Best Female Lead movies of 2020

Actors : Susan Coyne, Valerie Mahaffey, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Azazel Jacobs,

An aging Manhattan socialite living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat.

Actors : Ian Lloyd Anderson, Ruby Rose O'Hara, Molly McCann, Clare Dunne,
Directors : Phyllida Lloyd,

A young mother escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself.

Actors : Ari'el Stachel, Riley Keough, Taylour Paige, Nicholas Braun,
Directors : Janicza Bravo,

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Actors : Jillian Bell, Sonia Manzano, Carlease Burke, June Squibb,
Directors : Sharon Maguire,

A young and unskilled fairy godmother ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored.

Actors : Adam Donaghey, Marcus M. Mauldin, Liz Mikel, Nicole Beharie, Alexis Chikaeze, Kendrick Sampson,
Directors : Channing Godfrey Peoples,

A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

Actors : Lucas Bond, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay, Gemma Arterton, Penelope Wilton,
Directors : Jessica Swale,

During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.

Actors : Julian Richings, Josh Cruddas, Konstantina Mantelos, Sheila McCarthy,
Directors : Justin G. Dyck,

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child but end up summoning more than they bargained for.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Timothy Hutton, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

Actors : Yuliya Burova, Andrey Gusev, Vladislav Komarov, Yuliya Vysotskaya,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Actors : Brandy Pitcher, Lisa Starrett, Eliza de Azevedo Brown, Eric Ramaekers,
Directors : Edson Oda,

A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.

Actors : Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy,
Directors : John Krasinski,

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

Actors : Jesse LaVercombe, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Obi Abili, Anna Maguire,

A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Lynda Baron, Alan David, Damian Lewis, Toni Collette, Joanna Page, Owen Teale,
Directors : Euros Lyn,

Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.

Actors : Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt, Christopher Walken, Jon Hamm,
Directors : John Patrick Shanley,

A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe, Rosie Perez, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Dee Rees,

A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.

Actors : Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, Alec Secareanu, Carla Juri, Anah Ruddin,
Directors : Romola Garai,

An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion that something sinister is going on.

Actors : Tom DeTrinis, Chloe Farnworth, David Arquette, Angela Bettis, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Mick Foley, Julianne Dowler,
Directors : Brea Grant,

Bodies start to pile up when a drug-user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker.

Actors : Josh Wiggins, Gillian Jacobs, Forrest Goodluck, Jemaine Clement,
Directors : Kris Rey,

Following the launch of her new novel, 35-year-old writer Kate is invited to speak at her alma matter by her former professor. After accepting the invitation, Kate finds herself deeply enmeshed in the lives of a group of college students.

Actors : Moses Storm, Elle Lorraine, Corinne Massiah, Zaria Kelley,
Directors : Justin Simien,

In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.

Actors : Mercedes Hernández, Juan Jesús Varela, David Illescas, Ana Laura Rodríguez,
Directors : Fernanda Valadez,

A mother travels across Mexico in search for her son whom authorities say died while trying to cross the borders into the United States.