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Film School Rejects: 10 Great Films You Didn’t Know Were Directed By Women

  • Regi_S · 1 month ago
    You can make it 12 films by adding Hurt Locker and Near Dark. Both directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
  • rpaine · 1 month ago
    I loved Near Dark, one of my favorite vamp movies. I need to catch hurt locker sometime, i've only heard good things.
  • Peter Donohue · 1 month ago
    Hurt Locker is great, a definite must see.
  • b.rae · 1 month ago
    glad to see this article. great job, doctor.
  • nickdenife · 1 month ago
    How could you forget BLOOD DINER directed by Jackie Kong?!?!?
  • MrBabyMan · 1 month ago
    Am I a total film geek if I knew all of these were directed by women?
  • Neil Miller · 1 month ago
    Yep, that's exactly what that means. ;)
  • The Incredible Suit · 1 month ago
    I knew that 3 of those were directed by women. I am therefore only 66.67% chauvinist pig. Hooray for me!
  • Hart Ryan Noecker · 1 month ago
    Great compile of some great and/or commercially successful films. I would have included Lynn Ramsay's 'The Rat Catcher'. Though I think most film fascists familiar with the movie know it was directed by a woman.
  • Martin Nohns · 1 month ago
    "...the fantastically creepy Pet Sematary which also stands as one of the rare examples where a child is made terrifying." Ehm, is that a joke? Terrifying kids is almost a kliché!

    But otherwise nice article;-)
  • Cole_Abaius · 1 month ago
    Actually, it's not a joke because of how many movies where kids are SUPPOSED to be creepy but are just as easily drop kickable as they are in real life. Kids just aren't scary, but the little kid from Pet Sematary is, and it should be celebrated for that.
  • Robert · 1 month ago
    Awesome article, well done! stumbled...
  • tsagarednerp · 1 month ago
    This is a great list, Ive seen about 6 of theses films and never knew nor guessed they were directed by women. I loved 'Point Break' and Johnny Utah is still my fave name ever.
  • Hoochie · 1 month ago
    Your list sucks without the Howard Stern movie "Private Parts".