The 25 Best Movies Directed by Women, Ranked

by 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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This Danish documentary is set in a politically unstable Zimbabwe as leaders attempt to rewrite the country's constitution after the 2008 presidential election. The film was named best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.

“It truly is a movie about politics, and it’s among the more mesmerizing ones you’ll see — even if you know very little about Zimbabwe itself.” —Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine (Vulture)

Directed by Camilla Nielsson

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