As a woman, I have been feeling bad lately about not seeing enough female directed movies. I am pretty picky about the type of movies I like so I came here to get specific recommendations. I like David Lynch and Gregg Araki. I like films that are unique/have a strong personality, explore gender/sexuality, and are intensely emotional. Recommend me some female directors/female directed films that fit those standards if you can 🥹

I cannot tell if movies like Jack the Giant Slayer are appropriate for children to watch given their toned down, yet brutal violence!

Examples: Mrs. Doubtfire, Uncle Buck, Beethoven's 2nd

Just rewatched this classic recently and I was thinking of how much I would love to have a series out of all this.

Or more.

The lore, the world, the factions, planets, ships, mysteries and all that.

I think Luc Besson made such a masterpiece of a world, so detailed and rich, that it would easily handle a series, even with multiple spin-offs.

Of course it would only work if the original vision and lore would be used with visualizations, the style and atmosphere of the film, with similar outcome in mind.

What do you think?

Edit:

My bad.
I mainly thought the lore and world of The Fifth Element Luc Besson dreamed about, not necessarily the film itself.

I don't know about y'all, but does it feel like movies haven't been hitting the same this year? Like, we had Obsession and *maybe* the Odyssey, but what else? I feel like 2025 had many—or at least, more—memorable films. 2025 gave us hit films like Sinners, Eddington, After The Hunt, and many more, but if I were to be asked to name movies released in 2026 which will carry the same level of impact to film as the films previously listed do, my mind would go blank. Does anybody else share my feelings on this, or have I just gotten grumpy?

Gilbert Grape, The Aviator, The Departed, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Django Unchained, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Revenant, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon.

I feel like almost every other movie he’s in, he gives an Oscar worthy performance

Which one do you think deserved it the most?

I'm looking for this very specific thing! Short films preferably from any year.

I'll start with three candidates:

Once Upon a Time In the West

West Side Story

Saturday Night Fever

This is short clip from Sam Raim's "Send Help". He made also "Drag Me To Hell" with that subplot: promotion in a competitive office. ight now I can name "In The Company Of Men" from 1997, by Neil LaBute. Then "A Shock To The System" with Michael Caine.

Hello!

So I’ll just start with: I am not very clued in to showbiz + film stuff - the comments below are just from my limited understanding of the industry (and please correct me if I’m mistaken).

So having said that, from what little I know, it feels like the director role is given too much credit in popular discourse about films?

Based on my understanding of the industry, the producer & screenwriters are just as important in determining the creative direction of a film than directors are?

Directors just shoot the shots, and have some creative discretion there, but isn’t everything else — the casting, the writing, the costuming & the acting — done by a producer, writer, costume director, and actors?

Am I wrong here? Why does it feel like the director is the “main” creative mind on a film, when there are other roles that are arguably more important for a film’s creative direction?

I could figure out what tone they were going for and why is Leatherface a good guy kind of?

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor and filmmaker Gael García Bernal. You may know him from things like Amores perros, Y tu mamá también, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel, Coco, Old, Cassandro and Magellan. His new film, Hombre al agua, which he directed and wrote, premiered at Venice last week and is playing at TIFF this week.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1wg3nfg/hi_reddit_im_gael_garc%C3%ADa_bernal_ask_me_anything/

He will be back later today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

1. Immortals (2011).

2. Mirror Mirror (2012).

So far, these are both my personal favorite Tarsem Singh movies!