Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : James Franco, Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, Barbara E. Robertson,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer (Campbell) who's poised to become a principal performer.

Actors : Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey Means, Andy Merrill,

An action epic that explores the origins of Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, better known as the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.

Actors : Pell James, Carrie Fisher, Kip Pardue, Shannyn Sossamon,
Directors : Meiert Avis,

A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.

Actors : Ayumi Itô, Nao Ohmori, Ryo Kase, Ayako Fujitani,

A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories.

Actors : Omar Sharif, Luke Goss, Tiffany Dupont, John Noble,
Directors : Michael O. Sajbel,

The young Jewish girl, Hadassah, goes on to become the Biblical Esther, the Queen of Persia, who saves the Jewish nation from annihilation at the hands of its archenemy.

Actors : Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Kevin Greutert,

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.

Actors : Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Dan Mailley, Connie Britton,
Directors : Sebastian Gutierrez,

A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.

Actors : Robert John Burke, Julie Anderson, Sarah Polley, Margrét Ákadóttir,
Directors : Hal Hartley,

"No Such Thing" tells the story of a young journalist who journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancée only to encounter a mythical creature. She eventually forges a relationship with the being.

Actors : Chris Messina, Summer Bishil, Peter Macdissi, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Alan Ball,

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Actors : Piper Perabo, Trent Ford, Michael McKean, Jane McGregor,
Directors : Melanie Mayron,

A French foreign-exchange student comes to a small Texas high school, befriends a classmate, and practically takes over her life.

Actors : Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Gaffigan, Olympia Dukakis,
Directors : Danny Leiner,

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, Odette Annable,
Directors : David S. Goyer,

A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

Actors : Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor,
Directors : A. Dean Bell,

A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.

Actors : Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow, Bruce Willis,
Directors : James Foley,

A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

Actors : Shirley Henderson, Ally Sheedy, Allison Janney, Michael Kenneth Williams,
Directors : Todd Solondz,

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

Actors : Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Veronika Zilková,
Directors : Jan Svankmajer,

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than a ...

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Max Färberböck,

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Actors : Garance Le Guillermic, Anne Brochet, Togo Igawa, Josiane Balasko,
Directors : Mona Achache,

Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents ...

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Ty Burrell, Robert Downey Jr., Harris Yulin,
Directors : Steven Shainberg,

Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.

Actors : Mark Rendall, Kevin Bacon, Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman,
Directors : Richard Loncraine,

An unusual road trip movie about a mother driving her two sons from New York to Pittsburgh to St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.