Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Miles O'Keeffe, Timothy Bottoms, Al Shannon, Kim Delaney,
Directors : Larry Brand,

A suspensefilled thriller about a successful single woman who, on a deserted road, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker. Once back in the city, THE DRIFTER follows her every move. Every attempt...

Actors : Sarah Barnes, Ruth Bond, Charlie Benditt, Evelyn Bishop,
Directors : Jeff A. Ferrell,

The Vixens are coming! They've landed on earth to wreak havoc on the male student bodies of Mayfield High. You see, there are no men on their native planet, and every so often, they'll ...

Actors : Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Adjani,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

A French psychologist investigates about famous suicidal women. She finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the ...

Actors : Jane Evers, Julie Walters, Janet Henfrey, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : John Goldschmidt,

Eight women attend one of Britain's toughest survival schools to challenge themselves and conquer their fears. They learn that there is more to survival than passing the course.

Actors : Carlos Augusto Strazzer, Marieta Severo, Reginaldo Faria, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Lui Farias,

Based on a famous autobiography, this film tells of teenage angst, as lived in the miserable lower middle class Rio bedroom suburbs, by 15 year-old Eliane. To boot, she comes from a ...

Actors : Naoko Matsui, Lisa Ortiz, Hiromi Tsuru, Maria Kawamura,
Directors : Katsuhito Akiyama,

Galactic war rages between amoeban Paranoids and all-female Solnoids. Solnoid battleship, Star Leaf, with crew of seven is sent to defend Chaos, a planet that's being terraformed. However, they're part of an experiment.

Actors : Olga Kacijan, Vladislava Milosavljevic, Boris Komnenic, Erol Kadic,
Directors : Karpo Acimovic-Godina,

Story about the group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.

Actors : Vijayshanti, Thomas Jane, Sivamani, Gummaluri Sastri,
Directors : Jandhyala,

The story of an Indian girl falling in love with an American in 80s USA.

Actors : Massimo Girotti, Michele Placido, Marina Pierro, Laura Betti,
Directors : Walerian Borowczyk,

Young student Claudine has a dream in which the Roman student Cornelius, fascinated by the beautiful wife of the commander, attends lectures on the art of love of great Ovid. Ancient tragedy happens again in a few centuries

Actors : Carrie Snodgress, Jennifer Rubin, Margaret Avery, Matt Lattanzi,
Directors : Strathford Hamilton,

The story of a 16 year old girl and her repressive relationship with her mother against the backdrop of 1950's America.

Actors : Stina Ekblad, Lena T. Hansson, Philip Zandén, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Mai Zetterling,

About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940), during her turbulent marriage with David Sprengel. In a hallucination Agnes is brought to a mental hospital in Venice, carrying her fictitious autobiography.

Actors : Francesco Nuti, Alessandro Benvenuti, Athina Cenci, Giancattivi,
Directors : Alessandro Benvenuti,

Marta, a lonely woman, takes with her Augusto and Antonio to scour the whole city for a whole day, looking for something absurd: pigeons turning into men or she will die.

Actors : Roy MacArthur, Gary Warner, Marina Taylor, Christine Moore,
Directors : Roberta Findlay,

A woman is haunted by flashbacks of her dead mother and visions of dead people floating.

Actors : Denise Coward, Frank Runyeon, Jaime Tirelli, Robert Trumbull,
Directors : Sig Shore,

A New York City career woman becomes a vigilante after being raped by two car thieves.

Actors : Dennis Storhøi, Silje Trones Lønseth, Agnete G. Haaland, Veronika Flaat,
Directors : Grete Salomonsen,

Actors : Eddy Mitchell, Rachid Ferrache, Roger Hanin, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Alice seems to lead a quiet life: the first three days of the week, she works in Paris and and meets with friend Philip, and his little boy, Simon. The other two days, she works in a thalassotherapy center.

Actors : Kathy Bain, Taborah Johnson, Jérôme Tiberghien, Ken James,
Directors : Timothy Bond,

A group of female friends get together with some hired "ladies of the evening", and make some quick cash for throwing a raunchy party for the local hockey team.

Actors : Ye Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Kun Xiang, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Han Hsiang Li,

Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Sunny Bergman, Renée Soutendijk, Edwin de Vries,
Directors : Nouchka van Brakel,

Two women decide to exchange lives when getting into contact with each other after reading a newspapers add.

Actors : Howie Mandel, Sterling Hayden, Susan Anspach, Helen Shaver,
Directors : Les Rose,

Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the course of her investigation, other people ...