Flicks Made by Chicks
Four women have broken the celluloid ceiling and been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director-- Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties (1977), Jane Campion for The Piano (1994), Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2004) and Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2010).  Ms. Bigelow won.  Check out some other flicks made by chicks...
 Whip it by   Whip it
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired o ...
 
 Julie & Julia by   Julie & Julia
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge i ...
 
 The hurt locker by   The hurt locker
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the B ...
 
 Then she found me by   Then she found me
Desperate to start a family, New York schoolteacher, April Epner hits a midlife crisis when, in quic ...
 
 Something new by   Something new
If love is an adventure, Kenya McQueen has yet to be embarked upon it. A beautiful L.A. career woman ...
 
 Saving face by   Saving face
Wilhelmina is a Chinese-American lesbian and a young surgeon who has kept her sexual orientation sec ...
 
 Lost in translation by   Lost in translation
A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up a ...
 
 Frida by   Frida
The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy tha ...
 
 Morvern Callar by   Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar is greeted with a startling surprise, her boyfriend has committed suicide. He has lef ...
 
 Oscar and Lucinda by   Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucind ...
 
 My crazy life Mi vida loca by   My crazy life Mi vida loca
Gang members Sad Girl and Mousie, once best friends, are now enemies as they have both become pregna ...
 
 The piano by   The piano
A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a fa ...
 
 Daughters of the dust by   Daughters of the dust
In 1902, the Gullah Peazant family, descendants of slaves, live on the Sea Islands off the coast of ...
 
 The prince of tides by   The prince of tides
A disillusioned Southern coach reveals his tortured childhood in order to help his troubled, suicida ...
 
 Little man Tate by   Little man Tate
A seven year old genius is caught in a tug of war between his waitress mom who only wants a regular ...
 
 Big by   Big
A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He ...
 
 Fast times at Ridgemont High by   Fast times at Ridgemont High
A comedy that chronicles the trials and tribulations of several high school students.
 
 Seven beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze by   Seven beauties Pasqualino Settebellezze
The story of a small-time crook and lady-killer who shoots his sister's pimp to save the family hono ...
 
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