Best Female Lead movies of 1965

Actors : Julie Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

Actors : Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Giulietta Masina,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.

Actors : Dwayne Hickman, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Actors : Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Vivien Leigh,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.

Actors : Richard Burton, Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Vincente Minnelli,

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wed headmaster of an Episcopal boarding school in California.

Actors : Ruth Gordon, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Actors : John Mills, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site.

Actors : José Luis de Vilallonga, Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Actors : Dean Jones, Roddy McDowall, Dorothy Provine, Hayley Mills,
Directors : Robert Stevenson,

After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an SOS, the FBI assigns a cat-allergic agent to the case.

Actors : Paulette Dubost, George Hamilton, Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau,
Directors : Louis Malle,

Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus,...

Actors : Ursula Andress, Bernard Cribbins, Peter Cushing, John Richardson,
Directors : Robert Day,

An Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Renzo Ricci, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig,
Directors : Luchino Visconti,

Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.

Actors : Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Marino Masé,
Directors : Mario Caiano,

A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.

Actors : Monica Zetterlund, Lars Ekborg, Gösta Ekman, Birgitta Andersson,
Directors : Tage Danielsson,

A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious.

Actors : David Niven, Marcel Dalio, Paul Newman, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Peter Ustinov,

Lady L. is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through.

Actors : Stefanie Powers, Tallulah Bankhead, Peter Vaughan, Maurice Kaufmann,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Jean-Claude Brialy, Mario Adorf, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : Antonio Pietrangeli,

Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Giraud, Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Bernard Borderie,

In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.

Actors : Despo Diamantidou, Maro Kodou, Stavros Xenidis, Giorgos Konstadinou,
Directors : Yorgos Tzavellas,

An unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.

Actors : Jenny Karezi, Lili Papayanni, Alekos Alexandrakis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos,
Directors : Dinos Dimopoulos,

Andreas meets Mika in Italy and they quickly fall in love and get married. However, upon their return to Greece, Andreas meets Mika's eccentric family and sees that living with them will ...