Top rated movies with a strong-willed woman and respected director

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a strong-willed woman and respected director! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a strong-willed woman and respected director, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Proxima (2019)

Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven year old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. Her love is overpowering, unsettling. When Sarah is chosen to join the crew of a year-long space mission called Proxima, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.

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2019-11-27 | Drama

Cast

Eva Green, Matt Dillon

Rating

rating icon 6.301
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    masterfully executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    realist
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sensitively handled

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2 This Changes Everything (2019)

An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.

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2019-06-28 | Documentary

Cast

Rashida Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    social problem
  2. Ranked #1 for
    prominent role
  3. Ranked #1 for
    disproportionate

Trailer

This Changes Everything trailer
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3 The Truth (2019)

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

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2019-10-10 | Drama

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rhythmic continuity of character development
  2. Ranked #1 for
    director with natural ability
  3. Ranked #1 for
    true professional

Trailer

The Truth trailer
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4 The Protégé (2021)

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

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2021-08-19 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 6.579
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    brilliantly staged
  2. Ranked #2 for
    rapid fire editing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    highly original

Trailer

The Protégé trailer
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5 Holy Spider (2022)

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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2022-07-13 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani

Rating

rating icon 7.296
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brutal murder
  2. Ranked #1 for
    most thought-provoking
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most riveting

Trailer

Holy Spider trailer
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6 A Rainy Day in New York (2019)

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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2019-07-26 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning

Rating

rating icon 6.504
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    quick and witty dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    witty and charming character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for rainy days

Trailer

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7 The Reckoning (2021)

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    late night movie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tepid plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    grim tale

Trailer

The Reckoning trailer
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8 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    boyish

Trailer

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9 Goodbye, Petrushka (2022)

Claire moves impulsively from NYC to Paris, where she nannies for the family from hell, battles wacky French bureaucrats, embarrasses herself in front of her Parisian crush and navigates a toxic relationship - among other faux pas.

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2022-06-12 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Lizzie Kehoe, Thomas Vieljeux

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    grounded
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely joyful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    meaningful

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10 Little Women (2019)

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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2019-12-25 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh

Rating

rating icon 7.886
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    linear narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    masterful story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sad

Trailer

Little Women trailer
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