Female-Led Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 245 films led by a woman, spanning 1922–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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[REC]
Urbandir. Jaume Balagueró - 2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Urbandir. Cristian Mungiu - 2017
A Fantastic Woman
Urbandir. Sebastián Lelio - 2014
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Urbandir. Ana Lily Amirpour - 1992
A League of Their Own
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall - 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 2021
A Quiet Place Part II
Rural · Islanddir. John Krasinski - 1986
A Room with a View
Urban · Ruraldir. James Ivory - 2012
A Royal Affair
Urbandir. Nikolaj Arcel - 2009
About Elly
Coastal Seadir. Asghar Farhadi - 2022
Aftersun
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells - 2009
Agora
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1979
Alien
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 1986
Aliens
Off Worlddir. James Cameron - 1950
All About Eve
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1999
All About My Mother
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2001
Amélie
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 2024
Anora
Urbandir. Sean Baker - 2016
Aquarius
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Kleber Mendonça Filho - 2016
Arrival
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve - 2014
As Above, So Below
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle - 2019
Atlantics
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Mati Diop - 2007
Atonement
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 2023
Barbie
Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2019
Beanpole
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1967
Belle de Jour
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1966
Black Girl
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1985
Blood Simple
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1996
Breaking the Waves
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 2011
Bridesmaids
Urbandir. Paul Feig - 1945
Brief Encounter
Suburbandir. David Lean - 1987
Broadcast News
Urbandir. James L. Brooks - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1972
Cabaret
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2016
Certain Women
Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2024
Challengers
Urbandir. Luca Guadagnino - 2008
Changeling
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1964
Charulata
Urbandir. Satyajit Ray - 2000
Chicken Run
Ruraldir. Peter Lord - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Urbandir. Agnès Varda - 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 2021
CODA
Coastal Seadir. Sian Heder - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 1997
Contact
Desert · Off Worlddir. Robert Zemeckis - 2009
Coraline
Ruraldir. Henry Selick - 2019
Crawl
Suburbandir. Alexandre Aja - 1972
Cries and Whispers
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2015
Crimson Peak
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee - 2000
Dancer in the Dark
Rural · Suburbandir. Lars von Trier - 2016
Dangal
Ruraldir. Nitesh Tiwari - 1985
Day of the Dead
Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero - 1995
Dead Man Walking
dir. Tim Robbins - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1998
Elizabeth
Urbandir. Shekhar Kapur - 2000
Erin Brockovich
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Urbandir. Daniel Scheinert - 2015
Ex Machina
Urbandir. Alex Garland - 2023
Fallen Leaves
Urbandir. Aki Kaurismäki - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 1996
Fargo
Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 1995
Ghost in the Shell
Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 2013
Gravity
Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1988
Hairspray
Urbandir. John Waters - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1989
Heathers
Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Urbandir. Alain Resnais - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 2016
In This Corner of the World
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sunao Katabuchi - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1934
It Happened One Night
Urbandir. Frank Capra - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 2007
Juno
Suburbandir. Jason Reitman - 2012
Kahaani
Urbandir. Sujoy Ghosh - 1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese - 1971
Klute
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 2019
Knives Out
Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 1960
L'Avventura
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2005
Lady Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2021
Lamb
Rural · Mountaindir. Valdimar Jóhannsson - 1949
Late Spring
Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu - 2012
Laurence Anyways
Urbandir. Xavier Dolan - 2018
Leave No Trace
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2022
M3GAN
Suburban · Urbandir. Gerard Johnstone - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2006
Marie Antoinette
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 2011
Melancholia
Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 2019
Midsommar
Ruraldir. Ari Aster - 2002
Millennium Actress
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2004
Million Dollar Baby
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2023
Missing
Urban · Suburbandir. Will Merrick - 2014
Mommy
Suburbandir. Xavier Dolan - 2003
Monster
Urbandir. Patty Jenkins - 2009
Mother
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 1960
Mughal-e-Azam
Urbandir. K. Asif - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1994
Muriel's Wedding
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 1946
Notorious
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2017
Okja
Mountain · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 1994
Once Were Warriors
Urbandir. Lee Tamahori - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 2006
Paprika
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2023
Past Lives
Urbandir. Celine Song - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2007
Persepolis
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 2021
Petite Maman
Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma - 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 2020
Pieces of a Woman
Urbandir. Kornél Mundruczó - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma - 1990
Pretty Woman
Urbandir. Garry Marshall - 2022
Prey
Wildernessdir. Dan Trachtenberg - 2005
Pride & Prejudice
Ruraldir. Joe Wright - 2020
Promising Young Woman
Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce - 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 1940
Rebecca
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1981
Reds
Urbandir. Warren Beatty - 2022
Return to Seoul
Urbandir. Davy Chou - 1998
Ring
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata - 2018
Roma
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2015
Room
Suburbandir. Lenny Abrahamson - 1968
Rosemary's Baby
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1998
Run Lola Run
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer - 1996
Scream
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 1996
Secrets & Lies
Urbandir. Mike Leigh - 2013
Short Term 12
Urbandir. Destin Daniel Cretton - 2015
Sicario
Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Urbandir. Gene Kelly - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 2001
Spirited Away
Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2013
Spring Breakers
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine - 1989
Steel Magnolias
Ruraldir. Herbert Ross - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 1985
Tampopo
Urbandir. Jūzō Itami - 2022
TÁR
Urbandir. Todd Field - 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Urbandir. James Cameron - 1983
Terms of Endearment
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 2024
The Bikeriders
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1995
The Bridges of Madison County
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1985
The Color Purple
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 2019
The Farewell
Urbandir. Lulu Wang - 2018
The Favourite
Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 2016
The Handmaiden
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 2011
The Help
Suburban · Urbandir. Tate Taylor - 1983
The Hunger
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 2013
The Immigrant
Urbandir. James Gray - 2012
The Impossible
Coastal Seadir. J. A. Bayona - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 2021
The Last Duel
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2013
The Lunchbox
Urbandir. Ritesh Batra - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2022
The Menu
Islanddir. Mark Mylod - 2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Rianda - 2005
The New World
Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 1985
The Official Story
Urbandir. Luis Puenzo - 2007
The Orphanage
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. J. A. Bayona - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1940
The Philadelphia Story
Suburbandir. George Cukor - 1993
The Piano
Coastal Sea · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 2017
The Post
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2015
The Second Mother
Urbandir. Anna Muylaert - 1993
The Secret Garden
Ruraldir. Agnieszka Holland - 1982
The Secret of NIMH
Rural · Undergrounddir. Don Bluth - 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 2024
The Substance
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat - 1984
The Terminator
Urbandir. James Cameron - 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper - 2016
The Witch
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 2021
The Worst Person in the World
Urbandir. Joachim Trier - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 1993
Three Colors: Blue
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1994
Three Colors: Red
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1997
Titanic
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron - 1953
Tokyo Story
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu - 2016
Toni Erdmann
Urbandir. Maren Ade - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 2010
True Grit
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen - 2014
Under the Skin
Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer - 2003
Underworld
Urban · Undergrounddir. Len Wiseman - 2014
Unfriended
Suburbandir. Levan Gabriadze - 2019
Us
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele - 2018
Utøya: July 22
Island · Wildernessdir. Erik Poppe - 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2015
Victoria
Urbandir. Sebastian Schipper - 1962
Viridiana
Ruraldir. Luis Buñuel - 2006
Volver
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2012
Wadjda
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2003
Whale Rider
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro - 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi - 1995
Whisper of the Heart
Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo - 2018
Widows
Urbandir. Steve McQueen - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 2018
Woman at War
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Benedikt Erlingsson - 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2016
Zootopia
Urban · Ruraldir. Byron Howard
Frequently asked
How many movies are led by a woman?
Kinora's catalogue lists 245 films led by a woman, spanning 1922–2025.
What are some movies led by a woman?
Films led by a woman in our catalogue include [REC] (2007), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), A Fantastic Woman (2017), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), and A League of Their Own (1992).
What is the oldest movie led by a woman?
Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film led by a woman in our catalogue; the most recent is Bugonia (2025).