Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Lázaro Ramos, Alice Braga, Maria Menezes, Wagner Moura,
Directors : Sérgio Machado,

Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.

Actors : Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Dagmara Dominczyk, Ethan Embry,
Directors : Robert Harmon,

A psychology student finds all her childhood fears and phobias becoming real after a traumatic event.

Actors : Ankur Khanna, Yashpal Sharma, Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat,
Directors : Shonali Bose,

Amu is the story of an Indian American woman who returns to India. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju learns that a horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

Actors : Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Armando Hernández, Mónica Del Carmen, Diego Chas,
Directors : Michael Rowe,

Laura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo, and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

An eccentric, unconventional woman whose naive aspirations to rise from her job as a security guard to full-fledged private eye lead her into a tangled PL: mess.

Actors : Geoff Pierson, Bryce Johnson, Melinda Page Hamilton, Brian Posehn,
Directors : Bobcat Goldthwait,

A recently engaged woman's life is thrown into turmoil after confessing to her fiancé that she once experimented with bestiality.

Actors : Omari Hardwick, Michole Briana White, Tracie Thoms, Salli Richardson-Whitfield,
Directors : Ava DuVernay,

Chronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward.

Actors : Golab Adineh, Baran Kosari, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Ebrahim Sheibani,
Directors : Rakhshan Bani-Etemad,

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats ...

Actors : Daniela Farinacci, Justine Clarke, Mary Kostakidis, Robbie Hoad,
Directors : Sarah Watt,

During one unusually hot and tragic weekend, four people struggle after hearing some life-changing news, this in turn brings them together.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Chastain, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Dan Ireland,

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life."

Actors : Richard Winsor, Ukweli Roach, Nichola Burley, Frank Harper,

In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

Actors : Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin, Gregory Russell Cook,
Directors : Maggie Greenwald,

After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ...

Actors : Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Michael Dorman, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Christopher Smith,

The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.

Actors : Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki, Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi,
Directors : Sion Sono,

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ...

Actors : Julia Blake, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Kristine Van Pellicom, Kenny Aernouts,
Directors : Paul Cox,

After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with ...

Actors : Nathalia Ramos, Skyler Shaye, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning,
Directors : Sean McNamara,

During their first year of high school, four best girlfriends face off against the domineering student body president who wants to split them up into different social cliques.

Actors : Margherita Buy, Alice Teghil, Antonio Carnevale, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Paolo Virzì,

When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an...

Actors : Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu, Jacques Bouanich, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Philippe Muyl,

This is the story of a young girl named Elsa who was raised by a single mother (Isabelle) in the city. Isabelle and Elsa begin the film moving in next door to an elderly man who collects ...

Actors : George Harris, Carly Schroeder, Christine Adams, Adrian Dunbar,
Directors : Michael D. Sellers,

A young girl discovers she can communicate with dolphins.

Actors : Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani,
Directors : Gidi Dar,

An Orthodox Jewish couple's faith is tested after praying to the Lord for a child on the Succoth holiday.