Isabel Dréan presents
SEE HER FILM
Films directed by women, in theaters and streaming. What to watch this week and where to see it.
Why
Women are half the population. Yet only a small share of the films we watch are directed by women.
So what if, every time we sat down to watch something, we chose a film by a woman? One ticket, one stream, one movie night at a time. Studios make more of what we watch. If enough of us choose her film, they will make more of them.
That’s the whole idea. Every week, we make it easy.
What to watch this week
Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2026
Ten films by women this week, from a corgi Christmas on Netflix to Judy Heumann's fight for disability rights on the big screen. Pick one, bring a friend, and go see it. Every ticket and every stream shows studios that films by women have an audience.
Pick of the week
Co-dir. Eleanor Wilson
Co-written by Eleanor Wilson
A lonely woman in a strict medieval village orders a husband woven from wicker as a joke, and his devotion turns the town upside down. Starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård.
Based on "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills-Jones
Why I picked it? Two words: Alexander Skarsgård.
Dir. Cathryn Michon
When a teenager's mother falls into a coma, she and her grieving grandfather try to hold the family together, with help from a corgi puppy.
From the novel by W. Bruce Cameron
Dir. Siân Heder
Written by Siân Heder & Rebekah Taussig
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads more than 100 disabled people in a 28-day occupation of a San Francisco federal building to win their rights.
From Judith Heumann's memoir
Co-dir. Kelly O’Sullivan
Written by Kelly O'Sullivan
When Callie and Minnie's relationship falls apart before senior year, Minnie becomes an unlikely friend of Callie's mother.
Co-dir. Erica Rivinoja
Screenplay by Erica Rivinoja, story by Caroline Williams
With his job and his hat's stripes on the line, the Cat must cheer up two siblings struggling after a move to a new town.
Dir. Traci Hays
Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story
A quiet woman is taken hostage by an escaped convict hiding in her basement and forced to drive his getaway car. Starring Stana Katic.
Based on "The Painter's Wife" by Ann Rule
Dir. Georgia Oakley
Written by Diana Reid
Two sisters with opposite temperaments look for love and security after their family loses its fortune.
From the novel by Jane Austen
Dir. Marie Kreutzer
Written by Marie Kreutzer
A concert pianist moves her family to the country so her husband can recover, until a police raid upends everything she thought she knew.
On Netflix November 18
Dir. Olivia Wilde
Co-written by Rashida Jones
A couple whose marriage is fraying host their mysterious upstairs neighbors for dinner, and the night either saves them or finishes them.
Dir. Susanne Bier
Co-written by Georgia Pritchett & Kelly Marcel
The Owens sisters are back for another round of family magic and curses.
Top 10
Posted October 31, 2026
TONIGHT: 10 HORROR FILMS WE LOVE
In no particular order. Happy Halloween, save this list.
Staying in tonight? Make it one of these. Women have made some of the scariest films of the last forty years, from Near Dark to The Substance. Turn off the lights, pick one, and tell us which one got you.
Dir. Coralie Fargeat
Written by Coralie Fargeat
A fading star injects a drug that splits off a younger version of her, and the two go to war.
Dir. Jennifer Kent
Written by Jennifer Kent
A worn-out widowed mother and her son are stalked by a monster from a pop-up book.
Dir. Karyn Kusama
Written by Diablo Cody
A possessed cheerleader feeds on the boys in her town while her best friend tries to stop her.
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Written by Julia Ducournau
A vegetarian vet student is forced to eat meat during hazing and develops a hunger she can't control.
Dir. Mary Harron
Written by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner
A Wall Street banker obsessed with status and grooming kills people at night.
Dir. Rose Glass
Written by Rose Glass
A devout hospice nurse becomes convinced she must save her dying patient's soul.
Dir. Alison Star Locke
Written by Alison Star Locke
On Christmas Eve, a grieving mother gets a late-night visit from her estranged brother-in-law, twenty years after her daughter disappeared.
Dir. Nia DaCosta
Co-written by Nia DaCosta
A Chicago artist digs into the legend of the hook-handed killer and calls him back.
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Co-written by Kathryn Bigelow
A farm boy falls for a drifter and gets pulled into her family of nomadic vampires.
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