Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Daniela Silverio, Mirtha Borges, Doris Wells, Rafael Briceño,
Directors : Fina Torres,

A young girl is sent to a South American hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana

Actors : Antonio Mayans, Mabel Escaño, Albino Graziani, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A group of vacationing waitresses visit a resort hotel on the Canary Islands, only to find that the former monastery's monks nearby have returned as living blind dead.

Actors : Jemma Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Directors : Harley Cokeliss,

A young woman about to be married begins having terrifying dreams about demons. When she wakes, however, the demons are real and begin to commit gruesome murders.

Actors : Daniel Dicenta, Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, José Manuel Cervino,
Directors : Pilar Miró,

El 21 de agosto de 1910, en el pueblo de Osa de la Vega, provincia de Cuenca, desaparece el pastor José María Grimaldos... See full synopsis »

Actors : Liana Hatzi, Takis Spiridakis, Michele Valley, Nikos Hatzis,
Directors : Nikos Nikolaidis,

Going alone into an abandoned, living city, a woman tries to cross a forbidden zone swarming with the Morning Patrol and traps. Meeting one of the last city guards, they attempt recall the past and penetrate the zone together.

Actors : Gábor Fehér, Hédi Temessy, Heinrich Starhemberg, Ferenc Zenthe,

Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Job and Roza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.

Actors : Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, Hanns Zischler, Gabriele Lafari,
Directors : Robert van Ackeren,

Eva, an upper-class housewife, frustratedly leaves her arrogant husband and decides to enter the call girl business. She lets Yvonne, a prostitute, teach her the basics and both set out for...

Actors : Mary Jackson, Scott Spiegel, Floyd Ewing Jr., Susan Rothacker,
Directors : Jon Killough,

This is the tale of a crazed family of weirdos led by Crawldaddy who like to kill people and remove their skin.

Actors : Juan José Gurrola, Ofelia Medina, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook,
Directors : Paul Leduc,

The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible ...

Actors : Jean Yanne, Jill Clayburgh, Gabriel Byrne, Mohammad Bakri,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

An Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by The Military Court System in the Israeli-Occupied Territories. It's a tough case because of a strong political background.

Actors : Judge Reinhold, Maureen Mueller, Elizabeth Perkins, Jeffrey Jones,
Directors : Maurice Phillips,

Enid is horrible, her husband and younger sister are having an affair. When Enid walks in on them 'enjoying' themselves, she is furious. A fight develops and Enid is hit over the head with ...

Actors : Sverre Anker Ousdal, Malin Ek, Stellan Skarsgård, Marie Göranzon,
Directors : Hans Alfredson,

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she ...

Actors : Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

A clone/mix of PREDATOR and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and good electronic music.

Actors : Anastasiya Zuyeva, Mikhail Zimin, N. Boronina, Aleksey Zolotnitskiy,

Czar marries one of three sisters and they have a son. The other two consumed by jealousy throw the girl and the boy into the sea. They end up on an island where the boy meets a magical swan who grants wishes. The boy uses three.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Éric Frey, Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kljajic,
Directors : Michel Deville,

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

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...

Actors : Antonio Mayans, Katja Bienert, Aline Mess, Albino Graziani,

A group of adventurers head to a primitive tribe in Africa to find a treasure of diamonds and a beautiful white girl who was lost years ago and was made the tribe's goddess.

Actors : Mel Smith, Emily Hudson, Aleks Darowska, Stephanie Beacham,
Directors : Stuart Orme,

Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.

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.

Actors : Suzane Carvalho, Gloria Cristal, Rossana Ghessa, Henri Pagnoncelli,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in a Brazilian prison. Whilst there she is brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison ...