Best Female Lead movies of 1986

Mélo(1986)

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

In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. Romaine instigates the affair with Marcel, and carries it ...

Modern Girls(1986)

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Cynthia Gibb, Clayton Rohner, Daphne Zuniga,
Directors : Jerry Kramer,

A pair of women decide to prank their roommate's nerdy blind date after she stands him up, but end up developing a friendship with him after their practical joke sends them on an all-night odyssey through the 1980s club scene.

Shojo no harawata(1986)

Actors : Saeko Kizuki, Megumi Kawashima, Naomi Hagio, Osamu Tsuruoka,
Directors : Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu,

Members of a film crew making a soft core porn are dismembered by a demon in a warehouse.

Nobody's Fool(1986)

Actors : Jim Youngs, Mare Winningham, Eric Roberts, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Evelyn Purcell,

Cassie has a miserable job in a bar, is lonely and depressed. Her boyfriend left her when she told him that she's pregnant. After several failed suicide attempts, she'd given away her baby ...

Working Girls(1986)

Actors : Deborah Banks, Louise Smith, Amanda Goodwin, Ellen McElduff,
Directors : Lizzie Borden,

A day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch ...

Pikkupojat(1986)

Actors : Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Hannele Lauri,

Cactus(1986)

Actors : Monica Maughan, Robert Menzies, Isabelle Huppert, Norman Kaye,
Directors : Paul Cox,

A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other. Is sight the only way to see the world?

Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan(1986)

Actors : Marina Vlady, Claudine Auger, Fabrice Josso, Serena Grandi,
Directors : Gianfranco Mingozzi,

The film describes the sexual awakening and adventures of teen-aged Roger during the time of the outbreak of WWI.

Duet for One(1986)

Actors : Alan Bates, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Rupert Everett,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

Stephanie, a famous violin player married to a composer becomes ill from multiple sclerosis. Her whole life goes to pieces : her career ends abruptly and her husband betrays her with ...

Max mon amour(1986)

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Victoria Abril, Anne-Marie Besse, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

A married French woman takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.

Thérèse(1986)

Actors : Aurore Prieto, Hélène Alexandridis, Clémence Massart-Weit, Catherine Mouchet,
Directors : Alain Cavalier,

The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the ...

Amazons(1986)

Actors : Danitza Kingsley, Mindi Miller, Penelope Reed, Joseph Whipp,
Directors : Alejandro Sessa,

An epic from the dark ages about the legendary lost tribe of warrior women! The girls fly into danger, come up against fierce tribes, fall prey to sorcery, put to rest a family rivalry of ...

Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà(1986)

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry, Evelyne Bouix,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big time director whose most recent film was a very ...

Nightmare Weekend(1986)

Actors : Dale Midkiff, Lori Lewis, Debbie Laster, Debra Hunter,
Directors : Henri Sala,

A female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.

Bijo no harawata(1986)

Actors : Ken Yoshizawa, Ayako Ishii, Seira Kitagawa, Megumi Ozawa,
Directors : Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu,

A tortured and raped young girl mutates into a penis-headed demon and mutilates her captors.

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Evil Laugh(1986)

Actors : Jody Gibson, Steven Baio, Tony Griffin, Ashlyn Gere,
Directors : Dominick Brascia,

A group of Med students fix up an old house over a weekend. Where a mass murder occurred 10 years earlier. Mayhem ensues.

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar(1986)

Actors : Thales Pan Chacon, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Arnaldo Jabor,

Young and recently separated couple meet in a modern house and start discussing their past relationship.

Dream Lover(1986)

Actors : Paul Shenar, Ben Masters, Justin Deas, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected...

Jûichi-nin iru!(1986)

Actors : Hideyuki Tanaka, Akira Kamiya, Toshio Furukawa, Michiko Kawai,

Cosmo Academy has set a test for ten of its applicants to survive on a spaceship for 2 months. But there is an eleventh member aboard.

Prison Ship(1986)

Actors : Sandy Brooke, Marya Gant, Ross Hagen, Suzy Stokey,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

Two women who have been unjustly confined to a prison planet plot their escape, all the while having to put up with lesbian guards, crazed wardens and mutant rodents.