Most Popular and Highest Rated Films by Essential Women Directors In March 2025, in celebration of Women's History Month, I created a thread of essential women directors. The list below includes the highest-rated and most popular film of every director in that threa...

It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and I'm continuing to fill in #DirectedByWomen filmography gaps on this list. Only a couple more left! Tonight's selection is LES PLAGES D'AGNÈS (THE BEACHES OF AGNES) (2008) by Agnès Varda. This is Varda's highest-rated film on Letterboxd. #52FilmsByWomen #24 #Filmsky 📽️

A scene from ONE DAY

It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and I'm filling in #DirectedByWomen filmography gaps for #WomensHistoryMonth. Tonight's selection is ONE DAY (2011) by Lone Scherfig. I love her work and this is her most popular film but I avoided it till now because I loved the book so much. #52FilmsByWomen #23 #Filmsky

A ★★★½ review of Daisies (1966) I really haven’t watched a lot of experimental art films. They’re still not my thing but i understand their importance and understand others’ appreciation for this cinematic art form. I’ll mention tha...

No. 106: Daisies (1966) dir. Věra Chytilová

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Red Crescent operators standing by in THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

It's hard to treat this like just any other film, but tonight's #FemaleFilmmakerFriday selection and the last film of my #OscarBlitz is THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (2025) by Kaouther Ben Hania. Powerful and necessary. #WomensHistoryMonth #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #20 #Filmsky 📽️

10 Highly-Anticipated 2026 Films #directedbywomen » wp.me/pxXPC-lyU in honor of #InternationalWomensDay 🧡

I'd say every day should be International Women’s Day… why limit championing women to just one day out of 365?

#femalefilmmakers #womeninfilm #filmsky #moviesky

Short Film Spotlight: JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA – one of 2026’s Oscar-nominated Live Action Shorts wp.me/pxXPC-lyE

A fresh, clever, and hilarious period satire! 🩸😂💕

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Fanny Price breaks the fourth wall in MANSFIELD PARK.

It's #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and for #WomensHistoryMonth I'm filling in #DirectedByWomen filmography gaps. Tonight's focus is on the Regency era. First up was MANSFIELD PARK (1999) by Patricia Rozema. Unsurprisingly, per Letterboxd, this delight is her most popular film. #52FilmsByWomen #18 #Filmsky

Finally saw this Oscar-nominated #documentary… harrowing and unsettling but essential watch.

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Happy #LetterboxdFriday Here’s my #LastFourWatched 🎞️

Saw three movies #directedbywomen the past week ✨ Started strong with my #52filmsbywomen challenge this year! 🎉

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A ★★★★ review of Archipelago (2010) I felt so bad for Rose throughout the movie. What a family to work for. And to be stuck with them the entire day and night.  More than anything else what stuck out to me was how every moment of this f...

boxd.it/do4Ng1 #directedbywomen #kinofilmcollection #filmsky

A ★★★★ review of Chez Jolie Coiffure (2018) This movie takes place in Sabine’s salon which also serves as a gathering space for the West African women (and the occasional man) living and working in the Montonge district in Brussels. We learn ab...

boxd.it/dmz23t #directedbywomen #filmsky

A ★★★★ review of Chez Jolie Coiffure (2018) This movie takes place in Sabine’s salon which also serves as a gathering space for the West African women (and the occasional man) living and working in the Montonge district in Brussels. We learn ab...

boxd.it/dmz23t #directedbywomen #mubi #filmsky

A ★★★★★ review of 3000 Nights (2015) Since 1948 over 700,00 Palestinians have been detained in Israeli prisons.* In November 1983, the PLO obtained the release of 4765 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in exchange for 6 Israeli soldiers...

boxd.it/dmaueT #directedbywomen #watermelon+ #filmsky

Directed by Women (2015–2026) LIST IN PROGRESS: This is a list of all feature films* directed by women that I have watched since 2015, which is when I started to prioritize female directors, first with my "Directed By Women" proje...

If you're looking for #DirectedByWomen films to watch for #WomensHistoryMonth this list has over 500 to choose from. It also includes links to my 100 favorite films by women, the 100 "best" films by women, and what I consider the 200 most essential films by women. Explore and enjoy! #Filmsky 📽️

A young woman reads a letter in BRIGHT STAR

A man walks on a beach as a faded letter overlay is visible over the image

A young woman stands in a field in BRIGHT STAR

A young woman and man in period dress peer into a house through a window in BRIGHT STAR

PSA: The utterly gorgeous BRIGHT STAR (2009) by Jane Campion is leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of March. Definitely make time for this if you have never seen it before. Or even if you have. #DirectedByWomen

Susan Chardy driving home in a party costume in ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL.

My final #DirectedByWomen #BlackHistoryMonth selection is also the final #IndieSpirit nominee on my 2025 watchlist. ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (2025) by Rungano Nyoni (director of the fantastic I AM NOT A WITCH) was up for Best International Feature. On HBO. #52FilmsByWomen #17
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A ★★★½ review of Rodeo (2022) I love the setting around the motorcycle stunt riding. I’m glad I’m not an adrenaline junky. I was so nervous throughout. I just wanted the spirits to protect Julia.  Pretty amazing feature debut. I’l...

boxd.it/dlqTHp #directedbywomen #mubi #filmsky

A ★★★½ review of Holy Smoke (1999) Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel are really good in this, especially Winslet as Ruth. I think I liked her best when she was ruthless. The performance of masculinity is cultish and we men can use a littl...

boxd.it/dleELH #directedbywomen #hoopla #filmsky

A ★★★ review of Blood Tea and Red String (2006) I need to learn the story behind this bizarre and beautiful stop motion animated film. The frog is the hero of this.  Did it really take 13 years to complete this?

boxd.it/dkF2u9 #eternalfamily #directedbywomen #filmsky

I don't know if it was the director's cut or what, but I can't stress enough how much EVE'S BAYOU went up in my esteem on this rewatch. The director's cut leaves Criterion tomorrow—catch it if you can! #LastFourWatched #DirectedByWomen #BlackHistoryMonth #Filmsky 📽️

I mean, maybe she's just started to make movies explicitly for me? #DirectedByWomen

Kissing is the Easy Part, a high school romcom - Old Ain't Dead Kissing is the Easy Part, directed by Fawzia Mirza, is a high school romcom about being yourself while falling in love.

Kissing is the Easy Part review today. This high school romcom was #DirectedbyWomen. 📽️ oldaintdead.com/kissing-is-t...

Bokolo and Mamadou looking through the discarded cookbook they found on the job.

Another day, another great Black filmmaker. Tonight's #DirectedByWomen #BlackHistoryMonth selection is UN DESSERT POUR CONSTANCE (1981), a made-for-TV amuse-bouche by Sarah Maldoror. Two Paris sanitation workers find a classic French cookbook. Hijinks ensue. On Mubi. #52FilmsByWomen #14 #Filmsky 📽️

Sunset on the bayou at the close of EVE'S BAYOU

Tonight’s #BlackHistoryMonth selection is a rewatch. Sort of. I first saw EVE'S BAYOU (1997) by Kasi Lemmons in 2015 at the beginning of my #DirectedByWomen odyssey. This is the director's cut, which restores the key character of Uncle Tommy. On Criterion until 2/28. #52FilmsByWomen #13 #Filmsky 📽️

Scene from LOSING GROUND

It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday and time for the last of my #DirectedByWomen must-sees for #BlackHistoryMonth: LOSING GROUND (1982) by Kathleen Collins. This opens on a college classroom discussing Sartre. So I'm already skeptical. On verra... #52FilmsByWomen #12 #Filmsky 📽️

A woman in a bridal gown looks down from atop a silo.

Tonight’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday selection was chosen by The Math Greek: LOVE SERENADE (1996) by Shirley Barrett. Miranda Otto, fantastic needle drops, the buttery voice of George Shevtsov, and one heck of an ending. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #9 #Filmsky 📽️

Riding the bus in PARIAH

Riding in a car in PARIAH

Comforting after heartbreak in PARIAH

Talking on the rooftop with Dad in PARIAH

This Black History Month I'm trying to watch some key films by Black women filmmakers that for whatever reason I haven't managed to get to yet. First up was PARIAH (2011) by Dee Rees. Gorgeous. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #8 #Filmsky 📽️

Jennifer Lawrence as Grace and Robert Pattinson as Jackson in DIE MY LOVE

Somehow I thought that DIE MY LOVE (2025) by Lynne Ramsay would be the perfect follow-up to last night's SIRĀT (2025). And maybe, just maybe, it was. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #7 #Filmsky 📽️

For When You Get Lost, a touching indie - Old Ain't Dead For When You Get Lost tells a touching story of family and healing when three sisters face the death of their father.

#ForWhenYouGetLost is a hidden gem. A low budget indie #DirectedbyWomen and a touching family story.
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DANCE, GIRL, DANCE

MAGGIE'S PLAN

PSA: Some incredible #DirectedByWomen films are leaving the Criterion Channel on 2/28. Catch 'em while you can!

AMERICAN PSYCHO
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
EVE'S BAYOU
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE IRT
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MAGGIE'S PLAN
MON PÈRE, LE DIABLE (Our Father, the Devil)
A NEW LEAF
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE