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This Woman's Work (Created by Women)

by JDNightGhobhadi • Created 6 years ago • Modified 1 week ago
It may not necessarily be "the best of," however women's work in the industry shouldn't be invisible.
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  • Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)

    1. Lady Bird

    20171h 34mR93Metascore
    7.4 (354K)
    A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California, and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.
    DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy Letts
  • Annette Bening, Oliver Platt, Timothy Spall, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Elle Fanning, and Alice Englert in Ginger & Rosa (2012)

    2. Ginger & Rosa

    20121h 30mPG-1369Metascore
    6.2 (12K)
    A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.
    DirectorSally PotterStarsElle FanningAlice EnglertAnnette Bening
  • Wasp (2003)

    3. Wasp

    200326mShort
    7.5 (6.4K)
    A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
    DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsNatalie PressDanny DyerJodie Mitchell
  • Red Road (2006)

    4. Red Road

    20061h 53mNot Rated73Metascore
    6.8 (14K)
    Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.
    DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKate DickieTony CurranMartin Compston
  • Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (2009)

    5. Fish Tank

    20092h 3mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.3 (67K)
    Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
    DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKatie JarvisMichael FassbenderKierston Wareing
  • Kaya Scodelario in Wuthering Heights (2011)

    6. Wuthering Heights

    20112h 9mNot Rated70Metascore
    6.0 (11K)
    A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
    DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKaya ScodelarioJames HowsonSolomon Glave
  • Sasha Lane in American Honey (2016)

    7. American Honey

    20162h 43mR80Metascore
    7.0 (49K)
    A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
    DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsSasha LaneShia LaBeoufRiley Keough
  • Ratcatcher (1999)

    8. Ratcatcher

    19991h 34mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.5 (13K)
    A naïve young lad navigates the dirty squalid streets of 1973 Glasgow and the poor youth around him.
    DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTommy FlanaganMandy MatthewsWilliam Eadie
  • Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

    9. We Need to Talk About Kevin

    20111h 52mR68Metascore
    7.4 (176K)
    Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
    DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra Miller
  • Tom Litten in Swimmer (2012)

    10. Swimmer

    201218mShort
    7.1 (971)
    A young man encounters many people while swimming in Britain.
    DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTom LittenNiall BurtonCurtis Coker
  • Joaquin Phoenix and Ekaterina Samsonov in You Were Never Really Here (2017)

    11. You Were Never Really Here

    20171h 29mR84Metascore
    6.7 (133K)
    A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
    DirectorLynne RamsayStarsJoaquin PhoenixJudith RobertsEkaterina Samsonov
  • I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

    12. I Shot Andy Warhol

    19961h 43mR75Metascore
    6.6 (7.3K)
    The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but after he repeatedly ignored her, she shot him.
    DirectorMary HarronStarsLili TaylorJared HarrisMartha Plimpton
  • Christian Bale in American Psycho (2000)

    13. American Psycho

    20001h 42mR64Metascore
    7.6 (792K)
    A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
    DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh Lucas
  • Brad Greenquist in Pet Sematary (1989)

    14. Pet Sematary

    19891h 43mR38Metascore
    6.5 (120K)
    After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
    DirectorMary LambertStarsDale MidkiffDenise CrosbyFred Gwynne
  • Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)

    15. Closet Land

    19911h 29mR
    7.0 (3.2K)
    In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman because she's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.
    DirectorRadha BharadwajStarsMadeleine StoweAlan Rickman
  • Christian Slater, Claire Forlani, and Jared Leto in Basil (1998)

    16. Basil

    19981h 53mR
    5.9 (2.2K)
    A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England stuggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
    DirectorRadha BharadwajStarsChristian SlaterJared LetoClaire Forlani
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Belle (2013)

    17. Belle

    20131h 40mPG64Metascore
    7.3 (34K)
    The biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.
    DirectorAmma AsanteStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMatthew GoodeEmily Watson
  • Rami Malek in Buster's Mal Heart (2016)

    18. Buster's Mal Heart

    20161h 36mUnrated63Metascore
    6.1 (12K)
    A family man's chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter leaves him on the run from the police and an impending event known as the Inversion.
    DirectorSarah Adina SmithStarsRami MalekDJ QuallsKate Lyn Sheil
  • Frank Lovejoy and Edmond O'Brien in The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

    19. The Hitch-Hiker

    19531h 11mApproved
    6.9 (11K)
    Two friends pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
    DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam Talman
  • The Watermelon Woman (1996)

    20. The Watermelon Woman

    19961h 25mUnrated74Metascore
    7.1 (4.5K)
    A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
    DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsCheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerValarie Walker
  • Elit Iscan, Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, and Ilayda Akdogan in Mustang (2015)

    21. Mustang

    20151h 37mPG-1383Metascore
    7.6 (42K)
    When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
    DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba Sunguroglu
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)

    22. Water

    20051h 57mPG-1377Metascore
    7.6 (16K)
    Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
    DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsLisa RayJohn AbrahamSeema Biswas
  • Fire (1996)

    23. Fire

    19961h 44mPG-1364Metascore
    7.1 (6.6K)
    Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
    DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsShabana AzmiNandita DasKarishma Jhalani
  • Heaven on Earth (2008)

    24. Heaven on Earth

    20081h 46m
    6.3 (941)
    Chand, a young Punjabi woman, travels to Canada to marry a man she has never met. They live in a crowded suburban house and Chand has to also put up with her husband's abusive behavior.
    DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsPreity G ZintaGick GrewalVansh Bhardwaj
  • Katharine Isabelle in American Mary (2012)

    25. American Mary

    20121h 43mR46Metascore
    6.2 (30K)
    The allure of easy money sends Mary Mason, a medical student, into the world of underground surgeries which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so-called "freakish" clients.
    DirectorsJen SoskaSylvia SoskaStarsKatharine IsabelleAntonio CupoTristan Risk

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