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100 Narrative Feature Films Directed by Women Streaming Now on Netflix

7/24/2016

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by Kyna Morgan

​Yet again I find myself wishing that Netflix had a "women directors" category to search through for films to watch. Do they? Someone let me know if one exists because if it does, I certainly haven't found it yet.

If you haven't yet done so, head on over to WIF's #52filmsbywomen page (& use that hashtag on Twitter!) to take the pledge to watch 52 films directed by women this year. As of the writing of this post, over 7,500 people have signed it. Also check out Barbara O'Leary's amazing website Directed By Women (& use the #directedbywomen hashtag!) to find a plethora of resources about women in film, film events, filmmakers, and much more. There's also Female Directors website which separates films into genres and points you where to watch and buy. Go Watch It also has an excellent listing of films directed by women with a variety of ways for you to find, buy, or rent them. 

There are so many posts about what's currently streaming on Netflix, but because Netflix drops and adds titles so frequently, it can be hard to keep up with what is actually current, and you can find yourself reading articles with films listed as streaming on Netflix which you then find have been dropped. Please note that this post is accurate as of the morning of 7/25. So please peruse this current list of narrative feature films directed by women but note it is in no particular order, and only films with women directors having sole credit are included. To be as varied as possible, I have not repeated directors. 

​If you watch any of these films (or any others directed by women) and then tweet or post to Facebook about them, please tag @HerFilm (on Facebook) or @HerFilmProject (on Twitter) to let me know & I'll share and retweet so others can learn about them and hopefully watch, too.

Happy viewing!

Water (2005) dir. Deepa Mehta
The Lesser Blessed (2012) dir. Anita Doron
Cairo Time (2009) dir. Ruba Nadda
The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent
The Golden Era (2014) dir. Ann Hui
Middle of Nowhere (2012) dir. Ava DuVernay
Touchy Feely (2013) dir. Lynn Shelton
The Moment (2013) dir. Jane Weinstock
Ping Pong Playa (2007) dir. Jessica Yu
May in the Summer (2013) dir. Cherien Dabis
Fort Bliss (2014) dir. Claudia Myers
Meek's Cutoff (2011) dir. Kelly Reichardt
Honeymoon (2014) dir. Leigh Janiak
The Last Time You Had Fun (2014) dir. Mo Perkins
Free the Nipple (2014) dir. Lina Esco
Two-Bit Waltz (2014) dir. Clara Mamet
Zipper (2015) dir. Mora Stephens
Veronika Decides to Die (2009) dir. Emily Young
My Friends, My Love (London, Mon Amour) (2008) dir. Lorraine Levy
Flower Girl (2013) dir. Michelle Bello
The Falling (2014) dir. Carol Morley
Paraiso (2013) dir. Mariana Chenillo
It's Now Or Never (Ahora o Nunca) (2015) dir. Maria Ripoll
​Kajarya (2013) dir. Madhureeta Anand
Tallulah (2016) dir. Sian Heder -- begins streaming July 29
Second Coming (2014) dir. Debbie Tucker Green
Meadowland (2015) dir. Reed Morano
Sworn Virgin (2015) dir. Laura Bispuri
52 Tuesdays (2014) dir. Sophie Hyde
Amour Fou (2014) dir. Jessica Hausner
The Wonders (2014) dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Pariah (2011) dir. Dee Rees
Remembrance (2011) dir. Anna Justice
Northern Soul (2014) dir. Elaine Constantine
Girlhood (2014) dir. Celine Sciamma
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) (2007) dir. Patricia Riggen
Where Children Play (2014) dir. Leila Djansi
Let the Church Say Amen (2013) dir. Regina King
Love the One You're With (2014) dir. Patricia Cuffie-Jones
Mustang (2015) dir. Deniz Gamze Erguven
Grantham & Rose (2014) dir. Kristin Hanggi
Ask Me Anything (2014) dir. Allison Burnett
The Sisterhood of Night (2014) dir. Caryn Waechter
My Father's Guests (2010) dir. Anne Le Ny
Jenny's Wedding (2015) dir. Mary Agnes Donoghue
Sex, Death and Bowling (2015) dir. Ally Walker
Soulmate (2013) dir. Axelle Carolyn
Savannah (2013) dir. Annette Haywood-Carter
The Holiday (2006) dir. Nancy Meyers
Christmas Wedding Baby (2014) dir. Kiara Jones
Kiss of the Damned (2012) dir. Xan Cassavetes
Woman On Top (2000) dir. Fina Torres
For a Woman (2013) dir. Diane Kurys
Mississippi Damned (2009) dir. Tina Mabry
Big Stone Gap (2014) dir. Adriana Trigiani
Unexpected (2015) dir. Kris Swanberg
6 Years (2015) dir. Hannah Fidell
The Road Within (2014) dir. Gren Wells
The Girl in the Book (2014) dir. Marya Cohn
Bleeding Heart (2015) dir. Diane Bell
If I Were You (2012) dir. Joan Carr-Wiggin
Floating! (2015) dir. Julia C. Kaiser
Dial a Prayer (2015) dir. Maggie Kiley
​Hellion (2014) dir. Kat Candler
I Am Yours (2013) dir. Iram Haq
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) dir. Ana Lily Amirpour
All About E (2015) dir. Louise Wadley
Jugni (2016) dir. Shefali Bhushan
Inch'Allah (2012) dir. Anais Barbeau-Lavalette
B for Boy (2013) dir. Chika Anadu
Miss Julie (2014) dir. Liv Ullmann
Across the Universe (2007) dir. Julie Taymor
Even the Rain (2010) dir. Iciar Bollain
Plush (2013) dir. Catherine Hardwicke
When I Saw You (2012) dir. Annemarie Jacir
The Invitation (2015) dir. Karyn Kusama
Puppylove (2013) dir. Delphine Lehericey
The Last Keepers (2013) dir. Maggie Greenwald

Pure (2010) dir. Lisa Langseth
The Hot Flashes (2013) dir. Susan Seidelman
Beyond the Lights (2014) dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Advantageous (2015) dir. Jennifer Phang
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) dir. Mira Nair
​Serena (2014) dir. Susanne Bier
Yelling to the Sky (2011) dir. Victoria Mahoney
A Little Bit of Heaven (2011) dir. Nicole Kassell
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) dir. Lorene Scafaria
Ride (2015) dir. Helen Hunt
Tiny Furniture (2010) dir. Lena Dunham
A Case of You (2013) dir. Kat Coiro
Meet the Patels (2014) dir. Geeta V. Patel
Ayanda and the Mechanic (2015) dir. Sara Blecher
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) dir. Lynne Ramsay
The Year Dolly Parton was My Mom (2011) dir. Tara Johns
Wet Bum (2014) dir. Lindsay Mackey
Lucky Them (2013) dir. Megan Griffiths
#Horror (2014) dir. Tara Subkoff
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015) dir. Emily Ting​
Echo Park (2014) dir. Amanda Marsalis
Crazy Kind of Love (2012) dir. Sarah Siegel-Magness

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