The Oscar for Best Female Director
In 2023, as in most years, the Oscar nominees for Best Director were men.
If there was an award for the best female director, which of these Oscar eligible films directed by women do you think should win?
Because there is no shortage of options, the list is limited to films with a minimum 6.0 rating based on at least 3,000 IMDb voters as of February 2023.
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If there was an award for the best female director, which of these Oscar eligible films directed by women do you think should win?
Because there is no shortage of options, the list is limited to films with a minimum 6.0 rating based on at least 3,000 IMDb voters as of February 2023.
Discuss here
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- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...Director: Charlotte Wells
- DirectorHalina ReijnStarsAmandla StenbergMaria BakalovaMyha'laWhen a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly.Director: Halina Reijn
- DirectorAbi Damaris CorbinStarsJohn BoyegaNicole BeharieSelenis LeyvaA Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.Director: Abi Damaris Corbin
- DirectorPhyllis NagyStarsElizabeth BanksSigourney WeaverChris MessinaA married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.Director: Phyllis Nagy
- DirectorLena DunhamStarsBella RamseyBillie PiperAndrew ScottA 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.Director: Lena Dunham
- DirectorLila NeugebauerStarsJennifer LawrenceBrian Tyree HenryLinda EmondA US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.Director: Lila Neugebauer
- DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsVicky KriepsFlorian TeichtmeisterKatharina LorenzA fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.Director: Marie Kreutzer
- DirectorOlivia WildeStarsFlorence PughHarry StylesChris PineWhile her husband leaves home everyday to work in a top secret facility, a young 1950s housewife begins to question her life when she notices strange behavior from the other wives in the neighborhood.Director: Olivia Wilde
- DirectorFrances O'ConnorStarsEmma MackeyOliver Jackson-CohenFionn Whitehead"Emily" imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers, who died, too soon, at age 30.Director: Frances O'Connor
- DirectorRosalind RossStarsMark WahlbergMel GibsonJacki WeaverFollows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.Director: Rosalind Ross
- DirectorSara DosaStarsMiranda JulyKatia KrafftMaurice KrafftIntrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.Director: Sara Dosa
- DirectorSophie HydeStarsEmma ThompsonDaryl McCormackIsabella LaughlandNancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. And she has a plan, which involves hiring a young sex worker named Leo Grande.Director: Sophie Hyde
- DirectorLaure de Clermont-TonnerreStarsEmma CorrinJack O'ConnellMatthew DuckettAn unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on her husband's country estate.Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
- DirectorPeggy HolmesJavier AbadStarsEva NoblezadaSimon PeggJane FondaThe curtain is pulled back on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects everyday lives.Director: Peggy Holmes
- DirectorYelena PopovicStarsAris ServetalisAleksandr PetrovMickey RourkeExiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.Director: Yelena Popovic
- DirectorKat CoiroStarsJennifer LopezOwen WilsonMalumaMusic superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she instead decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd.Director: Kat Coiro
- DirectorNinja ThybergStarsSofia KappelZelda MorrisonEvelyn ClaireBella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.Director: Ninja Thyberg
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsZoe KazanCarey MulliganPatricia ClarksonJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.Director: Maria Schrader
- DirectorSally El HosainiStarsMatthias SchweighöferAli SulimanJames Krishna FloydFrom war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.Director: Sally El Hosaini
- DirectorChinonye ChukwuStarsDanielle DeadwylerJalyn HallFrankie FaisonIn 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.Director: Chinonye Chukwu
- DirectorDomee ShiStarsRosalie ChiangSandra OhAva MorseA thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.Director: Domee Shi
- DirectorOlivia NewmanStarsDaisy Edgar-JonesTaylor John SmithHarris DickinsonA woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.Director: Olivia Newman
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsNaomi AckieStanley TucciAshton SandersA joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.Director: Kasi Lemmons
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsViola DavisThuso MbeduLashana LynchA historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.Director: Sarah Polley