Best Female Lead movies of 2009

Actors : Mariana Loyola, Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Andrea García-Huidobro,
Directors : Sebastián Silva,

A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.

Actors : Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston,
Directors : Kevin Greutert,

Agent Strahm is dead, and FBI agent Erickson draws nearer to Hoffman. Meanwhile, a pair of insurance executives find themselves in another game set by Jigsaw.

Actors : Ken Jeong, Bradley Cooper, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church,
Directors : Phil Traill,

Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Actors : Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere,
Directors : Mira Nair,

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Actors : Ian McShane, Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, Jodelle Ferland,
Directors : Christian Alvart,

A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.

Actors : Charlyne Yi, Jake Johnson, Gill Summers, Michael Cera,
Directors : Nicholas Jasenovec,

Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love.

Actors : Juno Temple, Eva Green, Imogen Poots, María Valverde,
Directors : Jordan Scott,

A look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite boarding school.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya, Amina Annabi,
Directors : Ruba Nadda,

A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

Actors : Oprah Winfrey, Keith David, Bruno Campos, Anika Noni Rose,

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

Actors : Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Carol Burnett, Alexis Bledel,
Directors : Vicky Jenson,

Ryden Malby graduates from college and is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family, while she attempts to find a job, the right guy, and just a hint of where her life is headed.

Actors : Natacha Lindinger, Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova,
Directors : Jan Kounen,

Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The ...

Actors : Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Filippo Timi, Kseniya Rappoport,
Directors : Giuseppe Capotondi,

A chambermaid and an ex-cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a dark turn.

Actors : Leonardo Alonso, Karla Cecilia Alvarado, Marco Antonio Aguirre, Paulina Gaitan,
Directors : Cary Fukunaga,

A Honduran young girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.

Actors : Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Neal McDonough, Kristin Kreuk,
Directors : Andrzej Bartkowiak,

When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.

Actors : Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Audrey Tautou,
Directors : Anne Fontaine,

The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

Actors : Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Anne Fletcher,

A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

Actors : Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan,
Directors : Sherry Hormann,

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN ...

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Sotigui Kouyaté, Brenda Blethyn, Roschdy Zem,
Directors : Rachid Bouchareb,

Two strangers come to discover the fate of their respective children in the 2005 terrorist attacks on London.