Less Than 1 in 6 Movies To Be Directed by Women in 2024 

Women will only be directing 14.4% of the movies in 2024. That’s less than 1 in 6, of confirmed movie releases this year directed solely by women. On the other hand, 82.7% of movies are set to be directed by men. And 2.8% feature both male and female directors.

The research, conducted by NoDeposit365, considered 104 movies that are confirmed to release in 2024, to find the percentage of movies directed by men, women or a combination of the two. 

They found that across these titles, only 14.4% will be directed by women – just 15 out of the 104 movies. Interestingly, two of those included are Marvel films – Madame Web (S.J Clarkson), and Venom 3 (Kelly Marcel). Madame Web also primarily features an all-women lead cast including Dakota Johnson, Syndey Sweeney, and Emma Roberts. 

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biographical movie Back to Black is also releasing this yea. The film will detail the life and music of the late Amy Winehouse. 

Movies with women directors releasing this year: 

A staggering 82.7% of upcoming titles (82 out of 104) are set to be directed by men this year. Action and horror films will take up the largest portion. This includes the eagerly anticipated Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve) and Joker: Folie à Deux (Todd Phillips). 

In terms of a collaboration between men and women, only 3 out of 104 movies (2.8%) had both as directors. These titles include the recently released remake of Mean Girls (Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr). Also, Kung Fu Panda 4 (Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine). And Horrorscope (Spencer Cohen, Anna Halberg). 

Olivia King, a spokesperson from NoDeposit365 said, “For a long time, filmmaking was perceived as a domain predominantly occupied by male directors, but this perception is clearly an outdated stereotype.  The presence of women in directorial roles is crucial for establishing positive role models, considering that women constitute a significant proportion of the film industry. Although there has been a shift towards inclusivity for women directors in recent years, these findings evidence that there is still a large disparity in opportunities available to women wanting to direct feature length films.”  

Sources: Collider.com, Cineworld.co.uk, IMDB, https://www.nodeposit365.com 

Methodology: 

Using the sources linked below, we looked at 104 confirmed movies releasing this year (2024). From here we looked on IMDB at the directors to see if they are male, female, or a collaboration of the two.  

The number of directors was then calculated into a percentage. 

Full list of movies and directors: