I can’t vote for Oscars but I do feel like I can do my small part to bring more attention to women making movies. So for 2020 I’m going to do the #52filmsbywomen challenge. I’ll keep track of them in this thread.

1. Fast Color (2018). Dir. Julia Hart
2. Blue Steel (1990). Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
3. The Turning (2020) Dir. Floria Sigismondi
4. Little Woods (2018) Dir. Nia DaCosta
5. Something’s Gotta Give (2003) Dir. Nancy Meyers
6. The Rhythm Section (2020) Dir. Reed Morano
7. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Dir. Cathy Yan
8. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) Dir. Issa Lopez
9. Goodnight Mommy (2014) Dir. Veronika Franz (and Severin Fiala)
10. The Lodge (2019) Dir. Veronika Franz (and Severin Fiala)
11. Near Dark (1987) Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
12. Booksmart (2019) Dir. Olivia Wilde -rewatch
13. American Psycho (2000) Dir. Mary Harron -rewatch
14. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Dir. Valerie Faris (and Jonathan Dayton)
15. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) Dir. Amy Holden Jones
16. National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) Dir. Amy Heckerling
17. Marie Antoinette (2006) Dir. Sofia Coppola
18. Wonder Woman (2009) Dir. Lauren Montgomery
19. Aeon Flux (2005) Dir. Karyn Kusama

Revisiting this.
20. The Old Guard (2020) Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
21. Sea Fever (2019) Dir. Neasa Hardiman
22. Eve’s Bayou (1997) Dir. Kasi Lemmons
23. Relic (2020) Dir. Natalie Erika James
24. Shirley (2020) Dir. Josephine Decker
25. Spielberg (2017) Dir. Susan Lacy
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