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FemaleDirectors.com is a website for female-directed movies: you can find, play, and add them to your Netflix queue, and buy them on Amazon.com. Browse within our genres to find movies from the female perspective.
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  to.get.her2011Runtime:0 minutesWriter-director Erica Dunton delves into the mind of the modern teenage girl in this mysterious Sundance thriller about five friends (Jazzy De Lisser, Chelsea Logan, Adwoa Aboah, Jami Eaton and Audrey Speicher) who come together for an unsupervised evening of revelry gone awry. The night was conceived as a way to leave their cares behind. But in the wake of a fateful incident, they've got more to worry about than ever before. Directed by:Erica Dunton
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3.3 Average Rating |
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|   Murderland2009Runtime:0 minutesProving that murder is a multifaceted crime, this thriller about a slain prostitute (Lucy Cohu) is told from the viewpoints of three people: the woman's daughter, Carrie (Bel Powley); the investigating detective, Douglas Hain (Robbie Coltrane); and the victim herself. Alternating between the present and the past, the story scrutinizes Carrie's obsession with finding the killer and Hain's guilt over failing at his job. Directed by:Catherine Morshead
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3.2 Average Rating |
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|   The Cater Street Hangman1998Runtime:0 minutesInspector Pitt (Eoin McCarthy), a working-class police detective in Victorian London, investigates a series of murders of young girls. The only thing the victims share are recent visits to the same vicarage in a wealthy neighborhood. With the help of headstrong, aristocratic Charlotte Ellison (Keeley Hawes), Pitt races to find the culprit before another girl is killed. To his surprise, he becomes the object of Ellison's affection along the way. Directed by:Sarah Hellings
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3.2 Average Rating |
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|   The Rich Man's Wife1996Runtime:0 minutesWhen the beautiful, young wife (Halle Berry) of a wealthy older man (Christopher McDonald) realizes that her prenuptial agreement benefits only her husband, she muses aloud about doing him in over drinks with a stranger. When hubby is killed in a botched carjacking, the grieving widow becomes the prime suspect. Plenty of twists and red herrings follow in this suspense drama with echoes of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers On a Train. Directed by:Amy Holden Jones
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3.3 Average Rating |
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  The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands2007Runtime:0 minutesIn this special episode of the popular Nickelodeon series, Nat, Alex and the rest of the group enter into a charity-sponsored band competition and find themselves taking on Bobby Lowe and the L.A. Surfers, one of the coolest bands around. If that weren't bad enough, now Nat has learned that the love of his life, Rosalina (Allie DiMeco), is falling for dreamboat Bobby, a situation that Bobby plans to exploit to the fullest for the competition. Directed by:Polly Draper
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3.2 Average Rating |
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|   Across the Universe2007Runtime:0 minutesIn this musical mix of live action and animation featuring songs by the Beatles, Liverpool dock worker Jude falls for Lucy on an excursion to America in the 1960s. But when Lucy's brother is drafted, Jude and Lucy take a stand as anti-war activists. Directed by:Julie Taymor
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3.7 Average Rating |
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|   George Bizet: Carmen2007Runtime:0 minutesAfter falling for beautiful but temperamental gypsy Carmen (Anna Caterina Antonacci), inexperienced soldier Don José (Jonas Kaufmann) disobeys his superiors, turns to a life of crime and becomes completely consumed by jealousy in George Bizet's compelling opera. Full of passion and erotic intensity, this performance recorded in London features conductor Antonio Pappano leading the Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Directed by:Francesca Zambello
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3.1 Average Rating |
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|   Barbra Streisand: Timeless: Live in Concert2001Runtime:0 minutesFew performers have reached the mythical status of Barbra Streisand. In recordings, she is, as expected, impressive and impeccable. But live onstage, she's also ferociously mighty and larger than life, exhibiting her unmatched talents. Catch her in action in this concert filmed at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel on New Year's Eve 1999 as she performs such timeless hits as "The Way We Were," "Alfie," "On a Clear Day" and "Somewhere." Directed by:Barbra Streisand
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3.3 Average Rating |
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  Sissyboy2009Runtime:0 minutesFollow the improbable rise of Portland-based drag troupe Sissyboy, which, for more than three years, infused its members with pride and a sense of possibility while serving its fans cutting-edge social commentary. In this documentary, Sissyboy members, known for testing the boundaries of good taste, talk about the acceptance they felt as part of the troupe and how this unconventional art movement changed their lives. Directed by:Katie Turinski
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3.2 Average Rating |
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|   Beautiful Thing1996Runtime:0 minutesThe iconoclastic, underachieving denizens of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two teenage boys -- next-door neighbors Jamie (Glen Berry) and Ste (Scott Neal) -- unexpectedly fall in love. This moving slice of affecting kitchen-sink realism from Britain's esteemed Channel Four Films is adapted from the hit West End play penned by Jonathan Harvey, who also directs. Directed by:Hettie MacDonald
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3.7 Average Rating |
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|   One Nation Under God1993Runtime:0 minutesThis documentary explores the humorous techniques -- including theory from psychiatry and religion -- proposed to "cure" homosexuals. Through interviews and footage from the annals, the argument is made that homosexuality is nothing short of an affliction that can be treated. "Former" lesbian women are featured getting beauty tips, while "former" gay men take to the football fields to prove their masculinity. Directed by:Teodoro Maniaci
Francine Rzeznik
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3.4 Average Rating |
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|   The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love1995Runtime:0 minutesWhile working part-time at her aunt's gas station, defiant tomboy Randy Dean (Laurel Holloman) falls in love with Evie Roy (Nicole Ari Parker), a rich, straight honor student who's already in a relationship. The two girls navigate the magical and confusing world of young love. Writer-director Maria Maggenti's touching and funny debut won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Independent Film in 1996. Directed by:Maria Maggenti
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3.3 Average Rating |
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  The Little Rascals1994Runtime:0 minutesDelightfully hilarious fun for the whole family. This movie is inspired by Hal Roach's very popular "Our Gang" TV series. Both longtime fans and newcomers will enjoy the shenanigans of the funniest little mischief makers of all time. They're all here! Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky, Petey the dog and all of the rascals star in this hilarious motion picture hit. The Little Rascals, directed by Penelope Spheeris, brings a whole new generation of rascals to today's audiences. Directed by:Penelope Spheeris
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3.7 Average Rating |
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|   Buddy1997Runtime:0 minutesCompassionate Long Island socialite Gertrude Lintz (Rene Russo) opens her home to a menagerie of critters, including chimps and an ailing baby gorilla, raising them as her children. But the shenanigans of the growing young gorilla -- dubbed Buddy -- become increasingly difficult for Gertrude to control in this family-oriented film costarring Robbie Coltrane and Paul Reubens. The story is based on events taken from Lintz's autobiography. Directed by:Caroline Thompson
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3.3 Average Rating |
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|   Ruby Bridges1998Runtime:0 minutesDirector Euzhan Palcy brings to the screen events that helped shape American history: the integration of an all-white school in the 1960s by first-grader Ruby Bridges (Chaz Monet). Predictably, tensions arise as protesters fight Ruby's attendance. But aided by her courageous parents (Michael Beach and Lela Rochon), an enthusiastic teacher (Penelope Ann Miller) and a supportive child psychologist (Kevin Pollak), Ruby learns to face racism head-on. Directed by:Euzhan Palcy
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3.9 Average Rating |
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|   Peter and the Wolf2006Runtime:0 minutesWhen a wolf threatens the safety of a tiny Russian village, young outcast Peter -- whose only friend is a duck -- becomes an unlikely hero in this masterful, dialogue-free adventure set to Sergei Prokofiev's classic 1936 score. Filmmaker Suzie Templeton transplants the action of the classic folktale to contemporary Russia, which she illustrates with beguiling stop-motion animation. The film won the 2008 Oscar for Best Animated Short. Directed by:Suzie Templeton
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3.6 Average Rating |
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  Now and Then1995Runtime:0 minutesWaxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star. Directed by:Lesli Linka Glatter
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3.8 Average Rating |
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Now and Then (1995) A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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