Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Nick Stahl, Deborra-Lee Furness, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Bill Maher,

The drama follows a 12-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Francis Renaud, Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Caroline Bottaro,

Middle-aged chambermaid Hélène's newfound obsession with the game of chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a reclusive American expat, transforming both of their ho-hum lives in the ...

Actors : Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan,
Directors : Sherry Hormann,

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN ...

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart,
Directors : François Ozon,

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Fukada, Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Three stories of never-ending love.

Actors : Herman Osorio, Jay Hernandez, Kirsten Dunst, Bruce Davison,
Directors : John Stockwell,

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.

Actors : Bai Ling, Byung-hun Lee, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau,

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.

Actors : Jennifer Syme, Greg Freitas, Gaye Pope, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Scott Coffey,

A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness and a Hollywood acting career.

Actors : Matt Smith, Peter Wight, Eva Green, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Benedek Fliegauf,

A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.

Actors : Grégoire Colin, Anne Parillaud, Ashley Wanninger, Roxane Mesquida,
Directors : Catherine Breillat,

A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.

Actors : Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Kathy Baker, Maria Bello,
Directors : Robin Swicord,

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Sotigui Kouyaté, Roschdy Zem, Brenda Blethyn,
Directors : Rachid Bouchareb,

Two strangers come to discover the fate of their respective children in the 2005 terrorist attacks on London.

Actors : Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen, Vincent Perez, Kim Basinger,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Kuki, a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after a serious car crash. She accepts a marriage proposal from Paolo Gallmann, a man she doesn't know well, and she moves to Kenya with...

Actors : Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giorgio Careccia, Dino Abbrescia, Riccardo Zinna,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

A young boy accidentally discovers a deep hole in the ground, where another boy is kept prisoner.

Actors : Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki,
Directors : Katsuhiro Ôtomo,

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Actors : Henrik Rafaelsen, Agnes Kittelsen, Joachim Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens,
Directors : Anne Sewitsky,

Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with...

Actors : Scott Porter, Alexis Bledel, Anna Chlumsky, Bryan Greenberg,
Directors : Julio DePietro,

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of ...

Actors : Gene Hackman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta,
Directors : David Mirkin,

A mother and daughter con team seduce and scam wealthy men.

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Rachael Stirling, Ben Kingsley, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Clare Peploe,

A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.

Actors : Will Patton, Nicole Beharie, Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson,
Directors : Tim Disney,

A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.