Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

An old couple lend a room on rent after recent death of the bread earner of the family, their only son. A budding actress starts living with them, who is in love with a local politician's only son. The movie shows what later ensues.

Actors : Emily Chu, Anita Mui, Alex Man, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Stanley Kwan,

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong's "flower houses" - bordellos and night clubs of the 1930's. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir...

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Franco Interlenghi, Serena Grandi, Andy J. Forest,
Directors : Tinto Brass,

In this erotic comedy, Miranda is the landlady of a small country tavern who is looking for a husband, and tries out a variety of men for size.

Actors : Gail Harris, Melissa Moore, Stacia Zhivago, Barbii,
Directors : Jim Wynorski,

Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They got it cheap because of the bloody incidents from five years before. They decide to stay in it for the ...

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Langella, Vincent Spano, Donovan Leitch Jr.,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out...

Actors : Maury Chaykin, Kevin King, Lenore Zann, Kate Lynch,

Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one...

Actors : Li-Chun Lee, Wang An, Cora Miao, Pao-Ming Ku,
Directors : Edward Yang,

A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.

Actors : Petar Bozovic, Alain Noury, Mira Furlan, Milutin 'Mima' Karadzic,
Directors : Zivko Nikolic,

In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune...

Actors : Pete Lee-Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to...

Actors : David Wysocki, John Wildman, Janit Baldwin, Janet Julian,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

The monstrous offspring of a violent crime grows up in seclusion on a remote island, where a boat-full of hapless teens have shipwrecked, unaware of what's lurking in the woods.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Kazuhisa Takenouchi,

Emperor Chiaotzu's wife has gone missing, and he is told by Master Shen that if he collects the seven dragon balls he can call upon the eternal dragon and wish for her return. Meanwhile, ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Hart Bochner, David Selby,
Directors : George Cukor,

Liz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Diane Kurys,

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the...

Actors : Chika Sakamoto, Ayumi Ishijo, Junko Hori, Mayumi Tanaka,

Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.

Actors : Will Gonzales, Dick Campbell, Andrea Coppola, Elvire Audray,
Directors : Mario Gariazzo,

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters.

Actors : Gina Calabrese, Shayne Farris, Dru-Anne Perry, Linda Kerridge,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an "in" club on another planet in time.

Actors : Line Arlien-Søborg, Marian Wendelbo, Eva Gram Schjoldager, Jan Johansen,
Directors : Nils Malmros,

As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.

Actors : Jennifer Connelly, Maddie Corman, Alan Boyce, Byron Thames,
Directors : Linda Feferman,

When her father goes out of town, beautiful A-student Natalie lets best friends Jeff and Polly move in. Separately and together, the trio of young teens learn much about life, love, and growing up.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Sridevi, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.

Actors : Les Tremayne, June Foray, Mel Blanc,

Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the ...