Here's the 22nd batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This blog covers films watched between September 2024 - March 2025 directed/co-directed by women. This collection of 52 includes 18 documentaries, 27 full length fiction films (inc TV movies), 2 TV series and 5 short films.
Read about films: 1 – 52, 53 - 104, 105 - 156, 157 - 208, 209 - 260, 261 - 312, 313 - 365, 366 - 417, 418 - 469, 470 - 521, 522 - 573, 574 - 625, 626 - 677, 678 - 729, 730 - 781, 782 - 833, 834 - 885, 886 - 937, 938 - 989, 990 - 1041 and 1042 - 1093.
From the 27 new-to-me full-length fiction films, my Top 10 were:
Babygirl (2024, Halina Reijn)
The Fallout (2021, Megan Park)
Hatching (2022, Hanna Bergholm)
The Lesson (2023, Alice Troughton)
Lisa Frankenstein (2024, Zelda Williams)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta)
Love Lies Bleeding (2024, Rose Glass)
My Old Ass (2024, Megan Park)
Red Road (2006, Andrea Arnold)
Seven Beauties (1975, Lina Wertmüller)
From the 18 documentaries of various lengths, my Top 5 were:
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012, Sophie Huber)
Frida (2024, Carla Gutierrez)
Never Look Away (2024, Lucy Lawless)
The Real Jane Austen (2002, Nicky Pattison)
Daughters (2024, Angela Patton, Natalie Rae)
The 5 short films were:
Brat/Gör (2022, Anna Roller)
Aria (2017, Myrsini Aristidou)
Land Without Evil (2017, Katalin Egely)
Madagascar (2021, Marina Klauser)
I’m Not a Robot (2023, Victoria Warmerdam)
You can read reviews of all these films on my letterboxd.
Films 1094 - 1145
1094. Brat/Gör (2022, Anna Roller)
1095. Aria (2017, Myrsini Aristidou)
1096. Land Without Evil (2017, Katalin Egely)
1097. Madagascar (2021, Marina Klauser)
1098. Hatching (2022, Hanna Bergholm)
1099. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992, Fran Rubel Kuzui)
1100. The Irresponsibles (1929, Mary Field)
1101. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder (2024, Jessica Harmon)
1102. Evita: The Making of a Superstar (2018, Victoria James)
1103. The Prince & Me (2004, Martha Coolidge)
1104. How to File (1941, Kay Mander)
1105. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012, Sophie Huber)
1106. Awakenings (1990, Penny Marshall)
1107. My Old Ass (2024, Megan Park)
1108. The Portrait of a Lady (1996, Jane Campion)
1109. Murder Is Easy (2023, Meenu Gaur)
1110. The World of Jacques Demy (1995, Agnès Varda)
1111. Moonlight & Mistletoe (2008, Karen Arthur)
1112. How to Deter a Robber (2020, Maria Bissell)
1113. Daughters (2024, Angela Patton, Natalie Rae)
1114. An American in Austen (2024, Clare Niederpruem)
1115. Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (2024, Christine Gernon)
1116. The Substance (2024, Coralie Fargeat)
1117. Christmas in Notting Hill (2023, Ali Liebert)
1118. Wish (2023, Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn)
1119. Lisa Frankenstein (2024, Zelda Williams)
1120. The People’s Joker (2022, Vera Drew)
1121. Ordeal by Innocence (2018, Sandra Goldbacher)
1122. Frida (2024, Carla Gutierrez)
1123. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta)
1124. The Lesson (2023, Alice Troughton)
1125. Normal People (2020, Lenny Abrahamson, Hettie Macdonald)
1126. Seven Beauties (1975, Lina Wertmüller)
1127. The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023, Molly O’Brien)
1128. Sugarcane (2024, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat)
1129. I Am Ready, Warden (2024, Smriti Mundhra)
1130. Fabulous (2019, Audrey Jean-Baptiste)
1131. Blink Twice (2024, Zoë Kravitz)
1132. I’m Not a Robot (2023, Victoria Warmerdam)
1133. Babygirl (2024, Halina Reijn)
1134. Black Box Diaries (2024, Shiori Ito)
1135. Instruments of a Beating Heart (2024, Ema Ryan Yamazaki)
1136. Round and Round (2023, Stacey N. Harding)
1137. Rip in Time (2022, Jessica Harmon)
1138. Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001, Patty Ivins)
1139. Never Look Away (2024, Lucy Lawless)
1140. Once Upon a Time… The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2008, Marie Genin)
1141. The Real Jane Austen (2002, Nicky Pattison)
1142. Red Road (2006, Andrea Arnold)
1143. Love Lies Bleeding (2024, Rose Glass)
1144. The Fallout (2021, Megan Park)
1145. Speed Racer (2008, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski)
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