Best Female Lead movies of 2005

Actors : Jenny McCarthy, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Carmen Electra, Victor Webster,
Directors : John Asher,

A jilted photographer sets off on a mission to get back at her philandering model boyfriend and along the way discovers that not all love is created equal.

Actors : Lázaro Ramos, Alice Braga, Maria Menezes, Wagner Moura,
Directors : Sérgio Machado,

Lifelong friends Deco and Naldinho, who own a small steaming boat in Bahia, meet strip-dancer Karinna. Both men fall for her and their friendship is deeply shattered.

Actors : Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki, Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi,
Directors : Sion Sono,

A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ...

Actors : Daniela Farinacci, Justine Clarke, Mary Kostakidis, Robbie Hoad,
Directors : Sarah Watt,

During one unusually hot and tragic weekend, four people struggle after hearing some life-changing news, this in turn brings them together.

Actors : Ankur Khanna, Yashpal Sharma, Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat,
Directors : Shonali Bose,

Amu is the story of an Indian American woman who returns to India. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju learns that a horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

Actors : Mae Whitman, Victoria Foyt, Rob Morrow, Lee Grant,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

A clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictions of shopping for the women of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Michael Biehn, Shiri Appleby,
Directors : Barbara Kopple,

Two affluent suburban girls clash with the Latino gang culture of East Los Angeles.

Actors : Pat Morita, Lauren Holly, Greg Germann, Adam Hicks,
Directors : Eric Hendershot,

A small town Pinewood Derby competition transforms an average group of dads into an awkward bunch of competitors.

Actors : Assumpta Serna, César Sarachu, Gottfried John, Amira Casar,

Dark fairy-tale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

Actors : Zweilungile Sidloyi, Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou,
Directors : Mark Dornford-May,

A version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township.

Actors : Lauren Lee Smith, Polly Shannon, Eric Balfour, Mayko Nguyen,
Directors : Clement Virgo,

An outgoing, sexually aggressive young woman meets and begins a torrid affair with an equally aggressive young man in which their affair begins to bring a strain on their personal lives.

Actors : Hiam Abbass, Natalie Portman, Carmen Maura, Hana Laslo,
Directors : Amos Gitai,

Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).

Actors : Pablo Puyol, Miguel O'Dogherty, Concha Galán, Mónica Cervera,
Directors : Ramón Salazar,

A narcoleptic transvestite who yearns to become a transsexual dreams up elaborate musical numbers in which she's the star.

Actors : Malik Zidi, Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit, Luc Leclerc du Sablon,
Directors : Valérie Minetto,

Cheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the middle of nowhere, far from the society she hates.The trouble is that she leaves Sonia, her ...

Actors : Dominic Scott Kay, Campbell Scott, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick,
Directors : Kevin Bacon,

A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Actors : Natasha Wightman, August Diehl, Ellen Page, Beatrice Brown,
Directors : Alison Murray,

An adventurous coming-of-age story that follows young rebellious Sherry through Europe as she loses her illusions, virginity and lip ring.

Actors : Naama Schendar, Katia Zinbris, Danny Geva, Smadar Sayar,

Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can't stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to ...

Actors : Sandy Adell, David M. Ames, John Apple, Ron Baumgartner,
Directors : Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau,

A young woman fumbles with love and ethics as she navigates a career with one of corporate America's darlings...the pharmaceutical industry.

Actors : Marisa Paredes, Mercedes Sampietro, Carmen Maura, Verónica Forqué,
Directors : Manuel Gómez Pereira,

Five mothers cope with the drama that surrounds their gay sons at a mass wedding.

Actors : Fanny Valette, Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonerre, Elsa Zylberstein, Bruno Todeschini,
Directors : Karin Albou,

A beautiful Jewish young woman still living with her orthodox family in a Parisian suburb, falls in love with a Muslim co-worker.