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The greatest films directed by women according to the BBC

The top 3 according to 442 votes from people: The Piano (1993) · Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) · Daisies (1966). (Updated Feb 11, 2020.)

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.

cutscene_leon · · 10 items · 442 votes · 2 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    The Piano (1993)

    Directed by Jane Campion.

    ▲ 58 ▼ 2

    56
  2. 2

    Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

    Directed by Agnès Varda.

    ▲ 40 ▼ 8

    32
  3. 3

    Daisies (1966)

    Directed by Věra Chytilová.

    ▲ 37 ▼ 5

    32
  4. 4

    Lost in Translation (2003)

    Directed by Sofia Coppola.

    ▲ 36 ▼ 5

    31
  5. 5

    Beau Travail (1999)

    Directed by Claire Denis.

    ▲ 36 ▼ 8

    28
  6. 6

    Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

    Directed by Chantal Akerman.

    ▲ 35 ▼ 8

    27
  7. 7

    Daughters of the Dust (1991)

    Directed by Julie Dash.

    ▲ 32 ▼ 7

    25
  8. 8

    The Hurt Locker (2008)

    Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

    ▲ 33 ▼ 9

    24
  9. 9

    Toni Erdmann (2016)

    Directed by Maren Ade.

    ▲ 34 ▼ 11

    23
  10. 10

    Fish Tank (2009)

    Directed by Andrea Arnold.

    ▲ 27 ▼ 11

    16

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gasolina_curioso · Español

Me alegra ver Las margaritas tan arriba, es una locura de película y casi nadie la conoce.

Santi G. · Español

Jeanne Dielman en el top 3 y tres años después número 1 en Sight & Sound. La BBC lo vio venir.

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