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Films Not Made by Cis Men

Good and/or notable movies written and/or directed by women, nb folks, trans folks, marginalized genders. Arranged by year. Only for films I've seen, and I continually add more as I see them. Click "Read notes" to see relevant writer/director credits.

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  • Suspense.

    1

  • Mabel's Strange Predicament

    2

  • Shoes

    3

  • A Little Princess

    4

  • The Cigarette

    5

  • The Love Light

    6

  • The Smiling Madame Beudet

    7

  • The Plastic Age

    8

  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    9

  • Metropolis

    10

  • Get Your Man

    11

  • The Wild Party

    12

  • Anna Christie

    13

  • The Big House

    14

  • Madam Satan

    15

  • Min and Bill

    16

  • The Champ

    17

  • Harlequin

    18

  • Honor Among Lovers

    19

  • Mädchen in Uniform

    20

  • Working Girls

    21

  • Merrily We Go to Hell

    22

  • Red-Headed Woman

    23

  • Christopher Strong

    24

  • I'm No Angel

    25

  • Queen Christina

    26

  • Secrets

    27

  • She Done Him Wrong

    28

  • Belle of the Nineties

    29

  • The Thin Man

    30

  • The Woman Condemned

    31

  • First a Girl

    32

  • Goin' to Town

    33

  • Craig's Wife

    34

  • Go West Young Man

    35

  • The Awful Truth

    36

  • The Bride Wore Red

    37

  • Dead End

    38

  • Every Day's a Holiday

    39

  • Stella Dallas

    40

  • Bringing Up Baby

    41

  • The Women

    42

  • Dance, Girl, Dance

    43

  • My Little Chickadee

    44

  • Pride and Prejudice

    45

  • Saboteur

    46

  • Meshes of the Afternoon

    47

  • At Land

    48

  • Cover Girl

    49

  • The Uninvited

    50

  • Melody of a Murder

    51

  • Dear Murderer

    52

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    53

  • Not Wanted

    54

  • Shockproof

    55

  • Slightly French

    56

  • Adam's Rib

    57

  • Holiday Affair

    58

  • On the Town

    59

  • Harvey

    60

  • Never Fear

    61

  • Outrage

    62

  • Hard, Fast and Beautiful

    63

  • Olivia

    64

  • On Dangerous Ground

    65

  • On the Riviera

    66

  • Streetwalker

    67

  • The Marrying Kind

    68

  • Singin' in the Rain

    69

  • The Stranger Left No Card

    70

  • Sudden Fear

    71

  • The White Reindeer

    72

  • The Band Wagon

    73

  • The Bigamist

    74

  • The Hitch-Hiker

    75

  • Love Letter

    76

  • Street Corner

    77

  • The Teckman Mystery

    78

  • Forever a Woman

    79

  • Three Cases of Murder

    80

  • Eyewitness

    81

  • The Truth About Women

    82

  • Imitation of Life

    83

  • Bells Are Ringing

    84

  • Hideout in the Sun

    85

  • Integration Report 1

    86

  • The Connection

    87

  • Girls of the Night

    88

  • Nude on the Moon

    89

  • Victim

    90

  • Ceiling

    91

  • Cléo from 5 to 7

    92

  • David and Lisa

    93

  • The Wild Swans

    94

  • Blood Feast

    95

  • Ladybug Ladybug

    96

  • Something Different

    97

  • Loving Couples

    98

  • Marnie

    99

  • Meat Joy

    100

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