Who Runs The World? Girls!

In honor of Women’s History Month, I thought I’d come up with a list of my favorite movies directed by, written by, or starring women. Why not books, you say? I’m an equal opportunity lover of all things artistic. Plus, I talk about books A LOT so I’m switching it up here.

These are in no particular order:

 

Directed By:

Big, Penny Marshall

A League of Their Own, Penny Marshall

Brave, Brenda Chapman

Sleepless in Seattle, Nora Ephron

Clueless, Amy Heckerling

Boys Don’t Cry, Kimberly Peirce

You’ve Got Mail, Nora Ephron

Prince of Egypt, Brenda Chapman

Bridget Jones’s Diary, Sharon Maguire

Bent it Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha

The Matrix, Wachowski Siblings

Zero Dark Thirty, Katherine Bigelow

Selma, Ava DuVernay

Written By:

Clueless, Amy Heckerling

Erin Brockovich, Susannah Grant

Interview With A Vampire, Anne Rice

Mean Girls, Tina Fey

Thelma and Louise, Callie Khouri

When Harry Met Sally, Nora Ephron

Letters From Iwo Jima, Iris Yamashita

Shutter Island, Laeta Kalogridis

Mrs. Doubtfire, Leslie Dixon

Legally Blonde, Karen McCullah & Kristen Smith

Juno, Diablo Cody

Starring:

Bridesmaids, Melissa McCarthy, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Ellie Kemper

Bend it Like Beckham, Kiera Knightly, Parminder Nagra

The Help, Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney

Precious, Gabourey Sidibe

Girl, Interrupted, Wynona Rider, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy

Black Swan, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis

Easy A, Emma Stone

Imagine Me and You, Piper Perabo, Lena Headey

Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon

Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence

GI Jane, Demi Moore

The Color Purple, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg

Kill Bill (1 and 2), Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu

Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Elizabeth Banks

The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep

Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan

Carol, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara

The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence

Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whitle

Charlie’s Angels, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Daisy Ridley

 

Some of these (a lot, actually) overlap categories, but I didn’t include them in each section. I placed them in the category for which I most like the representation, or at least, I tried to because for some I like in overlapping categories as well. I could have included WAY more accomplished women on this list but I tried to be selective.

There are so many talented ladies out there developing incredible stories for the big screen or portraying women in such varied and heartfelt ways. But this list needs to get bigger! There need to be more films written by, directed by, and starring women. Since these are only my favorites, if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment!