Best Female Lead movies of 1960s

Actors : James Robertson Justice, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, Margaret Rutherford,
Directors : George Pollock,

When Miss Marple reports witnessing a murder through the window of a passing train, the police dismiss her as a dotty spinster when no trace of the crime can be found.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Vittorio De Sica,

The rich man Domenico and Filumena, a penniless prostitute, share great part of their lives in the immediate post WWII Italy.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her ...

Actors : John Mills, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site.

Actors : Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Doris Day, James Garner,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Actors : Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Jacques Demy,

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

Actors : John Rae, Colin Farrell, Wendy Allnutt, Malcolm McFee,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

Actors : Jaroslava Schallerová, Jirí Prýmek, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.

Actors : Dean Martin, Eddie Foy Jr., Judy Holliday, Fred Clark,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls ...

Actors : José Luis de Vilallonga, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Julie Christie,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Actors : Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Debbie Reynolds,
Directors : Charles Walters,

A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life.

Actors : Barbra Streisand, Larry Blyden, Bob Newhart, Yves Montand,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.

Actors : Fabio Testi, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Lino Capolicchio,
Directors : Vittorio De Sica,

In the late 1930s, in Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading families, wealthy, aristocratic, urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather...

Actors : Rolf Sohlman, Bertil Norström, Anita Lindblom, Ann-Sofie Kylin,
Directors : Roy Andersson,

Two teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.

Actors : Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava, Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

A Russian Prince experiences battle against Napoleon and a troubled relationship with his father and wife. Finds acceptance of her death and eventually his chance of true love. A spoiled, ...

Actors : Micheline Presle, Liselotte Pulver, Francine Bergé, Anna Karina,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior (Madame de Moni, Sister Sainte-Christine, and Madame de ...

Actors : Rex Harrison, Doris Day, John Gavin, Myrna Loy,
Directors : David Miller,

In London, a newly-wed American woman's sanity comes into question when she claims to be the victim of a stalker.

Actors : Marina Vlady, Raoul Lévy, Roger Montsoret, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

A day in the life of a Parisian housewife/prostitute, interspersed with musings on the Vietnam War and other contemporary issues.

Actors : Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : François Truffaut,

A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.