Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Nicholas Tse, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, Dong-gun Jang,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

Actors : Rachel Korine, Brian Kotzur, Travis Nicholson, Harmony Korine,
Directors : Harmony Korine,

Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee.

Actors : Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies,
Directors : Gurinder Chadha,

The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing.

Actors : Diana Cavallioti, Radu Iacoban, Tania Popa, Vlad Ivanov,

Several urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.

Actors : Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith, Marguerite McNeil, Molly Parker,
Directors : Wiebke von Carolsfeld,

Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman,
Directors : Daniel Barnz,

Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.

Actors : Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Paul Sedaris,
Directors : Paul Dinello,

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a forty-six-year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

Actors : Anouk Aimée, Rachel Bailit, Maximilian Schell, Greta Scacchi,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, ...

Actors : Matthew Settle, Nathan Bexton, Lori Heuring, Susan Ward,
Directors : Mary Lambert,

A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of wealthy college kids where she's taken under the wing of the clique's twisted leader, who harbors some dark secrets too terrifying to tell.

Actors : Biana Tamimi, Richard Romanus, Patrick Elyas, Gérard Rudolf,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

A young girl befriends a wild black stallion.

Actors : Katie Aselton, Marguerite Phillips, Joshua Leonard, Dax Shepard,
Directors : Katie Aselton,

A young couple decides to give each other a night off, no questions asked.

Actors : Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small ...

Actors : Aidan Gould, Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo,
Directors : Erick Zonca,

A woman tries to extort money, using a young boy as bait.

Actors : Atsuko Okatsuka, Rintaro Sawamoto, Cory Zacharia, Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez,
Directors : Mike Ott,

A powerfully intimate drama that captures the fears and desires of a young Japanese woman lost in the U.S., 'Littlerock' is an affectingly authentic portrait of the bitter-sweet pain of ...

Actors : Brian Van Holt, Jonathan Abrahams, Zorie Barber, Amanda Peet,
Directors : Peter M. Cohen,

Three egotistical swingers, who think they're God's gift to women, end up having their friendships tested when all three of them pick up and start dating the same woman.

Actors : Youan Yang, Yuling Zhang, Yunle He, Lu Huang,
Directors : Yang Li,

A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.

Actors : Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew Ferguson,
Directors : Andrzej Sekula,

Eight strangers awaken with no memory and find themselves in a puzzling cube shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.

Actors : Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James, Moran Atias,
Directors : Dario Argento,

Part three of the "Three Mothers" trilogy which takes place in Rome and has to do with Mater Lachrymarum (The Third Mother).

Actors : Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Doona Bae, Arata Iura,
Directors : Hirokazu Koreeda,

A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.

Actors : Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Nisreen Faour,
Directors : Cherien Dabis,

A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.