#52FilmsByWomen - 25th batch of 52 films Directed by Women
- Ellen Cheshire
- 14 minutes ago
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Here's the 25th batch of #52FilmsByWomen watched since taking the pledge in 2016. This batch of 52 films, 1250-1301, are those watched between November 2025 and February 2026. They included 26 feature films, 1 full-length documentary, 1 event cinema, 23 shorts and 1 TV episode.
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, 1042 - 1093, 1094 - 1145, 1146 - 1197
and 1197-1249.
From the new-to-me full-length fiction films, my Top 5 were:
Ghostlight (2024, Directed by Alex Thompson, Kelly O’Sullivan)
Hamnet (2025, Chloé Zhao)
Left-Handed Girl (2025, Shih-Ching Tsou)
Wuthering Heights (2026, Emerald Fennell) - read more here
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026, Nia DaCosta)
From the short film, my Top 10 were:
Along the Coast (1958, Agnès Varda)
O Seasons, O Castles (1958, Agnès Varda)
The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976, Agnès Varda)
The Lady of Shalott (1976, Sheila Graber)
Children of Wax (1988, Kathleen “Spud” Houston)
The So-Called Caryatids (1984, Agnès Varda)
Afronauts (2014, Nuotama Bodomo)
Outside the Box (2018, Katherine Hearst)
Beneath The Surface (2017, by Yero Timi-Biu, Jessica Ashman)
Childhood Memories (2018, Mary Martins)
List of all films 1198 - 1249
Chariot Riders (2015, Kate Jessop)
Mistletoe Murders: Peril of the Belles (2024, Sherry White)
Mistletoe Murders: Death of a Humbug (2024, Melanie Orr)
A Christmas Angel Match (2025, Christie Will Wolf)
The Holiday (2006, Nancy Meyers)
Christmas at the Inn (2025, Lisa France)
Hot Pursuit (2015, Anne Fletcher)
The Tocher (1937, Lotte Reiniger)
Christmas in Coming (1951, Lotte Reiniger)
Goodbye June (2025, Kate Winslet)
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas (2025, Clare Niederpruem)
Pete’s Christmas (2013, Nisha Ganatra)
Christmas at the Catnip Café (2025, Lucie Guest)
The Perfect Gift (2025, Molly Manners)
Christmas Solo (2017, Christie Will Wolf)
The Star of Bethlehem (1956, Vivian Milroy, Lotte Reiniger)
The Merchants of Joy (2025, Celia Aniskovich)
Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas (2023, Ali Liebert)
Signed Sealed Delivered s 1 ep 5: The Edge of Forever (2014, Lynne Stopkewich)
A House of Dynamite (2025, Kathryn Bigelow)
O Seasons, O Castles (1958, Agnès Varda)
Along the Coast (1958, Agnès Varda)
The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976, Agnès Varda)
Critters 3 (1991, Directed by Kristine Peterson)
Merrily We Roll Along (2025, Maria Friedman)
Outside the Box (2018, Katherine Hearst)
Hamnet (2025, Chloé Zhao)
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (2005, Kellie Martin)
Afronauts (2014, Nuotama Bodomo)
Beneath The Surface (2017, by Yero Timi-Biu, Jessica Ashman)
Childhood Memories (2018, Mary Martins)
100,000 Acres of Pine (2020, Jennifer Alice Wright)
Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006, Kellie Martin)
Children of Wax (1988, Kathleen “Spud” Houston)
Mildred (1960, Nancy Hanna, Vera Linnecar)
Honestly It’s the Story of My Life (1988, Sarah Ann Kennedy)
Mama (2025, Denise Moreno)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026, Nia DaCosta)
A Real Young Girl (1976, Catherine Breillat)
Poison Ivy (1992, Katt Shea)
Left-Handed Girl (2025, Shih-Ching Tsou)
A Cat Is A Cat (1971, Vera Linnecar)
Two Faces (1968, Alison De Vere)
Simon and Laura (1955, Muriel Box)
The Lady of Shalott (1976, Sheila Graber)
Blues Is My Middle Name (1998, Winta Yohannes)
Ghostlight (2024, Alex Thompson, Kelly O’Sullivan)
Women Reply (1975, Agnès Varda)
The So-Called Caryatids (1984, Agnès Varda)
Villa Amore (2025, Clare Niederpruem)
Wuthering Heights (2026, Emerald Fennell)
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016, Norma Bailey)
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