Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : John Wildman, Margaret Langrick, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee,
Directors : Sandy Wilson,

Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials, My American Cousin begins as bored 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) is preparing for another ...

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Julia Migenes, Faith Esham, Ruggero Raimondi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

Actors : Johannes Brost, Reine Brynolfsson, Helena Bergström, Ing-Marie Carlsson,
Directors : Colin Nutley,

Kaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who goes out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The...

Actors : Shafi Inamdar, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Actors : Christina Whitaker, Tammara Souza, Nick Cassavetes, Elizabeth Kaitan,
Directors : Anita Rosenberg,

Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are ...

Actors : Victor Wong, Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Ida F.O. Chung,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

In San Francisco, an immigrant Chinese widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's 62 now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ...

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Horst Buchholz, Brooke Shields, John Rhys-Davies,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

Actors : Katherine Bean, Grace Phillips, Stephen Lack, Emmanuelle Chaulet,
Directors : Jon Jost,

Anna, a French actress, is approached by financial broker Gordon in the Vermeer room of a New York gallery. However, romance does not ensue...

Actors : Jessica Forde, Mr. Housseau, Joëlle Miquel, Mme. Housseau,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young girls. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair ...

Actors : Pamela Holland, Stephen Sachs, David Snow, Laurie Lapinski,

Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Masako Natsume, Ken Takakura,
Directors : Koreyoshi Kurahara,

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search ...

Actors : Nicholas Kilbertus, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Pen Densham,

When Felice and Hillary were children, they were separated to live with other people. Felice went off with a relative who possessed an unusual bloodline which was passed on to Felice via a ...

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pesci, Dianne Wiest, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Jack Hofsiss,

A true story about Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon's Valium addiction and her desperate attempts to kick the habit.

Actors : Yilmaz Zafer, Macit Koper, Füsun Demirel, Müjde Ar,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

After Serap, the theatre actress, acts in an advertisement, she loses her identity and become a housewife with two children. The movie is about dilemma of Serap and Naciye.

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 ...

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 : Christina Orbakaite, Yuriy Nikulin, Elena Sanaeva, Dmitri Yegorov,
Directors : Rolan Bykov,

Unpopular girl being bullied in her class.

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, Norman Burton, Maurice Sherbanee, Bobbie Bresee,
Directors : Michael Dugan,

Traumatized by her mother's death, young Susan is becoming possessed by the same demon that possessed her mother before she died. More and more her husband and psychiatrist are noticing the...

Actors : John Laughlin, Faye Dunaway, Kim Cattrall, Daniel J. Travanti,
Directors : Roger Holzberg,

A group of adventurers sneak into Cuba to try to recover $1 million in cash that when hidden when Fidel Castro took over in 1959. They find themselves trying to avoid detection by Cuban ...

Actors : David Wysocki, Mary Beth McDonough, Lynda Day George, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

Convinced that her father's death was not accidental, a beautiful girl decides to investigate to find out the truth, aided by her boyfriend. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, where many secrets will be revealed.