Best Female Lead movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love...

Actors : Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff,

When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.

Actors : Thomas Loibl, Michael Wittenborn, Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek,
Directors : Maren Ade,

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.

Actors : Izaac Wang, Kelly Marie Tran, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina,

In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

Actors : Emma Watson, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans,
Directors : Bill Condon,

An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.

Actors : Lola Dueñas, Carmen Maura, Blanca Portillo, Penélope Cruz,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Dolly Wells, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James,
Directors : Andrew Haigh,

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

Actors : Emily Robinson, Elsie Fisher, Jake Ryan, Josh Hamilton,
Directors : Bo Burnham,

An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.

Actors : Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Margot Robbie, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : Craig Gillespie,

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Haysbert, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

Actors : Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden,
Directors : Kevin Lima,

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sebastian Stan, Debra Winger,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Actors : Ron Perlman, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Mandy Moore,

The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.

Actors : Emma Stone, Dan Byrd, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes,
Directors : Will Gluck,

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Actors : Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Constance Wu,
Directors : Jon M. Chu,

This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.

Actors : Jet Li, Li Gong, Gong Li, Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen,
Directors : Niki Caro,

A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.

Actors : Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira,
Directors : Ryan Coogler,

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.

Actors : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, James Gandolfini,
Directors : Nicole Holofcener,

A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart,

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.