Best Female Lead movies of recent years that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Ava Morse, Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Hyein Park,
Directors : Domee Shi,

A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.

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 : 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 : Emma Stone, Paul Walter Hauser, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry,
Directors : Craig Gillespie,

A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong,

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : María Cecilia Botero, Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo,

A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Actors : Daniel Durant, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones,
Directors : Sian Heder,

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Actors : Al Pacino, Lady Gaga, Jeremy Irons, Adam Driver,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.

Actors : Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman,
Directors : Maggie Gyllenhaal,

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Actors : Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Tom Waits, Sean Penn,
Directors : Paul Thomas Anderson,

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Actors : Tygh Runyan, Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : Andrew Dominik,

A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.

Actors : J.K. Simmons, Nicole Kidman, Nina Arianda, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Actors : Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Mia McGovern Zaini, Renate Reinsve,
Directors : Joachim Trier,

The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

Actors : Cherry Jones, Andrew Garfield, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jessica Chastain,
Directors : Michael Showalter,

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Actors : Brian Tyree Henry, Danny Wolohan, Jennifer Lawrence, Linda Emond,
Directors : Lila Neugebauer,

A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer,
Directors : Todd Field,

Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra.

Actors : Léa Drucker, Émilie Dequenne, Gustav De Waele, Eden Dambrine,
Directors : Lukas Dhont,

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Actors : Micheal Ward, Olivia Colman, Toby Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.