11 Great Films about men Directed by Women

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

Directed: by Lynne Ramsay

Staring: Joaquin Phoenix

Le Bonheur (1965)

Fran?ois, a young carpenter, lives a happy, uncomplicated life with his wife Thérèse and their two small children. One day he meets Emilie, a clerk in the local post office.

Directed: by Agnès Varda

Staring: Jean-Claude Drouot

Real Genius (1985)

Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans.

Directed: by Martha Coolidge

Staring: Val Kilmer

Dudes (1987)

Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in this lighthearted road movie. Along the way, they enlist the help of a young woman who runs a wrecking service.

Directed: by Penelope Spheeris

Staring: Jon Cryer and Daniel Roebuck.

Point Break (1991)

An F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers. Film delivers kinetic thrills, quotable one-liners and dizzying waves of subtext, inviting viewers into the surrogate father/son bond that exists between the two heroes on opposite sides of the law.

Directed: by Kathryn Bigelow

Staring: Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves.

Beau travail (1999)

This film focuses on an ex-Foreign Legion officer as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in Africa.

Directed: by Claire Denis and

Staring: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor and Grégoire Colin.

Jesus' Son (1999)

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

Directed: by Alison Maclean

Staring: Billy Crudup

American Psycho (2000)

A wealthy New York investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Directed: by Mary Harron

Staring: Christian Bale

Old Joy (2006)

Adapted from a short story by her regular collaborator Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt’s quietly sublime Pacific Northwest travelogue is among the most acute studies of male friendship you’ll ever see. Old Joy patiently follows Mark (Daniel London) – settled down and about to be a dad – as he reunites with hippie buddy Kurt (bearded indie-folk music enigma Will Oldham) for a weekend camping in the wilderness east of Portland, Oregon Cascade Mountains.

Directed: by Kelly Reichardt

Staring: Daniel London and Will Oldham

Father of My Children (2009)

Father of My Children is a movie starring Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, and Alice de Lencquesaing. A film producer struggles with suicidal despair.

Directed: by Mia Hansen-L?ve

Staring: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Chevalier (2015)

In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will be butchered, and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the journey, when the game is over, the man who wins will be the best man. And he will wear on his smallest finger the victory ring: the Chevalier.

Directed: by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Staring: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orphanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos