Fueled by the anger of another best of list sorely lacking in women, I would like to put forward the following films (which came from people all over the world through twitter and facebook) for the distinction of the best or greatest films directed by women.
Here are the nominees (and remember this is unscientific and like all lists means nothing except for the fact that people are fucking list happy so we might as well get women in on the action.)
Also- I am not taking every nominee that came in. I am using a bit of discretion here so that we can come up with a top 10 or 20.
So vote for your top five in the comments, on twitter or on Facebook. Also, feel free to add anyone I may have forgotten.
Here they are:
Chantal Ackerman- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Allison Anders — Gas, Food, Lodging
Gillian Armstrong — My Brilliant Career
Gillian Armstrong — High Tide
Andrea Arnold- Fish Tank
Dorothy Arzner — Dance, Girl, Dance
Susanne Bier — After the Wedding
Kathryn Bigelow- The Hurt Locker
Antonia Bird — Priest
Catherine Breillat — Fat Girl
Jane Campion- The Piano
Jane Campion- Sweetie
Nike Caro- Whale Rider
Lisa Cholodenko — The Kids Are All Right
Sofia Coppola — Lost in Translation
Claire Denis — 35 Shots of Rum
Marleen Gorris — Antonia’s Line
Debra Granik- Winter’s Bone
Randa Haines — Children of a Lesser God
Mary Harron — American Psycho
Amy Heckerling — Clueless
Amy Heckerling — Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Agnieszka Holland — Europa, Europa
Nicole Holofcener — Walking and Talking
Courtney Hunt — Frozen River
Annamarie Jacir — Salt of the Sea
Patty Jenkins — Monster
Miranda July — Me and You an Everyone We Know
Kasi Lemmons- Eve’s Bayou
Barbara Loden — Wanda
Ida Lupino — The Trouble with Angels
Lucretia Martel — The Holy Girl
Elaine May — The Heartbreak Kid
Deepa Mehta — Water
Mira Nair- Monsoon Wedding
Kimberly Peirce- Boys Don’t Cry
Sarah Polley — Away From Her
Sally Potter — Orlando
Lynne Ramsay — We Need to Talk About Kevin
Kelly Reichardt- Meek’s Cutoff
Celine Sciamma — Tomboy
Joan Micklin Silver — Hester Street
Barbra Streisand — Yentl
Julie Taymor — Frida
Agnes Varda — Cleo from 5 to 7
Agnes Varda — Vagabond
Lina Wertmuller — Seven Beauties
Lina Wertmuller- Swept Away
