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The 100 Best Movies Written by Women
Welcome to our guide of the best movies written by women: These are highly Certified Fresh films (nothing on the list falls below 94%) whose screenplay credit goes in part or fully to women.
The journey begins nearly a century ago with 1925’s
Battleship Potemkin, written by Nina Agadzhanova, inspired by her own participation in Soviet uprisings. Just two years later,
Metropolis, cinema’s first sci-fi feature masterpiece, emerged out of Germany, written by Thea von Harbou. The 1930s were one of those peak decades for movies, in no small part thanks to
King Kong (co-written by Ruth Rose),
20 Essential Horror Films Directed by Women
Near Dark (1987)
Female characters are prominent in scary movies, and not always as helpless victims. Think about the Final Girl, without whom slasher films would not exist, or other kick-ass heroines, like
Alien’s Ripley. Behind the camera, though, you’ll find
way more male writers and directors which is why these horror movies directed by women are worthy of extra celebration.
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Director Harron
(I Shot Andy Warhol) and Guinevere Turner co-wrote the script, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’ satirical best-seller about a materialistic, appearance-obsessed, serial-killing yuppie. Christian Bale’s note-perfect titular turn forever distanced him from his child-star beginnings, and Harron’s movie stylish and impressively grisly, while still emphasizing the source material’s razor-sharp, pitch-black humor continues to be influential in so many ways. Where would
Kelly Vaiman, an avid cozy mystery fan, likes to sit and read in her living room in Boynton Beach, Fla.Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press
âA book,â author Neil Gaiman may or may not have said, âis a dream you hold in your hand.â And right now, in an era of pandemic and polarization, Americans have â and need â a lot of dreams.
We dream of unfettered travel, of a world free of masks and hand sanitizer, of days that are exciting and new and not the grinding tedium of spending hour after hour staring, horrified, at the TV news. We dream of going back to school. Of eating a meal with family. Of hugs.
Celebrate Women s History Month with the best movies directed by women from the past 20 years: The films that entertained, transported us, and broke new ground.