Another year has passed and once again its time to celebrate the work of women filmmakers during Directed by Women which runs throughout September. If your idea of participation involves chilling at home solo or with your mates, we’ve compiled a list of women directed viewing options currently available on Netflix UK.
#Horror (2015) dir. Tara Subkoff
6 Years (2015) dir. Hannah Fidell
Adore (2013) dir. Anne Fontaine
Advantageous (2015) dir. Jennifer Phang
Alive and Kicking (2016) dir. Susan Glatzer
Almost Adults (2016) dir. Sarah Rotella
Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014) dir. Marina Rice Bader
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) dir. Gurinder Chadha
Appropriate Behaviour (2014) dir. Desiree Akhavan
Audrie and Daisy (2016) dir. Bonnie Cohen & Jon Shenk
Autumn in New York (2000) dir. Joan Chen
The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent
Bachelorette (2012) dir. Leslye Headland
Below Her Mouth (2016) dir. April Mullen
Bare (2015) dir. Natalia Leite
Bewitched (2005) dir. Nora Ephron
Blackfish (2013) dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016) dir. Sonia Anderson
Boys Don’t Cry (1999) dir. Kimberly Peirce
Bride and Prejudice (2004) dir. Gurinder Chadha
Burn Burn Burn (2015) dir. Chanya Button
Buster’s Mal Heart (2016) dir. Sarah Adina Smith
Catch and Release (2006) dir. Susannah Grant
Casting JonBenet (2017) dir. Kitty Green
City of God (2002) dir. Katia Lund & Fernando Meirelles
Clueless (1995) dir. Amy Heckerling
A Country Called Home (2015) dir. Anna Axster
Country Strong (2010) dir. Shana Feste
Cropsey (2009) dir. Barbara Brancaccio & Joshua Zeman
Daughters of the Dust (1991) dir. Julie Dash
Dear Frankie (2004) dir. Shoana Auerbach
Deidra and Laney Rob a Train (2017) dir. Sydney Freeland
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) dir. Marielle Heller
Divines (2016) dir. Houda Benyamina
The Dorm (2014) dir. Rachel Talalay
Dukhtar (2014) dir. Afia Nathaniel
Echo Park (2014) dir. Amanda Marsalis
Fed Up (2014) dir. Stephanie Soechtig
Friends with Kids (2011) dir. Jennifer Westfeldt
Gayby Baby (2015) dir. Maya Newell
Gemma Bovery (2014) dir. Anne Fontaine
A Girl Like Her (2015) dir. Amy S. Weber
The Greatest (2009) dir. Shana Feste
Hot Girls Wanted (2015) dir. Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus
Humanoids From the Deep (1980) dir. Barbara Peeters
Hysteria (2011) dir. Tanya Wexler
I Am Jane Doe (2017) dir. Mary Mazzio
I Dream Too Much (2015) dir. Katie Cokinos
The Intervention (2016) dir. Clea DuVall
The Invitation (2015) dir. Karyn Kusama
The Iron Lady (2011) dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) dir. Amy Berg
Jesus Camp (2006) dir. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Jongens (2014) dir. Mischa Kamp
Learning to Drive (2014) dir. Isabel Coixet
The Lifeguard (2013) dir. Liz W. Garcia
Look Who’s Talking (1989) dir. Amy Heckerling
Look Who’s Talking Too (1999) dir. Amy Heckerling
Lords of Dogtown (2005) dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Lost Boy (2015) dir. Tara Miele
Loving Annabelle (2006) dir. Katherine Brooks
Maidentrip (2013) dir. Killian Schlesinger
Mamma Mia! (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Meadowland (2015) dir. Reed Morano
Me Before You (2016) dir. Thea Sharrock
Middle of Nowhere (2012) dir. Ava Duvernay
Miss Meadows (2014) dir. Karen Leigh Hopkins
Miss Representation (2011) dir. Jennifer Siebel Newsom & Kimberlee Acquaro
Miss Sharon Jones! (2015) dir. Barbara Kopple
Miss Stevens (2016) dir. Julia Hart
Miss You Already (2015) dir. Catherine Hardwicke
My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014) dir. Sophie Robinson & Lotje Sodderland
Naomi and Ely’s No-Kiss List (2015) dir. Kristin Hanggi
Nativity! (2009) dir. Debbie Isitt
Operator (2016) dir. Logan Kibens
Paris is Burning (1990) dir. Jennie Livingston
A Perfect Ending (2012) dir. Nicole Conn
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) dir. Elizabeth Banks
The Prince & Me (2004) dir. Martha Coolidge
The Queen of Versailles (2012) dir. Lauren Greenfield
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) dir. Katt Shea
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) dir. Penny Marshall
Say When (2014) dir. Lynn Shelton
Selma (2014) dir. Ava Duvernay
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) dir. Nora Ephron
Surviving Summer (2009) dir. Nancy Bardawil
Take This Waltz (2011) dir. Sarah Polley
Tallulah (2016) dir. Sian Heder
Tank Girl (1995) dir. Rachel Talalay
Tig (2015) dir. Kristina Goolsby & Ashley York
Touchy Feely (2013) dir. Lynn Shelton
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013) dir. Karen Moncrieff
Tricked (2013) dir. Jane Wells & John Keith Wasson
Twinsters (2015) dir. Samantha Futerman & Ryan Miyamoto
Very Good Girls (2013) dir. Naomi Foner
The Virgin Suicides (1999) dir. Sofia Coppola
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) dir. Liz Garbus
What Women Want (2000) dir. Nancy Meyers
The Whistleblower (2010) dir. Larysa Kondracki
White Girl (2016) dir. Elizabeth Wood
XX (2017) dir. Karyn Kusama, Roxanne Benjamin, Annie Clark & Jovanka Vuckovic
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) dir. Kathryn Bigelow
by Chloe Leeson
Chloe Leeson is the founder of Screenqueens. She is 21 and from the north of England (the proper north). She believes Harmony Korine is the future and is pretty sure she coined the term ‘selfie central’. She doesn’t like Pina Coladas or getting caught in the rain but she does like Ezra Miller a whole lot. Her favourite films are Into The Wild, The Beach and Lords of Dogtown. But DON’T talk to her about Paranormal Activity. She rants about cinema screenings @kawaiigoff.
Categories: Anything and Everything, Women Film-makers