Best Female Lead movies of 2009

Actors : Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens, Hanns Zischler, Monica Bleibtreu,
Directors : Kai Wessel,

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Actors : Wesley Jonathan, Drew Sidora, Julie 'Jules' Urich, Missy Yager,
Directors : Emily Dell,

A story about a female breakdancer overcoming a brutal attack to claim her place in the world of underground hip-hop.

Actors : Rick Irvin, Marina Resa, Shirley To, Akiko Shima,
Directors : Danny Draven,

A housekeeper drawn into a terrifying world of vengeful apparitions. According to the Chinese calendar, the seventh month of every year marks the time when the spirits of the dead break free from the gates of hell to mix among the mortals.

Actors : Polina Pluchek, Yana Troyanova, Veronika Lysakova, Marina Gapchenko,
Directors : Vasiliy Sigarev,

There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs ...

Actors : Ty Jones, Naama Kates, Nicole LaLiberte, Dawn Noel,
Directors : Irving Schwartz,

"My Normal" is the story of Natalie, a young lesbian from the Lower East Side, who's struggling to find a balance between her dreams of becoming a film maker and her lifestyle as a ...

Actors : Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Touchi,
Directors : Shinsuke Takizawa,

February 1999: A new spate of ferocious murders has caught the eye of both Shiki and Daisuke, Mikiya's cousin who investigated the murders occurred in 1995. Shiki wanders the back alleys of...

Actors : Oded Fehr, Laura Harring, Ashley Duggan Smith, Jill Marie Jones,
Directors : Nancy Kissam,

An abused wife's plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best friend and his corpse in tow.

Actors : Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolás Treise, Gabo Correa, Mirella Pascual,
Directors : Julia Solomonoff,

Young Jorgelina feels estranged from her boy-crazy older sister, who has entered adolescence and doesn't want to hang around with little kids anymore. Finding refuge in their Boyita ...

Actors : Wim Opbrouck, Rifka Lodeizen, Chris Borowski, Elisabeth van Nimwegen,
Directors : Esther Rots,

The silent aftermath of a young woman's disaster is broken by her discovery of nature's old rhythms.

Actors : Liya Akhedzhakova, Mariya Andreeva, Maksim Loktionov, Leonid Kuravlyov,
Directors : Vadim Sokolovsky,

Young princess, whose mother is the evil Baba Yaga (Liya Akhedzhakova), happens upon a magical stone; when she touches it, she's transformed into the wicked Countess of Stone (Irina ...

Actors : Volker Bruch, Monica Bleibtreu, Filip Peeters, Julia Jentsch,
Directors : Bettina Oberli,

On a remote farm an entire family is murdered.

Actors : Kailin See, David Kopp, James Kirk, Lara Gilchrist,
Directors : Jesse James Miller,

The Seamstress was brought into being by the desperate curse of an innocent woman being tortured to death by a vigilante mob. Voracious for blood, the hideously-mutilated specter hunts a ...

Actors : Shernaz Patel, Shivani Tanksale, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anand Tiwari,
Directors : Kunaal Roy Kapur,

In 2006, George Bush, President of The United States, visited India. In addition to the many diplomatic and political things on the agenda was a rather unique event - a meeting with one of ...

Actors : Rattanaballang Tohssawat, Mai Charoenpura, Atitaya Shindejanichakul, Wiradit Srimalai,
Directors : Tiwa Moeithaisong,

A poverty stricken woman starts a restaurant where she slaughters people and serves up human flesh, cut from her victims.

Actors : Jose Rosete, Kathleen Benner, Rachel Owens, Wil Rillero,
Directors : Nitara Lee Osbourne,

About a married woman who falls in love with a single mom.

Actors : Iben Hjejle, Henrik Prip, Lars Mikkelsen, Faegh Zamani,
Directors : Kathrine Windfeld,

A Danish journalist is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group that threatens to kill her if Denmark does not withdraw their troops from the country.

Actors : Christine Marie Cabanos, Patrick Seitz, Julie Maddalena, Julie Ann Taylor,
Directors : Shinsuke Sato,

Having lost her mother, Haruka is now a 16 year old girl and feels neglected by her father. She escapes to her grandmother's house and discovers a fox-like creature who steals her keys. She...

Actors : Csaba Lucas, Vera Graziadei, Lea Mornar, Winter Ave Zoli,
Directors : Constantin Werner,

A controversial film about the end of the old pagan world in central Europe, THE PAGAN QUEEN is based on the Czech legend of Libuse, the Slavic queen of 8th century Bohemia. Gifted with ...

Actors : Rina Takeda, Ryûki Takahashi, Kyôji Amano, Tatsuya Naka,
Directors : Fuyuhiko Nishi,

Young girl Kei Tsuchiya(played by Rina Takeda)is a very talented karate pupil, trained by her sensei Yoshiaki Matsumura(played by Tatsuya Naka). But Kei Tsuchiya is very arrogant and spends...

Actors : Hesam Navab Safavi, Mozhdeh Shamsai, Shaghayegh Farahani, Alireza Jalali-tabar,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

Chakameh who has lost both her husband and child in a car accident meets a guy who recently been released from prison. While she is under pressure from the lawyers to compromise with the ...