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Top 100 Women-Directed Films on Letterboxd (Popular)

Can you name the highest-rated women-directed films on Letterboxd? (This quiz only includes movies with over 100k watches. For the top 100 women-directed films regardless of popularity, click here: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/2220865/top-100-women-directed-films-on-letterboxd)
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This list is sourced directly from Letterboxd and will be updated every 6 months
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Year
Director
Actor
Movie
1
2002
Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues
City of God
2
2019
Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3
1975
Chantal Akerman
Delphine Seyrig
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
4
2022
Charlotte Wells
Paul Mescal
Aftersun
5
2006
Valerie Faris
Toni Collette
Little Miss Sunshine
6
2007
Marjane Satrapi
Chiara Mastroianni
Persepolis
7
2018
Nadine Labaki
Zain Al Rafeea
Capernaum
8
2016
Naoko Yamada
Miyu Irino
A Silent Voice: The Movie
9
2025
Chloé Zhao
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet
10
1962
Agnès Varda
Corinne Marchand
Cléo from 5 to 7
11
2019
Greta Gerwig
Saoirse Ronan
Little Women
12
1999
Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves
The Matrix
13
2015
Anna Muylaert
Regina Casé
The Second Mother
14
2023
Celine Song
Greta Lee
Past Lives
15
2015
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Güneş Nezihe Şensoy
Mustang
16
2023
Paola Cortellesi
Paola Cortellesi
There's Still Tomorrow
17
1965
Agnès Varda
Jean-Claude Drouot
Le Bonheur
18
1999
Claire Denis
Denis Lavant
Beau Travail
19
2023
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller
Anatomy of a Fall
20
2001
Vicky Jenson
Mike Myers
Shrek
21
1985
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire
Vagabond
22
2021
Céline Sciamma
Joséphine Sanz
Petite Maman
23
2016
Shoko Nakamura
Kenji Nojima
Dou kyu sei - Classmates
24
2017
Nora Twomey
Saara Chaudry
The Breadwinner
25
2023
Alice Rohrwacher
Josh O'Connor
La Chimera
26
1998
Brenda Chapman
Val Kilmer
The Prince of Egypt
27
2018
Alice Rohrwacher
Adriano Tardiolo
Happy as Lazzaro
28
2019
Lulu Wang
Awkwafina
The Farewell
29
2025
Eva Victor
Eva Victor
Sorry, Baby
30
1996
Cheryl Dunye
Cheryl Dunye
The Watermelon Woman
31
1995
Beeban Kidron
Patrick Swayze
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
32
1996
Lana Wachowski
Gina Gershon
Bound
33
2022
Bang Woo-ri
Kim Yoo-jung
20th Century Girl
34
2004
Alice Wu
Joan Chen
Saving Face
35
1999
Jamie Babbit
Natasha Lyonne
But I'm a Cheerleader
36
2017
DK Welchman
Douglas Booth
Loving Vincent
37
1966
Věra Chytilová
Jitka Cerhová
Daisies
38
2011
Céline Sciamma
Zoé Héran
Tomboy
39
2020
Eliza Hittman
Sidney Flanigan
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
40
2016
Maren Ade
Sandra Hüller
Toni Erdmann
41
1990
Penny Marshall
Robert De Niro
Awakenings
42
2008
Loveleen Tandan
Dev Patel
Slumdog Millionaire
43
2023
Raine Allen-Miller
David Jonsson
Rye Lane
44
2019
Kelly Reichardt
John Magaro
First Cow
45
2023
Ariane Louis-Seize
Sara Montpetit
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
46
1994
Gillian Armstrong
Winona Ryder
Little Women
47
2002
Kelly Asbury
Matt Damon
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
48
2024
Payal Kapadia
Kani Kusruti
All We Imagine as Light
49
2021
Sian Heder
Emilia Jones
CODA
50
2009
Nora Twomey
Evan McGuire
The Secret of Kells
51
1993
Jane Campion
Holly Hunter
The Piano
52
1999
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst
The Virgin Suicides
53
2012
Mika Ninagawa
Erika Sawajiri
Helter Skelter
54
2008
Phyllida Lloyd
Meryl Streep
Mamma Mia!
55
2009
Andrea Arnold
Katie Jarvis
Fish Tank
56
1995
Kathryn Bigelow
Ralph Fiennes
Strange Days
57
2017
Greta Gerwig
Saoirse Ronan
Lady Bird
58
2004
Jessica Sharzer
Kristen Stewart
Speak
59
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand
Nomadland
60
2019
Alma Har'el
Shia LaBeouf
Honey Boy
61
1992
Penny Marshall
Geena Davis
A League of Their Own
62
2023
Emma Seligman
Rachel Sennott
Bottoms
63
2011
Lynne Ramsay
Tilda Swinton
We Need to Talk About Kevin
64
1998
Nancy Meyers
Lindsay Lohan
The Parent Trap
65
2022
Sarah Polley
Rooney Mara
Women Talking
66
2020
Emma Seligman
Rachel Sennott
Shiva Baby
67
2014
Ava DuVernay
David Oyelowo
Selma
68
2000
Mary Harron
Christian Bale
American Psycho
69
2014
Ana Lily Amirpour
Sheila Vand
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
70
2003
Sofia Coppola
Bill Murray
Lost in Translation
71
2016
Andrea Arnold
Sasha Lane
American Honey
72
2023
Molly Gordon
Ben Platt
Theater Camp
73
1991
Kathryn Bigelow
Keanu Reeves
Point Break
74
2019
Shannon Murphy
Eliza Scanlen
Babyteeth
75
2008
Kathryn Bigelow
Jeremy Renner
The Hurt Locker
76
2023
Kelly Fremon Craig
Abby Ryder Fortson
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
77
2024
Coralie Fargeat
Demi Moore
The Substance
78
2011
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Jack Black
Kung Fu Panda 2
79
2018
Debra Granik
Thomasin McKenzie
Leave No Trace
80
2006
Sofia Coppola
Kirsten Dunst
Marie Antoinette
81
2024
Andrea Arnold
Nykiya Adams
Bird
82
2023
Greta Gerwig
Margot Robbie
Barbie
83
2004
Angela Robinson
Sara Foster
D.E.B.S.
84
2020
Autumn de Wilde
Anya Taylor-Joy
Emma.
85
2019
Olivia Wilde
Kaitlyn Dever
Booksmart
86
2019
Melina Matsoukas
Daniel Kaluuya
Queen & Slim
87
1995
Amy Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone
Clueless
88
2020
Miranda July
Evan Rachel Wood
Kajillionaire
89
2025
Namkoong Sun
Shin Eun-soo
Love Untangled
90
2012
Kathryn Bigelow
Jessica Chastain
Zero Dark Thirty
91
1999
Kimberly Peirce
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
92
2022
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Viola Davis
The Woman King
93
1993
Agnieszka Holland
Kate Maberly
The Secret Garden
94
2012
Peggy Holmes
Mae Whitman
Secret of the Wings
95
2017
Lynne Ramsay
Joaquin Phoenix
You Were Never Really Here
96
2016
Julia Ducournau
Garance Marillier
Raw
97
2020
Regina King
Kingsley Ben-Adir
One Night in Miami...
98
2024
Nora Fingscheidt
Saoirse Ronan
The Outrun
99
2020
Emerald Fennell
Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman
100
2021
Jane Campion
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Power of the Dog
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3 Comments
DaisyBee
+1
Level 58
Jan 26, 2026
From Letterboxd:

-This list counts women co-directors. Also includes transgender, non-binary and gender expansive directors.

-Films must be feature-length (more than 40 minutes), with a theatrical and/or festival release.

-Documentaries of any kind, short films, theater/stage, TV series or miniseries, and episodes are excluded. TV movies are included.

-There is a 100,000 minimum watches threshold.

ESparkle
+2
Level 75
Feb 3, 2026
The year for First Cow is incorrect :)
DaisyBee
+1
Level 58
Feb 9, 2026
Just fixed it, forgot to add the 1! Thank you! :)
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