Best Female Lead movies of 1997

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Winston Chao, Vivian Wu,
Directors : Mabel Cheung,

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and ...

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

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 : 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 : 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 : Theresa Lee, Ya-Lei Kuei, Charlie Yeung, Carina Lau,
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 ...

Actors : Marie-Anne Chazel, Didier Bénureau, Clémentine Célarié, Thierry Lhermitte,
Directors : Jeannot Szwarc,

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 : Natalie Perrey, Isabelle Teboul, Bernard Charnacé, Alexandra Pic,
Directors : Jean Rollin,

A pair of teenage girls, who are blind by day, but when the sun goes down, they roam the streets to quench their thirst for blood.

Actors : Frédéric Malgras, Nicolas Welbers, Amira Casar, Vahina Giocante,
Directors : Manuel Pradal,

A random montage of disturbing images tell a story about one summer in the lives of two teenagers who somehow find love within each other, Orso and Marie. After they realize this, they run ...

Actors : Michael Beach, Mark Harmon, Jon Gries, Caroline Goodall,
Directors : Alex Graves,

A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the solution in, of all places, her cooking...