Watch it Now: 10 Movies made by Women

Holding out on your quarantine a little longer? Here are 9 movies made by women you can watch now.

I'm a big supporter of women behind the camera as well as in front of it, having spent a few years volunteering and then working for Women in Film and Television Vancouver (and now you know, being in the Animation industry myself).

 One of my roles at WIFTV Vancouver a few years ago was being a judge for the film festival committee, and its criteria are what I use now when I mean "a movie made by women": there must be women in three key creative roles including but not limited to Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Costume Design, Production Design, Composer, and, of course, the lead roles featuring women.

 So without further ado, here are some of my favourite movies!
Wayne's World (1992)

Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Starring: Tia Carrere 
Written by: Bonnie Turner
The premise: "Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show."

 Eve's Bayou (1997)

Directed & written by: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan
Cinematographer: Amy Vincent
Editor: Terilyn A. Shropshire
The premise: "After a daughter witnesses her father having an affair, she begins a chain reaction that could tear her family apart."

In a World (2013)

Directed, written by, and starring Lake Bell 
The premise: "An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé."

 Higher Ground (2011)

Directed by and starring: Vera Farmiga
Written by: Vera Farmiga, Carolyn S. Briggs
The premise: "A chronicle of one woman's lifelong struggle with her faith."

 Marie Antoinette (2006)


Directed & written by: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst
Editor: Sarah Flack 
The premise: "The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles."

 Frida (2002)

Directed by: Julie Taymor
Starring: Salma Hayek
Written by: Diane Lake, Anna Thomas, based on the book by Hayden Herrara
Costumes: Julie Weiss 
The premise: "A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work"

 To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

Directed by: Susan Johnson
Starring: Lana Condor
Written by: screenplay by Sofia Alvarez, based on the novel by Jenny Han
Costumes: Rafaella Rabinovich
The premise: "A teenage girl's secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life."

 Waitress (2007)

Directed and written by: Adrienne Shelly
Starring: Keri Russell 
Editor: Annette Davey
The premise: "Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness."

 Hustlers (2019)

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Written by: Lorene Scafaria and Jessica Pressler
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, Cardi B, Lizzo, Lili Reinhart
The premise: "Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients."

Austenland (2013)

Directed by: Jerusha Hess
Written by: Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale, based on Hale's novel
Set Decoration: Jacqueline Abrahams
Costume design: Annie Hardinge
The premise: "Obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman."

All movie premises from IMDB.

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