Female director movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female director movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, serious, sexy, erotic and sexual films and TV shows about / with female protagonist, women, nude, family relations, female nudity, woman, love, feminism, coming of age and feminist plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female director: The Piano (1993), Love Crimes (1992), Loving Annabelle (2006), Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Petite Maman (2021), Frozen (2013), Tomboy (2011), Brave (2012), Water Lilies (2007).
Best films
New films
| Desperation Road (2023) | 5.8 | |
| Animalia (2023) | 5.9 | |
| Jeanne du Barry (2023) | 6.7 | |
| Father Stu (2022) | 6.5 | |
| Barbie (2023) | 6.8 |
List of female director movies
101K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: New Zealand, Australia, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
piano, desire, sexual relations, adultery, couple relations, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, feminist, love, love affair, couples, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, scotland
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female district attorney is investigating a man who picks out women from public places by posing as a famous photographer, then takes pictures of them, then pushes on their submissive tendencies and takes advantage of them physically and ...
Style:
psychosexual thriller, erotic, sexual, neo noir, psycho sexual ...
Plot:
sex scene, voyeurism, making love, seduction, desire, sexual relations, male nudity, woman in jeopardy, held captive, extreme, law, victim ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
georgia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of ...
Style:
erotic, touching, sexy, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian romance, sapphic, older woman younger woman relationship, lesbian relationship, school, teenage life, lesbian teen, teachers and students ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
australia, melbourne
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Style:
meditative, sad, rough, serious, crying ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
abortion, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, teenage girl, female protagonist, teenage pregnancy, abortion clinic, 17 year old, teenager, sexual abuse, adolescence, cousin cousin relationship ...
Time:
year 2019, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style:
period piece, saga, entertaining, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, female warrior, superhuman powers, amazon, heroes, amazon tribe, strong female lead, warrior ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 2020s
Place:
washington d.c., russia, los angeles, hawaii, egypt ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Nelly has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods where her mother used to play and where she built the fort Nelly has ...
Style:
talky, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
forest, friendship, death of grandmother, female protagonist, magic realism, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, pyramid, female bonding, lake, father daughter relationship, little girl ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
707K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, power of love, happy ending, female protagonist, love and romance, wizards and magicians, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, seattle
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23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
Is relevant?
475K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, feminism, archer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lgbt, teenage girl, lesbian interest, lesbian teen, teenage love, sapphic, teenage sexuality, teenager, lesbian love, forbidden love ...
Place:
paris france, indiana, france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style:
visually stunning, period piece, visual, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
queen, french revolution, historical character, french history, royal court, royal family, decadence, royalty, aristocracy, teenage girl, monarchy, princess ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2006, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
twins, divorce, summer camp, mischievous children, lookalikes, single parent, child's point of view, dishonesty, father daughter relationship, twins separated at birth, children, matchmaking ...
Time:
year 1986, 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
london, california, big ben london, bay area, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.
Style:
erotic, sensual, independent film, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian erotica, lesbianism, lgbt, women, insecurity, sexual relations, fetish, bisexual woman, law, sexuality, lawyer ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, witty, intense, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, satire, death, sexism, dinner, vigilante, serial killer, dark humor, murder, wine, painter, hypocrisy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled "Let's Talk About Sex" and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Tiring of listening to callers' fantasies, ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, anthology, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female masturbation, lesbianism, lesbian sex, erotica, opposites attract, male nudity, menage a trois, nudity, couples, thirtysomething life, feminism, battle of the sexes ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, drug abuse, gangster, district attorney, investigation, money, police, policewoman, female police officer, killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of straight-edge literature professor Vivian who travels to Reno to get away from a relationship breakup when she falls in love with an attractive and unconventional girl named Cay.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lgbtq, gender, sapphic, divorce, self discovery, desert, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, passionate kiss ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, year 1985, 60s, 1950s
Place:
nevada, indiana, usa, san francisco, reno nevada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A story of love and obsession. A young radio personality who, after her mother dies, discovers she had been having a love affair for 15 years. Now she finds herself recreating her mother's romance by getting involved with a married man.
Style:
independent film, sexy, erotic, sexual, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
strong sexual content, radio, radio dj, love affair, obsession, erotica, husband wife relationship, loss of mother, love letter, female protagonist, mistress, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
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59K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Isabell Suba, ambitious up-and-coming director, has made it – one of her short films is in the line-up of the most important film festival of the world! When she arrives at the 65. Cannes film festival, she has face the accomplished facts: David, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
film industry, satire, women, movie business, film producer, male female partnership, sexism, humour, filmmaking, relationships, filmmaker, female empowerment ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In this genre-hopping road movie from Daughters of Fire director Albertina Carri, Violeta, the director of an amateur lesbian porn hit, is invited to make a mainstream crossover. With a budget and cast, but no firm idea where to go, the crew head ...
Style:
road movie, independent film, comedy drama, erotic, transgressive ...
Plot:
film industry, lgbtq, lesbian, road trip, social commentary, sexuality, creative process, female sexuality, satire, ecology, identity, experimental narrative ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Danielle Steel's novel of a celebrated actress-filmmaker whose family life is marked with love and strife.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, realistic, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
divorce, actress, gay son, hollywood, family relations, parents and children, career, female protagonist, ambition, mother daughter relationship, female empowerment, domestic drama ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A prison-set musical about a female theater director who sets up a reinterpretation of the Crucifixion.
Style:
satirical, controversial, dark comedy, absurd
Plot:
prison, performance art, female empowerment, moral ambiguity, dancing, singing, claustrophobia, redemption, shakespeare, last supper, jail, theater ...
Place:
turin italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Finland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, opera, theater, female protagonist, theatre director, repression, theatre group, theatrical producer, problem, stage actress, theatre play, character study ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In these two short films we will follow the lives of two women in a doctor's waiting room as they await to hear if they have breast cancer. Each short story will follow their journey after receiving the life changing diagnosis. All stories are ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, medical drama ...
Plot:
breast cancer, cancer, black american, diagnosis, black woman, medical examination, doctors and patients, multiple storylines, doctor, lifestyle change, illness, women ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An episode film initiated by Erik Borge, the fresh director of Norwegian Film, giving fresh film makers a chance of being seen by a big audience. Anja Breien, Egil Kolstø and Espen Thorstensons got the chance with very diverse films.An episode film ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, art house, experimental, period piece ...
Plot:
slice of life, intimate, identity, social realism, festival, satire, director, black death, legend, plague, past, village ...
Time:
year 1970, 14th century, future
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
TV show
Story:
Actor-turned-director Valérie Donzelli brings us Nona and Her Daughters, a delightful 30-minute dramedy series on the theme of motherhood. Nona, brought to life by the enchanting Miou-Miou (Going Places, Entre Nous) is a 70-year-old feminist. ...
Style:
funny, exciting, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
motherhood, pregnancy, female empowerment, feminism, sister sister relationship, sister, daughter, kids and family, family problems, mother daughter relationship, family life, three sisters ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Zeliha is back: Crazy and candid as ever, and she still gets herself into all sorts of trouble. Seeking love in the first film, Zeliha is now after a career in the sequel, as she dreams of becoming a cook and starts working in a luxury restaurant. ...
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot:
love and romance, comedy of errors, best friend, goofy hero, misfit, masculine woman, farce, looking for love, disorder, photographer, society, nothing goes right ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Riley is growing up and when her memories need some extra processing, Joy and the rest of the Core Emotions send them to Dream Productions.
Style:
heartfelt, uplifting, animated comedy, surreal, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
joy, imagination, dream, preteen, grownups, children, self discovery, coming of age, showbiz, empathy, identity, nostalgia ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests ...
Style:
slasher, scary, creepy, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, high school, teenager, marijuana, gory, psychopath, blood, camp, female nudity, killer, women ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
venice california, los angeles, venice beach california, california
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