Users name films with woman directors
The gist
A study of almost 200,000 films found women wrote the most profitable movies.
Studios still fund male-led films even when women-led ones earn more.
How it unfolded
- 1994Share of films crediting at least one woman as a director or screenwriter was 21.5%.
- 2023Share of films crediting at least one woman as a director or screenwriter rose to 29.4%.
- Sep 22, 2026Frontiers in Communication study published, analyzing almost 200,000 movies released between 1994 and 2023.