Best Female Lead movies that are award winners or nominees

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 : 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 : Willem Dafoe, Christopher Rivera, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite,
Directors : Sean Baker,

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Sebastian Stan,
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 : Jet Li, Li Gong, Gong Li, Donnie Yen, Yifei Liu,
Directors : Niki Caro,

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

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

Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.