Best Female Lead movies of 1965

Actors : Julie Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Christopher Plummer,
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 : Michael Callan, Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Dwayne Hickman,
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 : Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, Natalie Wood, 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, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Julie Christie,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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, Stavros Xenidis, Maro Kodou, Giorgos Konstadinou,
Directors : Yorgos Tzavellas,

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

Actors : Manoj Kumar, Helen, Nanda, Pran,
Directors : Raja Nawathe,

Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is expecting them. Then one by one, they die...