You Alive
• 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
• Memoir of War
• Down a Dark Hall
• The Rest I Make Up (Documentary) – Directed by Michelle Memran
• 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
• Elizabeth Harvest
• Hope Springs Eternal – Written by Stephanie Mickus
• Along Came the Devil – Written by Heather DeVan and Jason DeVan
• BuyBust
• 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
• Perdida – Written by Mili Roque Pitt, Alejandro Montiel, and Jorge Maestro
• Nico, 1988 – Written and Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli

July

• Snapshots – Directed by Melanie Mayron; Written by Jan Miller Corran and Katherine Cortez
• Puzzle
• Good Manners – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Juliana Rojas
• The Row – Written by Sarah Scougal
• Hell Mountain
• Dead Night
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
• Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms – Written and Directed by Mari Okada
• Wanda (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Barbara Loden
• Broken Star
• 93Queen (Documentary) – Directed by Paula Eiselt
• What Will People Say – Written and Directed by Iram Haq
• Eighth Grade
• Pin Cushion – Written and Directed by Deborah Haywood
• The Butterfly Tree – Written and Directed by Priscilla Cameron
• Fireworks
• Whitney (Documentary)
• The More You Ignore Me – Written by Jo Brand
• 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
• Hover – Written by Cleopatra Coleman
• Love All You Have Left
• Summer of ’67 – Written and Directed by Sharon Wilharm
• Tau – Written by Noga Landau
• 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
• Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
• Brain on Fire
• Incident in a Ghostland
• Beach House
• To Each, Her Own – Directed by Myriam Aziza; Written by Myriam Aziza and Denyse Rodriguez-Tomé
• The Year of Spectacular Men – Directed by Lea Thompson; Written by Madelyn Deutch
• Sunday’s Illness
• Lust Stories (Anthology) – Co-Directed by Zoya Akhtar
• Ocean’s 8 – Co-Written by Olivia Milch
• Half the Picture (Documentary) – Directed by Amy Adrion
• Hereditary
• Nancy – Written and Directed by Christina Choe
• Hotel Artemis
• Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern
• 2036 Origin Unknown
• One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Agnès Varda
• Adrift
• 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

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
• Who We Are Now
• Kasal
• Sara’s Notebook
• Book Club – Co-Written by Erin Simms
• The Hollow Child
• Breaking In
• Life of the Party – Co-Written by Melissa McCarthy
• The Seagull
• The Escape
• Revenge – Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat
• Beast
• The Kissing Booth
• GRRRL: Beauty Is the Beast (Documentary)
• Angels Wear White – Written and Directed by Vivian Qu
• Tully - Written by Diablo Cody
• 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
• The Guardians – Co-Written by Marie-Julie Maille and Frédérique Moreau
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc

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
• 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
• After Auschwitz (Documentary)
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
• Funny Cow
• 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
• Wildling
• Cake
• Color Me You
• This Is Our Land
• The Miracle Season – Co-Written by Elissa Matsueda
• Where Is Kyra? – Written by Darci Picoult
• Shelter
• Pandas (Documentary)
• Big Fish & Begonia
• Orbiter 9

March

• Gemini
• 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
• Acrimony
• Unsane
• Beauty and the Dogs – Written and Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
• I Kill Giants
• Midnight Sun
• 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
• Roxanne Roxanne
• Elis – Co-Written by Vera Egito
• Hichki
• Pyewacket
• Tomb Raider – Co-Written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• Mary Magdalene – Written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett
• Furlough – Directed by Laurie Collyer
• Allure
• No Light and No Land Anywhere – Written and Directed by Amber Sealey
• Flower
• The Happys
• Apocalypsis
• Keep the Change – Written and Directed by Rachel Israel
• A Wrinkle in Time  - Directed by Ava DuVernay; Written by Jennifer Lee
• Thoroughbreds
• Meditation Park – Written and Directed by Mina Shum
• Girls vs Gangsters – Co-Written and Directed by Chun-Chun Wong
• Los Angeles Overnight
• Red Sparrow
• Oh Lucy! – Written and Directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi
• Dance Academy: The Movie – Written by Samantha Strauss
• Souvenir
• Don’t Talk to Irene
• The Lullaby – Written by Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo
• Gnome Alone – Co-Written by Zina Zaflow
• Ladies First (Short Documentary)

February

• Annihilation
• Half Magic – Written and Directed by Heather Graham
• Dark River – Written and Directed by Clio Barnard
• Hannah
• Finding Your Feet – Co-Written by Meg Leonard
• Broken Ceiling
• Curvature
• November
• The Boy Downstairs  – Written and Directed by Sophie Brooks
• Irreplaceable You  – Directed by Stephanie Laing; Written by Bess Wohl
• The Housemaid
• The Silent Child (Short) – Written by Rachel Shenton
• Heroin(e) (Short Documentary) – Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Traffic Stop (Short Documentary) – Directed by Kate Davis
• Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (Short Documentary)
• The Scent of Rain & Lightning
• A Wish for Giants
• 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
• La Boda de Valentina – Co-Written by Issa López
• Basmati Blues
• Black Hollow Cage
• Double Lover
• Tehran Taboo
• Monster Family –  Co-Written by Catharina Junk and Kirstie Falkous
• Winchester
• A Fantastic Woman
• Scorched Earth

January

• Please Stand By
• Just Charlie – Directed by Rebekah Fortune
• Like Me
• The Competition – Written by Kelsey Tucker
• Desolation
• In Between – Written and Directed by Maysaloun Hamoud
• Blame – Written and Directed by Quinn Shephard
• Insidious: The Last Key
• Project Eden – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Ashlee Jensen
• Proud Mary
• 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
• Inside
• Mary and the Witch’s Flower – Co-Written by Riko Sakaguchi
• Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba (Documentary)
• Step Sisters
• The Midnight Man
• Ridge Runners