March is Women’s History Month! In honor of women’s history, I’ve decided to write a list of some of the movies by female directors that I’ve watched over the course of the past year! Unfortunately, the odds are still incredibly stacked against women in the movie industry. Most movies, even ones that tell women’s stories, are directed by men! Not these thirteen, though.
Your Place Or Mine
Director: Aline Brosh Mckenna
Release Year: 2023
Genre: Romantic Comedy
If you’re looking for a cute friends to lovers story, this is the one for you! The chemistry isn’t super there, but most of it takes place long distance and the in person scenes are adorable.
The Drop
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Satire / Drama
I honestly still don’t really know what’s going on in this movie. It’s a deep case study on human beings and the way they react to things going moderately wrong. It’s a satire, but it doesn’t go all the way there, and that makes it interesting to watch.
Love and Leashes
Director: Park Hyun-Jin
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Romantic Comedy
This movie was so freaking cute! I am obsessed with romance, as you can probably tell by the number of romantic movies on this list, and this one had such a fun twist. Love and Leashes is about finding love when you have to hide a part of yourself— the fact that you’re into BDSM.
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Director: Claire Scanlon
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Romantic Comedy
I absolutely loved this movie! It was such an absolutely adorable little romcom, and Kristen Bell was incredible in that role.
Don’t Worry Darling
Director: Olivia Wilde
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Drama / Horror / Futuristic
You all know I had mixed feelings about this movie, but I think had there not been so much noise surrounding the release, I in fact would have enjoyed it much more! It was an exciting horror / drama that felt a little too close to being possible.
Do Revenge
Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Release Year: 2022
Genre: High School Drama
This movie was so fun and cute! It was a high school drama about a popular girl befriending a much less popular girl, only not all is as it seems. The acting and the clothing in this film were both impeccable!
Look Both Ways
Director: Wanuri Kahiu
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Romance
This was a lighthearted Netflix romcom, and if that’s what you’re looking for this is the movie for you. Lili Reinhart is incredible in both parts she plays, and it’s a fun tale of what would be different if you have a child too young.
Crush
Director: Sammi Cohen
Release Year: 2022
Genre: Romance
I love an enemies to lovers arc, and this movie delivered perfectly! There are rumors of off-screen drama between the cast, and if that’s the case the tension came through on the screen. They used that energy to be convincing enemies, and didn’t let it get in the way of when they became lovers.
Fear Street
Director: Leigh Janiak
Release Year: 2021
Genre: Horror
The Fear Street trilogy was so good! If you enjoy horror movies that take place over decades, with a twisting cast and lore that actually makes sense, you should most definitely watch these films! I love that rather than making one extraordinarily long movie there were three shorter ones, and it certainly served the plot.
Hustlers
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Release Year: 2019
Genre: Crime / Drama
I watched this movie with my friend while she got high for the first time, and my memories of it are inextricably tied to that. I love when women scam men and get away with it! Women winning (and suffering) against the odds is the perfect movie to end a Women’s History Month list.
Write Through the Night 