2015 Movie Releases | Directed by Women

214 TOTAL | 110 FEATURES | 84 DOCUMENTARIES | 7 ANTHOLOGY | 9 RE-RELEASES | 4 EXPERIMENTAL

8 WIDE RELEASES | 50 DEBUT FEATURES | 39 DEBUT DOCUMENTARIES

Above and Beyond | Roberta Grossman
Documentary | Released January 30 | International Film Circuit | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Addicted to Fresno | Jamie Babbit
Feature | Written by Karey Dornetto
Based on the 2013 short Fucking Cleveland from the Made in Cleveland anthology
Released October 2 | Gravitas Ventures
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Advantageous | Jennifer Phang
Feature | Written by Jacqueline Kim and Jennifer Phang
Released June 26 | Good Neighbors Media
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Aloft | Claudia Llosa
Feature | Written by Claudia Llosa
Released May 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | Box Office
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Amour Fou | Jessica Hausner
Feature | In German | Written by Jessica Hausner
Released March 20 | Film Movement | Box Office
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Ana Maria in Novela Land | Georgina Riedel
Feature | Written by Georgina Riedel and Jose Nestor Marquez
Released February 27 | Synthetic Releasing
Website | Hulu | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Antarctic Edge: 70˚ South | Dena Seidel
Documentary | Released April 17 | First Run Features | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Apartment Troubles | Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler
Debut Feature | Written by Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler
Released March 27 | Gravitas Ventures
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Approaching the Elephant | Amanda Rose Wilder
Debut Documentary | Released February 20 | IFP Screen Forward
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Appropriate Behavior | Desiree Akhavan
Debut Feature | Written by Desiree Akhavan
Released January 16 | Gravitas Ventures | Box Office
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The Armor of Light | Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes
Debut Documentary | Released October 30 | Fork Films | Box Office
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Ayanda aka Ayanda and the Mechanic | Sara Blecher
Feature | Written by Trish Malone
Released November 13 | Array
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Bare | Natalia Leite
Debut Feature | Written by Natalia Leite
Released October 30 | Sundance Selects (IFC Films)
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young | Annika Iltis and Timothy Kane
Debut Documentary | Review | Released November 27 | Gravitas Ventures and Barkley Movie LLC
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Batkid Begins | Dana Nachman
Documentary | Released June 26 | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Below Dreams | Garrett Bradley
Debut Feature | Written by Garrett Bradley
Released April 17 | IFP Screen Forward
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Big Stone Gap | Adriana Trigiani
Debut Feature | Written by Adriana Trigiani | Based on her 2001 novel
Released October 9 | Picturehouse | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Bleeding Heart | Diane Bell
Feature | Written by Diane Bell
Released December 11 | Gravitas Features
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Blood Punch | Madellaine Paxson
Debut Feature | Written by Eddie Guzelian
Released August 28 | Midnight Releasing
Website | Hulu | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Body and Soul: The State of the Jewish Nation | Gloria Z. Greenfield
Documentary | Released April 24 | CINEMAflix Distribution
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Brand: A Second Coming | Ondi Timoner
Documentary | Released September 25 | Ignite Channel
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story | Sara Hirsh Bordo
Debut Documentary | Released August 25 | Cinedigm
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Breathe | Mélanie Laurent
Feature | In French | Written by Mélanie Laurent and Julien Lambroschini
Based on the novel Respire by Anne-Sophie Brasme
Released September 11 | Film Movement | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Business of Disease | Sonia Barrett
Debut Documentary | Released February 20 | Dreamspell Productions
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Butterfly Girl | Cary Bell
Debut Documentary | Released August 28 | Indican Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

By the Sea | Angelina Jolie Pitt
Feature | Written by Angelina Jolie Pitt
Released November 13 | Universal Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Call for Help | Lior Etziony and Michal Hanuka
Debut Documentary | Released February 6 | Obscured Pictures
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Can You Dig This | Delila Vallot
Debut Documentary | Released November 27 | Gathr Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Cathedrals of Culture
Anthology (Documentary) | Released May 1 | Cinephil
Oslo Opera House | Margreth Olin
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Censored Voices | Mor Loushy
Documentary | In Hebrew and English
Released November 20 | Music Box Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Chocolat | Claire Denis | 1988
Re-Release (Debut Feature) | In French | Written by Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau
Released September 18 | The Film Desk | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

CodeGirl | Lesley Chilcott
Documentary | Released November 6 | FilmBuff
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World | Belinda Sallin
Debut Documentary | In Swiss German
Released May 15 | Icarus Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Democrats | Camilla Nielsson
Documentary | In Shona and English
Released November 20 | Upfront Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Dial a Prayer | Maggie Kiley
Feature | Written by Maggie Kiley
Released April 10 | Vertical Entertainment
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Marielle Heller
Debut Feature | Written by Marielle Heller | Based on the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner
Released August 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Dil Dhadakne Do | Zoya Akhtar
Feature | In Hindi | Written by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar
Released June 5 | Eros International | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies | Yael Melamede
Debut Documentary | Released May 15 | Salty Pictures and BOND360
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Dreamcatcher | Kim Longinotto
Documentary | Released March 13 | The Film Sales Co.
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Dreams Rewired | Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart, and Thomas Tode
Experimental | Written by Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel, Martin Reinhart, and Thomas Tode
Released December 18 | Icarus Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Drone | Tonje Hessen Schei
Documentary | In Urdu and English
Released November 20 | The Bertha Foundation
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Druid Peak | Marni Zelnick
Debut Feature | Written by Marni Zelnick
Released January 9 | Indie Rights
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Dukhtar aka Daughter | Afia Nathaniel
Debut Feature | In Urdu and Pushto | Written by Afia Nathaniel
Pakistan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at 88th Academy Awards
Released October 9 | Dukhtar Productions LLC
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Eden | Mia Hansen-Løve
Feature | In French and English | Written by Mia Hansen-Løve and Sven Hansen-Løve
Released June 19 | Broad Green Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Endgame | Carmen Marron
Feature | Written by Carmen Marron and Hector Salinas
Released September 25 | Avila Entertainment and Sparkhope Productions
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Evaporating Borders | Iva Radivojevic
Debut Documentary | In Arabic, Greek, and English
Released June 19 | IFP Screen Forward
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Every Secret Thing | Amy Berg
Debut Feature | Written by Nicole Holofcener | Based on the novel by Laura Lippman
Released May 15 | Starz Digital Media | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Falling | Carol Morley
Feature | Written by Carol Morley
Released August 7 | Cinedigm
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Farewell, Herr Schwarz | Yael Reuveny
Debut Documentary | In German, Hebrew, and English
Released January 9 | Kino Lorber | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Farewell Party | Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon
Feature | In Hebrew | Written by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon
Released May 22 | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Farewell to Hollywood | Henry Corra and Regina Nicholson
Documentary | Regina Nicholson (born Feb. 25, 1993, died March 1, 2012)
Released February 27 | International Film Circuit | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey | Lucie Borleteau
Debut Feature | In French, Romanian, Tagalog, Norwegian, and English
Written by Lucie Borleteau and Clara Bourreau in collaboration with Mathilde Boisseleau
Released July 17 | First Run Features
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Fifty Shades of Grey | Sam Taylor-Johnson
Feature | Written by Kelly Marcel | Based on the novel by E.L. James
Released February 13 | Focus Features (Universal Pictures) | Box Office | Wide Release: 3,646 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Forecaster | Marcus Better and Karin Steinberger
Documentary | Released April 3 | Double Exposure, LLC
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Forever | Tatia Pilieva
Debut Feature | Written by Tatiana Pilieva and Gill Dennis
Released September 25 | Monterey Media | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Fort Tilden | Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Debut Feature | Written by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Story by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Brian Lannin
Released August 14 | Orion Releasing
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Frame By Frame | Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli
Debut Documentary | In Dari and English
Released November 6 | Red Reel and Rake Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Funny Bunny | Alison Bagnall
Feature | Written by Alison Bagnell, Olly Alexander, Kentucker Audley, and Joslyn Jensen
Released November 13 | FilmBuff
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Gardeners of Eden | Austin Peck and Anneliese Vandenberg
Documentary | Released April 24 | RYOT Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile | Sophie Deraspe
Documentary | In French, Arabic, and English
Released July 24 | SundanceNow Doc Club
Website | SundanceNow Doc Club | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Gemma Bovery | Anne Fontaine
Feature | In French and English | Written by Anne Fontaine and Pascal Bonitzer
Based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds
Released May 29 | Music Box Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Feature | In Hebrew | Written by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Released February 13 | Music Box Films | Box Office
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The Girl in the Book | Marya Cohn
Debut Feature | Written by Marya Cohn
Released December 11 | Freestyle Releasing | Box Office
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A Girl Like Her | Amy S. Weber
Feature | Written by Amy S. Weber
Released March 27 | Parkside Releasing
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Girlhood | Céline Sciamma
Feature | In French | Written by Céline Sciamma
Released January 30 | Strand Releasing | Box Office
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Goddess Creation to Immersion | Pradeep Rawat and Megha Agarwal
Documentary | Released September 11 | CINEMAflix
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones | Luann Barry
Debut Documentary | Released October 2 | Poppyfields Media
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Going Away aka Un beau dimanche | Nicole Garcia
Feature | In French | Written by Nicole Garcia and Jacques Fieschi
Released October 2 | Cohen Media Group | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Gone Doggy Gone | Kasi Brown and Brandon Walter
Debut Feature | Written by Kasi Brown and Brandon Walter
Released June 26 | Indican Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Goodnight Mommy | Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Debut Feature | In German | Written by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Austria's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at 88th Academy Awards
Released September 11 | Radius-TWC | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Great Man | Sarah Leonor aka Sarah Petit
Feature | In French and Chechen | Written by Emmanuelle Jacob and Sarah Leonor
Released August 14 | DistriB Films | Box Office
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer | 1975
Re-Release (Documentary) | Released March 6 | Janus Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Hand That Feeds | Robin Blotnick and Rachel Lears
Documentary | In Spanish and English
Released April 3 | Jubilee Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Hard Labor | Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas
Debut Feature | In Brazilian Portuguese | Written by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas
Released October 30 | Cinema Slate
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Heart of a Dog | Laurie Anderson
Experimental | Written by Laurie Anderson
Released October 23 | Abramorama | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Helicopter Mom | Salomé Breziner
Feature | Written by Duke Tran
Released April 24 | Entertainment One Films and Phase 4 Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

#Horror | Tara Subkoff
Debut Feature | Written by Tara Subkoff
Released November 20 | IFC Midnight (IFC Films)
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Hot Pursuit | Anne Fletcher
Feature | Written by David Feeney and John Quaintance
Released May 8 | Warner Bros. | Box Office | Wide Release: 3,003 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy
Documentary | Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht
Released August 14 | Kino Lorber
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Human Experiment | Don Hardy Jr. and Dana Nachman
Documentary | Released April 17 | Area 23a and Film Buff
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

I Believe in Unicorns | Leah Meyerhoff
Debut Feature | Written by Leah Meyerhoff
Released May 29 | Gravitas Ventures
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

I Remember You | Claudia Sparrow
Debut Feature | Written by Claudia Sparrow
Released November 13 | Indie Rights
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

I Touched All Your Stuff aka A vida privada dos hipopótamos | Maíra Bühler and Matias Mariani
Documentary | Review | Released August 28 | Cinema Slate
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Imba Means Sing | Danielle Bernstein
Documentary | Released December 4 | Imba Film
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

In Country | Mike Attie and Meghan O'Hara
Debut Documentary | Released April 10 | BOND360
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

In My Father's House | Ricki Stern and Annie Sudenberg
Documentary | Released October 9 | ARC Entertainment
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

India's Daughter | Leslee Udwin
Debut Documentary | In Hindi and English
Released October 23 | Paladin
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Infinitely Polar Bear | Maya Forbes
Debut Feature | Written by Maya Forbes
Released June 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Intern | Nancy Meyers
Feature | Written by Nancy Meyers
Released September 25 | Warner Bros. | Box Office | Wide Release: 3,305 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

It's All So Quiet | Nanouk Leopold
Feature | In Dutch | Written by Nanouk Leopold
Based on the novel Boven is het Stil by Gerbrand Bakke
Released January 9 | Big World Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Jackie & Ryan aka Your Right Mind | Ami Canaan Mann
Feature | Written by Ami Canaan Mann
Released July 3 | Entertainment One Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Jane B. par Agnès V. | Agnès Varda | 1987
Re-Release (Feature) | In French | Written by Agnès Varda
Released October 16 | Cinelicious Pictures
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Janis: Little Girl Blue | Amy Berg
Documentary | Released November 27 | FilmRise | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

A Journey Through Time with Anthony | Janet Chun
Feature | In Mandarin | Written by Qian Xiaohui
Based on the novel by Ma Liang aka Anthony Ma
Released November 20 | China Lion | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Jupiter Ascending | Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Feature | Written by Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Released February 6 | Warner Bros. | Box Office | Wide Release: 3,181 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Just Before I Go aka Hello I Must Be Going | Courteney Cox
Debut Feature | Written by David Flebotte
Released April 24 | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

K'na the Dreamweaver | Ida Anita Del Mundo
Debut Feature | In Filipino and Tagalog | Written by Ida Anita Del Mundo
Released June 26 | Cinemalaya Tuko Films and Buchi Boy Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet | Joan C. Gratz and Nina Paley
Anthology (Animation) | Released August 7 | GKIDS | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Kung-Fu Master! aka Le petit amour | Agnès Varda | 1987
Re-Release (Feature) | In French | Written by Agnès Varda | Story by Jane Birkin
Released October 16 | Cinelicious Pictures
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

L for Leisure | Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn
Feature | Written by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn
Released May 15 | IFP Screen Forward
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Last Women Standing | Luo Luo
Debut Feature | In Mandarin | Written by Luo Luo | Based on her novel
Released November 11 | China Lion Film | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Learning to Drive | Isabel Coixet
Feature | Written by Sarah Kerochan
Released August 21 | Broad Green Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Lesson aka Urok | Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Debut Feature | In Bulgarian | Written by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Released March 6 | Film Movement | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Little Accidents | Sara Colangelo
Debut Feature | Written by Sara Colangelo
Released January 16 | Amplify | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Vimeo | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Losing Ground | Kathleen Collins | 1982
Re-Release (Debut Feature) | Written by Kathleen Collins
Released February 6 | Milestone Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Lost and Love aka Shi Gu | Peng Sanyuan
Debut Feature | In Mandarin | Written by Peng Sanyuan
Released March 20 | China Lion Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Lost Key | Ricardo Adler, Ricardo Korda, and Belén Orsini
Documentary | Released August 14 | International Film Circuit
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Love the Coopers aka The Most Wonderful Time | Jessie Nelson
Feature | Written by Steven Rogers
Released November 13 | CBS Films | Box Office | Wide Release: 2,603 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Madame Bovary | Sophie Barthes
Feature | Written by Felipe Marino and Sophie Barthes | Based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert
Released June 12 | Alchemy | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Madame Phung's Last Journey | Tham Nguyen Thi
Documentary | In Vietnamese
Released November 13 | Icarus Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Making Rounds | Muffie Meyer
Documentary | Review | Released October 30 | First Run Features | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine | Michele Josue
Debut Documentary | Review | Released February 6 | Run Rabbit Run Media
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

McCullin | Jacqui Morris and David Morris | 2012
Re-Release (Documentary) | Released October 30 | British Film Company
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

McFarland, USA | Niki Caro
Feature | Written by Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Grant Thompson
Released February 20 | Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures) | Box Office | Wide Release: 2,755 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Meadowland | Reed Morano
Debut Feature | Written by Chris Rossi
Released October 16 | Cinedigm
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Meet Me in Montenegro | Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen
Debut Feature | Written by Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen
Released July 10 | The Orchard | Box Office
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Meet the Patels | Geeta Patel and Ravi Patel
Documentary | Released September 11 | Alchemy | Box Office
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Meru | Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Documentary | Released August 14 | Music Box Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Messenger | Su Rynard
Documentary | Released December 4 | Kino Lorber
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Midnight Swim | Sarah Adina Smith
Debut Feature | Written by Sarah Adina Smith
Released June 26 | Candy Factory Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Miss You Already | Catherine Hardwicke
Feature | Written by Morwenna Banks
Released November 6 | Roadside Attractions | Box Office
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Mississippi Grind | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Feature | Written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Released September 25 | A24 | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Misunderstood aka Incompresa | Asia Argento
Feature | In Italian, French, and English | Written by Asia Argento and Barbara Alberti
Released September 25 | Sundance Selects (IFC Films)
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Moana (with sound) | Robert J. Flaherty and Frances Hubbard Flaherty | 1926
Re-Release (Documentary) | Soundtrack compiled by Monica Flaherty
Released November 13 | Kino Lorber
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Debut Feature | In Turkish | Written by Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Wincour
France's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at 88th Academy Awards
Released November 20 | Cohen Media Group | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn | Liv Corfixen
Debut Documentary | In Danish and English
Released February 29 | Radius-TWC
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

My Name is Hmmm... | Agnès Troublé aka agnès b.
Debut Feature | Review | In French | Written by Agnès Troublé and Jean-Pol Fargeau
Released January 30 | UniFrance Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

My Voice, My Life | Ruby Yang
Documentary | In Cantonese
Released August 28 | CINEMAflix
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

My Way | Dominique Mollee and Vinny Sisson
Debut Documentary | Released February 20 | RSB Project and Nine22Ideas
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The New Rijksmuseum | Oeke Hoogendijk
Documentary (131 minutes) | Review | In Dutch, French, and English
Released June 19 | First Run Features | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Northern Soul | Elaine Constantine
Debut Feature | Written by Elaine Constantine
Released October 2 | Freestyle Releasing | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

October Gale | Rubba Nada
Feature | Review | Written by Rubba Nada
Released March 6 | IFC Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

On Beauty | Joanna Rudnick
Documentary | Released July 24 | Kartemquin Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

One Cut, One Life | Ed Pincus and Lucia Small
Documentary | Ed Pincus (born July 6, 1938, died November 5, 2013)
Released May 15 | First Run Features | Box Office
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An Open Secret | Amy Berg
Documentary | Released June 5 | Rocky Mountain Pictures
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Orion: The Man Who Would Be King | Jeanie Finlay
Documentary | Released December 4 | Sundance Selects (IFC Films)
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Ornette: Made in America | Shirley Clarke | 1984
Re-Release (Documentary) | Released July 17 | Milestone Films
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Out 1: Noli Me Tangere | Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman | 1971
Re-Release (Miniseries) | In French | Written by Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman
Released November 6 | Carlotta Films U.S. | Box Office
Website | Fandor | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Palio | Cosima Spender
Documentary | In Italian and English
Released November 6 | Picturehouse Entertainment
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Paraíso | Mariana Chenillo
Feature | In Spanish | Written by Mariana Chenillo | Original story by Julieta Arévalo
Released February 13 | Canana
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The Park Bench | Ann LeSchander
Debut Feature | Written by Ann LeSchander
Released August 21 | Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment
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Paul Taylor: Creative Domain | Kate Geis
Debut Documentary | Released September 11 | TVGEIS and mTuckman Media | Box Office
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Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Documentary | Released November 6 | Submarine Deluxe | Box Office
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Phantom Halo | Antonia Bogdanovich
Debut Feature | Written by Antonia Bogdanovich and Anne Heffron
Released June 19 | ARC Entertainment
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Pitch Perfect 2 | Elizabeth Banks
Debut Feature | Written by Kay Cannon | Based on the nonfiction book by Mickey Rapkin
Released May 15 | Universal Pictures | Box Office | Wide Release: 3,473 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Polyfaces | Lisa Heenan and Isaebella Doherty
Debut Documentary | Released December 11 | Regrarians Ltd.
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Prophet's Prey | Amy Berg
Documentary | Released September 18 | Showtime Documentary Films
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Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back | Regina Russell
Debut Documentary | Released May 22 | Double R Films
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A Reason | Dominique Schilling
Debut Feature | Written by Dominique Schilling
Released August 28 | Indican Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Ride | Helen Hunt
Feature | Written by Helen Hunt
Released May 1 | Screen Media
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Riot Club | Lone Scherfig
Feature | Written by Laura Wade | Based on her play Posh
Released March 27 | IFC Films | Box Office
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The Road Within | Gren Wells
Debut Feature | Written by Gren Wells
Released April 17 | Well Go USA Entertainment
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Rock in the Red Zone | Laura Bialis
Documentary | In Hebrew and English
Released November 13 | Abramorama
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Rosenwald | Aviva Kempner
Documentary | Released August 14 | The Ciesla Foundation | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Royal Road | Jenni Olson
Experimental | Written by Jenni Olson
Released October 30 | Jenni Olson Productions
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Runoff | Kimberly Levin
Debut Feature | Written by Kimberly Levin
Released June 26 | Monterey Media | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Sand Dollars | Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas
Feature | Review | In Spanish, French, and English
Written by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas
Based on the novel Les Dollars des Sables by Jean-Noël Pancrazi
Dominican Republic's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at 88th Academy Awards
Released November 6 | Breaking Glass Pictures
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Second Mother aka Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert
Feature | In Brazilian Portuguese | Written by Anna Muylaert
Brazil's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at 88th Academy Awards
Released August 28 | Oscilloscope Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Secret of Water | Jirka Rysavy and Saida Medvedeva
Debut Documentary | Released March 20 | Gaiam TV and Masterskaya Movie Company
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Seeds of Time | Sandy McLeod
Debut Documentary | Released May 22 | Kino Lorber | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Serena | Susanne Bier
Feature | Review | Written by Christopher Kyle | Based on the novel by Ron Rash
Released March 27 | Magnolia Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Sex, Death and Bowling | Ally Walker
Debut Feature | Written by Ally Walker
Released October 30 | Monterey Media | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

She's Lost Control | Anja Marquardt
Debut Feature | Written by Anja Marquardt
Released March 20 | Monument Releasing | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Sherpa | Jennifer Peedom
Documentary | Released October 2 | Footprint Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Sisterhood of Night | Caryn Waechter
Debut Feature | Written by Marilyn Fu | Based on the short story by Steven Millhauser
Released April 10 | Freestyle Releasing | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Sleeping with Other People | Leslye Headland
Feature | Written by Leslye Headland
Released September 11 | IFC Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Slow Learners | Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce
Debut Feature | Written by Matt Serword | Story by Matt Serword and Peter C. Swords
Released August 21 | Sundance Selects (IFC Films) | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Snervous Tyler Oakley | Amy Rice
Documentary | Released December 11 | Awesomeness Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Something Better to Come | Hanna Polak
Debut Documentary | In Russian
Released May 22 | International Film Circuit
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Somewhere Only We Know | Xu Jinglei
Feature | In Mandarin and English
Written by Wang Shuo, Wang Yun, Xu Jinglei, and Zhao Meng
Released February 13 | China Lion Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Song of Lahore | Shareem Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken
Documentary | In Urdu and English
Released November 13 | Broad Green Pictures
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Song One | Kate Barker-Froyland
Debut Feature | Written by Kate Barker-Froyland
Released January 23 | The Film Arcade and Cinedigm | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Songs from the North | Soon-mi Yoo
Debut Documentary | In Korean
Released September 18 | Kino Lorber
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Strangerland | Kim Farrant
Debut Feature | Written by Michael Kinirons and Fiona Seres
Released July 10 | Alchemy | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Stray Dog | Debra Granik
Debut Documentary | Released July 3 | Still Rolling Productions
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Suffragette | Sarah Gavron
Feature | Written by Abi Morgan
Released October 23 | Focus Features | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Summer of Sangaile | Alanté Kavaïté
Feature | In Lithuanian | Written by Alanté Kavaïté
Released November 20 | Strand Releasing | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Sundance Film Festival Animated Shorts
Anthology | Released January 30 | Sundance Institute | Website
Belly | Julia Pott
Oh Willy... | Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef
Voice on the Line | Kelly Sears

Sunshine Superman | Marah Strauch
Debut Documentary | Released May 22 | CNN Films and Magnolia Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The Tainted Veil | Nahla Al Fahad, Mazen Al Khayrat, and Ovidio Salazar
Debut Documentary | Released October 16 | Anasy Media
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Tales of Halloween
Anthology | Released October 16 | Epic Pictures
Grimm Grinning Ghost | Axelle Carolyn
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Talvar aka Guilty | Meghna Gulzar
Feature | In Hindi and English | Written by Vishal Bhardwaj
Released October 2 | Reliance Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

(T)error | Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
Debut Documentary | Released October 9 | The Film Collaborative
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

A Thousand Suns and the documentary short Atlantiques | Mati Diop
Debut Documentary | In Wolof
Released January 23 | MOMA and UniFrance Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Tired Moonlight | Britni West
Debut Feature | Written by Britni West
Released September 18 | MOMA
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Top Spin | Sara Newens and Mina T. Son
Debut Documentary | Released August 21 | First Run Features | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Trace Amounts | Eric Gladen and Shiloh Levine
Debut Documentary | Released January 2 | Gathr Films | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Treading Water aka The Boy Who Smells Like Fish | Analeine Cal y Mayor
Debut Feature | Written by Analeine Cal y Mayor and Javier Gullón
Released March 13 | The Orchard
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Twinsters | Samantha Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto
Debut Documentary | Released July 17 | Ignite Channel and Small Package Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Unexpected | Kris Swanberg
Feature | Written by Megan Mercier and Kris Swanberg
Released July 24 | The Film Arcade | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Vendetta | Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska
Feature | Written by Justin Shady
Released June 12 | Lionsgate
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Veronika Decides to Die | Emily Young
Feature | Written by Roberta Hanley and Larry Gross | Based on the novel by Paulo Coelho
Released January 23 | Entertainment One Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists | Leah Wolchok
Debut Documentary | Released November 20 | HBO Documentary Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Vessel | Diana Whitten
Debut Documentary | Released January 9 | FilmBluff
Website | Netflix | Vimeo | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Voices | Marjane Satrapi
Feature | Written by Michael R. Perry
Released February 6 | Lionsgate
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Walter | Anna Mastro
Debut Feature | Written by Paul Shoulberg
Released March 13 | Entertainment One Films and Phase 4 Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

We'll Never Have Paris | Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne
Feature | Written by Simon Helberg
Released January 23 | Orion Releasing
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Welcome to Me | Shira Piven
Feature | Written by Eliot Laurence
Released May 1 | Alchemy | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

Welcome to This House, a Film on Elizabeth Bishop | Barbara Hammer
Experimental | Written by Barbara Hammer
Released May 29 | MOMA
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

What Happened, Miss Simone? | Liz Garbus
Documentary | Released June 26 | Netflix
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Winding Stream | Beth Harrington
Documentary | Released December 18 | Argot Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Windsor Drive | Natalie Bible'
Debut Feature | Written by T.R. Gough
Released August 28 | Indican Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Wolfpack | Crystal Moselle
Debut Documentary | Released June 12 | Magnolia Pictures | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

A Woman Like Me | Alex Sichel and Elizabeth Giamatti
Debut Documentary | Alex Sichel (born July 31, 1963, died June 23, 2014)
Released October 9 | Film Presence
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Wonders | Alice Rorwacher
Feature | In Italian | Written by Alice Rorwacher
Released October 30 | Oscilloscope Laboratories | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

The Yes Men Are Revolting | Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, and Laura Nix
Documentary | Released June 12 | The Orchard | Box Office
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

Zipper | Mora Stephens
Feature | Written by Mora Stephens and Joel Viertel
Released August 28 | Alchemy
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows
Anthology | Released September 25 | Acme Filmworks and AWN | Website
Ascension | Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coutenhove, Caroline Domergue, Colin Laubry, and Florian Vecchione
The Ballad of Holland Island House | Lynn Tomlinson
Behind the Trees | Amanda Palmer and Avi Ofer
Love in Times of March Madness | Melissa Johnson and Robertino Zambrano
Messages Dans L’Air | Isabelle Favez
The Story of Percival Pilts | Janette Goodey and John Lewis
Tant de Forets | Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet

The 33 | Patricia Riggen
Feature | In Spanish and English | Story by Jose Rivera
Written by Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten, and Michael Thomas
Based on the nonfiction book Deep Down Dark by Hector Tobar
Released November 13 | Warner Bros. | Box Office | Wide Release: 2,360 theaters
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

52 Tuesdays | Sophie Hyde
Debut Feature | Written by Matthew Cormack | Story by Sophie Hyde and Matthew Cormack
Released March 27 | Kino Lorber
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

1971 | Johanna Hamilton
Debut Documentary | Released February 6 | The Film Collaborative
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | DVD | iTunes

2015 Oscar-Nominated Shorts
Anthology | Released January 30 | Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures | Website | Box Office
Animation: The Bigger Picture | Daisy Jacobs
Animation: Me and My Moulton | Torill Kove
Animation: A Single Life | Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins and Jog Roggeveen
Documentary: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 | Ellen Goosenberg Kent | Academy Award winner
Documentary: Joanna | Aneta Kopacz
Live Action: Aya | Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun
Live Action: Parvaneh | Talkhom Hamzavi

2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts
Anthology | Released June 12 | Sundance Institute | Website
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul | Kitty Green | Jury Prize: Non-fiction
Object | Paulina Skibinska | Special Jury Prize for Poetic Vision
Oh Lucy! | Atsuko Hirayanagi | Jury Prize: International Fiction
SMILF | Frankie Shaw | Jury Prize: U.S. Fiction

10,000 Saints | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Feature | Written by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Based on the novel Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson
Released August 14 | Screen Media Films
Website | Netflix | Amazon Instant Video | Blu-ray | DVD | iTunes

This list reflects U.S. theatrical releases of at least one week. Mid-week releases are included on Friday.
Per Box Office Mojo, a wide release is 600 or more theaters.

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