Some of the best films directed by women
Celebrating Women’s History Month is as good an occasion as any to stream a film directed by a woman (not that one needs an occasion for that!). After combing through the selections on four major streaming services, here’s a handpicked list of the best films by female filmmakers for your streaming pleasure.
Netflix
Dive into the world of a roadbound magazine-sales gang, in Andrea Arnold’s dreamy and rough-hewn “American Honey.” Don’t miss Karyn Kusama’s utterly chilling dinner party cult thriller, “The Invitation,” and be sure to catch Mati Diop’s haunting Senegalese ghost love story “Atlantics.”
Make it a 2000s teenage twofer on Netflix with Karen Maine’s totally entertaining “Yes, God, Yes,” in which Natalia Dyer stages a one-woman church camp sexual revolution. It’s the perfect partner for Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, “Lady Bird,” starring Saorise Ronan. Add Sandi Tan’s documentary “Shirkers” for more teenage dreams, this time of resurrecting a long lost film.
Also on Netflix, chase Lana Wilson’s Taylor Swift documentary “Miss Americana” with Unjoo Moon’s Helen Reddy biopic “I Am Woman,” to trace the lineage of feminist activism through song (though beware the earworm that is “I am woman, hear me roar).
HBO Max
The streaming service is the home of all the best action movies directed by women, including Kathryn Bigelow’s absolutely iconic “Point Break,” with a young Keanu Reeves infiltrating a gang of surfing bank robbers. Whether you take your comic book super-heroines salty (Harley Quinn) or sweet (Diana Prince), HBO Max has you covered with Patty Jenkins’ epic “Wonder
Woman” and Kathy Yan’s sassy “Birds of Prey.”
Take a break from the action with a pair of urban friendship
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