Blogs
by Melissa Silverstein
October 14, 2011 1:38 AM
Women Centric Films Currently Playing
- The Bling Ring- written and directed by Sofia Coppola
- My Best Day - Directed by Erin Greenwell
- Twenty Feet From Stardom (doc)
- The Wall
- Tiger Eyes
- Violet and Daisy
- As Cool As I Am - Written by Virginia Korus Spragg
- American Mary- written and directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska
- The East - co-written by Brit Marling
- Shadow Dancer
- Hannah Arendt - directed by Margarethe von Trotta
- Fill The Void - written and directed by Rama Burshtein
- Augustine - directed by Alice Winocour
- Frances Ha
- The English Teacher
- Venus and Serena - co-directed by Michelle Major (doc)
- Kiss of the Damned - directed by Xan Cassavetes
- What Maisie Knew
- The Sapphires
- The Call
- Spring Breakers
Women Directed Films Currently Playing
- Call Me Kuchu - Directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall (doc)
- Peeples – written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism
- Stories We Tell- Sarah Polley (doc)
- No Place on Earth - Janet Tobias (doc)
- Love is All you Need- Susanne Bier
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mira Nair
- Hava Naglia - Roberta Grossman, Written and produced by Sophie Sartain (doc)
Women Written Films Currently Playing
- Before Midnight - Co-Written by Julie Delpy
- Olympus Has Fallen - Co-Written by Katrin Benedikt
- Emperor - Co-Written by Vera Blasi
Upcoming Films
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The Heat- June 28
- Just Like a Woman - July 3
- Absence - July 5
- A Girl and a Gun - directed by Cathryne Czubek July 5 (doc)
- The Hot Flashes - directed by Susan Seidelman - July 10
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Girl Most Likely - directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman - July 19
- The To-Do List - written and directed by Maggie Carey - July 26
- In a World...- written and directed by Lake Bell - August 9
- Lovelace- August 9
- The Patience Stone - August 14
- Austenland- directed by Jerusha Hess - August 16
- Haute Cuisine- August 16
- Short Term 12 - August 16
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - August 23
- Wadjda - written and directed by Haifaa al Monsour - August 31
- Therese - September 27
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Carrie - directed by Kimberly Peirce - October 18
- August: Osage County - November 8
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Catching Fire- November 22
- Frozen - November 29
- Grace of Monaco - December 27
2014
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Maleficent – written by Linda Woolverton - July 2
- Tammy - directed by Melissa McCarthy - July 2
2015
- Finding Dory - November 25
Upcoming Women Directed
- Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Ceoncert for Kate McGarrigle - Lian Lunson - June 26 (doc)
- Blackfish - directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite - July 19 (doc)
- Black Nativity - Kasi Lemmons - November 29
2014
- Jupiter Ascending - Lana Wachowski - July 24
Upcoming Women Written
Future Women Directed
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A Fall From Grace - Jennifer Lynch
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A Ghost Story - Jordan Scott
- A Reliable Wife - Sam Taylor-Johnson
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A Virgin Mary - Beth Schacter
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Addicted - Rosemary Rodriguez
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Alias Grace - Sarah Polley
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All Quiet on the Western Front - Mimi Leder
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The Archivist- Robin Wright, written by Ann Cherkis
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Bombay Dreams – Deepa Mehta, written by Sabrina Dhawan
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The End - Drew Barrymore
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Every Secret Thing - Amy Berg
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The Fugees - Audrey Wells
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Heist Society - Drew Barrymore
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How to Be Single - Drew Barrymore
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Human Resources - Courtney Hunt
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Laggies - Lynn Shelton
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Late Bloomers – Julie Gavras
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Marburg - Isabel Coixet
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My Life in Orange - Lone Scherfig
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Pictures at a Revolution- Marina Zenovich (doc)
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Rapt- Susanne Bier
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The Rut- Karyn Kusama
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Sammy – written by Delia Ephron and directed by Cherie Nowland
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The Serious Game - Lone Scherfig
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The Trials of Cate McCall - written and directed by Karen Moncrieff
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Vivaldi – Patricia Riggen
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The Boom Boom Room- Lian Lunson
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The Fight Before Christmas - Anne Fletcher
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Telling of the Shoes - written and to be directed by Amanda Goodwin
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Then We Came to The End- Lynn Shelton
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Unforgiving World - written by Nicole Holofcener, directed by Nanette Burstein
- The Voices -- Marjane Satrapi
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The Walls – Kimberly Peirce
Future Films By and About Women
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33 Liberty Lane
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A Place of Only Sky – Miranda Richardson
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A Thousand Guns – Vera Farmiga
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A Quiet Passion - Cynthia Nixon
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The Age of Adaline – Katherine Heigl
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Annie - written by Emma Thompson
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Au Pairs – written by Alexa Junge
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A Woman of No Importance
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Alive & Kicking – produced by Mia Hamm
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Baby Maker - Olivia Munn
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The Beautiful and the Damned – starring Keira Knightley
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Beautiful Girl
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Before I Fall – written by Maria Maggenti
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The Bell Jar – Julia Stiles
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Best Buds – Natalie Portman
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Bitch Posse - directed by Catherine Hardwicke
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Bobbie Sue – starring Cameron Diaz
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Business Trip – written by Stacey Harman
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Callas
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Cantinflas – written and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini
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Captured – Isabelle Huppert
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Cassandra at the Wedding – written by Michelle Lipton
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Castro’s Daughter
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Class Act – Halle Berry
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Clown Girl – written by Kristen Wiig
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The Danish Girl – Nicole Kidman
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Daughter of the Queen of Sheeba
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Deadlocked- Helen Mirren
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
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Dreams of a Dying Heart- Hilary Swank
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Earthbound – directed by Nicole Kassell
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Elena’s Serenade – written by Sarah Wayne Callies
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Emily the Strange – Chloe Moretz
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Enchanted 2 – directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Jessie Nelson
- The Engagements
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Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
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Factory Girls
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Face Value - Rachel Weisz
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Final Girl - Abigial Breslin
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Five Men Who Broke My Heart – adapted by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin
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Florence of Arabia – Charlize Theron
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Four Saints
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Freeheld- Ellen Page
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French Women Don’t Get Fat
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From the Rough – Taraji P. Henson
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The Girl Who Conned the Ivy League- written by Lorene Scafaria
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Girl Soldier – Uma Thurman
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Girls Like Us
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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Girls Night Out- Dakota Fanning
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Golden Gate
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Goodnight Moon
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The Goree Girls – Jennifer Aniston
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The Grandmother - directed by Anne Fontaine
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Heaven & Earth – directed by Marleen Gorris
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Heroine
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The Hive
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Honey Pot
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How to Get Divorced by 30 – written by Sascha Rothchild
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If I Stay
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In a Strange City
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Invasion of Privacy
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The Invisible Woman
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The Invisible X – directed by Karyn Kusama, Rachel Weisz
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Is He The One- directed by Elizabeth Allen
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Isabella Blow biopic
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Juliet
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The Keeping Room - written by Julia Hart
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The Kid Table
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The Lady Who Went Too Far
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Life Coach- Isla Fisher
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Little Bee- Nicole Kidman
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Lost in Austen
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The Low Self Esteem of Lizzy Gillespie – written by Mindy Kaling
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Luna – Rachel Weisz
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Lunch Lady – Amy Poehler
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Madame Bovary - directed by Sophie Barthes and written by Rose Barrenche
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Mame- Tilda Swinton
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Ms. Faux Pas
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Muktar Mai biopic
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Mulan – Zhang Ziyi
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My Ex-Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me – written by Hilary Winston
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My Fair Lady – Keira Knightley, written by Emma Thompson
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My Mother The Cheerleader – Julia Roberts
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My Name is Jody Williams
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My Stroke of Insight
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My Ten Best Days – Amy Adams
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The No Game – Shohreh Aghdashloo and Marcia Gay Harden, directed by Sherry Hormann
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On Chesil Beach
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Our Wild Life - Nicole Kidman
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Peggy Lee Biopic – Reese Witherspoon
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Pharm Girl – Reese Witherspoon
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The Pioneer Woman
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The Poisoners - Emily Watson, Anna Friel, Lena Headey
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Preacher’s Daughter – written and directed by Michelle Mower
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Pride and Prejudice and the Zombies – Natalie Portman
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Private Benjamin – Anna Faris
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Pumas – Jennifer Aniston
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Pure Life- Vera Farmiga and Elle Fanning written by Melora Donoghue
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Queen Kristina – Sarah Polley, directed by Mika Kaurismaki
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Rule #1 - directed by Courtney Hunt
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Satisfaction – Sharon Stone, Carice Van Houten, directed by Anya Camilleri
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Scarpetta Franchise
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The Seagull – Kristin Scott Thomas, Carey Mulligan
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The Shaggs- directed by Katherine Dieckmann
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The Signs of Living – Rosanna Arquette – directed by Gail Harvey
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Silent Spring of Rachel Carson
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Shoe Addicts Anonymous – Halle Berry - written by Kristen Buckley & Brian Regan
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Smash
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers – Isabella Rossellini
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Someday My Price Will Come – Isla Fisher, written by Audrey Wells
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Still of the Night - Michelle Monaghan, Susan Sarandon
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Sweet Baby Jesus – Bette Midler
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Sweet Lorraine- Tatum O’Neal
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Swindle - Megan Fox and Zoe Saldana
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Testament of Youth
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Three Days in Dublin – directed by Beth Lauren
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Tink- Elizabeth Banks
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The Trials of Cate McCullough – Kate Beckinsale, directed by Karen Moncrieff
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Trevi
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Under the Bridge
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The Undomestic Goddess – written by Aline Brosh McKenna
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Untitled Anita Linblom biopic - directed by Catherine Hardwicke
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Untitled Female Road comedy – written by Annie Mumolo
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Untitled Louise Thaden Aviation Film
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Untitled Miranda Cosgrove – written by Emma Forrest
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Up and Running: The Jami Goldman Story – written by Jami Goldman and Andrea Cagan
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Vampire Academy
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Voice from the Stone
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Wait Till Helen Comes - directed by Jennifer Love Hewitt
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Wake- Miley Cyrus
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Wicked Lovely – written by Caroline Thompson and directed by Mary Harron
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What Alice Forgot – written by Katherine Fugate
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When You Reach Me
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Who is Doris Payne? – Halle Berry
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Wild Oats – written by Claudia Myers
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Words
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You're Not You - Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum
Future Films Written By Women
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Anubis - Jane Goldman
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Dash and Lily's Book of Dares - Lena Dunham
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Every Secret Thing - Nicole Holofcener
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Indiscretion – Caroline Case
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Huntin Eichmann - Ann Peacock
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The Day I Turned Uncool – Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneu
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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan
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Rust: Visitor in the Field - Aline Brosh McKenna
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Straight Outta Compton – Andrea Berloff
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Tusk, Tusk- Polly Stenham
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Unscrupulous – Barbara Turner
11 Comments
Laurie York | October 8, 2012 1:41 PM
Please add the new film, "Women On The Land" http://www.WomenOnTheLand.com
"Women on the Land is a timely film that connects the powerful back-to-the-land- women's self-sufficiency movement that began in the early 1970s with our pressing need today to create conscious communities, live sustainably, eat non-GMO food, and protect our bodies and Mother Earth from corporate greed. It's an awesome film that beckons us to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty. Whether we plant a garden or simply make better choices at the grocery store, this film will inspire you to take action for our planet!"
âDavina Kotulski, Ph.D.
Author, Life Coach, Psychologist
Alexandra | June 8, 2012 8:38 PM
Did I miss it or was Your Sister's Sister. Written and directed by Lynn Shelton and starring the amazing Emily Blunt and Rosemarie Dewitt
Maggie | June 8, 2012 6:55 PM
Please check out our documentary "Girls Gone Vinyl" featuring more than 70 female artists in electronic music spanning the globe, produced by two women, written and narrated by women.
Release Early 2013
www.girlsgonevinyl.com
Melissa M. Wilson | June 1, 2012 1:48 AM
Don't forget to add Rachel Ward for directing and writing "The Seduction". I believe it is getting ready to be shot in Paris. She also was one of the female directors to petition at Cannes for lack of women directors. KUDOS!
Gil | May 18, 2012 4:18 PM
Where is NO GOOD DEED on this list? Screen Gems. Written by a woman, Aimee Lagos and starring a woman Taraji P Henson. Shooting now.
Laura Israel | May 12, 2012 1:46 PM
I'd like to add Windfall (doc) to this list, released by First Run Features 2012. http://firstrunfeatures.com/windfall_reviews.html
Producer/Director - Laura Israel, Producer - Autumn Tarleton, Co-Producer - Stacey Foster,
Art Director - Alex Bingham, Sound mix - Margaret Crimmins. Thanks for the list, I'm happy to help extend it.
Anne Thompson | April 6, 2012 11:32 AM
don't forget Titanic!
this entire blog is amazing.Keep up the great work.What an amazing amount of work must have gone into this compilation. | March 14, 2012 10:26 AM
Who is Ann Biderman? Has anyone noticed that she is all alone out there in the world of TV with her amazing show Southland? The writing,directing acting are all absolutely outstanding and it is miraculous that her name is not Dick Wolf or Jerry Bruckheimer. What is her story?
Mad Sin Cinema | January 30, 2012 7:09 AM
Can we add are film to this as well? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701224/
Woman Producer.
All Female leads.
And, given the lead girls improvised most of their dialogue, and filmed 1/3 of the film themselves (some just kids, 10, 13 and 14 years old) co-writing/d.p. work can be added to that.
And 3 of the 4 songs from the soundtrack were written and performed by women.
Trailer http://youtu.be/zz0-DS6B_Nw
One of the songs from the film/co-star http://youtu.be/4dM70esIbw4
Maria | January 26, 2012 2:05 PM
Can I add my film to this list? The Wine of Summer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2066133/
Written, directed, produced and financed by women, featuring Elsa Pataky, Sonia Braga, Marcia Gay Harden, Najwa Nimri, Kelsey Chow and Mimi Gianopulos... many awesome women involved! Thanks!
Wang | February 3, 2011 2:44 AM
This is an impressive list of women in film. When hiring a crew to work the project, will the first decision be to hire a female crew and balance the cast toward the female gender or to hire those who bring experience and voice to a project?
I really liked the film"Hurt Locker" because it was a great film, not the fact that it was directed by a woman. I like Sophia Coppola's films because she brings a specific voice to her films and in "Lost in Translation" she did not feel compelled to include the obligatory "sex" scene in a relationship film.
I do not think the craft should feel compelled to include a specific gender as a quality of perspective, unless there is a reason or project requirement. It looks like women are well on their way to producing product, and the market will tell us which is the more successful, if money still plays an important role in determining film success.