The 25 Best Movies Directed by Women, Ranked
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Julia Hays, for Metacritic
– July 27, 2017
With this week's release of Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, we’re looking back at the best female-helmed films of the 21st century.
From eye-opening documentaries to political thrillers and romance, a generation of women, including Bigelow, Sofia Coppola, Ava Duvernay and more, have brought viewers rarely-told stories from a unique point of view.
These are the greatest films coming from this talented crop of filmmakers, ranked by Metascore.
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photo by Oscilloscope Pictures
This Sundance award-winning documentary delves into the making of an unfinished Nazi-produced propaganda film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Yael Hersonski's film includes interviews with Holocaust survivors.
“Extremely unsettling and thought-provoking.” —Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Directed by Yael Hersonski
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