Best Female Lead movies of 2008

Actors : Patricia Place, Katherine Nelson, Nathan Mitchell, Stephanie Breinholt,

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo. Based on the life of Emma Hale Smith.

Actors : Ferenc Hujber, Julia Ubrankovics, Attila Tóth, Gergely Kaszás,
Directors : Péter Bacsó,

The descent into hell of a young woman who is forced into prostitution by her boyfriend before being sent onto the streets by a pimp. (Hungarian with English subtitles)

Actors : Vuokko Hovatta, Outi Alanen, Stig Hoffmeyer, Jarmo Koski,
Directors : Maria Lindberg,

A peaceful summer day in the Moomin Valley is interrupted by a volcanic eruption. At the last minute the Moomin family finds refuge in a strange house. It turns out it's not an ordinary ...

Actors : Dan Brown, Marko Igonda, Jan Budar, Milena Minichová,
Directors : Huck Keppler,

Eva searches for the reason behind her sisters murder but finds that evil is already pursuing her.

Actors : Ha-neul Kim, Kye-Sang Yoon, Seong-rok Sin, Cha Hyeon-jeong,
Directors : Hyeon-jin Park,

A film about dating and relationships. It doesn't deal with the kind of head-over-heels, knight-in-shining-armor love that is usually tied to "romance." This is the love that bores, nags, ...

Actors : Andrew W. Walker, Nichelle Nichols, Sophia Choi, Mahsa Masoudi,
Directors : Graham Green,

A Military Interrogator returns from Iraq with Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Actors : Ana Wagener, Violeta Pérez, Verónica Echegui, Candela Peña,
Directors : Belén Macías,

In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.

Actors : Jennifer Hall, Larisa Oleynik, Sara Jane Nash, Sarah Thompson,
Directors : Tony Hickman,

Sara is a photographer who is constantly being offered high paying commercial work, but is losing sight of her artistic nature that made her a success in the first place. Her best friend ...

Actors : Imogen Church, Bette Annette Kellow, Alan Ford, James Fisher,
Directors : Tim Biddiscombe,

A dark thriller twisted around a love story. A criminal has the dilemma of whether to risk her life to save her lover, who she's betrayed.

Actors : Kelly Albanese, Mare Costello, Susan Anton, Michael Bergin,
Directors : David DeCoteau,

Beautiful, seductive rich girl Daphne gets her kicks playing mind games; finding and seducing young working-class men until she cruelly kicks them to the curb. But when she comes across ...

Actors : Julian Sands, Rebecca Pidgeon, Brian Dennehy, Alano Massi,
Directors : Brent Huff,

A private investigator is hired by a woman to determine if her husband, a big land developer, is having an affair. What looks like a simple case soon turns into a murder investigation and the motive may not be as clear as it seems.

Actors : Maricielo Effio, Sergio Gjurinovic, Anahí de Cárdenas, Edgar Saba,
Directors : Josué Méndez,

Elisa--the soon-to-be-wife of a wealthy industrialist--is eager to shed her working-class background in favor of the opulence of her fiancé's elite lifestyle. To her dismay, she soon ...

Actors : Kristian Halken, Olaf Højgaard, Ashok Pramanik, Lea Baastrup Rønne,
Directors : Aage Rais-Nordentoft,

Actors : Linn Reusse, Jakob Knoblauch, Nora Quest, David Berton,
Directors : Peter Kahane,

Actors : James Gracie, Anel Alexander, Shireen Hollier, Patrick Shai,
Directors : Joshua Rous,

Working girl Monique has always been able to give her clients exactly what they want. Thomas has always been exactly what everyone else has expected. Tonight he will demand the one thing of Monique that she's reluctant to offer: Honesty.

Actors : Branko Samarovski, Barbara Sukowa, Wolfgang Böck, Alexander Khuon,
Directors : Ulla Wagner,

World War II is grinding to a close, and middle-aged Lena Bruecker (Barbara Sukowa) is caught in the fallout of Germany's crushing defeat. Her husband is missing in action on the Eastern ...

Actors : Ibolya Oláh, Edit Balázsovits, Ildikó Bényi, András Kern,
Directors : Péter Tímár,

Actors : Janaina Suaudeau, Anne Dorval, Colm Feore, Clara Furey,
Directors : Guylaine Dionne,

This is a film about two women who struggle to endure lousy working conditions they face as strippers.

Actors : Karina Mora, Marlon Moreno,
Directors : Gustavo Nieto Roa,

A woman takes a man she just met at a nightclub to a hotel, so they can have a one-night stand, but things start to get complicated when he asks her to spend the night with him so they can ...

Actors : Manon Alving, Cheryl Ashruf, Ali Ben Horsting, Anneke Blok,
Directors : Paula van der Oest,

Bookkeeper Jacob newest client is the talented and flamboyant actress Anne. They first meet each other on her houseboat, the morning after the premiere of Anne's new theatrical play. Jacob ...