Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Christopher Guard, Julie Christie, Leonie Mellinger, Debbie Hutchings,
Directors : David Gladwell,

Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion...

Actors : Carl Quist Møller, Sofie Gråbøl, Torben Jensen, Vigga Bro,
Directors : Astrid Henning-Jensen,

A movie based of a book, follows a young girl named Ester, and her family and friends as poor danish citizens, in a rough area of Copenhagen in the 1930's.

Actors : Michel Robbe, Michel Blanc, Jane Birkin, Jacques Villeret,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

Actors : Albert Salmi, Guy Stockwell, Tisha Sterling, Susan Swift,
Directors : Bert I. Gordon,

In 1692, a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts accuses several residents of being witches, and they are burned at the stake. In 1980, a young woman who is a descendant of the accuser finds ...

Actors : Hiroko Yakushimaru, Masanori Sera, Yumi Kusaka, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Shin'ichirô Sawai,

Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Shizuka is willing to go to great lengths to master this role of a lifetime... See full synopsis »

Actors : Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Olga Mashnaya, Andrei Zykov, Valeriy Priyomykhov,
Directors : Dinara Asanova,

A former athlete runs a camp dedicated to reforming juvenile criminals, a tough job with no quick payoffs.

Actors : Kaz Garas, Carmen Argenziano, Deborah Tranelli, Bill McLaughlin,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family.

Actors : Soli Labbart, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Hannu Lauri, Tiina Björkman,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.

Actors : Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

A couple goes on the run after being accused for a crime they didn't commit.

Actors : Patrick Perrot, Christiane Coppé, Marianne Valiot, Laurence Dubas,
Directors : Jean Rollin,

On the run from an asylum for the insane, a feisty young girl and a forlorn female companion embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers. Wandering from the fantastic to the farcical and back again,

Actors : Charito Solis, Lorna Tolentino, Rio Locsin, Alma Moreno,
Directors : Ishmael Bernal,

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families' conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs...

Actors : Jeff Hutchinson, Shaun Michelle, Suzanne Solari, Katina Garner,
Directors : Donald G. Jackson,

In a futuristic society, rebels fighting against a fascist state are aided by a group of roller-skating nuns called the Bod Sisters.

Actors : Sayed Zayan, Nadia El Gendy, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Mahmoud Yassine,

A manipulative and strong headed boss woman falls madly in love with a worker in her workshop,deals with ego,love and heartbreak.

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin, Annie Girardot,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Richard Anthony Crenna, Debra Karr, Ennio Girolami, Terry Baer,
Directors : Giannetto De Rossi,

The Caribbean swamps which is to be made into a holiday resort is terrorized again by a second monstrous crocodile which is killing off anyone unfortunate to be on the water.

Actors : Carole Bouquet, John Steiner, Phil Coccioletti, Duilio Del Prete,
Directors : Carlo Vanzina,

Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination.

Actors : Tony Musante, Laura Antonelli, Florinda Bolkan, Blanca Marsillach,
Directors : Giuseppe Patroni Griffi,

A woman becomes obsessed with a man she can't have, and carries the torch for more than 15 years.

Actors : Annie Potts, Margot Kidder, Winston Rekert, Robert Carradine,
Directors : Donald Shebib,

A young wife becomes pregnant, but the child's father is not her husband. Afraid to tell him, she leaves home, and meets an outgoing, free-spirited woman on a bus. Although the two are ...

Actors : Delhi Ganesh, Anju, Janagaraj, Jai Ganesh,
Directors : Fazil,

Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper by a cross connection.