Best Female Lead movies of 1960s

Actors : Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Emmanuelle Riva, Sandra Milo,
Directors : Antonio Pietrangeli,

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past.

Actors : María Cuadra, Giuliano Gemma, Warren Vanders, Ray Saunders,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

The Pinkerton detective agency uncovers a plot to assassinate President James Garfield in 1881 Texas. The film, a "political" Spaghetti, is a very overt mirroring of the JFK Assassination in 1963.

Actors : Dimitris Papamichael, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Vasilis Avlonitis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos,
Directors : George Skalenakis,

Actors : Gladys Henson, Dudley Sutton, Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband's relationship with his best friend.

Actors : Andreas Barkoulis, Giannis Mihalopoulos, Nora Valsami, Rena Vlahopoulou,
Directors : Alekos Sakellarios,

Actors : Katerina Yioulaki, Giannis Vogiatzis, Alekos Alexandrakis, Maro Kodou,
Directors : Dinos Dimopoulos,

A young Greek man who studies in Italy meets another woman from Greece and marries her. When they return to their country, she pretends to be an Italian because that's the only to gain her ...

Actors : Eslinda Núñez, Eduardo Moure, Raquel Revuelta, Adela Legrá,
Directors : Humberto Solás,

Traces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930's, and the 1960's.

Actors : Vagelis Seilinos, Mairi Hronopoulou, Faidon Georgitsis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos,
Directors : Giannis Dalianidis,

Flora and Petros are competitors who try to buy cheep land on a Greek island and sell it to foreigner investors . During their stay comic things take place ending to find true love in the local residents.

Actors : Mireille Darc, Bernard Blier, Jean Le Poulain, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Michel Audiard,

Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.

Actors : Bernard Blier, André Pousse, Marlène Jobert, Françoise Rosay,
Directors : Michel Audiard,

Actors : Manos Katrakis, Irene Papas, Nikos Kazis, Maro Kodou,
Directors : Yorgos Tzavellas,

Antigone defies her uncle's decree that her traitorous brother should go unburied and therefore find no rest in the afterlife; however, her actions have tragic consequences.

Actors : Jeanne Moreau, Pascale de Boysson, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Deschamps,
Directors : Peter Brook,

A wealthy and bored woman is witness of a murder in affection and meets another witness. She asks him about the history of the victim and falls in love with him.

Actors : Cher, Steve Whittaker, Tom Nolan, Barbara London,
Directors : Alessio de Paola,

Addendum to summary: Chastity is Bipolar manic who was sexually abused as a child.

Actors : Norma Bengell, Mário Benvenutti, Odete Lara, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Walter Hugo Khouri,

Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, ...

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sassamori, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Seijun Suzuki,

Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.

Actors : Kôji Wada, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Akiko Wada,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.

Actors : Georgi Kulbush, Gennadi Voropayev, Aleksandr Fadeyev, Margarita Koshelyova,

A group of alpinists make a perilous journey up a mountain.

Actors : Vera Altayskaya, Natalya Sedykh, Aleksei Katyshev, Georgiy Millyar,
Directors : Aleksandr Rou,

One day, Vasya journeys into the forest to meet his beloved Alyonushka, only to have her forcibly whisked away by the wretched Kashchej. To save her, Vasya must face a number of fabulous, archetypal tests.

Actors : Roger Moore, Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Errol John,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.

Actors : Ingrid Bergman, Fritz Weaver, Katherine Crawford, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : Guy Green,

The Merediths move to an isolated farm. Mrs. Meredith and the neighbour Will Cade become friends and anticipate becoming lovers.