Letterboxd's Women Directors: The Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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LAST UPDATE: May 2024

Ranked by average user rating. The list was extracted thanks to here and here. This was not possible without the curation of these megalists. It will be updated monthly.

[Please note: Ágnes Hranitzky co-directed Werckmeister Harmonies and The Turin Horse with her husband Béla Tarr. Read more below the eligibility rules.]

An official list progress project on all-time stats pages for Pro and Patron users. Expanded from a top 100 to a top 250 on September 26th, 2022, on the list's 3-year anniversary.

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ELIGIBILITY RULES:

• This list counts female co-directors, even if uncredited. The developers are working towards co-directors getting their credit listed on main pages.
• Includes cis, transgender and female-identifying directors.
• Films must be feature-length (45+ minutes), with a theatrical and/or festival release.
• Documentaries of any kind, short films, theater/stage, TV movies, TV series or miniseries, and episodes are excluded.
• There is a 1,000 minimum ratings threshold.

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  1. 1 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 3 -

    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    Werckmeister harmóniák

    2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 7 -

    Strangers in Good Company

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 8 -

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 10 -

    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 12 -

    Persepolis

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 14 +1

    Koe no katachi

    2016 — a.k.a. A Silent Voice: The Movie, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 15 -1

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 17 -

    Mustang

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 20 -

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 22 -1

    Jacquot de Nantes

    1991 — a.k.a. Jacquot of Nantes, in 1 top list Check
  15. 23 -

    Que Horas Ela Volta?

    2015 — a.k.a. The Second Mother, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 24 -

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 27 -

    Sans toit ni loi

    1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 28 -

    Les rendez-vous d'Anna

    1978 — a.k.a. The Meetings of Anna, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 29 -

    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 30 -

    Chibusa yo eien nare

    1955 — a.k.a. The Eternal Breasts, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 31 +1

    L'une chante l'autre pas

    1977 — a.k.a. One Sings, the Other Doesn't, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 33 -

    Out 1, noli me tangere

    1971 — a.k.a. Out 1, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 34 +1

    Doukyuusei

    2016 — a.k.a. Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 37 +1

    Eiga Keion!

    2011 — a.k.a. K-On! The Movie, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 38 -1

    Mikey and Nicky

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 39 -

    Ratcatcher

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 43 -1

    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 45 -1

    Gett

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  29. 47 -1

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 50 -

    Pariah

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 51 -2

    0.5 miri

    2014 — a.k.a. 0.5 Mm, in 1 top list Check
  32. 52 -1

    The Prince of Egypt

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 53 -1

    Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina...

    1973 — a.k.a. Love & Anarchy, in 1 top list Check
  34. 56 -2

    Urideul

    2016 — a.k.a. The World of Us, in 1 top list Check
  35. 57 -2

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 59 -1

    Tomboy

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 62 -

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 63 -

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 66 -

    Saving Face

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  40. 67 -2

    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 70 -2

    Loving Vincent

    2017, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 71 -1

    Real Women Have Curves

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  43. 72 +3

    Onna bakari no yoru

    1961 — a.k.a. Girl of Dark, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 73 -2

    Toni Erdmann

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 75 +2

    Moral

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  46. 76 -3

    35 rhums

    2008 — a.k.a. 35 Shots of Rum, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 77 -3

    Agatha et les lectures illimitées

    1981 — a.k.a. Agatha and the Limitless Readings, in 1 top list Check
  48. 78 -2

    Hyakuman-en to nigamushi onna

    2008 — a.k.a. One Million Yen Girl, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 79 -1

    Samt el qusur

    1994 — a.k.a. The Silences of the Palace, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 81 +2

    Mukhsin

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on May 23, 2024 by Chilton; source