All All. Sign In. In case you're a fan of film analysis, you might enjoy my dissection of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, which you can find here: eyescream Names are bound to shift and slide as I catch up with a master's masterpieces. The films I've seen are listed first, and in descending order of recommendation.
I decided to list everything I've seen, since women have herstorically had less opportunity for directorial vastness and I didn't want to make it worse by being choosey , so, in some cases, it can be a pretty steep drop off from first title to second. Most of the top 50 are fairly consistent, though. The other tragedy this highlights is how hard it is to accidentally watch more than one film from a woman director's perspective - even for a driven moviegoer like myself, of my almost titles-worth of viewing, I've got less than women with at least one film I'd give a perfect score to.
I did decide this time around this is an update of a deleted list to leave out directors where I've only seen their TV works, since I don't think the format allows for the same singularity of vision as film.
But if I could throw one back in, it would be Beth McCarthy-Miller, who helmed what I consider the golden age of Saturday Night Live, as well as a sizeable chunk of one of the greatest series of all time, 30 Rock. And in case you're like me, and you're on a quest to see as many female-helmed films as possible, what follows here is my current list of directors I haven't made time for yet.
Feel free to suggest any I've overlooked with a title of note, if you don't mind , and I'll add them. Also, you'll notice I included titles on the list I'm hoping to see later: just so you know, these are mostly titles I've had recommended from various sources.
