Best Female Lead movies of 1984

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 : Christina Orbakaite, Yuriy Nikulin, Elena Sanaeva, Dmitri Yegorov,
Directors : Rolan Bykov,

Unpopular girl being bullied in her class.

Actors : Ana Patricia Rojo, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein, Elsa María Gutiérrez,
Directors : Carlos Enrique Taboada,

A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.

Actors : Erika Bodnár, Hédi Temessy, Pál Hetényi, Miklós B. Székely,
Directors : Béla Tarr,

A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. In this dense setting, the inhabitants of the apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Mia Nygren, Deborah Power, Patrick Bauchau,

In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle. With this new identity comes a sexual awakening which is...

Actors : Ray Lovelock, Cosimo Cinieri, Olga Karlatos, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to ...

Actors : Ugo Bologna, Lorraine De Selle, Louisa Lloyd, John Aldrich,
Directors : Franco Prosperi,

The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose.

Actors : Bogdan Diklic, Vitomira Loncar, Miodrag Krivokapic, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Rajko Grlic,

This movie, based in part on the popular novel, tells two tales about modern women. One is Stefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who is desperately trying to find the man of her dreams. The...

Actors : Mark Keyloun, Debra Winger, Darrell Larson, Brooke Alderson,
Directors : James Bridges,

Betty has a crush on her tennis coach Mike. He keeps on promising to call, but never does - she doesn't know that he's a little dealer. After a failed deal in someone else's district he has...

Actors : Wendy Schaal, Lorna Luft, Lisa Hartman, Lynn-Holly Johnson,
Directors : Hy Averback,

Remake of the 1960 movie of the same name has four college coeds; virginal Jennie, outgoing Carole, wealthy and spoiled Southern belle Sandra, and horny Laurie traveling to Fort Lauderdale ...

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, André Dussollier, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Susan is a young, beautiful and successful flute player, but because of her physical handicap, a lame leg, she is having difficulties finding Mr. Right. While on tour in France, she decides...

Actors : Richard Rebiere, Laura Henry, Cynthia Dale, Walter George Alton,
Directors : Lawrence Dane,

A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.

Actors : Steve Bond, Robert Wald, Lori Lethin, Debbie Thureson,
Directors : Edwin Brown,

Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Chip Zien, Kit Le Fever, Katharine Hepburn,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail ...

Actors : Alix de Montaigu, François Michel, Katja Rupé, Jean-Pierre Beauviala,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ...

Actors : Sandra Milo, Bonnie Bianco, Pierre Cosso, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Roberto Malenotti,

In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. ...

Actors : Kevin O'Connor, Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed.

Actors : Marília Pêra, Geraldine Smith, Richard Ulacia, Linda Kerridge,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

Brazilian drug dealers in the lower east side of Manhattan start a war with a rival gang of Latino drug dealers. Their soldiers are Latino kids all under 17 because, as Rita La Punta says, ...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Auclair, Michel Serrault, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Francis Girod,

In Paris, a women's bag, which contains an embarrassing letter from the french president, is stolen.