Best Female Lead movies of 2010s

Actors : Blair Underwood, Michelle Hurd, Lena Waithe, Vanessa Williams,
Directors : Justin Simien,

In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.

Actors : Chris Messina, Jenna Fischer, Malin Akerman, Topher Grace,
Directors : Lee Kirk,

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

Actors : Rosdely Ciprian, Mike Iveson, Thursday Williams, Heidi Schreck,
Directors : Marielle Heller,

Live Broadway cast production of Heidi Schreck's play presenting multiple facets, historical perspectives and personal experiences with the U.S. Constitution.

Actors : Jay Klaitz, Daniel Yelsky, Brooke Smith, Jenna Fischer,
Directors : Michael J. Weithorn,

A woman gets entangled in a series of bizarre lies in order to take care of herself and her 12 year old son.

Actors : Tess Harper, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Laurie Collyer,

A Florida couple deals with an unexpected pregnancy while holding minimum wage jobs.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Elizabeth Berrington, Rebecca Hall, Millie Brady,
Directors : Max Minghella,

Violet is a shy teenager living in the Isle of Wight who dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her small town and shattered family life. With the help of an unlikely mentor, Violet enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.

Actors : Chace Crawford, Common, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Camryn Manheim,
Directors : Eva Vives,

Nina Geld (Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a ...

Actors : Fiona Shaw, Edward Holcroft, Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden,
Directors : Joe Marcantonio,

Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child.

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Shahira Fahmy, Shirin Redha, Salima Ikram, Janie Aziz, Michael Landes, Karim Saleh,
Directors : Zeina Durra,

When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.

Actors : Frances O'Connor, Kaya Scodelario, Jessica Biel, Aneurin Barnard,
Directors : Francesca Gregorini,

A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.

Actors : Claire Forlani, Kate Winslet, Calam Lynch, Mackenzie Foy, Iain Glen,
Directors : Ashley Avis,

A wild horse and a teenage girl forge an unbreakable bond which keeps them connected for a lifetime.

Actors : Jimmy Bennett, Amy S. Weber, Hunter King, Lexi Ainsworth,
Directors : Amy S. Weber,

Jessica Burns enlists the help of her best friend, Brian, in order to document the relentless harassment she's received from her former friend, Avery Keller, one of South Brookdale High School's most popular students.

Actors : Brittany Snow, Jonny Coyne, Jeffrey Combs, June Squibb,
Directors : David Guy Levy,

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman unknowingly agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

Actors : Judy Reyes, Rhenzy Feliz, Auli'i Cravalho, Justina Machado,
Directors : Brett Haley,

An optimistic high schooler with musical aspirations must learn to accept help from her friends to overcome her personal hardships and fulfill her dreams.

Actors : Mark Strong, Martin Shaw, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Toa Fraser,

In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of ...

Actors : Janet Varney, Jordana Beatty, Parris Mosteller, Heather Graham,
Directors : John Schultz,

Third grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.

Actors : Sadie Stanley, Lucas Jaye, Cree Cicchino, Maxwell Simkins,
Directors : Trish Sie,

When two siblings discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection who has been forced to pull one last job, they team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

Actors : Camila Morrone, Maia Mitchell, Michelle Sherrill, Liz Cardenas,
Directors : Augustine Frizzell,

Jessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent's due, they're about to get fired, and they're broke.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Stephen Dillane, Douglas Booth, Maisie Williams,
Directors : Haifaa Al-Mansour,

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein.

Actors : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sandra Hüller, Virginie Efira, Gaspard Ulliel,
Directors : Justine Triet,

A jaded psychotherapist returns to her first passion of becoming a writer.