Best Female Lead movies of 1981

Actors : Raj Babbar, Bharat Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Shakti Kapoor,
Directors : Harmesh Malhotra,

After the death of her businessman husband, Mrs. Sinha lives a wealthy lifestyle in Delhi, with her son, Vinod, who has taken over the business; and her daughter, Kajal, while she herself ...

Actors : Maria Alves, Rodolfo Arena, Helena Ramos, Paulo Ramos,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.

Actors : Robert Fields, Pep Munné, Jeannine Mestre, Norman Briski,
Directors : Gonzalo Herralde,

Elena, a young Catalan translator, discovers that David, her former lover, is living in New York with a new girlfriend, where she will travel to try to win him back.

Actors : Pauline Teutscher, Grazia De Giorgi, Roger Beach, Marcella Petrelli,
Directors : Ilias Mylonakos,

Nathalie (Marcella Petri) is the young, sheltered daughter of a wealthy businessman who discovers sex through intimate relations with her father's business partner. The partner plans to use...

Actors : Fred Schaffer, Bibiane Zeller, Ernst Konarek, Pavel Landovský,
Directors : Peter Patzak,

This film combines two very different styles: an atmospheric psycho thriller about the ice-cold hired gun, and the bizarre satire of the Austrian TV serial "Kottan ermittelt".

Actors : Gaytri Choudhury, Bina Biswas, Himangshu Chattopadhyay, Beauti Bandyopadhyay,
Directors : Rajkumar Raychowdhury,

Story of a twin sisters as they go to a boarding school to study.

Actors : Cláudia Castelli, Dalia Drummond, Rosângela Bernardes, Elys Cardoso,
Directors : Carlos Imperial,

Fausto and Gilda who are married for a long time and love themselves deeply. But Gilda dies leaving Fausto alone with their 15 year-old daughter and a governess. Faustos female doctor is ...

Actors : Yeong-ha Lee, Ok-hie Jo, Jin Kyu Kim, Yeong-ran Kim,
Directors : Jang-ho Byeon,

Sang-ho and Suk compete for a position in a prestigious company and Suk succeeds in securing the job. As she consoles Sang-ho, the two fall in love. What she doesn't realize, however, is that Sang-ho is actually the son of a wealthy tycoon

Actors : Zhongxi Chen, Xu Chengxian, Qimin Wei, Yanfang Lu,

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

Actors : Rosina Malbouisson, Cláudio Cunha, Angelina Muniz, Luigi Picchi,
Directors : Jean Garret,

Young woman has many love affairs, after killing her husband.

Actors : Candy Brown, David Buck, Jorge Coutinho, Prunella Gee,
Directors : Ola Balogun,

A fictional drama about the events surrounding Nigeria's independence in 1960, with the story of a Nigerian guerrilla leader who fights for freedom against the British colonialists and also...

Actors : Dragan Nikolic, Alain Noury, Alida Valli, Maria Schneider,
Directors : Predrag Golubovic,

Story of a love affair between a Yugoslav in Paris looking for a film footage about recent history on WWII, and a French girl sculptor.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Anna Maria Ackermann, Michele Esposito, Mario Merola,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen:she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies ...

Actors : Loleh Bellon, Dominique Sanda, Michele Placido, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Benoît Jacquot,

A mature lady approaches a young actor and offers him a great amount of money to get acquainted with her lonely daughter, who suffers of an incurable illness. Eventually a true romance ...

Actors : Zhongquan Xu, Naishe Zhai, Zhongqian Lei, Jing Zhao,
Directors : Ren Lu,

Problems when a female truck driver gets into conflict with horsedrawn wagon teamsters.