100 Greatest Movies: directed by women

The 100 greatest films directed by women

How many have people seen?
How many have people heard of?

 

weird that the Matrix is number 35 when it's probably the highest rated imdb movie of the whole list

edit - ah wtf the 'sister' directors are trans women so not even real women

 

You were never really here was directed by a lassie from Glasgow and was very good. Obviously lost in translation, which i also really liked. In all honesty those are the only two i can think of

Edit- american psycho! Did not know that

 

American Psycho is a winner
Point Break is alright im pretty sure, bar Keanu Reeves shitty acting

 

Tells you everything you need to know about this 'list'

 

This thread was also made by a woman.

Okay, maybe he’s just an effeminate man but he’s trying.

 

What's your favorite(s) from the list, lb ?

 

Penny Marshall was a VERY Credible Director Who Just Happened to Be Female...

She'll ALWAYS Be "LaVerne" to REED Though...







REED

 

90. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
80. Big
62. Strange Days
46. Near Dark
45. Triumph of the Will
43. The Virgin Suicides
40. Boys Don’t Cry
35. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)
20. Clueless
18. American Psycho
12. Zero Dark Thirty
7. The Hurt Locker
5. Lost in Translation

 

Only ones I saw from that list are:

Liked: (In order from fav to least fav)
The Hurt Locker
Eve’s Bayou
The Piano
Clueless
Point Break
Fast Times
Monster
Big


Ok:
The Virgin Suicides
Lost In Translation

Hated:
American Psycho
Zero Dark Thirty
Selma
The Babadook

Clueless, Point break and Fast Times probably deserve better treatment but all suffer from aging. Monster and Big are both good but kind of mood killers.

I’m not going to add Matrix to this list because I’m pretty sure this film was done when they were the Wachowski brothers. The things one does as a trans woman should be credited as such after their transition not before.

 

Hated?

 

A wise man said “opinions and tastes vary” this is no exception. I know American Psycho has a love fest with most members on this board but it flew over my head and didn’t connect. I thought Zero Dark Thirty was poorly done, felt rushed and missed the mark.

Of course, I wouldn’t argue against anyone who feels differently.

 

American Psycho took a lurid, pretentious piece of literature and turned it into a dark comedy brilliantly

 

Book´s awesome.
Movie is good.

 

Harlan County, USA was a brilliant documentary

I object to the inclusion of transgender directors who were fully male at the time they made the films in question ... the entire point of this is that women don't often get the opportunities to direct that men do BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN... The Matrix directors were MEN, they didn't have some sex bias barrier to overcome... the inclusion of such people on a list with the likes of Ida Lupino (who was directing films at a time when women were treated like dogshit in Hollywood) is despicable

 

The book is tedious

 

The book is written by a man and the movie is directed by a woman.

Quelle surprise.

 

The fuck's that got to do with anything? I put off watching the movie for ages because I didn't like the book very much (with the exception of some of the long-winded bits about bad 80s pop) and when I finally watched it I was surprised at how good it was

I didn't even know who the director was at the time

 

Fair enough.

 

I don't need no gun

 

The Ascent and Beau Travail are great films. I also like Cleo from 5 to 7.

 

Are you saying that in your opinion the movie was better than the book? Because it’s pretty rare that happens. Only time it’s happened for me was “Let The Right One In” but in that instance I saw the film before reading the book so that may have been the reason.

 

In my opinion yes

 

I personally am not that big on Sofia Coppola, at least not The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. I thought they were okay but not great, although Scarlett Johannson’s body is.

I haven’t seen most of that list. Big is good although it is actually pretty creepy. Fast Times was pretty good, Sean Penn seems to have no sense of humor for someone who played an iconic comedic character.

I saw Near Dark was a kid and liked it, I didn’t know Katheryn Bigelow directed it. Point Break was a terrific action movie, that chase scene is great. The remake was bland.

My favorite movie on the list is American Psycho.