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Sexism Watch: Yahoo’s 100 Movies to See Before You Die

posted by Women & Hollywood
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:57am CDT

Yahoo just published a list compiled by its movie staff of the 100 movies you must see before you die.

ONLY ONE IS DIRECTED BY A WOMAN- Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Amy Heckerling.

Here’s the description of how they came up with the list:

Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly “essential.” After heated discussions, long negotiations, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die. To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films you’ve seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see.

Looking at the list only 11 are women centric (there are a couple of other that a romantic comedies)

Alien, All About Eve, In the Mood for Love, The Lady Eve, Raise the Red Lantern, Silence of the Lambs, Snow White, The Sound of Music, Sunset Blvd, The Wizard of Oz, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

I am not impressed. How can there only be one woman director included?

Maybe we need to do our own list of 100 women’s films you need to see before you die.

100 Movies to See Before You Die (Yahoo)