Women-directed Movie Browser

Browse · Basket (0)

Tip: tick posters, then Add to basket to carry picks across pages. · Hide plots

Poster for Love Stinks

2016 · ★ 0.0 (0)

It’s the 1980s, and Jay is thirteen years old. She’s managed to get her hands on a Playgirl magazine. She’s absolutely positive that it holds the key to unlocking womanhood for herself and her friends – if only they can muster the courage to open it.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Ladylike

2014 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Ladylike is a modern day noir that follows Vaughan and Harlan, two vintage vixens who have a penchant for retro… and retribution. Not only are they bosom buddies, Vaughan and Harlan’s disturbing pastime makes them a gruesome twosome.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Dream Girl

2016 · ★ 4.4 (7)

Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exist, to replace real interactions. When we devise a second version of ourselves on social media, do we lose a piece of our true selves in the process? Do our digital connections threaten our real life relationships? What happens if the filtered characters we’ve imagined take on a life of their own?

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Angèle and Tony

2011 · ★ 6.3 (41)

Angèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires her as a fishmonger, lodges her and teaches her the tricks of the trade. The relationships between Myriam, Tony's mother, and Angèle are far from easy but the young woman gradually adapts to her new environment and little by little Tony and Angèle manage to tame each other.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Fit Model

2019 · ★ 3.5 (4)

In Myna Joseph’s deft depiction of a woman fiercely determined to get by on her own terms, Lu Simon (Lucy Owen) is a thirty-something struggling actor navigating day jobs and errands across the city, while juggling negotiations with an unhelpful hospital billing department.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Gure oroitzapenak

2018 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The countenance of Joseba Sarrionandia is multi-faceted, not only for having dabbled in all literary forms of expression, but for having been capable of creating his own imagery, composed of endless worlds. Thus, several of the elements appearing in the literary world will undoubtedly appear here: the sea, the port, childhood, trains, uprooting, war, destruction, love, drifting, pain, fantasy, mystery, initiation, torture...

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Where the Early Bird Catches the Worm

1987 · ★ 5.9 (7)

A clever but often teased boy, is able to clone himself thanks to a stolen formula from a scientist. Time to take revenge on those bullies.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Happier Times, Grump

2018 · ★ 6.4 (30)

The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when the life walks in, all of a sudden. The granddaughter needs the stubbornness and wisdom of her grandpa. In return, The Grump gets a meaning for his life – and a big secret.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Guided

2025 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Guided comes from exploring African Orisha's and their connection to themes of grief and acceptance. Maya's journey is depicted through a physical representation of the deities as she comes to terms with her parents death. It's okay to navigate complex emotions and to connect spirituality with personal struggles, offering a reflection on life, death and acceptance.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for I Used to Be Funny

2024 · ★ 6.6 (56)

Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. The story unfolds between the present—where Sam tries to recover from her trauma and return to the stage—and the past, where memories of Brooke make it increasingly difficult to ignore her sudden disappearance.

JustWatch · Local

No poster

2015 · ★ 1.5 (2)

Newly homeless Mike struggles to survive his first 24 hours on the street with the help of a charming but unpredictable drug addict named Billy Sunshine.

JustWatch · Local

No poster

— · ★ 0.0 (0)

Set to shoot in 2026. Details TBA.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Awakening

1995 · ★ 0.0 (0)

1952, Budapest. Kati is thirteen years old when her mother dies. Her father works as a founder at the Miskolc foundry, deprived of his former position of director-engineer. Kati is left alone in their flat, transformed into a place crowded with tenants. That is, not quite: in her imagination her mother is alive again, for she still needs her.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for A Perfect Day

2005 · ★ 6.1 (5)

A day in the life of Malek, a young man who suffers from sleep disorders and is obsessed with thoughts of his ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, his overprotective mother struggles with the disappearance of her husband, who was kidnapped more than 15 years ago during the civil war.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Stones (Elements)

2008 · ★ 0.0 (0)

A man in a grey coat roams the city. He is interested in boys and men. Those good enough for him will get a green bag. Marija is home alone. She is the only woman to get a green bag. But the film does not end quite there.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Motherland

2017 · ★ 6.4 (14)

The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Belaseshe

2015 · ★ 6.9 (16)

A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Dear Kid

2017 · ★ 2.5 (2)

During a swimming lesson a mother starts to feel uneasy about the coach's relation to one of the kids, but she has no proof. She faces a dilemma; to make an accusation of the worst kind, or to ignore a child who is possibly getting abused.

JustWatch · Local

No poster

2017 · ★ 0.0 (0)

Alex (Leah Lauren) is a young actress trying to make it in Hollywood. Her friend Sam (Ivana Paige) shows her the ropes by taking her to parties and introduce her to that world.

JustWatch · Local

Poster for Finn

2024 · ★ 0.0 (0)

The AI short film Finn was created in 48 hours by Rikke Gregersen, Syver Lauritzen, and Steinar Klouman Hallert as part of the Cinema Synthetica Norway workshop.

JustWatch · Local