Best Female Lead movies of 1996

Actors : Jean-Marc Barr, Katrin Cartlidge, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Jerry Zaks,

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

Actors : Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig Bierko, Yvonne Zima,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

A woman suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again.

Actors : Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata, Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Madonna,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

Actors : Helen Hunt, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.

Actors : Amir AboulEla, Adriana Alexander, David Andriole, Pamela Anderson,
Directors : David Hogan,

Post-apocalyptic remake of Casablanca (1942) set in a sleazy nightclub.

Actors : Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, Michael Gambon, George Cole,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.

Actors : Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Lili Taylor, Jared Harris,
Directors : Mary Harron,

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to ...

Actors : Greta Scacchi, James Cosmo, Alan Cumming, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Douglas McGrath,

In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman.

Actors : Burt Reynolds, Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.

Actors : Anne Heche, Catherine Keener, Amy Braverman, Miranda Rhyne,
Directors : Nicole Holofcener,

Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the...

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan, John Malkovich,
Directors : Jane Campion,

An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.

Actors : Brendan Fraser, Ricki Lake, Shirley MacLaine, Miguel Sandoval,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant when her boyfriend kicks her out. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The ...

Actors : Lauren Bacall, Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Barbra Streisand,

A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kimberly Elise,
Directors : F. Gary Gray,

Desperation drives four inner-city women (Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise) to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another.

Actors : Xabier Elorriaga, Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...

Actors : Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini, Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Brian Gibson,

When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The Teacher" to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty". He threatens to kill her son...

Actors : Robert John Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton,
Directors : Kevin Hooks,

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.