American Psycho – Directed by Mary Hannon. (Photo: Archive)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Directed by Amy Heckerling. (Photo: Archive)
The Babadook – Directed by Jennifer Kent. (Photo: Archive)
Zero Dark Thirty – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. (Photo: Archive)
Punisher: War Zone – Directed by Lexi Alexander. (Photo: Archive)
The Hurt Locker – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. (Photo: Archive)
Point Break – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. (Photo: Archive)
Ravenous – Directed by Antonia Bird. (Photo: Archive)
Carrie (2013) – Directed by Kimberly Peirce. (Photo: Archive)
Pet Sematary – Directed by Mary Lambert. (Photo: Archive)
Near Dark – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. (Photo: Archive)
Winter’s Bone – Directed by Debra Granik. (Photo: Archive)
The Slumber Party Massacre – Directed by Amy Holden Jones. (Photo: Archive)
American Mary – Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska. (Photo: Archive)
Lords of Dogtown – Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. (Photo: Archive)
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare – Directed by Rachel Talalay. (Photo: Archive)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. (Photo: Archive)
Strange Days – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. (Photo: Archive)
Surveillance – Directed by Jennifer Lynch. (Photo: Archive)
Office Killer – Directed by Cindy Sherman. (Photo: Archive)
Many movies on this list examine and deconstruct manhood…and who better to do that than women?