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Mediascape Top 100 American Films by Women Directors

In response to the AFI Top 100 list, "Mediascape":http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/index.htm compiled a list of 100 American films directed by women. You can read more about the list "In Response to the AFI: Top 100 American Films by Women Directors":http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/archive/volume01/number03/reviews/hillhu.htm by Erin Hill and Brian Hu.

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1.
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 Mabel's Busy Day
by Mabel Normand
  
2. Back to God's Country / Something New  
3. The Love Light
by Frances Marion
  
4. The Blot
by Lois Weber
  
5.
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 Two Wise Wives
by Lois Weber
  
6.
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 The Wild Party
by Dorothy Arzner
  
7.
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 Linda
by Dorothy Davenport
  
8.
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 Christopher Strong (1933)
by Dorothy Arzner
  
9.
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 Dance Girl Dance
by Dorothy Arzner
  
10.
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 First Comes Courage
by Dorothy Arzner
  
11.
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 Meshes of the Afternoon
by Maya Deren
  
12.
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 Not Wanted
by Ida Lupino & Elmer Clifton
  
13.
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 Outrage (1950)
by Ida Lupino
  
14. The Bigamist (1953) DVD [Remastered Edition]  
15.
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 The Cool World
by Shirley Clarke
  
16.
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 Bad Girls Go To Hell
by Doris Wishman
  
17.
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 Portrait of Jason
by Shirley Clark
  
18.
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 Fuses
by Carolee Schneemann
  
19.
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 Rape
by Yoko Ono & John Lennon
  
20. Barbara Loden's Wanda  
21.
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 A New Leaf
by Elaine May
  
22.
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 The Velvet Vampire
by Stephanie Rothman
  
23. Terminal Island  
24.
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 Dyketactics
by Barbara Hammer
  
25.
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 Working Girls
by Stephanie Rothman
  
26. Harlan County, U.S.A. - Criterion Collection  
27.
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 News From Home
by Chantal Akerman
  
28.
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 Girlfriends
by Claudia Weill
  
29.
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 Chilly Scenes of Winter
by Joan Micklin Silver
  
30.
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 Old Boyfriends
by Joan Tewkesbury
  
31.
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 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980 Documentary)
by Connie Field
  
32.
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 Tell Me a Riddle
by Lee Grant
  
33.
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 The Decline of Western Civilization
by Penelope Spheeris
  
34.
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 Losing Ground
by Kathleen Collins
  
35. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition)
by Amy Heckerling
  
36. Smithereens
by Susan Seidelman
  
37. Valley Girl
by Martha Coolidge
  
38.
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 Yentl
by Barbra Streisand
  
39. Desert Hearts (Two-Disc Vintage Collection)
by Donna Deitch
  
40. Desperately Seeking Susan
by Susan Seidelman
  
41. Working Girls (Widescreen)
by Lizzie Borden
  
42. Children of a Lesser God
by Randa Haines
  
43. Border Radio - Criterion Collection
by Kurt Voss
  
44. Near Dark (2pc) (Ws Spec)
by Kathryn Bigelow
  
45.
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 Who Killed Vincent Chin?
by Christine Choy & Renee Tajima-Pena
  
46.
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 Damned If You Dont-Su Friedrich  
47. Ishtar [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
by Elaine May
  
48. Big - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Penny Marshall
  
49.
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 Surname Viet Given Name Nam
by Trinh T. Minh-ha
  
50. Blue Steel (1990)
by Kathryn Bigelow
  
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Created by Chris Campbell on Jul 06, 2007.