Female-Led Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 433 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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Urbandir. Jaume Balagueró - 1999
10 Things I Hate About You
Suburbandir. Gil Junger - 1977
3 Women
Desertdir. Robert Altman - 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 - 1949
A Letter to Three Wives
Suburbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1995
A Little Princess
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 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 - 1977
A Special Day
Urbandir. Ettore Scola - 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
Urbandir. Elia Kazan - 1999
A Walk on the Moon
Ruraldir. Tony Goldwyn - 1961
A Woman Is a Woman
dir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1974
A Woman Under the Influence
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 2009
About Elly
Coastal Seadir. Asghar Farhadi - 2022
Aftersun
Coastal Seadir. Charlotte Wells - 2009
Agora
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1988
Alice
dir. Jan Švankmajer - 1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1951
Alice in Wonderland
dir. Clyde Geronimi - 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 - 1955
All That Heaven Allows
Suburbandir. Douglas Sirk - 2001
Amélie
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 1997
Anastasia
Urbandir. Don Bluth - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 2024
Anora
Urbandir. Sean Baker - 1995
Antonia's Line
Ruraldir. Marleen Gorris - 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 - 1978
Autumn Sonata
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1987
Babette's Feast
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Gabriel Axel - 1987
Baby Boom
Urban · Ruraldir. Charles Shyer - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 1987
Bagdad Cafe
Desertdir. Percy Adlon - 2023
Barbie
Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2019
Beanpole
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1946
Beauty and the Beast
Ruraldir. Jean Cocteau - 1991
Beauty and the Beast
Ruraldir. Gary Trousdale - 1967
Belle de Jour
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 1949
Bitter Rice
Ruraldir. Giuseppe De Santis - 1974
Black Christmas
Urbandir. Bob Clark - 1966
Black Girl
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1985
Blood Simple
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2019
Booksmart
Suburbandir. Olivia Wilde - 1966
Born Free
Wildernessdir. James Hill - 1950
Born Yesterday
Urbandir. George Cukor - 1996
Bound
Urbandir. Lilly Wachowski - 1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Urbandir. Blake Edwards - 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 - 2015
Brooklyn
Urban · Ruraldir. John Crowley - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1972
Cabaret
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 1992
Candyman
Urbandir. Bernard Rose - 1962
Carnival of Souls
Urbandir. Herk Harvey - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 1942
Cat People
Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2016
Certain Women
Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2024
Challengers
Urbandir. Luca Guadagnino - 2008
Changeling
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1963
Charade
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1964
Charulata
Urbandir. Satyajit Ray - 2000
Chicken Run
Ruraldir. Peter Lord - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1981
Christiane F.
Urbandir. Uli Edel - 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Ruraldir. Peter Godfrey - 1950
Cinderella
Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Urbandir. Agnès Varda - 1963
Cleopatra
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1995
Clueless
Urbandir. Amy Heckerling - 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 - 1976
Cria!
Urbandir. Carlos Saura - 1972
Cries and Whispers
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2015
Crimson Peak
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee - 1966
Daisies
Urbandir. Věra Chytilová - 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 - 1943
Day of Wrath
Ruraldir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1995
Dead Man Walking
dir. Tim Robbins - 1992
Death Becomes Her
Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1955
Diabolique
Suburbandir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1987
Dirty Dancing
Rural · Mountaindir. Emile Ardolino - 1999
Dogma
Suburbandir. Kevin Smith - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 2018
Eighth Grade
Suburbandir. Bo Burnham - 1998
Elizabeth
Urbandir. Shekhar Kapur - 2000
Erin Brockovich
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 1998
EverAfter
Ruraldir. Andy Tennant - 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 - 1983
Flashdance
Urbandir. Adrian Lyne - 1996
Fly Away Home
Ruraldir. Carroll Ballard - 1980
Friday the 13th
Wildernessdir. Sean S. Cunningham - 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 1957
Funny Face
Urbandir. Stanley Donen - 1944
Gaslight
Urbandir. George Cukor - 1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Howard Hawks - 1995
Ghost in the Shell
Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii - 2001
Ghost World
Urbandir. Terry Zwigoff - 1958
Gigi
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 2000
Ginger Snaps
Suburbandir. John Fawcett - 1999
Girl, Interrupted
dir. James Mangold - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 1988
Gorillas in the Mist
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Michael Apted - 2013
Gravity
Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1988
Hairspray
Urbandir. John Waters - 2007
Hairspray
Urbandir. Adam Shankman - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 1989
Heathers
Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann - 1994
Heavenly Creatures
Urbandir. Peter Jackson - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Urbandir. Alain Resnais - 1940
His Girl Friday
Urbandir. Howard Hawks - 1977
House
Ruraldir. Nobuhiko Obayashi - 1987
House of Games
Urbandir. David Mamet - 1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Islanddir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan - 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
Urbandir. Jean Negulesco - 1966
How to Steal a Million
Urbandir. William Wyler - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1943
I Walked with a Zombie
Island · Ruraldir. Jacques Tourneur - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1959
Imitation of Life
Urbandir. Douglas Sirk - 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 - 1997
Jackie Brown
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 1954
Johnny Guitar
Ruraldir. Nicholas Ray - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1965
Juliet of the Spirits
dir. Federico Fellini - 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 - 1962
L'Eclisse
Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1995
La Cérémonie
Ruraldir. Claude Chabrol - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1986
Labyrinth
dir. Jim Henson - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1973
Lady Snowblood
Urban · Ruraldir. Toshiya Fujita - 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 - 1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Ruraldir. John M. Stahl - 2018
Leave No Trace
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik - 1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Urbandir. Max Ophüls - 1992
Like Water for Chocolate
Ruraldir. Alfonso Arau - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1994
Little Women
Suburbandir. Gillian Armstrong - 1949
Little Women
Ruraldir. Mervyn LeRoy - 1995
Love Letter
Urbandir. Shunji Iwai - 2007
Lust, Caution
Urbandir. Ang Lee - 2022
M3GAN
Suburban · Urbandir. Gerard Johnstone - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 1962
Mamma Roma
Urbandir. Pier Paolo Pasolini - 1986
Manon of the Spring
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 2006
Marie Antoinette
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 1964
Marnie
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1964
Marriage Italian Style
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica - 1964
Mary Poppins
Urbandir. Robert Stevenson - 1996
Matilda
Suburbandir. Danny DeVito - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 1944
Meet Me in St. Louis
Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 2011
Melancholia
Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 2019
Midsommar
Ruraldir. Ari Aster - 1945
Mildred Pierce
Suburban · Urbandir. Michael Curtiz - 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 - 1987
Moonstruck
Urbandir. Norman Jewison - 1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Urbandir. Vladimir Menshov - 2009
Mother
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 1967
Mouchette
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1942
Mrs. Miniver
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 1960
Mughal-e-Azam
Urbandir. K. Asif - 1998
Mulan
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1994
Muriel's Wedding
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan - 2015
Mustang
Ruraldir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven - 1964
My Fair Lady
Urbandir. George Cukor - 1991
My Girl
Suburbandir. Howard Zieff - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1988
Mystic Pizza
Coastal Seadir. Donald Petrie - 1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1994
Nell
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Apted - 1957
Nights of Cabiria
Urbandir. Federico Fellini - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 1979
Norma Rae
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 1946
Notorious
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1942
Now, Voyager
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Irving Rapper - 2017
Okja
Mountain · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 2017
On Body and Soul
Urbandir. Ildikó Enyedi - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 1994
Once Were Warriors
Urbandir. Lee Tamahori - 1964
Onibaba
Wildernessdir. Kaneto Shindō - 1991
Only Yesterday
Rural · Urbandir. Isao Takahata - 1985
Out of Africa
Rural · Wildernessdir. Sydney Pollack - 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 - 1984
Places in the Heart
Ruraldir. Robert Benton - 1960
Pollyanna
Ruraldir. David Swift - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Island · Coastal Seadir. Céline Sciamma - 1978
Pretty Baby
Urbandir. Louis Malle - 1986
Pretty in Pink
Suburbandir. Howard Deutch - 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 - 1994
Queen Margot
Urbandir. Patrice Chéreau - 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce - 1977
Rabid
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 1940
Rebecca
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1964
Red Desert
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1988
Red Sorghum
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1981
Reds
Urbandir. Warren Beatty - 1965
Repulsion
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 2022
Return to Seoul
Urbandir. Davy Chou - 1998
Ring
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata - 2018
Roma
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1953
Roman Holiday
Urbandir. William Wyler - 1984
Romancing the Stone
Wildernessdir. Robert Zemeckis - 2015
Room
Suburbandir. Lenny Abrahamson - 1968
Rosemary's Baby
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1998
Run Lola Run
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer - 1954
Sabrina
Suburbandir. Billy Wilder - 1995
Safe
Suburban · Desertdir. Todd Haynes - 1996
Scream
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 1996
Secrets & Lies
Urbandir. Mike Leigh - 1997
Selena
Urbandir. Gregory Nava - 1995
Sense and Sensibility
Rural · Urbandir. Ang Lee - 1954
Senso
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti - 1994
Serial Mom
Suburbandir. John Waters - 1996
Set It Off
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray - 1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Suburbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2013
Short Term 12
Urbandir. Destin Daniel Cretton - 1998
Show Me Love
Ruraldir. Lukas Moodysson - 2015
Sicario
Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Urbandir. Gene Kelly - 1955
Sissi
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Ernst Marischka - 1984
Sixteen Candles
Suburbandir. John Hughes - 1982
Sophie's Choice
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
dir. Anatole Litvak - 1945
Spellbound
Urban · Mountaindir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 2001
Spirited Away
Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1961
Splendor in the Grass
Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 2013
Spring Breakers
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine - 1996
Stealing Beauty
Ruraldir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1989
Steel Magnolias
Ruraldir. Herbert Ross - 1959
Suddenly, Last Summer
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1941
Suspicion
dir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 2011
Take This Waltz
Urbandir. Sarah Polley - 1985
Tampopo
Urbandir. Jūzō Itami - 2022
TÁR
Urbandir. Todd Field - 1999
Tea with Mussolini
Urbandir. Franco Zeffirelli - 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Urbandir. James Cameron - 1983
Terms of Endearment
Suburbandir. James L. Brooks - 1988
The Accused
Urbandir. Jonathan Kaplan - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 1956
The Bad Seed
dir. Mervyn LeRoy - 1971
The Beguiled
Ruraldir. Don Siegel - 2024
The Bikeriders
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols - 1963
The Birds
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1995
The Bridges of Madison County
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1961
The Children's Hour
dir. William Wyler - 1979
The China Syndrome
Urbandir. James Bridges - 1985
The Color Purple
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1957
The Cranes Are Flying
Urbandir. Mikhail Kalatozov - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
Urbandir. George Stevens - 1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski - 1953
The Earrings of Madame de...
Urbandir. Max Ophüls - 2016
The Edge of Seventeen
Suburbandir. Kelly Fremon Craig - 2019
The Farewell
Urbandir. Lulu Wang - 2018
The Favourite
Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2017
The Florida Project
Suburbandir. Sean Baker - 1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Coastal Seadir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 1986
The Green Ray
dir. Éric Rohmer - 2016
The Handmaiden
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 1949
The Heiress
Urbandir. William Wyler - 2011
The Help
Suburban · Urbandir. Tate Taylor - 2006
The Holiday
Rural · Urbandir. Nancy Meyers - 1998
The Horse Whisperer
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Redford - 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 - 1956
The King and I
Urbandir. Walter Lang - 1941
The Lady Eve
Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Preston Sturges - 2021
The Last Duel
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1941
The Little Foxes
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 1989
The Little Mermaid
Coastal Seadir. Ron Clements - 1992
The Lover
Urbandir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 2013
The Lunchbox
Urbandir. Ritesh Batra - 1991
The Man in the Moon
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1990
The Match Factory Girl
Urbandir. Aki Kaurismäki - 2022
The Menu
Islanddir. Mark Mylod - 1962
The Miracle Worker
dir. Arthur Penn - 1961
The Misfits
Desert · Urbandir. John Huston - 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 - 1969
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Urbandir. Ronald Neame - 1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
dir. Woody Allen - 1948
The Red Shoes
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 2015
The Second Mother
Urbandir. Anna Muylaert - 1993
The Secret Garden
Ruraldir. Agnieszka Holland - 1982
The Secret of NIMH
Rural · Undergrounddir. Don Bluth - 1963
The Silence
Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman - 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1965
The Sound of Music
Urban · Mountaindir. Robert Wise - 1946
The Spiral Staircase
Ruraldir. Robert Siodmak - 1973
The Spirit of the Beehive
Ruraldir. Víctor Erice - 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 - 1987
The Witches of Eastwick
Ruraldir. George Miller - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 2021
The Worst Person in the World
Urbandir. Joachim Trier - 1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 1996
Thesis
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 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 - 1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1953
Tokyo Story
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu - 2016
Toni Erdmann
Urbandir. Maren Ade - 2022
Triangle of Sadness
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Ruben Östlund - 1970
Tristana
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel - 2010
True Grit
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen - 1969
True Grit
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Henry Hathaway - 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1960
Two Women
Rural · Mountaindir. Vittorio De Sica - 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 - 1985
Vagabond
Ruraldir. Agnès Varda - 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2015
Victoria
Urbandir. Sebastian Schipper - 1962
Viridiana
Ruraldir. Luis Buñuel - 1962
Vivre Sa Vie
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 2006
Volver
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2012
Wadjda
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour - 1967
Wait Until Dark
Urbandir. Terence Young - 1940
Waterloo Bridge
Urbandir. Mervyn LeRoy - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 1996
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Suburbandir. Todd Solondz - 2003
Whale Rider
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro - 1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich - 1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Urbandir. Brian Gibson - 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi - 2000
Where the Heart Is
Ruraldir. Matt Williams - 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 - 1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1988
Working Girl
Urbandir. Mike Nichols - 1963
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica - 1998
You've Got Mail
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 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 433 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), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), 3 Women (1977), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), and A Fantastic Woman (2017).
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).