Best Female Lead movies of 1996

Actors : James Thierrée, Coline Serreau, Samuel Tasinaje, Vincent Lindon,
Directors : Coline Serreau,

The "Green Planet" belongs to another solar system. Through the simplicity of their lifestyle those who live there are a real step ahead of us: they spend their time concentrating their ...

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

A lawyer assigned to the clemency case of a woman on death row finds himself forming a deep friendship with her while he tries to prevent her impending execution.

Actors : Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yeung,
Directors : Peter Ho-Sun Chan,

Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.

Actors : Carol Kane, Fredro Starr, Terrence Howard, Rhea Perlman,
Directors : Steve Gomer,

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

Actors : Zinedine Soualem, Renée Le Calm, Olivier Py, Garance Clavel,
Directors : Cédric Klapisch,

Chloe, a young woman, is going on holidays. She entrusts her beloved cat to Madame Renée's care. But one day Madame Renée (an old lady of the neighborhood) can not find the cat. Chloe ...

Actors : Sharon Angela, Hetty Baynes, Richard Barboza, Charles Gerbel,

A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

Actors : Jude Law, Jeanne Moreau, Claire Danes, James Van Der Beek,
Directors : Billy Hopkins,

Prep school student Daisy and her European-born grandmother Nana share the sad stories of their lives: Daisy tells Nana of her romance with young Ethan and problems in school because she's ...

Actors : Jack Nance, Sheeri Rappaport, Jennifer Rubin, Mimi Rose,
Directors : Jane Simpson,

A group of girls at a Catholic boarding school get mixed up in the occult.

Actors : Ghalia Lacroix, Madeleine Assas, Vicky Messica, Bérangère Allaux,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the ...

Actors : Maria Bonnevie, Lena Endre, Pernilla August, Ulf Friberg,
Directors : Bille August,

The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a ...

Actors : Ivan Gueron, Thomas Wagner, Candace McKenzie, Lewis Van Bergen,
Directors : Kevin Tenney,

Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows really attached...

Actors : Blanca Apilánez, Ariadna Gil, Victoria Abril, Ana Belén,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the ...

Actors : Chandrachur Singh, Kanwaljit Singh, Tabu, Om Puri,
Directors : Gulzar,

A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.

Actors : Ana Belén, Gabino Diego, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Manuel Gómez Pereira,

Two young people meet in the 60's as a result of their devotion to John Lennon, and have a recurring relationship during the next thirty years at the oddest of moments, in the most diverse ...

Actors : Li Gong, Saifei He, Kevin Lin, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older ...

Actors : Lenny von Dohlen, Moira Kelly, Melinda Dillon, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Michael Ray Rhodes,

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...

Actors : Gabriella Messina, Monica Bell, Ellen McLaughlin, Carol Schneider,
Directors : Sharon Pollack,

Old college chums get together for a weekend reunion that is bound to open old wounds and perhaps heal them. New romances find a spark while old ones rekindle.

Actors : Jorge Perugorría, Manuel Bandera, Stefano Dionisi, Valeria Marini,
Directors : Bigas Luna,

Her name is Mina, but she is called Bambola (doll). Upon the death of her mother, she and her homosexual brother, Flavio, open a pizzeria. A man named Ugo loans Bambola the money, but is ...

Actors : Olivier Martinez, Gérard Lanvin, Anouk Grinberg, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps ...

Actors : Masako Nozawa, Naoko Watanabe, Naoki Tatsuta, Hiromi Tsuru,
Directors : Shigeyasu Yamauchi,

A great retelling of the original Dragonball series, It starts off With Son Goku, meeting Bulma, and then they go off on a Journey to Find the Seven Dragonballs, while running into a lot of...