Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-director"

51. Brave (2012)

PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters

Votes: 443,635 | Gross: $237.28M

52. You Were Never Really Here (2017)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman

Votes: 128,062 | Gross: $2.53M

53. Hustlers (2019)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Mette Narrative

Votes: 107,891 | Gross: $104.96M

54. Deep Impact (1998)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.

Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 190,908 | Gross: $140.46M

55. Pleasure (2021)

R | 109 min | Drama

Bella 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 | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock

Votes: 22,612

56. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.

Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille

Votes: 41,611 | Gross: $2.21M

57. The Piano (1993)

R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin

Votes: 95,418 | Gross: $40.16M

58. Havoc (2005)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama

Two affluent suburban girls clash with the Latino gang culture of East Los Angeles.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn

Votes: 20,476

59. Star Wars: New Jedi Order (2026)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Pre-production

The plot is unknown.

Director: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Star: Daisy Ridley

60. Valley Girl (1983)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen

Votes: 18,549 | Gross: $16.80M

61. Birth/Rebirth (2023)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing, she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl's mother, a nurse, discovers her baby alive, they enter into a deal that forces them both down a dark path of no return.

Director: Laura Moss | Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool

Votes: 6,104

62. John Tucker Must Die (2006)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Three ex-girlfriends of a serial cheater set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush

Votes: 88,314 | Gross: $41.01M

63. Frozen II (2019)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.

Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee | Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff

Votes: 195,502 | Gross: $477.37M

64. Awakenings (1990)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson

Votes: 159,353 | Gross: $52.10M

65. Adoration (2013)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville

Votes: 36,778 | Gross: $0.32M

66. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old San Francisco writer, gets a divorce that leaves her with terminal writer's block and depression. Later, she decides to buy a house in Tuscany in order to change her life.

Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan

Votes: 59,956 | Gross: $43.61M

67. Unbroken (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Biography, Drama

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 183,111 | Gross: $115.64M

68. What Women Want (2000)

PG-13 | 127 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A cocky, chauvinistic advertising executive magically acquires the ability to hear what women are thinking.

Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda

Votes: 222,938 | Gross: $182.81M

69. Megan Leavey (2017)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Kate Mara, Ramón Rodríguez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford

Votes: 27,446 | Gross: $13.41M

70. Nomadland (2020)

R | 107 min | Drama

A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Gay DeForest

Votes: 184,209

71. Reminiscence (2021)

PG-13 | 116 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.

Director: Lisa Joy | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 65,817 | Gross: $3.90M

72. 28 Days (2000)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins

Votes: 54,545 | Gross: $37.17M

73. Suncoast (2024)

R | 109 min | Drama

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

Director: Laura Chinn | Stars: Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Daniella Taylor

Votes: 5,377

74. Super Mario Bros. (1993)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.

Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis

Votes: 63,131 | Gross: $20.92M

75. Booksmart (2019)

R | 102 min | Comedy

On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis

Votes: 131,572 | Gross: $22.68M

76. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

The original 1970s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 24,456 | Gross: $46.58M

77. Real Genius (1985)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades, Andres Aybar

Votes: 37,878 | Gross: $13.00M

78. Father Stu (2022)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama

Follows 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 | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, Teresa Ruiz

Votes: 30,800

79. The Nightingale (I) (2018)

R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie

Votes: 35,941 | Gross: $0.39M

80. Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.

Directors: Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Colman Domingo

Votes: 11,008

81. Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Music

After a humiliating command performance at The Kennedy Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.

Director: Elizabeth Banks | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow

Votes: 170,778 | Gross: $184.30M

82. Harriet (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn

Votes: 30,836

83. The Lost Daughter (2021)

R | 121 min | Drama

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris

Votes: 75,410

84. The Prince of Tides (1991)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan

Votes: 19,840 | Gross: $74.79M

85. Tank Girl (1995)

R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.

Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Don Harvey

Votes: 34,877 | Gross: $4.06M

86. Step Up (2006)

PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Tyler receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington

Votes: 127,120 | Gross: $65.33M

87. Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.

Director: Rachel Lambert | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, Marcia DeBonis

Votes: 2,622

88. Now and Then (1995)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch

Votes: 32,534 | Gross: $27.40M

89. Otherhood (2019)

R | 100 min | Comedy

A grounded, soulful, celebratory comedy about three mothers and their adult sons. The film explores the stage after motherhood, Otherhood, when you have to redefine your relationship with your children, friends, spouse, and most importantly, yourself.

Director: Cindy Chupack | Stars: Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman, Jake Hoffman

Votes: 12,589

90. Nowhere Boy (2009)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall

Votes: 39,021 | Gross: $1.45M

91. Shiva Baby (2020)

Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama

At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.

Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper

Votes: 33,592

92. The Women (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

A wealthy New Yorker wrestles with the decision to leave her cheating husband, as she and her friends discover that women really can have it all.

Director: Diane English | Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening, Debra Messing

Votes: 23,144 | Gross: $26.90M

93. Sleeping with Other People (2015)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A good-natured womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform them in ways, while a mutual attraction sets in.

Director: Leslye Headland | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Jordan Carlos, Margarita Levieva

Votes: 48,101 | Gross: $0.81M

94. Stick It (2006)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

After a run-in with the law, Haley is forced to return to the world from which she fled years ago. Enrolled in an elite gymnastics program run by the legendary Burt Vickerman, Haley's rebellious attitude slowly gives way to a team spirit.

Director: Jessica Bendinger | Stars: Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies, Nikki SooHoo

Votes: 30,484 | Gross: $26.87M

95. Four Rooms (1995)

R | 98 min | Comedy

Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year's Eve.

Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Chuck Jones | Stars: Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Sammi Davis, Amanda De Cadenet

Votes: 111,309 | Gross: $4.30M

96. Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History

Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

Director: Josie Rourke | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn

Votes: 55,491 | Gross: $16.47M

97. Grease 2 (1982)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.

Director: Patricia Birch | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy

Votes: 38,653 | Gross: $15.17M

98. Green Street Hooligans (2005)

R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren

Votes: 162,186 | Gross: $0.34M

99. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher

Votes: 116,737 | Gross: $32.54M

100. Strange Days (1995)

R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore

Votes: 78,611 | Gross: $7.92M