Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Carrie Fisher, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Robert Englund,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

Actors : Cher, Olympia Dukakis, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

Actors : Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Actors : Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend--both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman,
Directors : Woody Allen,

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

Actors : Julian Sands, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : James Ivory,

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting...

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Molly Ringwald, Annie Potts, Jon Cryer,
Directors : Howard Deutch,

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.

Actors : Adrienne Barbeau, John Houseman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh,
Directors : John Carpenter,

Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry,
Directors : John Hughes,

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Actors : Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Marc Duret, Anne Parillaud,
Directors : Luc Besson,

Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Actors : Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Nicolas Cage, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Actors : Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : James Cameron,

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Actors : Captain Haggerty, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Lazar,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

An undercover FBI agent falls in love with a recently widowed mafia wife, who is trying to restart her life following her husband's murder while being pursued by a libidinous mafia kingpin seeking to claim her for himself.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Nastassja Kinski, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.

Actors : Mark Blum, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Madonna,
Directors : Susan Seidelman,

A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson,
Directors : Chuck Russell,

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Sunny Johnson, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.