Isabel Dréan presents
SEE HER FILM
Films directed by women, in theaters and streaming. What to watch this week and where to see it.
Why
Women are half the population. Yet only a small share of the films we watch are directed by women.
So what if, every time we sat down to watch something, we chose a film by a woman? One ticket, one stream, one movie night at a time. Studios make more of what we watch. If enough of us choose her film, they will make more of them.
That’s the whole idea. Every week, we make it easy.
Spotlight On: Deborah Kampmeier
After more than 20 years, Deborah Kampmeier got the rights back to her four films. All four written and directed by her. Now she is sharing them, one at a time.
Content note: Virgin and Hounddog include sexual assault.
Virgin (2003)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DEBORAH KAMPMEIER
Jessie, 17, lives in a small Baptist town. After an assault she doesn't remember, she finds out she's pregnant and believes she's carrying God's child. With Elisabeth Moss and Robin Wright.
Where to watch
Hounddog (2007)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DEBORAH KAMPMEIER
In 1950s Alabama, a young girl finds her way through trauma with the help of Elvis's music. With Dakota Fanning, Robin Wright, David Morse and Piper Laurie. Free until Nov 18, password: IAmJaneDoe.
Where to watch
Split (2016)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DEBORAH KAMPMEIER
A young actress falls for a mask-maker and loses pieces of herself to win his approval, until she goes back to the stage and claims her anger. With Amy Ferguson and Morgan Spector.
Where to watch
Tape (2020)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DEBORAH KAMPMEIER
A young actress is pulled into a predatory producer's "protégé program," while another actress he targeted secretly records him to bring him down. With Isabelle Fuhrman and Annarosa Mudd.
Where to watch
What to watch this week
Nov 4 - Nov 10, 2026
10 films by women to watch this week, in theaters, on streaming and on TV. Which one are you watching first?
Pick of the week
Dir. Eleanor Coppola
Eleanor Coppola points her camera at her daughter Sofia, 34, directing Marie Antoinette at Versailles. A mother watching her daughter work, and a rare look at a woman running a big set.
As a director, I'm always fascinated by another director's process. This is a rare look at Sofia Coppola's.
Dir. Halina Reijn
Written by Halina Reijn
A powerful CEO (Nicole Kidman) risks her career and her family when she starts an affair with a much younger intern.
Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Story by Amanda Sthers. Screenplay co-written by Debbie Jhoon
A suburban mom (Toni Collette) flies to Italy for her grandfather's funeral and inherits his mafia empire.
Dir. Alexandria Stapleton
Terrell Owens, from third-round pick to one of the NFL's most talked-about receivers, and the man he is now, off the field.
Dir. Amy Force
A strict accountant takes in her nephew for Christmas while his mom is deployed, and his free-spirited substitute teacher helps them make a holiday scrapbook.
Dir. Jenn Wexler
Story co-written by Suzanne Coote
Becky is back, now undercover at a Polish inn with ties to the far right. Loud, bloody and very satisfying.
Co-dir. Janay Boulos
Co-written by Janay Boulos
A Lebanese journalist and a Syrian cameraman fall in love across years of war and exile, told through their own footage. Director Q&As Nov 4, 6 and 7.
Co-dir. Gabriela Osio Vanden
A polar bear walks its ancient migration route through a town full of tourists and wildlife officers. Who's in whose way? Director Q&As Nov 4-6.
Dir. Sharon Liese
Police raid a small Kansas newspaper, and a tiny newsroom ends up in a national fight for press freedom.
Dir. Hannah Peterson
Written by Hannah Peterson
A year after a shooting at their high school, a group of seniors tries to get through the last months before graduation.
Top 10
Posted October 31, 2026
TONIGHT: 10 HORROR FILMS WE LOVE
In no particular order. Happy Halloween, save this list.
Staying in tonight? Make it one of these. Women have made some of the scariest films of the last forty years, from Near Dark to The Substance. Turn off the lights, pick one, and tell us which one got you.
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
Written by Coralie Fargeat
A fading star injects a drug that splits off a younger version of her, and the two go to war.
Dir. Jennifer Kent
Written by Jennifer Kent
A worn-out widowed mother and her son are stalked by a monster from a pop-up book.
Dir. Karyn Kusama
Written by Diablo Cody
A possessed cheerleader feeds on the boys in her town while her best friend tries to stop her.
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Written by Julia Ducournau
A vegetarian vet student is forced to eat meat during hazing and develops a hunger she can't control.
Dir. Mary Harron
Written by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner
A Wall Street banker obsessed with status and grooming kills people at night.
Dir. Rose Glass
Written by Rose Glass
A devout hospice nurse becomes convinced she must save her dying patient's soul.
Dir. Alison Star Locke
Written by Alison Star Locke
On Christmas Eve, a grieving mother gets a late-night visit from her estranged brother-in-law, twenty years after her daughter disappeared.
Dir. Nia DaCosta
Co-written by Nia DaCosta
A Chicago artist digs into the legend of the hook-handed killer and calls him back.
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Co-written by Kathryn Bigelow
A farm boy falls for a drifter and gets pulled into her family of nomadic vampires.
Last week
Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2026
Ten films by women this week, from a corgi Christmas on Netflix to Judy Heumann's fight for disability rights on the big screen. Pick one, bring a friend, and go see it. Every ticket and every stream shows studios that films by women have an audience.
Pick of the week
Co-dir. Eleanor Wilson
Co-written by Eleanor Wilson
A lonely woman in a strict medieval village orders a husband woven from wicker as a joke, and his devotion turns the town upside down. Starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård.
Based on "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills-Jones
Why I picked it? Two words: Alexander Skarsgård.
Dir. Cathryn Michon
When a teenager's mother falls into a coma, she and her grieving grandfather try to hold the family together, with help from a corgi puppy.
From the novel by W. Bruce Cameron
Dir. Siân Heder
Written by Siân Heder & Rebekah Taussig
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads more than 100 disabled people in a 28-day occupation of a San Francisco federal building to win their rights.
From Judith Heumann's memoir
Co-dir. Kelly O’Sullivan
Written by Kelly O'Sullivan
When Callie and Minnie's relationship falls apart before senior year, Minnie becomes an unlikely friend of Callie's mother.
Co-dir. Erica Rivinoja
Screenplay by Erica Rivinoja, story by Caroline Williams
With his job and his hat's stripes on the line, the Cat must cheer up two siblings struggling after a move to a new town.
Dir. Traci Hays
Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story
A quiet woman is taken hostage by an escaped convict hiding in her basement and forced to drive his getaway car. Starring Stana Katic.
Based on "The Painter's Wife" by Ann Rule
Dir. Georgia Oakley
Written by Diana Reid
Two sisters with opposite temperaments look for love and security after their family loses its fortune.
From the novel by Jane Austen
Dir. Marie Kreutzer
Written by Marie Kreutzer
A concert pianist moves her family to the country so her husband can recover, until a police raid upends everything she thought she knew.
On Netflix November 18
Dir. Olivia Wilde
Co-written by Rashida Jones
A couple whose marriage is fraying host their mysterious upstairs neighbors for dinner, and the night either saves them or finishes them.
Dir. Susanne Bier
Co-written by Georgia Pritchett & Kelly Marcel
The Owens sisters are back for another round of family magic and curses.
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