Best Female Lead movies of 1979

Actors : Rogério Fróes, Sandra Bréa, Djenane Machado, Sílvia Salgado,
Directors : Cláudio Cunha,

A Brazilian variation of the film "Thank God, It's Friday": Several lives intertwine at Rio de Janeiro's most famous nightclub of the time, New York City Disco.

Actors : Charles Bonet, Carter Wong, Cecilia Wong, Ron Van Clief,
Directors : Chih Chen,

Allison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving white slavery and prostitution. Interpol agent Bill Eaton, honest worker Chen, and Allison's ...

Actors : Carlos Boavida Fernandes, Cecília Guimarães, Eugénia Bettencourt, João D'Ávila,
Directors : António de Macedo,

Maria, a young blind woman allegedly raped by her stepfather, is admitted to an hospice. Entrusted by her nun aunt Angela to the care of Dr. Firmino, she will have moments of despair, grace...

Actors : Colin Fox, Jean-Louis Roux, Jean Belzil-Gascon, Lise Thouin,
Directors : Jean-Claude Lord,

After she had been raped by her father, a young woman leaves the town with her new born son. Years later, the son can't accept that his mother fell in love with someone else than the ...

Actors : Sabine Wollin, Claus Obalski, Ekkehardt Belle, Gina Janssen,
Directors : Franz Josef Gottlieb,

A young woman, just turning 19, is ready for anything, including fullfilling her dreams and fantasies. But two young men, Klaus and Stephen, are after her with their raging hormones to lead...

Actors : Stephan Schwartz, Pia Skagermark, Michaela Jolin, Sigmar Solbach,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

The tragic romance between the son of a miller and a landlord's daughter.

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Lau Chan, Chi-Chang Ho, Kar-Yung Lau,
Directors : Hsiang Fang,

Yuen Chu & Yuen Qiu, star as two sisters whose family is slayed by the merciless 'Ghost Leg Killer' (Hwang Jang Lee). They change their names and go into hiding to perfect their kung fu ...

Actors : Angélica Chain, Carlos Piñar, Raquel Olmedo, Alma Muriel,
Directors : Roberto Gavaldón,

Laura is a pretty, sexually repressed rich girl whom has spent most of her life in a Swiss Boarding School. When she returns to Mexico City, she is restless and bored. She's upset to find ...

Actors : Hans Christoph Buch, Willem Menne, Hanns Zischler, Gisela Stein,
Directors : Georg Brintrup,

Fiction film about a dispute between the German poetess Else Lasker-Schüler and her editors. The film takes place in Berlin before, during and after the First World War.

Actors : Peter Jeffrey, Michael Elphick, Helen Mirren, John Woodvine,
Directors : Bill Hays,

A hopeless quiz team is revived by the addition of a bright young lecturer but all is not well when the barmaid takes a shine to him and this upsets her boyfriend.

Actors : Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi, Toshio Hashimoto,
Directors : Claude Gagnon,

Follows the daily life of Keiko, a lonely young woman seeking for love in a cafe she frequents.

Actors : Chia Yung Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia-Hui Liu, Hoi Sang Lee,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

Gordon Liu stars in this Kung Fu comedy as an undercover Shaolin Monk. While searching for a fugitive who has wronged the order, the Master (Liu) uncovers a scheme to steal the priceless ...

Actors : Martin Vaughan, Judi Farr, Sam Neill, Lorna Lesley,
Directors : Linda Blagg,

This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents ...

Actors : Roberto Miranda, Fernando Benini, Neide Ribeiro, Meiry Vieira,
Directors : Carlos Reichenbach,

Ana Medeiros is a fake journalist, who was hired by a far-right orgaization. Using as an excuse to do a story with people who are wanted by the police of the continent, she heads to a ...

Actors : Vanda Lacerda, Francinette Costa, Júlio Braga, Oswaldo Loureiro,
Directors : Geraldo Santos Pereira,

In the 1930s, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a young woman promised to marry a colonel's son decides to run away with the man she loves.

Actors : Eiji Okuda, Kaori Momoi, Leo Morimoto, Jûzô Itami,
Directors : Yôichi Higashi,

Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself ...

Actors : Aldine Muller, Rodolfo Arena, Ricardo Angelini, Carlos Arena,
Directors : Jean Garret,

Simple-minded young woman becomes a successful prostitute.

Actors : Aachi Manorama, Sujatha, Surulirajan, Sivakumar,
Directors : Mohan,

Ashok, a sculptor, marries Maya, a village girl. Soon, Ashok goes abroad for a project, and Maya finds herself suffering from cancer. What happens when Ashok returns home?

Actors : Julissa, Manuel Ojeda, Jorge Balzaretti, Alma Muriel,
Directors : Jaime Humberto Hermosillo,

Julia and Julie share and share alike: they share a curiosity shoppe in a commercial district: a beautiful penthouse apartment with a breathtaking view and even the men in their lives, all ...

Actors : Amy Austria, Rio Locsin, Al Tantay, Alma Moreno,
Directors : Joey Gosiengfiao,

Bedspacer tells the story of three provincial girls set to conquer unpredicatable college life in Manila's famed university belt.