Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : John Wildman, Margaret Langrick, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee,
Directors : Sandy Wilson,

Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials, My American Cousin begins as bored 12-year-old Sandy (Margaret Langrick) is preparing for another ...

Actors : Victor Wong, Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Ida F.O. Chung,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

In San Francisco, an immigrant Chinese widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's 62 now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ...

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Joe Pesci, Dianne Wiest, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Jack Hofsiss,

A true story about Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon's Valium addiction and her desperate attempts to kick the habit.

Actors : Frances Bergen, Lisa Blake Richards, Nelly Alard, Mary Crosby,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

A group of young and middle-aged women gather for the birthday party of a friend and talk about their lives and food they cook for their husbands, boyfriends, or themselves.

Actors : Johannes Brost, Reine Brynolfsson, Helena Bergström, Ing-Marie Carlsson,
Directors : Colin Nutley,

Kaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who goes out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The...

Actors : Katherine Bean, Grace Phillips, Stephen Lack, Emmanuelle Chaulet,
Directors : Jon Jost,

Anna, a French actress, is approached by financial broker Gordon in the Vermeer room of a New York gallery. However, romance does not ensue...

Actors : Yilmaz Zafer, Macit Koper, Füsun Demirel, Müjde Ar,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

After Serap, the theatre actress, acts in an advertisement, she loses her identity and become a housewife with two children. The movie is about dilemma of Serap and Naciye.

Actors : Karen Meagher, Sue Wallace, Geraldine Griffiths, Elizabeth Edmonds,
Directors : Peter Duffell,

A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales. She finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.

Actors : Horst Buchholz, Lambert Wilson, Brooke Shields, John Rhys-Davies,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.

Actors : Shafi Inamdar, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Julia Migenes, Faith Esham, Ruggero Raimondi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

Actors : Nicholas Kilbertus, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Pen Densham,

When Felice and Hillary were children, they were separated to live with other people. Felice went off with a relative who possessed an unusual bloodline which was passed on to Felice via a ...

Actors : Will Gonzales, Dick Campbell, Andrea Coppola, Elvire Audray,
Directors : Mario Gariazzo,

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters.

Actors : David Wysocki, John Wildman, Janit Baldwin, Janet Julian,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

The monstrous offspring of a violent crime grows up in seclusion on a remote island, where a boat-full of hapless teens have shipwrecked, unaware of what's lurking in the woods.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Ken Takakura, Masako Natsume,
Directors : Koreyoshi Kurahara,

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search ...

Actors : Jessica Forde, Mr. Housseau, Joëlle Miquel, Mme. Housseau,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young girls. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair ...

Actors : Pamela Holland, Stephen Sachs, David Snow, Laurie Lapinski,

Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished.

Actors : David Campbell, Marcia Karr, Fritz Matthews, Ted Prior,
Directors : David A. Prior,

Two years ago, a young woman named Valerie was burned after entering a tanning salon. Now, her twin sister, Rhonda, runs a local gym where, all of a sudden, people are being murdered.

Actors : Cynthia Rothrock, Hoi Mang, Michelle Yeoh, John Sham,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an ...

Actors : Penelope Windust, Catherine Hickland, Franc Luz, Jimmie F. Skaggs,

A modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.