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: 

Movie	Director	Release Date
I.S.S	Gabriela Cowperthwaite	January 26th 2024
Origin	Ava DuVernay	January 26th 2024
Miller’s Girl	Jade Halley Bartlett	January 26th 2024
Sometimes I Think About Dying	Rachel Lambert	January 26th 2024
Lisa Frankenstein	Zelda Williams	February 9th 2024
Willie and Me	Eva Hassman	February 9th 2024
Madame Web	S.J. Clarkson	February 14th 2024
Shayda	Noora Niaseri	March 1st 2024
Love Lies Bleeding	Rose Glass	March 8th 2024
The First Omen	Arkasha Stevenson	April 5th 2024
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed	Joanna Arnow	April 26th 2024
Back to Black	Sam Taylor-Johnson	May 10th 2024
My Ex-Friend’s Wedding	Kay Cannon	May 10th 2024
The Watchers	Ishana Shyamalan	June 7th 2024
Venom 3	Kelly Marcel	November 8th 2024

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: 

Movie	Director	Gender
Mean Girls	Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr	Female, Male
I.S.S	Gabriela Cowperthwaite	Female
Origin	Ava DuVernay	Female
Miller’s Girl	Jade Halley Bartlett	Female
Sometimes I Think About Dying	Rachel Lambert	Female
Lisa Frankenstein	Zelda Williams	Female
Willie and Me	Eva Hassman	Female
Madame Web	S.J. Clarkson	Female
Shayda	Noora Niaseri	Female
Kung Fu Panda 4	Stephanie Stine,  Mike Mitchell	Female, Male
Love Lies Bleeding	Rose Glass	Female
The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed	Joanna Arnow	Female
The First Omen	Arkasha Stevenson	Female
Back to Black	Sam Taylor-Johnson	Female
Horrorscope	Anna Halberg,  Spencer Cohen	Female, Male
My Ex-Friend’s Wedding	Kay Cannon	Female
The Watchers	Ishana Shyamalan	Female
Venom 3	Kelly Marcel	Female
Race for Glory: Audi v Lancia	Stefano Mordini	Male
He Went That Way	Jeffrey Darling	Male
Memory	Michel Franco	Male
Freud’s Last Session	Matt Brown	Male
The Book of Clarence	Jeymes Samuel	Male
Founders Day	Erik Bloomquist	Male
Sunrise	Andrew Baird	Male
The Beekeeper	David Ayer	Male
Bring Him to Me	Luke Sparke	Male
American Star	Gonzalo López-Gallego	Male
Cult Killer	Jon Keeyes	Male
The Tiger’s Apprentice	Raman Hui,  Yong Duk Jhun, Paul Watling	Male
Which Brings Me to You	Peter Hutchings	Male
Bob Marley: One Love	Reinaldo Marcus Green	Male
Argylle	Matthew Vaughn	Male
The Promised Land	Nikolaj Arcel	Male
Migration	Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy	Male
Drift	Anthony Chen	Male
Marmalade	Keir O’Donnell	Male
Monolith	Matt Vesley	Male
Land of Bad	William Eubank	Male
About Dry Grasses	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Male
Drive-Away Dolls	Ethan Coen	Male
Ordinary Angels	Jon Gunn	Male
Camp Pleasant Lake	Thomas Walton	Male
Femme	Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping	Male, Male
Right Hand Red	Eshom Nelms,  Ian Nelms	Male, Male
Dune: Part Two	Denis Villenevue	Male
Cabrini	Alejandro Monteverde	Male
Imaginary	Jeff Wadlow	Male
Mickey 17	Bong Joon Ho	Male
The American Society of Magical Negroes	Kobi Libii	Male
Arthur the King	Simon Cellan Jones	Male
Sleeping Dogs	Adam Cooper	Male
Dogman	Luc Bessan	Male
Peter Five Eight	Michael Zaiko Hall	Male
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2	Rhys Frake-Waterfield	Male
Ghostbursters: The Frozen Empire	Gil Kenan	Male
Godziller x Kong: The New Empire	Adam Wingard	Male
Musica	Rudy Mancuso	Male
The Ark and the Ardvark	John Stevenson	Male
Housekeeping for Beginners	Goran Stolevski	Male
The Ministry of  Ungentlemanly Warfare	Guy Ritchie	Male
Abigail	Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett	Male, Male
Civil War	Alex Garland	Male
Challengers	Luca Guadagnino	Male
Unsung Hero	Richard L. Ramsey, Joel Smallbone	Male, Male
The Fall Guy	David Leitch	Male
IF	John Krasinski	Male
The Strangers: Part One	Renny Harlin	Male
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga	George Miller	Male
Kingdom of the Planet of  the Apes	Wes Ball	Male
The Garfield Movie	Mark Dinal	Male
Ballerina	Les Wiseman	Male
Firebrand	Karim Aïnouz	Male
The Bikeriders	Jeff Nichols	Male
Inside Out 2	Kelsey Mann	Male
It Ends with Us	Justin Baldoni	Male
A Quiet Place: Day One	Michael Sarnoski	Male
Despicable Me 4	Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage	Male, Male
Mufasa: The Lion King	Barry Jenkins	Male
Twisters	Lee Isaac Chung	Male
Deadpool 3	Shawn Levy	Male
Trap	M. Night Shyamalan	Male
Harald and the Purple Crayon	Carlos Saldanha	Male
Speak No Evil	James Watkins	Male
Borderlands	Eli Roth	Male
Wolfs	Jon Watts	Male
Alien: Romulus	Fede Alvarez	Male
Kraven the Hunter	J. C. Chandor	Male
The Wild Robot	Chris Sanders	Male
Beetlejuice 2	Tim Burton	Male
Transformers One	Josh Cooley	Male
Saw XI	Kevin Greutert	Male
Joker: Folie A Deux	Todd Phillips	Male
Smile 2	Parker Finn	Male
Terrifier 3	Damien Leone	Male
The Wolf Man	Leigh Wannall	Male
The Amateur	James Hawes	Male
Alto Knights	Barry Levinson	Male
Gladiator 2	Ridley Scott	Male
Wicked: Part One	Jon M. Chu	Male
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirim	Kenji Kamiyama	Male
Karate Kid	Jonathan Entwistle	Male
Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Jeff Fowler	Male
Nosferatu	Robert Eggers	Male