Best Female Lead movies of 2001

Actors : Jennifer Baxter, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper,

The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.

Actors : James Fleet, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte McDougall,
Directors : Gillian Armstrong,

A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.

Actors : Mathieu Kassovitz, Audrey Tautou, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Jeunet,

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Actors : Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Mark Woodbury, Michael Kaycheck,
Directors : Daniel Minahan,

A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Sharon Maguire,

A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Actors : Michelle Williams, Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell, Anna Friel,
Directors : Sandra Goldbacher,

Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s.

Actors : Freddie Prinze Jr., Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Monica Potter,
Directors : Mark Waters,

A young woman is attracted to a man despite her thinking she's seen him kill someone.

Actors : Jessica Capshaw, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, David Boreanaz,
Directors : Jamie Blanks,

Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.

Actors : Max Beesley, Mariah Carey, Eric Benét, Da Brat,
Directors : Vondie Curtis-Hall,

A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom.

Actors : Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning,
Directors : Christine Jeffs,

Whilst on a family vacation on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand, 13-year-old Janey begins to realize that her parents' marriage is on the rocks.

Actors : Fumiko Orikasa, Shôzô Îzuka, Miyoko Shôji, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Satoshi Kon,

A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.

Actors : Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn, Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen,
Directors : Lieven Debrauwer,

Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is intellectually disabled and been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to ...

Actors : Herman Osorio, Jay Hernandez, Kirsten Dunst, Bruce Davison,
Directors : John Stockwell,

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody, Simon Baker,
Directors : Charles Shyer,

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta,
Directors : David Mirkin,

A mother and daughter con team seduce and scam wealthy men.

Actors : Imelda Staunton, Andie MacDowell, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty,
Directors : John McKay,

Three female friends behave badly.

Actors : Merab Ninidze, Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo,
Directors : Caroline Link,

A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930s Kenya.

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Ben Kingsley, Rachael Stirling, Jay Rodan,
Directors : Clare Peploe,

A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.

Actors : Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian,
Directors : Catherine Breillat,

Two sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.