Best Female Lead movies of 2002

Actors : Leland Orser, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Evan Parke, Corin Nemec,
Directors : John Badham,

An ex-cop covers for her mentally ill brother's crimes. As his apparent involvement in a murder she is investigating grows, she discovers how far she'll go to protect him.

Actors : Johnny Burton, Diane Behrens, Stephanie Dees, Grant Edmonds,
Directors : Michael Costanza,

A young girl staying in touch with her boyfriend via a webcam discovers an unimaginable horror linked to the house she just moved into.

Actors : Erica Prior, Trae Houlihan, Denis Rafter, Craig Stevenson,
Directors : Paco Plaza,

After the suicide of her beloved father, the biologist Daniella Logan visits her catatonic mother in a mental institution to tell the tragic event and her mother calls her "Josephine". ...

Actors : Terry Dahlstron, Dannielle Hall, Damian Pitt, Jenna Lee Connors,
Directors : Ivan Sen,

The story of Lena, the light-skinned daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn, a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events ...

Actors : Larisa Oleynik, Peter Coyote, Patricia Kalember, Shiri Appleby,
Directors : Peter Gilbert,

Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Colm Feore, Caroline Dhavernas, Bernard Hepton,
Directors : Michael MacKenzie,

A wealthy American Quaker woman rebels and marries a French baron for love. A plan to start a Parisian salon with a distinctively democratic air brings conflict with her new surroundings ...

Actors : Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Julie Gayet, Geneviève Bujold, Pascale Bussières,
Directors : Manon Briand,

A seismologist investigates the mysterious cessation of the tides near her Quebec home town.

Actors : Danny de Kok, Ellen van der Koogh, Nienke Brinkhuis, Joep Sertons,
Directors : Stephan Brenninkmeijer,

Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experienced Alex ...

Actors : Margherita Buy, Virna Lisi, Sandra Ceccarelli, Luigi Lo Cascio,
Directors : Cristina Comencini,

The lively goings-on of a modern family seen through the eyes of a young girl just about to receive her first Communion.

Actors : Taylor Momsen, Lynn Redgrave, Delta Burke, Jacob Smith,
Directors : Gary J. Tunnicliffe,

If you go down to the woods tonight be sure of the biggest surprise of your life! When Hansel and Gretel's wicked stepmother leads them into the dark forest, the children find themselves in...

Actors : Clara Lago, Juan José Ballesta, María Barranco, Álvaro de Luna,
Directors : Imanol Uribe,

Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, ...

Actors : Stefan Pagels Andersen, Julie Zangenberg, Mads Ravn, William Haugaard Petersen,
Directors : Fabian Wullenweber,

The obstacles facing the perilous mission of 12-year-olds Ida, Sebastian and Jonas are many: a bank vault 30 meters above ground to open, secret combinations to crack, vicious guard dogs to...

Actors : Tian-Lin Wang, Simon Yam, Sammi Cheng, Ching Wan Lau,

A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.

Actors : Adèle Haenel, Vincent Rottiers, Rochdy Labidi, Jacques Bonnaffé,
Directors : Christophe Ruggia,

The siblings Joseph and Chloé are 12 and have just been placed on another children's home. For years they were on the same or separate homes or on the run together. Chloé is an autist. She ...

Actors : Lawrence Arcouette, Maude Guérin, Charles-André Bourassa, Luc Picard,
Directors : Jean Beaudin,

The detective Maud Graham hides her sensibility behind the image of a strong and independant woman. She frequently offers her hospitality to a 16-year-old prostitute, Grégoire, a young man ...

Actors : Gérard Meylan, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Julie-Marie Parmentier,
Directors : Robert Guédiguian,

Having reached middle age, a woman must choose between the two men in her life.

Actors : Féodor Atkine, Mira Sorvino, Olivier Martinez, Alida Valli,
Directors : Pepe Danquart,

The most spectacular Easter celebration in the World. Hosts of hooded Penitents parade through the ancient, narrow streets

Actors : Joel Bissonnette, Justin Pierce, Ben Ratner, Kim Huffman,

Ted, his girlfriend Jo, and his brother Johnny are small-time robbers in Montreal. The brothers spend their time watching TV, while Jo rereads Leonard Cohen's novel "Beautiful Losers" and ...

Actors : Golab Adineh, Roya Taymourian, Roya Nonahali, Pegah Ahangarani,
Directors : Manijeh Hekmat,

Spanning 18 years in an Iranian women's prison, this follows two women: the new prison warden, a tough as nails devout Muslim who has served in the army on the Iraqi front, and a young ...