List of nominated films, in chronological order

The Life of Christ, dir. Alice Guy-Blaché (1906)

Falling Leaves, dir. Alice Guy-Blaché (1912)

The Rosary, dir. Lois Weber (1913)

Hypocrites, dir. Lois Weber (1915)

Shoes, dir. Lois Weber (1916)

The Holy Night, dir. Elvira Notari (1921)

Craig’s Wife, dir. Dorothy Arzner (1936)

Meshes of the Afternoon, dir. Maya Deren (1943)

At Land, dir. Maya Deren (1944)

Outrage, dir. Ida Lupino (1950)

The Hitch-Hiker, dir. Ida Lupino (1953)

Forever a Woman, dir. Kinuyo Tanaka (1955)

A still from ARAYA

The Star of Bethlehem, dir. Lotte Reiniger and Vivian Milroy (1956)

Araya, dir. Margot Benacerraf (1959)

Cléo from 5 to 7, dir. Agnès Varda (1962)

The House is Black, dir. Forugh Farrokhzad (1962)

The Trouble with Angels, dir. Ida Lupino (1966)

Wanda, dir. Barbara Loden (1970)

A New Leaf, dir. Elaine May (1971)

Adoption, dir. Márta Mészáros (1975)

Moses und Aron, dir. Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (1975)

Harlan County, USA, dir. Barbara Kopple (1976)

The Ascent, dir. Larisa Shepitko (1977)

Girlfriends, dir. Claudia Weill (1978)

A still from GOLDEN EIGHTIES

My Brilliant Career, dir. Gillian Armstrong (1979)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, dir. Amy Heckerling (1982)

Born in Flames, dir. Lizzie Borden (1983)

Testament, dir. Lynn Littman (1983)

Yentl, dir. Barbara Streisand (1983)

Vagabond, dir. Agnès Varda (1985)

Golden Eighties, dir. Chantal Akerman (1986)

Real Genius, dir. Martha Coolidge (1986)

Who Killed Vincent Chin, dir. Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña (1987)

Big, dir. Penny Marshall (1988)

Crossing Delancey, dir. Joan Macklin Silver (1988)

Salaam Bombay!, dir. Mira Nair (1988)

Barbara O. Jones in DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

The Company of Strangers, dir. Cynthia Scott (1990)

Daughters of the Dust, dir. Julie Dash (1991)

A League of Their Own, dir. Penny Marshall (1992)

The Piano, dir. Jane Campion (1993)

Little Women, dir. Gillian Armstrong (1994)

Home for the Holidays, dir. Jodie Foster (1995)

Eve’s Bayou, dir. Kasi Lemmons (1997)

The Prince of Egypt, dir. Brenda Chapman and Simon Wells (1998)

Beau Travail, dir. Claire Denis (1999)

But I’m a Cheerleader, dir. Jamie Babbitt (1999)

The Matrix, dir. Lana and Lily Wachowski (1999)

The Virgin Suicides, dir. Sofia Coppola (1999)

A still from PERSEPOLIS

American Psycho, dir. Mary Harron (2000)

The Gleaners and I, dir. Agnès Varda (2000)

Away from Her, dir. Sarah Polley (2006)

Marie Antoinette, dir. Sofia Coppola (2006)

Persepolis, dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007)

Wendy and Lucy, dir. Kelly Reichardt (2008)

An Education, dir. Lone Scherfig (2009)

Bright Star, dir. Jane Campion (2009)

Lourdes, dir. Jessica Hausner (2009)

The Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (2009)

Corpo Celeste, dir. Alice Rohrwacher (2011)

The Queen of Versailles, dir. Lauren Greenfield (2012)

Logan Marshall-Green in THE INVITATION

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2014)

Selma, dir. Ava DuVernay (2014)

The Babadook, dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)

Unbroken, dir. Angelina Jolie (2014)

Mustang, dir. Deniz Gamze Erguven (2015)

The Invitation, dir. Karyn Kusama (2015)

The Royal Road, dir. Jenni Olson (2015)

The Innocents, dir. Anne Fontaine (2016)

Lady Bird, dir. Greta Gerwig (2017)

Let the Sunshine In, dir. Claire Denis (2017)

The Burden, dir. Niki Lindroth Von Bahr (2017)

The Rider, dir. Chloe Zhao (2017)

Morfydd Clark in SAINT MAUD

Leave No Trace, dir. Debra Granik (2018)

Wild Nights with Emily, dir. Madeleine Olnek (2018)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, dir. Marielle Heller (2019)

Atlantics, dir. Mati Diop (2019)

Blinded by the Light, dir. Gurinder Chadha (2019)

First Cow, dir. Kelly Reichardt (2019)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dir. Celine Sciamma (2019)

Saint Maud, dir. Rose Glass (2019)

The Wind Phone, dir. Kristen Gerweck (2019)

Athlete A, dir. Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (2020)

Nomadland, dir. Chloe Zhao (2020)

I’m Your Man, dir. Maria Schrader (2021)

Teyana Taylor in A THOUSAND AND ONE

The Power of the Dog, dir. Jane Campion (2021)

Aftersun, dir. Charlotte Wells (2022)

Showing Up, dir. Kelly Reichardt (2022)

The People’s Joker, dir. Vera Drew (2022)

The Woman King, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood (2022)

Women Talking, dir. Sarah Polley (2022)

A Thousand and One, dir. A.V. Rockwell (2023)

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, dir. Raven Jackson (2023)

Anatomy of a Fall, dir. Justine Triet (2023)

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2023)

Barbie, dir. Greta Gerwig (2023)

La Chimera, dir. Alice Rohrwacher (2023)

Lily Gladstone in JAZZY

Origin, dir. Ava DuVernay (2023)

Past Lives, dir. Celine Song (2023)

The Eternal Memory, dir. Maite Alberdi (2023)

The Starling Girl, dir. Laurel Parmet (2023)

Ghostlight, dir. Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow, dir. Jane Schoenbrun (2024)

Jazzy, dir. Morissa Maltz (2024)

The Substance, dir. Coralie Fargeat (2024)

Sorry, Baby, dir. Eva Victor (2025)