Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Han Chin, Maggie Cheung, Josephine Koo, Brigitte Lin,
Directors : Ho Yim,

A talented lady novelist falls in love with a Chinese traitor working with the Japanese during the WWII.

Actors : Peter Phelps, Bruce Phillips, Alice Fraser, Greer Robson-Kirk,
Directors : Sam Pillsbury,

It is Depression era New Zealand and school-kid Kate is missing her father badly. The temptation to seek him out leads her into diverse and intense encounters with fate.

Actors : Marco Gelardini, Lino Banfi, Alvaro Vitali, Anna Maria Rizzoli,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

Actors : Sigrid Huun, Hege Schøyen, Bettina Banoun, Jørn Christensen,
Directors : Oddvar Einarson,

Photographer John Gabriel, in his mid 20ies coincidentally meets 13 year old Flora, which has run off from home and have nowhere to sleep. They start off a love affair due to her need for affection.

Actors : Elizabeth Kaitan, Stan Hurwitz, John Tyler, Rhonda Dorton,
Directors : Dusty Nelson,

A schoolgirl is raped by three low-lifes, and is then blackmailed by her attackers to keep her quiet. Desperate for revenge, she makes contact with a necromancer, who promptly "takes care" ...

Actors : Janusz Zakrzenski, Marta Lipinska, Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak, Adam Marjanski,
Directors : Zbigniew Kuzminski,

Actors : John Shea, Murray Salem, Helen Mirren, Paul Angelis,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Beaty is a prostitute working out of a high-class London cabaret where Emory is a technician. They begin an affair encumbered by her job, his lack of money, and their pasts: Beaty has a ...

Actors : Ron Kologie, Debra De Liso, Elizabeth Gorcey, Doug Stevenson,
Directors : Jeff Kwitny,

A group of childhood friends are invited to the opening of a posh ski resort, unaware that an old nemesis has murderous plans in mind for them.

Actors : Jenny Cunningham, Mary Woronov, Jonathan Blakely, Andrew Cofrin,
Directors : Rick Sloane,

An old movie house plagued with a history of unexplained tragedies is reopened with bloody history repeating itself

Actors : Fiona Fullerton, Petra Wagner, Barbara vom Baur, Mandy Perryment,
Directors : Cyril Frankel,

Actors : Luca Barbareschi, Jason Connery, Carol Alt, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : Enrico Oldoini,

A married couple from Milan is tempted into mutual betrayal during a holiday in Mauritius Islands.

Actors : Sylvia Engelmann, Renate Langer, Manuela Kohlhofer, Katja Bienert,
Directors : Walter Boos,

Actors : Thom Hoffman, Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Truus te Selle, Marion van Thijn,
Directors : Ben Verbong,

Actors : Shôhei Hino, Shima Iwashita, Misako Tanaka, Hiromi Gô,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ...

Actors : Atilla Ergün, Yalçin Dümer, Güzin Özyagcilar, Hülya Avsar,
Directors : Orhan Aksoy,

Actors : Maayke Bouten, Erik de Vries, Marlous Fluitsma, Johan Leysen,
Directors : Vivian Pieters,

18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. Dead. The ...

Actors : Kathy Shower, Robert Quarry, William Smith, Brian Thompson,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

An American narcotics agent takes her squad to Mexico, where she must break up a drug-smuggling gang that has also kidnapped her boyfriend.

Actors : Laura Antonelli, Christian Clavier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Boujenah,
Directors : François Leterrier,

Actors : Anna Maria Placido, Jessica Moore, Adriana Russo, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Mario Bianchi,

A family of 4 makes a long drive to Aunt Martha's house to visit her for the first time in years. Only she isn't there. Just the caretaker and his message that she will appear the next day...if they survive the night.

Actors : Antonio Mayans, Mabel Escaño, Katja Bienert, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Eugenie is the capricious daughter of a rich diplomat, living in a seaside resort in Spain. She exhibits her young and splendid body in the beach and night-clubs. She feels an incredible ...