Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Bogdan Diklic, Predrag Lakovic, Snezana Niksic,
Directors : Goran Markovic,

The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.

Actors : Gabriele Ferzetti, Gabriel Byrne, Angela Goodwin, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Peter Del Monte,

Julia, an American woman living in Italy, becomes depressed and traumatized after her husband Paolo is killed in a car accident on their wedding day. Six years later, Julia inexplicably ...

Actors : Aleksandr Abdulov, Irina Muravyova, Yuriy Yakovlev, Klara Luchko,
Directors : Tatyana Lioznova,

A coming-of-age story about a small town girl's struggle to become an actress in Soviet Moscow.

Actors : Bodo Steiger, Simone Brahmann, Jonas Vischer, Désirée Nosbusch,
Directors : Eckhart Schmidt,

The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans pushing him for autographs. She is later...

Actors : Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Ann Bronston,
Directors : Byron Quisenberry,

A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.

Actors : Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Gibby Brand, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Yurek Bogayevicz,

Anna is a middle-aged actress looking for work in New York City, with the help of her sometime lover, Daniel. She used to be a Czech film star married to the director Tonda, who is now ...

Actors : Monica Broeke, Inge Maria Granzow, Patrick Bauchau, Anja Schüte,
Directors : David Hamilton,

Three teenage girls decide to visit a romantic island and find love. They get shipwrecked and end up on different sides of the island. Each girl begins her own romantic adventure either with a man, a boy or even another girl.

Actors : Ugo Bologna, Lorraine De Selle, Louisa Lloyd, John Aldrich,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.

Actors : Hédi Temessy, György Cserhalmi, Maria Gladkowska, Zita Perczel,
Directors : Ferenc András,

Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.

Actors : Ian McShane, Rudolf Nureyev, Nastassja Kinski, Harvey Keitel,
Directors : James Toback,

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a ...

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to ...

Actors : Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile, Jennifer Runyon, William Lauer,
Directors : David Hess,

A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, André Dussollier, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Susan is a young, beautiful and successful flute player, but because of her physical handicap, a lame leg, she is having difficulties finding Mr. Right. While on tour in France, she decides...

Actors : Yôko Asagami, Keiko Takeshita, Tarô Shigaki, Asao Koike,
Directors : Kimio Yabuki,

A prince falls in love with a princess cursed to change into a swan by day, but their love is threatened by the sorcerer who keeps her imprisoned.

Actors : Elena Yakovleva, Tomas Laustiola, Irina Rozanova, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva,
Directors : Pyotr Todorovskiy,

A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.

Actors : Gülsen Bubikoglu, Müjdat Gezen, Perran Kutman, Münir Özkul,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

Sulukule the gypsy district. Three couples get married in Sulukule - Gullu with Bayram, Sevim with Bekir and Emin with Sabahat. They are homeless and need to earn money somehow. Women sell ...

Actors : Veronika Kánská, Stanislav Tríska, Martin Sotola, Helena Ruzicková,
Directors : Zdenek Troska,

Actors : Caren L. Larkey, Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.

Actors : Márcia Fraga, Danielle Ferrite, Neide Ribeiro, Maria Stella Splendore,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.

Actors : Toni Berger, Manuela Denz, Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp,
Directors : Percy Adlon,

An asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.