Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Chad Allen, Justin Long, Luke Wilson, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Aristomenis Tsirbas,

A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.

Actors : Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan, Dustin James Ashley, Phyllis Workman,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jeanne Balibar, Maggie Cheung, Béatrice Dalle,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

London-based Emily Wang gained minor notoriety from her VJ-ing on cable television. She is now more renowned for being the longtime girlfriend and pseudo manager of rock musician Lee Hauser...

Actors : Katia Zinbris, Ronit Elkabetz, Dana Ivgy, Meshar Cohen,
Directors : Keren Yedaya,

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel...

Actors : Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Joe Pesci, Helen Mirren, Gina Gershon,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A drama centered around a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada.

Actors : Linda Cardellini, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Aric Avelino,

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.

Actors : Andy On, Ka Tung Lam, Ching Wan Lau, Kelly Lin,

A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.

Actors : Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Pongpas, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan,
Directors : Apichatpong Weerasethakul,

The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.

Actors : Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Inés Efron, María Onetto,
Directors : Lucrecia Martel,

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.

Actors : Doona Bae, Yû Kashii, Shiori Sekine, Aki Maeda,
Directors : Nobuhiro Yamashita,

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, David Hyde Pierce,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "Valley of the Dolls" and other trashy novels. ...

Actors : Mark Rendall, Kevin Bacon, Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman,
Directors : Richard Loncraine,

An unusual road trip movie about a mother driving her two sons from New York to Pittsburgh to St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

Actors : Bárbara Mori, Christian Meier, Manolo Cardona, Gaby Espino,
Directors : Ricardo de Montreuil,

Unable to get intimate with her husband of 10 years, a woman embarks on a steamy affair with his brother.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, David Boreanaz,
Directors : Tim Chambers,

In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.

Actors : Pascal Greggory, Clotilde Mollet, Catherine Frot, Déborah François,
Directors : Denis Dercourt,

The girl Mélanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. She is an aspirant pianist and her parents make her application to the Conservatory. During...

Actors : Stefano Accorsi, Julie Depardieu, Nina Kervel-Bey, Benjamin Feuillet,
Directors : Julie Gavras,

A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport, David Birkin, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Christine Jeffs,

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Actors : Bob Papenbrook, David Lodge, Joshua Seth, Lara Jill Miller,

Three different stories involving digital creatures collide together.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Jean-Marie Lhomme, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts,
Directors : James Ivory,

French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris.

Actors : Cicely Tyson, Jeff Daniels, AnnaSophia Robb, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.