WOMEN CENTRIC FILMS IN 2019
December
- Little Women – Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Clemency – Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu
- Invisible Life – Written by Inés Bortagaray, Karim Aïnouz, and Murilo Hauser
- Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (Documentary) – Directed by Nicola Alice Hens
- She’s Missing – Written and Directed by Alexandra McGuinness
- Black Christmas – Directed by Sophia Takal; Written by Sophia Takal and April Wolfe
- Bombshell
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (Documentary)
- Rabid – Directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska; Written by Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, and John Serge
- Seberg – Written by Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel
- Colewell
- Spiral Farm
- Kitty Party
- Mardaani 2
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma
- Little Joe – Directed by Jessica Hausner; Written by Jessica Hausner and Géraldine Bajard
- Knives and Skin – Written and Directed by Jennifer Reeder
- In Fabric
- The Disappearance of My Mother (Documentary)
- The Islands – Written by Amanda Lauer, Timothy A. Chey, and Umi Perkins
- The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan – Written by Anna Stromberg and Burt Grinstead
- The Wolf Hour
- Playmobil: The Movie
- Broken Dreams (Documentary)
- Hold On
- Dark Light
November
- Ximei (Documentary) – Directed by Gaylen Ross and Andy Cohen
- Feast of the Epiphany – Directed by Farihah Zaman, Michael Koresky, and Jeff Reichert
- My Friend the Polish Girl – Written and Directed by Ewa Banaszkiewicz and Mateusz Dymek
- Almost Home – Written and Directed by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
- Cavale – Directed by Virginie Gourmel
- Frozen II – Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck; Written by Jennifer Lee
- Varda by Agnès (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Agnès Varda
- Hala – Written and Directed by Minhal Baig
- Shooting the Mafia (Documentary) – Directed by Kim Longinotto
- The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open – Written and Directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn
- Judy & Punch – Written and Directed by Mirrah Foulkes (UK and Australia)
- Ophelia – Directed by Claire McCarthy; Written by Semi Chellas (UK)
- Permission (UK)
- The Courier – Written by Nicky Tate, Andy Conway, Zackary Adler, and James Edward Barker
- Charlie’s Angels – Written and Directed by Elizabeth Banks
- Atlantics – Directed by Mati Diop; Written by Mati Diop and Olivier Demangel
- The Warrior Queen of Jhansi – Directed by Swati Bhise; Written by Swati Bhise, Devika Bhise, and Olivia Emden
- To Kid or Not to Kid (Documentary) – Directed by Maxine Trump
- Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (Documentary)
- Girls Always Happy – Written and Directed by Yang Mingming
- Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (Documentary) – Directed by Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont
- Radioflash
- Last Christmas – Written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings
- The Kingmaker (Documentary) – Directed by Lauren Greenfield
- Mickey and the Bear – Written and Directed by Annabelle Attanasio
- Good Girls Get High – Directed by Laura Terruso; Written by Laura Terruso and Jennifer Nashorn Blakenship
- A Dog Called Money (Documentary) (UK)
- Tokyo Twilight (Theatrical Re-Release)
- Love Is Blind – Written by Jennifer Schuur
- Shakira in Concert: El Dorado World Tour (Concert Documentary)
- Sunday Girl
- Noelle
- Harriet – Directed by Kasi Lemmons; Written by Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard
- Terminator: Dark Fate
- Light From Light
- Earthquake Bird
- American Son
- Crepitus – Written by Sarah Renner, Eddie Renner, and Haynze Whitmore
- Holiday in the Wild – Written by Tippi Dobrofsky and Neal H. Dobrofsky
- Bloody Marie
October
- Paradise Hills – Directed by Alice Waddington
- Black and Blue
- Ximei (Documentary) – Directed by Gaylen Ross and Andy Cohen
- A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (UK)
- Countdown
- The Gallows: Act II
- Saand Ki Aankh
- Rattlesnake
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster
- Greener Grass – Written and Directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
- Terminator: Dark Fate (UK)
- The Cave (Documentary)
- Serendipity (Documentary) – Directed by Prune Nourry; Written by Prune Nourry and Alastair Siddons
- Miss Virginia – Written by Erin O’Connor
- The Elephant Queen (Documentary) – Directed by Victoria Stone and Mark Deeble
- Home (Documentary) – Directed by Jen Randall (UK)
- Netizens (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Cynthia Lowen
- The Sky Is Pink – Directed by Shonali Bose; Written by Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar
- A Bump Along the Way – Directed by Shelly Love; Written by Tess McGowan (UK)
- Chez Jolie Coiffure (Documentary) – Directed by Rosine Mbakam
- The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Rosine Mbakam
- Suzi Q (Documentary) (UK)
- Polaroid – Written by Blair Butler
- Echoes of Fear
- The Influence
- Lucy in the Sky
- Good Posture – Written and Directed by Dolly Wells (UK)
- Collisions
- Dilili in Paris
- The Birdcatcher (UK)
September
- Sister Aimee – Written and Directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann
- Judy
- The Laundromat
- Extra Ordinary – Written by Maeve Higgins, Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, and Demian Fox
- Sitara: Let Girls Dream (Short) – Written and Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- Bliss
- Groupers
- Ready to Mingle – Written by Alejandra Olvera Avila and Luis Javier Henaine
- Always in Season (Documentary) – Directed by Jacqueline Olive
- Britt-Marie Was Here – Directed by Tuva Novotny; Written by Tuva Novotny, Anders Frithiof August, and Øystein Karlsen
- Send Me to the Clouds – Written and Directed by Congcong Teng
- Ride Like a Girl – Directed by Rachel Griffiths; Written by Elise McCredie and Andrew Knight (Australia)
- Ms. Purple
- Trauma Is a Time Machine – Written and Directed by Angelica Zollo
- The Zoya Factor – Written by Neha Sharma and Pradhuman Singh Mall
- Coming Up For Air – Written by Deborah Staples and Roger Rapoport
- Ambition – Written by Jenna Lyn Wright and John Rocco
- The Wedding Year
- Hustlers – Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria
- The Weekend – Written and Directed by Stella Meghie
- Tall Girl – Directed by Nzingha Stewart
- Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea (Documentary) – Directed by Alex Stapleton
- Can You Keep a Secret? – Directed by Elise Duran
- Riot Girls – Directed Jovanka Vuckovic; Written by Katherine Collins
- Freaks
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Documentary)
- Jinn – Written and Directed by Nijla Mu’min
- Edie – Written by Elizabeth O’Halloran
- Satanic Panic – Directed by Chelsea Stardust
- After Munich (Documentary) – Directed by Francine Zuckerman (Canada)
- K-12 – Written and Directed by Melanie Martinez
August
- Official Secrets – Written by Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein, and Gavin Hood
- Before You Know It – Directed by Hannah Pearl Utt; Written by Jen Tullock and Hannah Pearl Utt
- Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (Documentary) – Directed by Janice Engel; Written by Janice Engel and Monique Zavistovski
- Chocolate Milk: The Documentary (Documentary) – Directed by Elizabeth Bayne
- Angel of Mine – Directed by Kim Farrant
- Santa Girl – Written by Patricia Harrington
- Itsy Bitsy
- Vita & Virginia – Directed by Chanya Button; Written by Chanya Button and Eileen Atkins
- Brittany Runs a Marathon
- Twice the Dream – Written and Directed by Savannah Ostler
- Becoming Burlesque – Written and Directed by Jackie English
- Parallel Chords – Written and Directed by Catherine Dudley-Rose
- Tone-Deaf
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette – Written by Holly Gent, Richard Linklater, and Vince Palmo
- Gwen
- Olivia (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed by Jacqueline Audry; Written by Colette Audry and Pierre Laroche
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
- Ready or Not
- The Kitchen – Written and Directed by Andrea Berloff
- One Child Nation (Documentary) – Directed by Nanfu Wang and Zhang Lynn
- After the Wedding
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold
- This Changes Everything (Documentary)
- The Nightingale – Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent
- Them That Follow – Written and Directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage
- Old Boyfriends (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed by Joan Tewkesbury
- Animals – Directed by Sophie Hyde; Written by Emma Jane Unsworth (UK)
- Otherhood – Directed by Cindy Chupack; Written by Cindy Chupack and Mark Andrus
- Coyote Lake – Directed by Sara Seligman; Written by Sara Seligman and Thomas Bond
- Holiday – Directed by Isabella Eklöf; Written by Isabella Eklöf and Johanne Algren (UK)
- Ladyworld – Directed by Amanda Kramer; Written by Amanda Kramer and Benjamin Shearn
- Union – Written and Directed by Whitney Hamilton
- The Operative
- La Flor
- Is That You?
July
- Share – Written and Directed by Pippa Bianco
- For Sama (Documentary) – Directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
- Honeyland (Documentary) – Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
- The Ground Beneath My Feet – Written and Directed by Marie Kreutzer
- Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story (Documentary) – Written by Kathy Griffin
- Girls with Balls
- Varda by Agnès (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Agnès Varda (UK)
- Above the Shadows – Written and Directed by Claudia Myers
- Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell (Documentary)
- Rosie
- Luz
- Gwen (UK)
- This Changes Everything (Documentary)
- The Farewell – Written and Directed by Lulu Wang
- Firecrackers – Written and Directed by Jasmin Mozaffari
- The Sweet Requiem – Directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
- Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (Documentary) – Written by Carol Martori and Aaron Lieber
- Darlin’ – Written and Directed by Pollyanna McIntosh
- Miss Arizona – Written and Directed by Autumn McAlpin
- Saving Zoë – Written by LeeAnne H. Adams and Brian J. Adams
- Kidnapping Stella
- Secret Obsession
- My Days of Mercy – Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer
- Vita & Virginia – Directed by Chanya Button; Written by Chanya Button and Eileen Atkins (UK)
- Skin in the Game
June
- Ophelia – Directed by Claire McCarthy; Written by Semi Chellas
- Euphoria – Written and Directed by Lisa Langseth
- Maiden (Documentary)
- In Fabric (UK)
- Endzeit – Ever After – Directed by Carolina Hellsgård; Written by Olivia Vieweg
- The Chambermaid – Directed by Lila Avilés; Written by Lila Avilés and Juan Carlos Marquéz
- Wild Rose – Written by Nicole Taylor
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Documentary)
- Mari – Written and Directed by Georgia Parris (UK)
- Anna
- Surprise Me! – Written and Directed by Nancy Goodman
- American Woman
- Pause – Directed by Tonia Mishiali; Written by Tonia Mishiali and Anna Fotiadou
- Saving Flora
- Daughter of the Wolf
- Late Night – Directed by Nisha Ganatra; Written by Mindy Kaling
- Dark Phoenix
- Ghost Fleet (Documentary) – Directed by Shannon Service and Jeffrey Waldron
- Funan – Written by Magali Pouzol and Denis Do
- Elisa & Marcela – Directed by Isabel Coixet; Written by Isabel Coixet and Narciso de Gabriel
- I Am Mother
- Katie Says Goodbye
- Rock My Heart
- The 3rd Eye 2 – Written by Riheam Junianti and Fajar Umbara
- Alles ist gut – Written and Directed by Eva Trobisch
May
- Too Late to Die Young – Written and Directed by Dominga Sotomayor
- Ma
- Mouthpiece – Directed by Patricia Rozema; Written by Patricia Rozema, Amy Nostbakken, and Norah Sadava
- Freedom Fields (Documentary) – Directed by Naziha Arebi (UK)
- For the Birds (Documentary)
- Booksmart – Directed by Olivia Wilde; Written by Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman, and Emily Halpern
- The Proposal (Documentary) – Directed by Jill Magid
- Barbara Rubin & The Exploding NY Underground (Documentary)
- Joy – Written and Directed by Sudabeh Mortezai
- The Perfection – Written by Nicole Snyder, Richard Shepard, and Eric C. Charmelo
- The Sun Is Also a Star – Directed by Ry Russo-Young; Written by Tracy Oliver
- The Souvenir – Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg
- Ask for Jane – Written and Directed by Rachel Carey
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Directed by Stacie Passon
- Aniara – Written and Directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja
- Steel Magnolias (Theatrical Re-Release)
- Zilla and Zoe – Written and Directed by Jessica Scalise
- Asako I & II – Written by Sachiko Tanaka and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- Maria
- Poms – Directed by Zara Hayes
- The Third Wife – Written and Directed by Ash Mayfair
- Charlie Says – Directed by Mary Harron; Written by Guinevere Turner
- The Hustle – Written by Jac Schaeffer
- Origin Story (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Kulap Vilaysack
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (Documentary)
- Good Sam – Directed by Kate Melville; Written by Teena Booth and Dete Meserve
- In Family I Trust – Directed by Patricia Font
- Daughter of the Wolf
- Tell It to the Bees – Directed by Annabel Jankel; Written by Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth
- Wine Country – Directed by Amy Poehler; Written by Liz Cackowski and Emily Spivey
- Ask Dr. Ruth (Documentary)
- UglyDolls – Written by Alison Peck
- A Pesar De Todo – Directed by Gabriela Tagliavini; Written by Gabriela Tagliavini, Helena Rhee, and Eugene B. Rhee
- Alles ist Gut (All Is Good) – Written and Directed by Eva Trobisch
- Always Miss You
- The Convent
- Room for Rent
- Knock Down the House (Documentary) – Directed by Rachel Lears
April
- Body at Brighton Rock – Written and Directed by Roxanne Benjamin
- J.T. LeRoy – Written by Savannah Knoop and Justin Kelly
- Queen of Diamonds (Theatrical Re-Release) – Written and Directed by Nina Menkes
- Demon Eye
- Little Woods – Written and Directed by Nia DaCosta
- Fast Color – Directed by Julia Hart; Written by Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (Documentary) – Directed by Pamela B. Green; Written by Pamela B. Green and Joan Simon
- Rafiki – Directed by Wanuri Kahiu; Written by Wanuri Kahiu and Jenna Cato Bass
- Family – Written and Directed by Laura Steinel
- Someone Great – Written and Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
- Red Joan – Written by Lindsay Shapero
- Daddy Issues – Directed by Amara Cash
- Breaking Habits (Documentary)
- Grass
- Naples in Veils – Written by Valia Santella, Ferzan Ozpetek, and Gianni Romoli
- Finding Julia – Written by Ha Phuong, Kieu Chinh, Minh Ngoc Nguyen, and Andrew Craft
- Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse
- Okko’s Inn – Written by Reiko Yoshida
- Aurora – Written by Gin De Mesa and Yam Laranas
- Little – Directed by Tina Gordon; Written by Tina Gordon and Tracy Oliver
- Girls of the Sun – Written and Directed by Eva Husson
- After – Directed by Jenny Gage; Written by Susan McMartin, Tamara Chestna, Jenny Gage, and Tom Betterton
- Her Smell
- Wild Nights with Emily – Written and Directed by Madeleine Olnek
- Mary Magdalene – Written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett
- A Very Curious Girl (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed by Nelly Kaplan; Written by Nelly Kaplan, Michel Fabre, Claude Makovski, and Jacques Serguine
- Teen Spirit
- Mia and the White Lion – Written by Prune de Maistre and William Davies
- Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (Documentary)
- Breakthrough – Directed by Roxann Dawson
- Unicorn Store – Directed by Brie Larson; Written By Samantha McIntyre
- Blowin’ Up (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal
- Amazing Grace (Documentary)
- The Wind – Directed by Emma Tammi; Written by Teresa Sutherland
- Catching Sight of Thelma & Louise (Documentary) – Directed by Jennifer Townsend
- The Haunting of Sharon Tate
March
- Slut in a Good Way – Directed by Sophie Lorain; Written by Catherine Léger
- A Vigilante – Written and Directed by Sarah Daggar-Nickson
- Diane
- In Reality – Directed by Ann Lupo; Written by Ann Lupo, Esteban Pedraza, and Aaron Pryka
- The Chaperone
- Out of Blue – Written and Directed by Carol Morley
- Working Woman – Directed by Michal Aviad; Written by Michal Aviad, Sharon Azulay Eyal, and Michal Vinik
- Sunset – Written by Clara Royer, László Nemes, and Matthieu Taponier
- Mirage – Written by Lara Sendim and Oriol Paulo
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase – Directed by Katt Shea; Written by Nina Fiore and John Herrera
- Five Feet Apart – Written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis
- Knife + Heart
- Wonder Park
- Dry Martina
- Off Season
- Faith, Hope & Love
- Captain Marvel – Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; Written by Anna Boden, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Ryan Fleck
- Time for Ilhan (Documentary) – Directed by Norah Shapiro
- Gloria Bell
- Ferrante Fever (Documentary) – Written by Laura Buffoni and Giacomo Durzi
- And Then There Was Eve – Directed by Savannah Bloch; Written by Colette Freedman and Savannah Bloch
- Starfish
- Juanita
- We Are Boats
- Lady J
- Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
- Greta
- Woman at War
- Saint Judy
- The Sower – Directed by Marine Francen; Written by Marine Francen, Jacqueline Surchat, and Jacques Fieschi
- Level 16 – Written and Directed by Danishka Esterhazy
- Pretty Broken – Written by Jill Remensnyder
- Furie
- What Lies Ahead
- Virginia Minnesota
- The Hole in the Ground
February
- Firebrand – Written and Directed by Aruna Raje
- The Changeover – Directed by Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie
- Styx – Written by Ika Künzel and Wolfgang Fischer
- Paris Is Us – Directed by Elisabeth Vogler; Written by Elisabeth Vogler, Rémi Bassaler, Paul Saïsset, and Souliman Schelfout
- The Breaker Upperers – Written and Directed by Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami
- Patrick – Directed by Mandie Fletcher; Written by Mandie Fletcher and Vanessa Davies
- What Men Want – Written by Tina Gordon Chism, Alex Gregory, and Peter Huyck
- Isn’t It Romantic – Written by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, and Katie Silberman
- Alita: Battle Angel – Written by Laeta Kalogridis, Robert Rodriguez, and James Cameron
- Everybody Knows
- Fighting with My Family
- St. Agatha – Written by Sara Sometti Michaels, Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, and Clint Sears
- The Prodigy
- Happy Death Day 2U
- Chokehold
- Broken Ghost – Written by Catherine Hill and Abe Pogos
- Miss Bala – Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
- Daughter of Mine – Directed by Laura Bispuri; Written by Laura Bispuri and Francesca Manieri
- Braid – Written and Directed by Mitzi Peirone
- Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga – Directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar; Written by Shelly Chopra Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal
- Dear Ex – Directed by Mag Hsu and Chih-Yen Hsu; Written by Mag Hsu and Shih-yuan Lu
- The Golem
January
- Ánimas – Written and Directed by Laura Alvea and Jose F. Ortuño
- Love Sonia
- Adult Life Skills – Written and Directed by Rachel Tunnard
- Egg – Directed by Marianna Palka; Written by Risa Mickenberg
- Close – Directed by Vicky Jewson; Written by Vicky Jewson and Rupert Whitaker
- Unbridled – Written by Bonne Barton
- The 5 Browns: Digging Through the Darkness (Documentary)
- Girl
- An Acceptable Loss
- Split Lip
- Soni
- IO
- Touch Me Not – Written and Directed by Adina Pintilie
- The Heiresses
- A Dog’s Way Home – Written by Cathryn Michon and W. Bruce Cameron
- Ashes in the Snow
- Alone in the Dead of Night
- Rust Creek – Directed by Jen McGowan; Written by Julie Lipson
- State Like Sleep – Written and Directed by Meredith Danluck
- Communion (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Anna Zamecka
- Lionheart – Directed by Genevieve Nnaji
- Being Rose