Best Female Lead movies of 1997

Actors : Linda Cropper, Simon Lyndon, Laurence Breuls, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Steven Vidler,

When a young schoolgirl is raped and murdered, the mateship between a group of surfers is tested as the truth is slowly revealed.

Actors : Helen Moulder, Simon Bossell, Pamela Gidley, Valeriy Nikolaev,
Directors : Tim Boxell,

Mutant lizards attack a woman on the run hiding out in a cabin in the woods.

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson, Bernard Giraudeau, Patrick Timsit,
Directors : Véra Belmont,

The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.

Actors : Carole Pope, Catherine O'Hara, Melissa Altro, Dave Thomas,

Pippi is a little girl who lives alone in her house, while her captain is sailing the sees. With Pippi we meet her horse, her monkey and her two friends Tommy and Anika. Together they go on many journeys through the neighborhood!

Actors : Yiota Festa, Stelios Mainas, Katharina Zapatka, Gerasimos Skiadaressis,
Directors : Sotiris Goritsas,

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.

Actors : Tony Haygarth, Cal MacAninch, Rufus Sewell, Emily Woof,
Directors : Phil Agland,

The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she ...

Actors : Ursula Andress, Joanne Rha, Susan Rha, Matthew Barney,
Directors : Matthew Barney,

Actors : Sayaka Yamaguchi, Hikari Mitsushima, Megumi Kobayashi, Aki Hano,
Directors : Kunio Miyoshi,

Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.

Actors : Sophie Niedergang, Nathalie Conio, Isabelle Carré, Philippe Harel,
Directors : Philippe Harel,

This movie is foremost distinguished by the use of a subjective camera, and nearly 100 % of the time consists of close-up of Isabelle Carré's face. She is capable of changing her facial ...

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Victoria Foyt, Stephen Dillane, Glynis Barber,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex.

Actors : Bobcat Goldthwait, Janeane Garofalo, Margaret Cho, Mitch Rouse,
Directors : Aleks Horvat,

Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems.

Actors : Salvator Xuereb, Brian Taylor, Dan Gunther, Rose McGowan,
Directors : Rod McCall,

Two escaped convicts join forces with a seductive femme on the trail of a long-forgotten gold mine.

Actors : Andrzej Seweryn, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Raoul Ruiz,

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the ...

Actors : Alexandra Dahlström, Tove Edfeldt, Anna Gabrielsson, Emelina Lindberg-Filippoupoullou,
Directors : Christina Olofson,

Summer holiday is over. Nora begins sixth grade and is drawn to intrigues and doesn't really know what side she's on. Or wants to be on. On one hand she feels sorry for the bullied Karin, ...

Actors : Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Ayub Khan,
Directors : Prakash Jha,

In a rural Indian village two corrupt villagers contractor Tirpat Singh and his colleague MLA Durga Pandey are rallying the other villagers into doing things that will benefit themselves. ...

Actors : John Stockwell, Michael Fairman, Janet Gunn, Lisa Zane,
Directors : Robert Malenfant,

A traumatized nurse plots revenge against a catatonic businessman, whom she blames for the death of her father. She integrates herself in to his family as his personal nurse and plots revenge by killing off his family members one by one.

Actors : Prakash Raj, Devayani, Raghuvaran, Pawan Kalyan,
Directors : Srinivasa Rao Bhimaneni,

Actors : Paul-Ottar Haga, Sina Langfeldt, Sofie Gråbøl, Martin Slaatto,
Directors : Trygve Allister Diesen,

Julie is a young and newly qualified teacher from Copenhagen, Denmark. Fed up with her unfaithful boyfriend and big city life, she takes a job as a teacher on an idyllic island in southern ...

Actors : Alex Fong, Ruby Wong, Carman Lee, Ching Wan Lau,
Directors : Johnnie To,

Following the lives of firefighters as they deal with joys and hardships, both on the job and with their own personal lives.

Actors : Theresa Lee, Ya-Lei Kuei, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung,
Directors : Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung,

Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner ...