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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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| Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman |
  Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman2000In this spooky feature-length movie, Alvin, Simon and Theodore stage a production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and things get seriously creepy! Could it be that their neighbor Mr. Talbot is a werewolf? Directed by:Kathi Castillo
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3.9 Average Rating |
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|   Big1988Penny Marshall directs this whimsical comedy in which 12-year-old Josh yearns to be a grown-up, and when he makes that wish at a Coney Island fortunetelling machine, he awakens the next morning as a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks). Josh lands a job at a Manhattan toy company, where his child's-eye view helps him climb the ranks -- but he finds himself pining for all he left behind, despite the attention of a beautiful co-worker (Elizabeth Perkins). Directed by:Penny Marshall
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3.8 Average Rating |
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|   Toothless1997After her untimely death in an accident, self-absorbed dentist Katherine Lewis (Kirstie Alley) strikes a bargain to redeem herself and work her way out of afterlife limbo by taking on the job of the fabled Tooth Fairy. Lacking compassion at first, she begins to change when she befriends a troubled child (Ross Malinger) in this genial fantasy, which aired as part of the TV anthology series "The Wonderful World of Disney." Directed by:Melanie Mayron
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3.4 Average Rating |
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|   Tank Girl1995In the year 2033, a comet has turned Earth into a rainless wasteland, and a mega-corporation controls all of the remaining water. In an attempt to end the evil reign of the company's CEO (Malcolm McDowell), Rebecca (Lori Petty) and her shy friend (Naomi Watts) hijack a stolen tank and jet -- at once becoming Tank Girl and Jet Girl. But if they want to save the world, the super-heroines will need help from a mutant race of kangaroo-humans. Directed by:Rachel Talalay
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3.2 Average Rating |
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  Dream On: Seasons 1 & 21990HBO's first Emmy-winning series stars Brian Benben as Martin Tupper, a divorced book editor raising a teenage son (Chris Demetral) and jumping back into romantic waters while remaining friendly with his former wife, Judith (Wendie Malick). Intermingled with the craziness of Martin's life are scenes from old films, which serve as metaphors offering a glimpse into his thoughts. Guests include Tom Berenger, David Bowie, Eva Gabor and Gina Hecht. Directed by:John Landis
Betty Thomas
Arlene Sanford
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3.3 Average Rating |
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| | Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin |
  Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin1995When wealthy socialite Annabella Lagrange learns that her real mother is a madam at the local brothel, she flees the family estate with a childhood friend, and the two begin a new life in the working-class world. Directed by:Sarah Hellings
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3.8 Average Rating |
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|   Lightning!: Nova1989"Nova" takes you on a high-voltage trip into the most electrically charged weather in the world, culminating in a dazzling lightning show set to music. Join scientists as they tempt nature by creating the world's tallest lightning rod, which triggers awe-inspiring thunderbolts a few hundred feet from observers and creates a chunk of "petrified" lightning. Then, visit with some of lightning's tragic victims who thought they were out of harm's way. Directed by:Linda Garmon
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3.5 Average Rating |
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| | The Jacksons: An American Dream |
  The Jacksons: An American Dream1992Before they were stars, the Jackson 5 were just ordinary kids born into a blue-collar family from Gary, Ind. Family patriarch Joe (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) knows they're destined for stardom, but their eventual fame brings problems of its own. Angela Bassett, Margaret Avery and Holly Robinson Peete co-star in this Emmy Award-winning miniseries that reveals the tumult and triumph behind one of the biggest acts in pop music history. Directed by:Karen Arthur
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3.8 Average Rating |
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  Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me2009In her Emmy-nominated comedy special for HBO (filmed at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.), Wanda Sykes brings her take-no-prisoners comedy style to bear on Barack Obama's presidency, Republican tea parties and the inhuman torture that is bikini waxing. Whether she's sharing true stories about her interracial lesbian marriage or doing hard time as a performer on a gay cruise, Sykes is frequently abrasive -- and fearlessly funny. Directed by:Beth McCarthy-Miller
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3.9 Average Rating |
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|   Hannah Free2009One of them is a free-thinking butch lesbian, the other a married homemaker -- together, they've managed to sustain a decades-long love affair that's transcended time and place in this drama from helmer Wendy Jo Carlton. Sharon Gless -- a gay icon since her "Cagney & Lacey" days -- plays the "out" partner, Hannah, and Maureen Gallagher plays her married and now-comatose best friend and lover, Rachel, in this film based on a play by Claudia Allen. Directed by:Wendy Jo Carlton
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3.5 Average Rating |
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|   I Can't Marry You2004Helmed by Catherine Gray and narrated by Betty DeGeneres -- mother of lesbian celebrity Ellen DeGeneres -- this hourlong documentary tackles the controversial topic of gay marriage in the United States. Via interviews with civil-rights attorney Evan Wolfson and 20 same-sex couples, the film chronicles their struggles against religious opposition and homophobia -- issues not faced by their heterosexual counterparts. Directed by:Catherine Gray
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3.2 Average Rating |
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|   The Man of My Life2006When Frédéric (Bernard Campan) and his family meet a gay man named Hugo (Charles Berling) while vacationing in the Provençal countryside, their lives are irrevocably changed, as the two men develop a strong yet unconventional friendship. Although Frédéric is happily married to his wife, Frédérique (Léa Drucker), his bond with Hugo challenges the strength of his marriage and ultimately inspires him to reevaluate his life. Directed by:Zabou Breitman
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3.2 Average Rating |
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  Real Genius1985In this favorite '80s film starring a young Val Kilmer, some highly intelligent students are recruited for an advanced science project. What they don't know is that the data will be used by the military to develop a lethal weapon. Two of the students (Kilmer and Gabe Jarrett) team up to finish the project, but when they learn the military's secret, the geniuses plot revenge. Directed by:Martha Coolidge
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3.6 Average Rating |
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|   The Trouble with Angels1966Two teens turn a staid convent upside down with their youthful glee and zany antics. Although the pair gets in trouble for transgressions like invading the nuns' quarters and substituting soap for sugar in the kitchen, their charm wins everyone over. Directed by:Ida Lupino
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3.8 Average Rating |
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|   Friends: Season 61999With 55+ Emmy nominations under its belt, this celebrated sitcom has cemented itself as one of the most popular series of all time. In Season 6, Ross (David Schwimmer) doesn't tell Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) that their accidental marriage wasn't annulled, but he does tell a Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow). Monica (Courteney Cox Arquette) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) move in together, and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) has to find a new roommate. Directed by:Kevin S. Bright
Gail Mancuso
Gary Halvorson
David Schwimmer
Michael Lembeck
Ben Weiss
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3.1 Average Rating |
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|   That's What She Said2012While Bebe floats around in the first flush of new love, her best friend DeeDee is bitter and self-destructive after a breakup. When they meet Clementine, who's also dealing with relationship issues, the three go on a zany New York escapade together. Directed by:Carrie Preston
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3.1 Average Rating |
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  Now and Then1995Waxing 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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