All 24 Best Picture Oscar nominees directed by women, from 1986 to 2025

The list of films directed by women that received Best Picture Oscar nominations contains 24 titles. Its chronology spans 1986 to 2025.

The earliest entry is “Children of a Lesser God” (1986), while the latest is “Hamnet” (2025). The list includes multiple films from 2020, 2021 and 2023.

Films from 1986 to 2014

The entries are “Awakenings” (1990), “The Prince of Tides” (1991), “The Piano” (1993), “Lost in Translation” (2003), “Little Miss Sunshine” (2006), “The Hurt Locker” (2009), “An Education” (2009), “The Kids Are All Right” (2010), “Winter’s Bone” (2010), “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012) and “Selma” (2014), following “Children of a Lesser God.”

Films from 2017 to 2021

This section includes “Lady Bird” (2017), “Little Women” (2019), “Nomadland” (2020), “Promising Young Woman” (2020), “CODA” (2021) and “The Power of the Dog” (2021).

Films from 2022 to 2025

The final entries are “Women Talking” (2022), “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023), “Barbie” (2023), “Past Lives” (2023), “The Substance” (2024) and “Hamnet” (2025).