Not Men Doing Shit (Indie Edition)
Mostly cool indie movies with female directors/leads that are cool and other cool people will also think are cool (made for someone pretty cool)
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- DirectorShannon MurphyStarsEliza ScanlenMichelle LottersToby WallaceMilla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents' worst nightmare.Cool Soundtrack, fun and absurd characters. Australians are a good time
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.Super intimate cinematography. Maggie Gyllenhaal directorial debut. Super interesting themes about motherhood
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsSasha LaneShia LaBeoufRiley KeoughA teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.Interesting, but slow and character driven. Kind of one of those slice of life movies that captures a really intriguing vibe
- DirectorZoe Lister-JonesStarsZoe Lister-JonesAdam PallyFred ArmisenA couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.Silly and charming. Written and directed by the female lead. Plus it's got yaboy Fred
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsLéa SeydouxAdèle ExarchopoulosSalim KechioucheAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.Beautiful French coming of age story about exploring sexuality. I think you'd really like it, but fair warning that there are suupper looong and intense sex scenes (like when was the last time you saw a movie rated NC-17?!)
- DirectorMacon BlairStarsMelanie LynskeyChris DoubekMarilyn Faith HickeyWhen a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves along with her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.Misanthropic and relatable but exciting. Good mix of action and corkiness
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsMira BarkhammarMira GrosinLiv LeMoyneThree girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.Three young Swedish girls make a punk band. It's fun and sweet and joyous and adorable
- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.Drama banger. Tear jerker, best picture winning
- DirectorDon ArgottSheena M. JoyceStarsAdam PallyMegan NeuringerBobby Spears Jr.Jeff and Anne, two close friends and co-workers, are embarrassingly unlucky at love. They hatch a plan to transform themselves over the course of a sex-and-alcohol-fueled summer.Slow and funny, witty dialog. Dorky rom coms have their place and time
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Groundbreaking portrayal of a powerful female hero/protagonist in film. Sigourney Weaver is so fucking badass in this movie (don’t worry, it watches more as action and sci-fi than horror)
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsGael García BernalCharlotte GainsbourgMiou-MiouA man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.Magical, corky and unforgettable. Made by the same director as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- DirectorCharlie McDowellStarsMark DuplassElisabeth MossTed DansonA troubled couple vacate to a beautiful getaway, but bizarre circumstances further complicate their situation.Trippy, existential, and intense but a lil romantic. It's like a Twilight Zone episode
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsElliot PageEvan Rachel WoodMax MinghellaAfter a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home.Dramatic and thrilling survival story. Kinda serious if that's your mood. The acting is great, and men don't do very much shit (including the writing and direction)
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.Tons of character, fun for the whole fam. It's a cult classic for a lot of people our age
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSheila VandArash MarandiMarshall ManeshIn the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.Interestingly, it's an American movie, set in Iran and in Farsi. It's the definition of an
'independent" movie. Challenges gender roles in a really interesting and unique way. Not as scary as it looks - DirectorShira PivenStarsKristen WiigJames MarsdenLinda CardelliniWhen Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.Kristen Wiig being corky w/ mental illness. Kinda funny if that's your thing
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsWoody HarrelsonJuliette LewisTom SizemoreTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.Exciting, violent, and enigmatic. Think Bonny and Clyde but modern and face-melting
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen DohertyAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.Fun 80's classic, it's a cult movie for a reason
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka TenkiWhen slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.Beautiful and stunning Hungarian masterpiece. It's slow, but totally worth the payoff. If you're as much a sucker for anthropomorphism as I am, it's worth a go
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsAnnette BeningJulianne MooreMark RuffaloTwo children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.Two mom's and Mark Ruffalo being adorable, what's not to like
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsAlice LoweKenneth HadleySteve OramChris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.Deadpan British humor with fun murder
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsCarey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieNothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.Cathartic, devastating (and fun at the same time somehow), and revenge indulgent. Great writing
- DirectorGil JungerStarsHeath LedgerJulia StilesJoseph Gordon-LevittA high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.Classic 10/10 cheesy easy to watch romcom, Plus Heath Ledger, you already know
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Classic horror (not that scary don't worry) with great and tragic social commentary around sexuality, religious puritanism and misogyny
- DirectorPatricia CardosoStarsAmerica FerreraLupe OntiverosIngrid OliuIn East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.Empowering movie about the pressures of life on a hispanic teenager in East LA
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda MayA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.Gritty, bleak, but powerful portrayal of a woman navigating poverty and finding community. All the characters besides the lead aren't actors, just travelers in the subculture the movie explores. Won best picture. Female directed
- DirectorPatrick BriceStarsAdam ScottTaylor SchillingJason SchwartzmanAlex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family "playdate" becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.Very sexual comedy with a cool cast