Best Female Lead movies of 1988

Actors : Melanie Kilgour, James Stevens, Thom Schioler, Frank Wilson,

In post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's sister from a hostile warrior clan.

Actors : Carrie Snodgress, Jennifer Rubin, Matt Lattanzi, Margaret Avery,
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 : 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 : Denis Forest, Fanny Lauzier, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Marina Orsini,
Directors : Jean-Claude Lord,

On their arrival in Mingan,on the north coast of the St-Lawrence's Gulf, a couple notice a young girl floating in the ocean. Thinking saving her, they discover that, in fact, she's able to ...

Actors : Jayne Hutton, Heath Porter, Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon,
Directors : John Bernard,

The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.

Actors : Peter Kern, Marcelo Uriona, Gad Klein, Ina Blum,
Directors : Monika Treut,

A reporter who goes to San Francisco to write about romance has an affair with a stripper from an all-women's club.

Actors : Corinne Touzet, Daniel Ezralow, Béatrice Dalle, Jacques Weber,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf of the devil. ...

Actors : Adrienne Pierce, Tanya Roberts, Hal Orlandini, Julie Pop,
Directors : Ami Artzi,

Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Céline Beauvallet, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Leonardo Ruta,
Directors : Francesca Archibugi,

Actors : Jessica Moore, Anna Maria Placido, 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 : 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 : James Russo, Darlanne Fluegel, Billy Drago, Richard Belzer,
Directors : Francis Delia,

A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.

Actors : Taiji Tonoyama, Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Fran Rubel Kuzui,

Young female rock singer is not appreciated by her band, gets postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". Takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes ...

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 : Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Lai-Yui Lee, Damian Lau,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight.

Actors : Eli Cohen, Gila Almagor, Kaipu Cohen, Marina Rossetti,
Directors : Eli Cohen,

A ten year old girl spends her summer with her overly protective mother, a mentally scarred holocaust survivor, while hopefully trying to find her real father in the newly established state of Israel.

Actors : Debra De Liso, Ron Kologie, 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 : Lisa Schmidt, Debi Thibeault, Simone Reyes, Karen Nielsen,
Directors : Gorman Bechard,

A group of High School girls with guns go on a killing spree. They are intent on ridding the world of scummy men.

Actors : Bhanupriya, Mohan Babu, Annapoorna, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : Vijaya Baapineedu,

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.