Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Henrik Rafaelsen, Agnes Kittelsen, Joachim Rafaelsen, Maibritt Saerens,
Directors : Anne Sewitsky,

Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with...

Actors : Will Patton, Nicole Beharie, Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson,
Directors : Tim Disney,

A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished town in Texas.

Actors : Colin Hanks, Ana Claudia Talancón, Jordana Spiro, Jonathon Trent,
Directors : Eric Nicholas,

A quiet but disturbed young man puts the life of a woman he's obsessed with under a virtual microscope when he installs hidden cameras throughout her house.

Actors : Michael Pitt, Tim Roth, Brady Corbet, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Michael Haneke,

Two psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.

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 : Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz, Clint Jordan,
Directors : Debra Granik,

A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.

Actors : Scott Porter, Alexis Bledel, Anna Chlumsky, Bryan Greenberg,
Directors : Julio DePietro,

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of ...

Actors : Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina, Anne Suzuki,
Directors : Katsuhiro Ôtomo,

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Rachael Stirling, Ben Kingsley, 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 : Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya, Mark Ruffalo,
Directors : Fernando Meirelles,

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.

Actors : Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Megumi Okina,
Directors : Takashi Shimizu,

A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.

Actors : Frederick Weller, Neve Campbell, Dominic Chianese, Ashley Shelton,
Directors : James Toback,

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Actors : Shiloh Fernandez, Candice King, Eric Podnar, Noah Segan,

Two high school boys discover an imprisoned woman in an abandoned mental asylum who cannot die.

Actors : Chris Messina, David Margulies, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jason Alexander,
Directors : Robert Cary,

A hastily married couple quickly devolve into a life of affairs, meddling parents, and therapy.

Actors : Charles Berling, Edith Scob, Jérémie Renier, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.

Actors : Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Yasmine Al Massri, Nadine Labaki,
Directors : Nadine Labaki,

A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.

Actors : Asma Al Shiukhy, Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe,
Directors : Julian Schnabel,

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

Actors : Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Rose McGowan,
Directors : Robert Rodriguez,

After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, James Belushi, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton,

Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman, and Granny all tell the police the events that lead up to their encounter.

Actors : Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Cécile De France,
Directors : Alexandre Aja,

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.