Best Female Lead movies of 2008

Actors : Mariya Shalayeva, Artur Smolyaninov, Olga Sutulova, Mikhail Evlanov,
Directors : Igor Voloshin,

Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Valera the Dead Man. First they fight...

Actors : Thierry Lhermitte, Alice Taglioni, Pascale Arbillot, Jocelyn Quivrin,
Directors : Léa Fazer,

Victor and Margot are both lawyers in a major consulting firm and form a solid couple in private. Yet one day they find themselves competing for the same job promotion. How will their relationship stand up to the outcome?

Actors : Mina Arai, Chris Ryô Kaihara, Lemon Hanazawa, Kotoha Hiroyama,
Directors : Ken'ichi Fujiwara,

Rika never expected to encounter the living dead as she skipped school to visit her grandfather. She is forced to survive and discovers incredible zombie fighting skills.

Actors : Fabián Vena, Nicolás Pauls, Inés Efron, Monica Gonzaga,

A romantic comedy about a neurotic girl who makes a vow of solitude after getting dumped.

Actors : Dejan Cukic, Christian Skolmen, Jørgen Langhelle, Anneke von der Lippe,
Directors : Kjell Sundvall,

Actors : Ági Gubík, Péter Valcz, Ildikó Bánsági, Judit Schell,
Directors : Attila Till,

A collage of human fates, where all shown characters are suffering from panic attacks. Stories like a policeman who is willing to come out or a young business woman who achieved her life goals too early.

Actors : Roman Shmakov, Yevgeniya Kuznetsova, Sergey Sosnovskiy, Kseniya Rappoport,
Directors : Kirill Serebrennikov,

A mother loses her son during a winter visit to a remote town.

Actors : Kari Heiskanen, Timo Torikka, Pertti Sveholm, Irina Björklund,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

Actors : Jason Contini, Caitlin McIntosh, Carlos Antonio León, Dale D. Moore,
Directors : Wyatt Weed,

A taut reinvention of vampire lore, Shadowland opens in modern day North America, where construction workers uncover an old stone cross and what appears to be a wooden stake. They remove ...

Actors : Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Elbaz, Karin Viard, Géraldine Pailhas,
Directors : Philippe Harel,

The trekkers meet again ten years later, at St Tropez, a comedy about fun, truth, betrayal and hapiness.

Actors : Hugo Weaving, Tyler Coppin, John Batchelor, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Jonathan Ogilvie,

The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.

Actors : Joan Gregson, Greg Bryk, Walter Learning, Fairuza Balk,
Directors : Melanie Orr,

A few months ago Hannah Sloan (Fairuza Balk) was in a horrible car accident, leaving her son Daniel in an extended coma. With hopes of putting their recent tragedy behind them Hannah and ...

Actors : Laetitia Casta, Yannick Renier, Yann Trégouët, Christine Citti,

Two young lovers change their lives drastically after the 1968 revolt, leading to choices that move them in different directions.

Actors : Siu-Wong Fan, Chun Wu, Ge Hu, Charlene Choi,
Directors : Jingle Ma,

Zhu Yanzhi (Charlene Choi), disguised as a man, seeks to learn martial arts with an elite clan. Once she begins her intense training, Zhu finds herself at odds with her trainer and superior, Liang (Chun Wu).

Actors : Ahmad El-Fishawi, Basma, Rania Chahine, Mahmoud El-Bezzawy,
Directors : Amr Salama,

History literally repeats itself when May meets and falls in love with a passionate young actor, only months after the tragic death of her first fiancée. All the 'signs' suggest her new lover will meet the same fate.

Actors : Michal Zebrowski, Rafal Mackowiak, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz,
Directors : Magdalena Piekorz,

The emotional inertia and chaos affecting a narcoleptic woman, a fatally ill writer and a doctor, and their attempts to escape from their dead-end situations.

Actors : Ashley Bates, David McCarthy, Kevin Shea, Kerry McGann,
Directors : Colin Theys,

A group of college friends on a spring break camping trip are stalked and slashed by an unknown creature with the ability to make them hallucinate through sound waves.

Actors : Marius Jampolskis, Gabija Jaraminaite, Valda Bickute, Darius Gumauskas,
Directors : Kristina Buozyte,

Following a traumatic experience, Gaile, a speech therapist, is incapable of feeling any emotion. However, while preparing a video presentation for a scientific conference, she sees herself...

Actors : Burt Young, Andrea Iaia, Anna Valle, Paolo Seganti,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.

Actors : Bai Ling, Steph Song, Talia Shire, Russell Wong,
Directors : Anna Chi,

A story about a group of estranged Chinese-American siblings who reunite after the death of their mother.