Best Female Lead movies

Actors : Shohreh Aghdashloo, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Hiam Abbass, Oscar Isaac,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

Actors : Lola Gaos, Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Luis Buñuel,

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable ...

Actors : Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon,
Directors : Peter Sollett,

New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Natasha Lyonne, Bryna Weiss,
Directors : Tamara Jenkins,

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda,
Directors : Ousmane Sembene,

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

Actors : John Heard, Malcolm McDowell, Nastassja Kinski, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Michael Angarano, Cloris Leachman, Henry Dinhofer,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

Actors : Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Preston, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Bruno Barreto,

A small-town woman tries to achieve her goal of becoming a flight attendant.

Actors : Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Tommy Flanagan,
Directors : Simon West,

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Actors : Lara Pulver, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Anna Foerster,

Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her.

Actors : Lynette Curran, Damian de Montemas, Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington,
Directors : Cate Shortland,

A young girl flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps, where new experiences help her learn the differences between sex and love.

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Actors : José María Yazpik, Robin Tunney, John Corbett, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Guillermo Arriaga,

A drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother and daughter who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood.

Actors : Mark Blum, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna,
Directors : Susan Seidelman,

A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.

Actors : Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee,
Directors : David Lynch,

A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.

Actors : Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.

Actors : Mike Colter, Frank Grillo, Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson,
Directors : Deon Taylor,

A rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder.

Actors : Gil Bellows, Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot,
Directors : Mark Tonderai,

After moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy who was the only survivor of the accident.

Actors : Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Edison Chen,
Directors : Takashi Shimizu,

Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse. A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a Chicago apartment building.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal, Matthew Macfadyen,
Directors : Mimi Cave,

A woman's picture-perfect life in quaint Holland, Michigan, crumbles when she and a friend uncover a twisted secret in their midst.