Best Female Lead movies of 1976

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Ellen Barber, Edward Bell, Danielle Brisebois,
Directors : Robert Allen Schnitzer,

This Thriller/horror movie tells the tale of a young girl who is terrified that her insane mother will take her away from her beloved foster mother. One day, the crazed real mother attempts...

Actors : Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Anna Nagy, Sándor Horváth, Marianna Moór,

An orphan girl suffers abuse from her adopting parents.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Humbert Balsan, Bernadette Lafont, Kika Markham,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

On an island beach a woman vows to avenge her brother's death at the hands of a pirate leader. With help, the woman spies on the pirates and then gets a job as bodyguard to the pirate leader.

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Fei Ai, Ping Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double crosses. Killer Clans leaves ...

Actors : Norman Burton, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Connie Stevens,
Directors : Howard Avedis,

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

Actors : Martin Hirthe, Hildegard Knef, Sylvia Manas, Carl Raddatz,
Directors : Alfred Vohrer,

When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.

Actors : Cochi Ponzoni, Maurizio Arena, William Berger, Agostina Belli,
Directors : Dino Risi,

The film tells a story of a young chambermaid from Venice who is a fan of Italian "Telefoni bianchi" cinema of the fascist era. She decides to follow her dream and goes to Rome, hoping to become an actress.

Actors : François Périer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Jean-Louis Bertuccelli,

Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time to spend with her family, which consists of her husband Gérard, her pregnant teenager daughter Élisabeth, ...

Actors : Maria Pacôme, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault, Daniel Prévost,
Directors : Jacques Besnard,

Actors : Glenn Morshower, Billy Milliken, Lisa Lemole, Gary Lee Cavagnaro,
Directors : Rod Amateau,

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.

Actors : Johnny Rodriguez, Monica Gayle, Glenn Corbett, Roger Davis,
Directors : Gus Trikonis,

Young girl finds the rough road to musical stardom.

Actors : Yildirim Gencer, Mahmut Hekimoglu, Kadir Inanir, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Türkan Soray,

Actors : Zinaida Sharko, Irina Kupchenko, Sergei Kovalenkov, Svetlana Smirnova,
Directors : Ilya Averbakh,

Manipulative schoolgirl, Zina, is living in a small Russian town. She targets several people until her teacher falls victim of her manipulations.

Actors : Adriana Prieto, Camila Amado, Nelson Dantas, Paulo Porto,
Directors : Arnaldo Jabor,

Actors : Helen Morse, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Takis Emmanuel,
Directors : Donald Crombie,

Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite...

Actors : Arthur Kennedy, Paolo Giusti, Laura Gemser, Nicola Paguone,

A shipwrecked sailor falls in love with a beautiful island woman.

Actors : Analía Gadé, Ángela Molina, Ismael Merlo, Vicente Parra,
Directors : Jaime Camino,

In the summer of 1936, the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a bourgeois family with many children, spending their holiday near Barcelona, tries to remain neutral between the Republicans and the supporters of General Franco.

Actors : Rajendra Jaspal, Abha Dhulia, Girish Karnad, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Dr.Rao (Girih Karnad) is a Vetinary doc, who comes to this village with the aim of starting a Milk Co-operative society for the welfare of the villagers. But the wealthy businessman ...

Actors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ingrid Caven, Adrian Hoven, Annemarie Düringer,
Directors : Daniel Schmid,

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, ...

Actors : Jaromír Hanzlík, Oldrich Vízner, Marie Rosulková, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Ivo Novák,

A young psychologist Doubravka (Daniela Kolárová) swimming in a pool meets Honza Machácek (Jaromír Hanzlík) who summers co-op cows nearby. Honza likes the racy girl at the first sight and ...