Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Daniel James, Mark Powley,
Directors : Norman J. Warren,

Five shipwrecked English teenagers take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them...

Actors : Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

This classic film is based on a classic Urdu short story 'Aanandi' by Pakistani writer Ghulam Abbas. It deals with a brothel at the heart of a city, in an area that some politicians want ...

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr, Colin Baumgartner, Louis Guzzo,
Directors : Christopher Monger,

A former vaudevillian magician (MacLaine) moves her straight-laced niece (Garr) and her two mischievous children to a small town. When the two kids get in trouble with a neighbor for ...

Actors : Michel Auclair, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Serrault, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Francis Girod,

In Paris, a women's bag, which contains an embarrassing letter from the french president, is stolen.

Actors : Sonia Braga, Maria Lúcia Dahl, Regina Casé, Vera Abelha,
Directors : Arnaldo Jabor,

Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.

Actors : Deborah Raffin, John Amos, Michael Learned, Diane Lane,
Directors : Gus Trikonis,

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.

Actors : Donald Moffat, Tess Harper, Jessica Lange, Charles Durning,
Directors : Sam Shepard,

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.

Actors : Marcello Mastroianni, Angelo Infanti, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.

Actors : David Carradine, Jacqueline Giroux, Peter Jason, Chris Graver,
Directors : Gary Graver,

A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.

Actors : Mei-Wah Wong, Wilson Lam, Kiu Wai Miu, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Wei Tung,

A former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.

Actors : Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Sam Freed, Boyd Gaines,
Directors : Sollace Mitchell,

A journalist agrees to meet an obscene caller at a bar, and ends up witnessing a murder.

Actors : Kevin O'Connor, Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed.

Actors : Stratford Johns, Norman Eshley, Brian Murphy, Yootha Joyce,
Directors : Peter Frazer-Jones,

Mildred decides that she and George will celebrate their anniversary at a posh London hotel - whatever the cost. However, a shady businessman mistakes George for a hit man.

Actors : Gülsen Bubikoglu, Müjdat Gezen, Münir Özkul, Perran Kutman,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

Actors : Lou Babin, Benoît Dagenais, Charlotte Laurier, Julien Poulin,
Directors : Pierre Falardeau,

At a maximum security prison, there is preparation for the annual party where entertainers and strippers are scheduled to perform. But not everyone is having fun. A man is sent to solitary,...

Actors : Irene Cara, Nicholas Campbell, George Murdock, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Stephen Gyllenhaal,

During a shooting in court young prostitute Scarlet manages to flee. In a state of confusion, the black Tracy, who was arrested for a minor delict, follows her. When she decides to leave ...

Actors : Marília Pêra, Geraldine Smith, Richard Ulacia, Linda Kerridge,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

Brazilian drug dealers in the lower east side of Manhattan start a war with a rival gang of Latino drug dealers. Their soldiers are Latino kids all under 17 because, as Rita La Punta says, ...

Actors : Pamela Stanford, Gérard Lemaire, Olivier Mathot, Silvia Solar,

After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.

Actors : Eddie Deezen, Britt Ekland, Tom Shell, Tim Conway Jr.,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

A trio of geeks go to Hollywood to make a movie and are bored one night so they get some hookers to have some sex. Unfortunately, the hookers like to drink blood.

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Philippe Noiret, Giuliana de Sio, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Mario Monicelli,

A critique of the role of the male in modern Italian society and has demonstrated the possibility of a form of 'female bonding' between women who live, by choice, in a world without men