Critically acclaimed Female Lead movies of 2020

Actors : Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman,
Directors : George C. Wolfe,

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Actors : Aldis Hodge, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Elisabeth Moss,
Directors : Leigh Whannell,

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Actors : Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Simon McBurney, Sean Bean,

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Actors : Odessa Young, Elisabeth Moss, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Directors : Josephine Decker,

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Actors : Patricia Belcher, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Miranda July,

A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning.

Actors : Jenny Slate, Bill Murray, Jessica Henwick, Marlon Wayans, Rashida Jones,
Directors : Sofia Coppola,

A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.

Actors : Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michelle Rodriguez, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton,
Directors : Amy Seimetz,

Amy thinks she's dying tomorrow...and it's contagious.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthias Schoenaerts, Harry Melling, Marwan Kenzari, KiKi Layne, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Gina Prince-Bythewood,

A covert team of immortal mercenaries is suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.

Actors : Ari'el Stachel, Riley Keough, Taylour Paige, Nicholas Braun,
Directors : Janicza Bravo,

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Actors : Mia Goth, Johnny Flynn, Anya Taylor-Joy, Angus Imrie,
Directors : Autumn de Wilde,

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

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 : Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Directors : Cathy Yan,

After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Actors : Gal Gadot, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal,
Directors : Patty Jenkins,

Diana must contend with a work colleague and businessman, whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.

Actors : Fred Melamed, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Danny Deferrari, Rachel Sennott,
Directors : Emma Seligman,

At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy.

Actors : Brandy Pitcher, Lisa Starrett, Eliza de Azevedo Brown, Eric Ramaekers,
Directors : Edson Oda,

A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.

Actors : Dino Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Izudin Bajrovic, Jasna Djuricic,
Directors : Jasmila Zbanic,

Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.

Actors : Oswin Benjamin, Peter Kim, Radha Blank, Imani Lewis,
Directors : Radha Blank,

Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.

Actors : Eiza González, Chris Messina, Alicia Witt, Peter Dinklage, Dianne Wiest, Rosamund Pike,
Directors : J Blakeson,

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Actors : Vanessa Kirby, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger, Shia LaBeouf,
Directors : Kornél Mundruczó,

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

Actors : Paula Beer, Maryam Zaree, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz,
Directors : Christian Petzold,

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.