# The greatest films directed by women according to the BBC

Jane Campion's The Piano, Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman and Claire Denis' Beau Travail: the top 10 of BBC Culture's 2019 poll of 368 film experts from 84 countries.

- 442 votes · 10 items
- Feb 11, 2020 · cutscene_leon
- https://even.best/en/l/5030/the-greatest-films-directed-by-women-according-to-the-bbc

## Top 10

1. **The Piano (1993)** (56 · ▲58 ▼2) — Directed by Jane Campion.
2. **Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)** (32 · ▲40 ▼8) — Directed by Agnès Varda.
3. **Daisies (1966)** (32 · ▲37 ▼5) — Directed by Věra Chytilová.
4. **Lost in Translation (2003)** (31 · ▲36 ▼5) — Directed by Sofia Coppola.
5. **Beau Travail (1999)** (28 · ▲36 ▼8) — Directed by Claire Denis.
6. **Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)** (27 · ▲35 ▼8) — Directed by Chantal Akerman.
7. **Daughters of the Dust (1991)** (25 · ▲32 ▼7) — Directed by Julie Dash.
8. **The Hurt Locker (2008)** (24 · ▲33 ▼9) — Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
9. **Toni Erdmann (2016)** (23 · ▲34 ▼11) — Directed by Maren Ade.
10. **Fish Tank (2009)** (16 · ▲27 ▼11) — Directed by Andrea Arnold.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.