Best Female Lead movies of 2010s

Actors : Andrea Riseborough, Salima Ikram, Janie Aziz, Michael Landes, Shahira Fahmy, Karim Saleh, Shirin Redha,
Directors : Zeina Durra,

When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.

Actors : Janet Varney, Jordana Beatty, Parris Mosteller, Heather Graham,
Directors : John Schultz,

Third grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.

Actors : Camryn Manheim, Chace Crawford, Common, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Directors : Eva Vives,

Nina Geld (Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a ...

Actors : Jimmy Bennett, Amy S. Weber, Hunter King, Lexi Ainsworth,
Directors : Amy S. Weber,

Jessica Burns enlists the help of her best friend, Brian, in order to document the relentless harassment she's received from her former friend, Avery Keller, one of South Brookdale High School's most popular students.

Actors : Auli'i Cravalho, Justina Machado, Judy Reyes, Rhenzy Feliz,
Directors : Brett Haley,

An optimistic high schooler with musical aspirations must learn to accept help from her friends to overcome her personal hardships and fulfill her dreams.

Actors : Jessica Biel, Aneurin Barnard, Frances O'Connor, Kaya Scodelario,
Directors : Francesca Gregorini,

A troubled girl becomes preoccupied with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother.

Actors : Heidi Schreck, Rosdely Ciprian, Mike Iveson, Thursday Williams,
Directors : Marielle Heller,

Live Broadway cast production of Heidi Schreck's play presenting multiple facets, historical perspectives and personal experiences with the U.S. Constitution.

Actors : Mark Strong, Martin Shaw, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Toa Fraser,

In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of ...

Actors : Yukiyo Fujii, Shinya Fukumatsu, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Oohata,
Directors : Yasuhiro Yoshiura,

A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.

Actors : Fiona Shaw, Edward Holcroft, Jack Lowden, Tamara Lawrance,
Directors : Joe Marcantonio,

Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Elizabeth Berrington, Rebecca Hall, Millie Brady,
Directors : Max Minghella,

Violet is a shy teenager living in the Isle of Wight who dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her small town and shattered family life. With the help of an unlikely mentor, Violet enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.

Actors : Tess Harper, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Laurie Collyer,

A Florida couple deals with an unexpected pregnancy while holding minimum wage jobs.

Actors : Sadie Stanley, Lucas Jaye, Cree Cicchino, Maxwell Simkins,
Directors : Trish Sie,

When two siblings discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection who has been forced to pull one last job, they team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

Actors : Jonny Coyne, Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, June Squibb,
Directors : David Guy Levy,

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman unknowingly agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

Actors : Lena Waithe, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood, Michelle Hurd,
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 : Brooke Smith, Jay Klaitz, Daniel Yelsky, Jenna Fischer,
Directors : Michael J. Weithorn,

A woman gets entangled in a series of bizarre lies in order to take care of herself and her 12 year old son.

Actors : Camila Morrone, Maia Mitchell, Liz Cardenas, Michelle Sherrill,
Directors : Augustine Frizzell,

Jessie and Angela, high school dropouts, are taking a week off to chill at the beach. Too bad their house got robbed, rent's due, they're about to get fired, and they're broke.

Actors : Chris Messina, Jenna Fischer, Malin Akerman, Topher Grace,
Directors : Lee Kirk,

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

Actors : Surveen Chawla, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Lehar Khan,
Directors : Leena Yadav,

In the arid landscape of Rajashthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

Actors : John Schneider, Jasmine Guy, Jason Burkey, Rachel Hendrix,

A college freshman's world is rocked when she learns she is the adopted survivor of a failed abortion.