movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Mar 05

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female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story [my review]
Alexandra Dean writes and directs this documentary about 1940s Hollywood superstar Hedy Lamarr.

female director, female screenwriter, female protagonist
The Divine Order [IMDb] pictured
Petra Volpe writes and directs this historical dramedy about Swiss women agitating for the right to vote in 1971. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Bettina Stucky, and Marta Zoffoli.

female director, female screenwriter, male protagonist
You Were Never Really Here [IMDb]
Lynne Ramsay writes and directs this crime drama about a (male) veteran who finds missing girls for a living.

male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Mom and Dad [my review]
Selma Blair and Anne Winters costar in this horror movie about what happens when parents turn murderously on their children. (male writer-director)

male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Kobiety mafii [IMDb]
Olga Boladz and Agnieszka Dygant costars in this drama about women caught up in the Polish criminal underworld. (male writers and director)

male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Plot 35 [IMDb]
Documentary about a (male) filmmaking exploring the family mystery of the disappearance of his little sister as a child.

male director, male screenwriter, female coprotagonist
Wonder Wheel [IMDb]
Kate Winslet and Juno Temple costar in this historical drama about life in Coney Island in the 1950s. (male writer-director)

Please let me know if I’ve missed any movies directed by, written by, or about women.

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