Best Female Lead movies of 2016

Actors : Adèle Haenel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Vega Cuzytek, Solène Rigot,
Directors : Arnaud des Pallières,

A young woman who moves to Paris with a disaster past. When she become a woman and think she's finally free from her past's shadows, some characters show up and she gets the chance to become an unique heroine.

Actors : Konstantin Yushkevich, Anna Chipovskaya, Ilya Lyubimov, Pyotr Fyodorov,
Directors : Renat Davletyarov,

Contemporary Russia. Sasha, a beautiful, young photographer, finds her lover, a successful artist, murdered. The police suspect her and the killers want to silence her. She goes on the run from all as she tries to solve this mystery.

Actors : Jussi Vatanen, Eedit Patrakka, Lotta Kaihua, Antti Holma,
Directors : Tiina Lymi,

A woman finds out that his boyfriend has been living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money and decides to make a run for it. She is accompanied by a little girl named Anna running ...

Actors : Emma Holzer, Jon Gries, Rosanna Arquette, Bradford Anderson,
Directors : Maria Pulera,

Shelly needs to catch a killer in order to prove her innocence in her brother's murder. Along the way she meets love, sorrow, and persecution. A journey of self perception as she finally realizes her destiny.

Actors : Debi Derryberry, Larissa Gallagher, Salli Saffioti, Cassandra Morris,

When Dracula meets Frankie, they decide to create a school. But recruiting students always comes with its trials and tribulations.

Actors : Colin Critchley, Cait Bliss, Dave Klasko, Jason Martin,
Directors : Erlingur Thoroddsen,

A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.

Actors : Mária Gindert, Bálint Sótonyi, Angéla Stefanovics, Miklós B. Székely,
Directors : Benedek Fliegauf,

A mother seeks out her estranged father in the aftermath of her mother's death.

Actors : Andrea Russett, Sean O'Donnell, Laine Neil, Lukas Gage,
Directors : Hannah Macpherson,

A group of teenagers film a live documentary on the Sickhouse legend to millions around the world.

Actors : Jana Civzele, Edvins Mekss, Sabine Timoteo, Baiba Broka,
Directors : Viesturs Kairiss,

In the early morning of June 14, 1941, under Stalin's orders, over 40 000 people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were arrested, shoved into cattle cars and dispatched to permanent exile ...

Actors : Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez, Paco Tous, Asier Etxeandia,
Directors : Marina Seresesky,

A mature woman who works as prostitute finds an unexpected opportunity of redemption in the way of a little child girl.

Actors : Geert Van Rampelberg, Alexandra Lamy, Catherine Aymerie, Barbara Sarafian,
Directors : Christophe Van Rompaey,

Vincent (17) wants to commit suicide as to take a stand against the problems of the world today. His giddy French aunt makes it her mission to save him. Only she's not without problems herself..

Actors : David Schütter, Cro, Marc Benjamin, Peri Baumeister,
Directors : Martin Schreier,

Dawid, Vanessa and Ludwig are the finalists at a pitch-competition for a movie about the German Rap phenomenon CRO. As the three youngsters work out their extraordinary film ideas, they must fight through unexpected personal challenges.

Actors : Ozgun Coban, Burcu Biricik, Gamze Karaduman, Metin Coskun,
Directors : Turkan Derya,

Two art school students from different social groups fall in love. Guy is an idealist painter and woman is a photographer but they can't make this relationship work.

Actors : Manfred Breuckmann, Marie Bloching, Jan Bülow, Sandra Borgmann,
Directors : Matthias Kutschmann,

The 80s: Four friends in western Germany try to impress girls with bad singing and worse dancing. They find out that to find your significant other it isn't enough to be just a pretty girl, neither it helps to be a showoff.

Actors : Karlee Roberts, Izzy Palmieri, Lilla Crawford, Tom Degnan,
Directors : Marlee Roberts,

An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.

Actors : Sahar Dolatshahi, Ali Mosaffa, Alireza Aghakhani, Setareh Pesyani,
Directors : Behnam Behzadi,

With fascinating insights into everyday life in Tehran, the film portrays the 'inversion" of a woman, and her mutiny against male domination.

Actors : Zita Aretz, Karin Hanczewski, Paul Matzke,
Directors : Julius Schultheiß,

Lotte is impulsive, rough around the edges and leads a colourful life on the streets of Berlin, stumbling from man to man and flat to flat. One night in her local bar she bumps into Marcel,...

Actors : Linnea Quigley, Adam Ahlbrandt, Kacie Marie, J.D. Brown,
Directors : Adam Ahlbrandt,

In 1987, a group of film students go scout an abandoned resort in the Pennsylvania wilderness, becoming real victims in another film.

Actors : Patrick Toomey, Mel Raido, Morjana Alaoui, Craig Conway,
Directors : Shaun Robert Smith,

A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic but the burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.

Actors : Tito Alexander Gomez, Natalia Polo, Jesús Vásquez,
Directors : Víctor Gaviria,

Amparo flees the convent and lands in a marginal neighborhood at her sister's house. Cousin Libardo becomes infatuated with Amparo, forcing her to live under his roof; the Animal's family, ...