This is a selection of feature films directed by women directors.
1890s–1940s
1896 La fée aux choux; director: Alice Guy-Blaché; one of the first narrative (fiction) films 1911 Bufera d'anime; director: Elvira Notari 1912 Algie the Miner; director: Alice Guy-Blaché(uncredited) first western directed by a woman. 1914 The Merchant of Venice; director: Lois Weber; the first full-length feature film directed by a woman 1915 The Hypocrites; director: Lois Weber 1916 Miss Peasant; director: Olga Preobrazhenskaya 1916 Shoes; director: Lois Weber 1921 The Blot; director: Lois Weber 1921 The Love Light; director: Frances Marion, starring Mary Pickford 1922 La souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet); director: Germaine Dulac; often cited as one of the first feminist feature films 1923 The Song of Love; director: Frances Marion, starring Norma Talmadge 1926 The Adventures of Prince Achmed; director: Lotte Reiniger 1927 Laila ; director: Aziza Amir 1927 The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty; director: Esfir Shub 1928 The Seashell and the Clergyman; director: Germaine Dulac 1929 The Wild Party; director: Dorothy Arzner 1930 Sarah and Son; director: Dorothy Arzner 1030 Anybody's Woman; director: Dorothy Arzner 1931 Mädchen in Uniform (Girls in uniform); director: Leontine Sagan 1932 Merrily We Go to Hell; director: Dorothy Arzner, a Hollywood studio feature film starring Sylvia Sidney 1933 Christopher Strong; director: Dorothy Arzner, a Hollywood studio feature film starring Katharine Hepburn 1931 Honor Among Lovers; director: Dorothy Arzner 1931 Working Girls; director: Dorothy Arzner 1934 Nana; director: Dorothy Arzner 1935 Robin Hood (animated film); director: Joy Batchelor 1935 Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will); director: Leni Riefenstahl 1936 Craig's Wife; director: Dorothy Arzner 1937 The Bride Wore Red; director: Dorothy Arzner, a Hollywood studio feature film starring Joan Crawford 1938 Olympia (1938 film); director: Leni Riefenstahl 1940 Dance, Girl, Dance; director: Dorothy Arzner 1943 Meshes of the Afternoon (experimental film); director: Maya Deren; selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry 1943 First Comes Courage; director: Dorothy Arzner 1944 At Land; director: Maya Deren 1946 Ritual in Transfigured Time; director: Maya Deren 1949 The Lost People; director: Muriel Box 1949 Not Wanted; director: Ida Lupino 1949 Never Fear; director: Ida Lupino 1949 Gigi; director: Jacqueline Audry.
1950s–1960s
1950 Outrage; director: Ida Lupino, the first Hollywood studio feature directed by a woman after Dorothy Arzner's films; the story of a rape 1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful; director: Ida Lupino 1951 Olivia; director: Jacqueline Audry 1951 Streetwalker; director: Matilde Landeta 1952 The Happy Family; director: Muriel Box 1953 Street Corner; director Muriel Box 1953 The Hitch-Hiker; director: Ida Lupino, the first film noir directed by a woman; selected for preservation in the National Film Registry 1953 The Bigamist; director: Ida Lupino 1954 Animal Farm; co-director: Joy Batchelor 1955 La Pointe Courte; director: Agnès Varda 1955 The Eternal Breasts; director: Kinuyo Tanaka 1957 Life Flows Quietly By...; director: Binka Zhelyazkova 1959 Bridges Go-Round; director: Shirley Clarke 1961 The Connection; director Shirley Clarke 1961 Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cleo from 5 to 7); director: Agnès Varda 1962 Les Petits Matins; director: Jacqueline Audry 1963 The House is Black; director: Forough Farrokhzad 1963 El Camino; director: Ana Mariscal 1964 The Cool World; director: Shirley Clarke; the cruel reality of street life in the U.S. 1964 Älskande par (Loving Couples); director: Mai Zetterling 1965 Le Bonheur; director: Agnes Varda 1965 The East is Red; director: Wang Ping 1966 Sedmikrasky (Daisies); director: Věra Chytilová – the story of two young girls who explore the world without taking it too seriously 1966 Blood Bath; director: Stephanie Rothman 1966 Wings; director: Larissa Shepitko 1967 Brief Encounters; director: Kira Muratova 1967 Portrait of Jason; director Shirley Clarke 1967 Separation; writer and leading actor Jane Arden 1968 Rat Life and Diet in North America; director: Joyce Wieland 1969 La fiancée du pirate (A very curious girl); director: Nelly Kaplan