#Crucial21DbW: Thank you & More to Explore

I want to thank everyone involved in the Crucial 21st Century Cinema #DirectedbyWomen communal blogging initiative in 2019: writers, editors, graphic designers, social media activists, readers, etc. This yearlong adventure in film love has been invigorating.

We published 274 posts during the #Crucial21DbW. Each post was written by a different film lover about a different film, TV episode, music video, etc. that they experienced as contributing something crucial to 21st Century Cinema. There was quite a range of work highlighted. It’s just a glimpse into what’s out there to explore, but I hope you’ve found it eye opening. And I definitely hope it inspires you to seek out opportunities to experience a wider range of work by women directors.

I want to give a particular shout out to each of the editors who volunteered so skillfully and generously on the project: Alena Schoonmaker, Amanda Konkle, Amy Starkey, BC Wallin, Bedatri Choudhury, Christl Stringer, Cody Corrall, Daniel Kiniry, Ellen Cheshire, Hugo Lau, Isabella DeLeo, Jenni Holz, Marie Ullrich, Marina Viscun, Marissa De La Cerda, Mary Beth McAndrews, Matthew Roe, Sara Clements, Shilyh Warren, Steph Brandhuber, and Steven Galvin. Thank you!

As we move into 2020 and shift attention to other initiatives, I want to take this time to share the titles of over 200 additional films, TV episodes, etc. that were under consideration by film lovers. Some of these were proposed by writers who ultimately chose to select other works as the focus of their posts. Some were proposed by over a hundred other people who expressed interest in contributing insights to the project, but whose schedules or other challenges kept them from participating. I thought this could help fuel your #DirectedbyWomen Film Viewing Practice for 2020.

1. Across the Universe directed by Julie Taymor
2. Adult Life Skills directed by Rachel Tunnard
3. All About Nina directed by Eva Vives
4. Almost There directed by Jacqueline Zünd
5. Always Be My Maybe directed by Nahnatchka Khan
6. American Mary directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska
7. Anatomy of Violence directed by Deepa Mehta
8. Angie + Zahra directed by Yulin Kuang
9. Another Year / You yi nian directed by Shengze Zhu
10. Appropriate Behavior directed by Desiree Akhavan
11. Archipelago directed by Joanna Hogg
12. Atlantic is a Sea of Bones directed by Tourmaline (f.k.a. Reina Gossett)
13. Austenland directed by Jerusha Hess
14. Away from Her directed by Sarah Polley
15. The Bad Batch directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
16. Bao directed by Domee Shi
17. Bastards directed by Claire Denis
18. Beauties of the Night / Bellas de Noche directed by María José Cuevas
19. Beauty directed by Christina Willings
20. Before Summer Ends / Avant la fin de l’été directed by Maryam Goormaghtigh
21. Bewitched directed by Nora Ephron
22. Beyond the Lights directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
23. Big Little Lies – S2E1 – “What Have They Done?” directed by Andrea Arnold
24. Big Men directed by Rachel Boynton
25. A Bitter Taste of Freedom directed by Marina Goldovskaya
26. Black Mirror – S4E2 – “Arkangel” directed by Jodie Foster
27. Black-ish – S4E20 – “Fifty-Three Percent” directed by Tracee Ellis Ross
28. Blind Spot / Blindsone directed by Tuva Novotny
29. Blinded by the Light directed by Gurinder Chadha
30. Blood Runs Down directed by Zandashé Brown
31. Blue My Mind directed by Lisa Bruhlmann
32. Breathe directed by Mélanie Laurent
33. Bridget Jones’s Diary directed by Sharon Maguire
34. Brooklyn Nine-Nine – S2E7 – “Lockdown” directed by Linda Mendoza and S6E8 – “He Said, She Said” directed by Stephanie Beatriz
35. Buster’s Mal Heart directed by Sarah Adina Smith
36. Can You Ever Forgive Me? directed by Marielle Heller
37. Capernaum / Capharnaüm directed by Nadine Labaki
38. Cargo directed by Laura Waddington
39. Carrie directed by Kimberly Peirce
40. Casting JonBenet directed by Kitty Green
41. A Castle in Italy directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
42. Celine: Out of Ashes directed by Madeleine Bazil
43. The Chambermaid / La camarista directed by Lila Avilés
44. Childer directed by Aislinn Clarke
45. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen directed by Sara Sugarman
46. Corpo Celeste directed by Alice Rohrwacher
47. Cracks directed by Jordan Scott
48. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – S1E11 – “That Text Was Not Meant for Josh!” directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
49. Crystal Swan / Khrustal directed by Darya Zhuk
50. Cuts directed by Chairun Nissa
51. Dark River directed by Clio Barnard
52. Dark Touch directed by Marina de Van
53. Dear Zindagi directed by Gauri Shinde
54. The Devil’s Plantation directed by May Miles Thomas
55. Distant Constellation directed by Shevaun Mizrahi
56. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood directed by Callie Khouri
57. Down There / Là-bas directed by Chantal Akerman
58. Eat Sleep Die / Äta sova dö directed by Gabriela Pichler
59. An Ecstatic Experience directed by Ja’Tovia Gary
60. Edge directed by Carol Morley
61. Electrick Children directed by Rebecca Thomas
62. Enlightened – S1E5 – “Not Good Enough Mothers” and S2E1 – “The Key” directed by Nicole Holofcener
63. Enough Said directed by Nicole Holofcener
64. Entourage -S3E8 – “The Release” directed by Patty Jenkins
65. Évolution directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
66. Exclusion directed by Deepa Mehta
67. Exhibition directed by Joanna Hogg
68. The Expanse – S3E11 – “Fallen World” and S3E12 – “Congregation” directed by Jennifer Phang
69. Farewell / Proshchanie directed by Mariya Saakyan
70. Fat Girl / À ma soeur! directed by Catherine Breillat
71. Firecrackers directed by Jasmin Mozaffari
72. Flesh directed by Monika Estrella Negra
73. Friday Night directed by Claire Denis
74. Friends with Kids directed by Jennifer Westfeldt
75. From the Other Side / De l’autre côté directed by Chantal Akerman
76. Gemma Bovery directed by Anne Fontaine
77. Ginger & Rosa directed by Sally Potter
78. Girl Asleep directed by Rosemary Myers
79. A Girl at my Door / Dohee-ya directed by July Jung
80. Good Dick directed by Marianna Palka
81. Grand Central directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
82. Greener Grass directed by Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
83. Hail Satan? directed by Penny Lane
84. The Handmaid’s Tale – S1E1 – “Offred” directed by Reed Morano
85. Hannah Arendt directed by Margarethe von Trotta
86. He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not / À la folie… pas du tout directed by Laetitia Columbani
87. The Headless Woman / La mujer sin cabeza directed by Lucrecia Martel
88. Helter Skelter / Herutâ sukerutâ directed by Mika Ninagawa
89. Honey Boy directed by Alma Har’el
90. The Hours with You / Las horas contigo directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta
91. How I Met Your Mother (episodes) directed by Pamela Fryman
92. The Hungry directed by Bornila Chatterjee
93. Hysteria directed by Tanya Wexler
94. I Will Follow directed by Ava DuVernay
95. In the Mirror of Maya Deren / Im Spiegel der Maya Deren directed by Martina Kudlácek
96. Innocence directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
97. The Intervention directed by Clea DuVall
98. The Invitation directed by Karyn Kusama
99. It Felt Like Love directed by Eliza Hittman
100. Jeune femme directed by Léonor Serraille
101. John Tucker Must Die directed by Betty Thomas
102. Kakera: A Piece of Our Life directed by Momoko Ando
103. The Kids Are All Right directed by Lisa Cholodenko
104. Labyrinth directed by Tiona Nekkia McClodden
105. Laggies directed by Lynn Shelton
106. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – S20E9 – “Mea Culpa” directed by Mariska Hargitay
107. Let’s Talk About the Rain / Parlez-moi de la pluie directed by Agnès Jaoui
108. Lionheart directed by Genevieve Nnaji
109. Liz and the Blue Bird / Rizu to aoi tori directed by Naoko Yamada
110. Love Education / Xiang ai xiang qin directed by Sylvia Chang
111. Love, Nina directed by SJ Clarkson
112. Lovely & Amazing directed by Nicole Holofcener
113. Lovesong directed by So Yong Kim
114. Luke Cage – S2E4 – “I Get Physical” directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield
115. The Lure / Córki dancingu directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
116. Made in Bangladesh directed by Rubaiyat Hossain
117. Maggie’s Plan directed by Rebecca Miller
118. Mary Kills People (episodes) directed by Holly Dale
119. Mary Queen of Scots directed by Josie Rourke
120. MDMA directed by Angie Wang
121. Me and You and Everyone We Know directed by Miranda July
122. Me Without You directed by Sandra Goldbacher
123. Melody For A Street Organ / Melodiya dlya sharmanki directed by Kira Muratova
124. Mike Nichols: American Masters directed by Elaine May
125. Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair
126. Most Beautiful Island directed by Ana Asensio
127. Mountain directed by Jennifer Peedom
128. The Mourning Forest / Mogari no mori directed by Naomi Kawase
129. Mouthpiece directed by Patricia Rozema
130. The Mustang directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
131. My Beautiful Broken Brain directed by Sophie Robinson and Lotje Sodderland
132. My Days of Mercy directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer
133. My Life Without Me directed by Isabel Coixet
134. Nancy directed by Christina Choe
135. The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier
136. The Nightingale directed by Jennifer Kent
137. 9-Man directed by Ursula Liang
138. nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up directed by Tasha Hubbard
139. North Country directed by Niki Caro
140. Nothing a Little Soap and Water Can’t Fix directed by Jennifer Proctor
141. The Notorious Bettie Page directed by Mary Harron
142. Novitiate directed by Maggie Betts
143. Old Joy directed by Kelly Reichardt
144. Old Man directed by Leah Shore
145. On the Basis of Sex directed by Mimi Leder
146. Open Hearts / Elsker dig for evigt directed by Susanne Bier
147. Our Loved Ones / Les êtres chers directed by Anne Émond
148. Outlander – S4E7 – “Down the Rabbit Hole” and S4E8 – “Wilmington” directed by Jennifer Getzinger
149. Oxhide I / Niu pi directed by Jiayin Liu
150. The Party’s Just Beginning directed by Karen Gillan
151. Pleasure directed by Ninja Thyberg
152. Plush directed by Catherine Hardwicke
153. Portrait of a Lady On Fire / Portrait de la jeune fille en feu directed by Céline Sciamma
154. Private Life directed by Tamara Jenkins
155. The Proposal directed by Anne Fletcher
156. The Punisher – S2E11 – “The Abyss” directed by Meera Menon
157. The Queen of Versailles directed by Lauren Greenfield
158. Queen Sugar – S3E1 – “A Rock, a River, a Tree” directed by DeMane Davis
159. Radiogram directed by Rouzie Hassanova
160. Rafiki directed by Wanuri Kahiu
161. Rage directed by Sally Potter
162. Raising Bertie directed by Margaret Byrne
163. RBG directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West
164. Real Women Have Curves directed by Patricia Cardoso
165. Red Riding Hood directed by Catherine Hardwicke
166. The Runaways directed by Floria Sigismondi
167. Rust Creek directed by Jen McGowan
168. Sami Blood / Sameblod directed by Amanda Kernell
169. Samurai Chicks / Dokuritsu shôjo gurentai directed by Mari Asato
170. Sarah Prefers to Run / Sarah préfère la course directed by Chloé Robichaud
171. The Secret Life of Words directed by Isabel Coixet
172. Send Me Home directed by Cassandra Evanisko
173. Set It Up directed by Claire Scanlon
174. Signature Move directed by Jennifer Reeder
175. Sister / L’enfant d’en haut directed by Ursula Meier
176. Sista in the Brotherhood directed by Dawn Jones Redstone
177. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 directed by Sanaa Hamri
178. Sisters in Law directed by Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto
179. Sita Sings the Blues directed by Nina Paley
180. Six Feet Under – S5E6 – “The Rainbow of Her Reasons” directed by
181. Songs My Brothers Taught Me directed by Chloé Zhao
182. The Souvenir directed by Joanna Hogg
183. Star Trek: Discovery – S2E11 – “Perpetual Infinity” directed by Maja Vrvilo
184. Suleiman Mountain / Sulayman too directed by Elizaveta Stishova
185. Summertime / La belle saison directed by Catherine Corsini
186. The Sun is Also a Star directed by Ry Russo-Young
187. Supergirl – S2E3 – “Welcome to Earth” directed by Rachel Talalay
188. Swingers directed by Pamela Tola
189. Take Care of My Cat / Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae directed by Jae-eun Jeong
190. A Tale of Love and Darkness directed by Natalie Portman
191. A Tale of Three Cities / San cheng ji directed by Mabel Cheung
192. Tallulah directed by Sian Heder
193. Things to Come / L’ Avenir directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
194. 13th directed by Ava DuVernay
195. 35 Shots of Rum / 35 rhums directed by Claire Denis
196. This Time Tomorrow / Mañana a esta hora directed by Lina Rodriguez
197. Tiny Furniture directed by Lena Dunham
198. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before directed by Susan Johnson
199. Touch directed by Lulu Wang
200. Tru Love directed by Kate Johnston and Shauna MacDonald
201. Tuca & Bertie – S1E1 – “The Sugar Bowl” directed by Amy Winfrey
202. The Tuner / Nastroyshchik directed by Kira Muratova
203. Twilight directed by Catherine Hardwicke
204. Under the Skin of the City / Zir-e poost-e shahr directed by Rakhshan Banietemad
205. Under the Tuscan Sun directed by Audrey Wells
206. Vanity Fair directed Mira Nair
207. Vessel by Diana Whitten
208. Viva directed by Anna Biller
209. The Voices directed by Marjane Satrapi
210. Wadjda directed by Haifaa al-Mansour
211. Waitress directed by Adrienne Shelly
212. Wake directed by Bree Newsome
213. The War Tapes directed by Deborah Scranton
214. Water directed by Deepa Mehta
215. Welcome to the Circus directed by Courtney Coulson
216. Wendy and Lucy directed by Kelly Reichardt
217. When They See Us directed by Ava DuVernay
218. Where Do We Go Now? / Et maintenant on va où? directed by Nadine Labaki
219. White Material directed by Claire Denis
220. Wine Country directed by Amy Poehler
221. Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins
222. A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay
223. Wuthering Heights directed by Andrea Arnold
224. Yo! My Saint directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
225. You, Me and Him directed by Daisy Aitkens
226. Yours in Sisterhood directed by Irene Lusztig
227. Zama directed by Lucrecia Martel

Stay tuned throughout 2020. More initiatives are on the way. Plus I DO hope you are already making plans for the September #DirectedbyWomen Worldwide Film Viewing Party. It’s the 6th annual!

There’s enormous power in where we put our attention. Mobilize your attention to help the world fall madly in love with films #DirectedbyWomen!

munay,
Barbara Ann O’Leary
Catalyst, #DirectedbyWomen