Featured Films: Women Make Film Episode 2
The complete list of films referenced in Episode 2 of Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Chapter three on believability, chapter four on introducing a character, and chapter five on meet cute.
Chapter Three – Believability
| Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
| Why is Frau B Happy? | Erika Runge | Germany | 1968 |
| The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 2008 |
| El Camino | Ana Mariscal | Spain | 1963 |
| Lore | Cate Shortland | Germany, Australia, UK | 2012 |
| Which Would You Choose? | Dinara Asanova | Soviet Union | 1981 |
| Hotel Very Welcome | Sonja Heiss | Germany | 2007 |
| Meek’s Cutoff | Kelly Reichardt | USA | 2010 |
| The Selfish Giant | Clio Barnard | UK | 2013 |
| Hedi Schneider is Stuck | Sonja Heiss | Germany | 2015 |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania | 2016 |
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1991 |
| The Blot | Lois Weber | USA | 1921 |
| Frozen River | Courtney Hunt | USA | 2008 |
| Selma | Ava DuVernay | UK, USA | 2014 |
| Not a Pretty Picture | Martha Coolidge | USA | 1976 |
| The Apple | Samira Makhmalbaf | Iran, France | 1998 |
Chapter Four – Introducing a Character
| Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
| The Moon Has Rise | Kinuyo Tanaka | Japan | 1955 |
| Germany Pale Mother | Helma Sanders-Brahms | West Germany | 1980 |
| Vagabond | Agnès Varda | France | 1985 |
| Somewhere | Sofia Coppola | USA, UK, Italy, Japan | 2010 |
| Nana | Valérie Massadian | France | 2011 |
| The Connection | Shirley Clarke | USA | 1961 |
| The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | USA | 1996 |
| Wayne’s World | Penelope Spheeris | USA | 1992 |
| Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | UK, Netherlands | 2009 |
| Ellen | Mahalia Belo | UK | 2016 |
| Girlhood | Céline Sciamma | France | 2015 |
| Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania | 2016 |
| The Story of the Flaming Years | Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union | 1961 |
Chapter Five – Meet Cute
| Film | Filmmaker | Country(ies) | Year |
| Krane’s Confectionery | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Norway | 1951 |
| Brief Encounters | Kira Muratova | Soviet Union | 1968 |
| The Seashell and the Clergyman | Germaine Dulac | France | 1928 |
| The Heartbreak Kid | Elaine May | USA | 1972 |
| Grand Central | Rebecca Zlotowski | France, Austria | 2013 |
| One. Two. One | Mania Akbari | Iran | 2011 |
| The Visitor | Lola Randl | Germany | 2008 |
| A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Ana Lily Amirpour | USA | 2014 |
| Yaksha Gaanam | D Sheela | India | 1976 |
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | USA | 1991 |
| Girlhood | Céline Sciamma | France | 2015 |
| Wanda | Barbara Loden | USA | 1970 |
| Vagabond | Agnès Varda | France | 1985 |
| Fleeting Loves | Malvina Ursianu | Romania | 1974 |
| Kill Me | Emily Atef | Germany, France, Switzerland | 2012 |
| Faithless | Liv Ullmann | Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway | 2000 |
