Best Female Lead movies of 2009

Actors : Diana Cavallioti, Radu Iacoban, Tania Popa, Vlad Ivanov,

Several urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.

Actors : Scott Cohen, Lisa Kudrow, Natalie Portman, Charlie Tahan,
Directors : Don Roos,

The story of a woman dealing with her daughter's death while trying to keep her marriage and her relationship with her stepson.

Actors : Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Doona Bae, Arata Iura,
Directors : Hirokazu Koreeda,

A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.

Actors : Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Nisreen Faour,
Directors : Cherien Dabis,

A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.

Actors : Alexandra Lamy, Mélusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret, Sergi López,
Directors : François Ozon,

When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical happens: a love story. From this union an extraordinary child is born: Ricky.

Actors : Shanti Roney, Blanca Engström, Calle Lindqvist, Annika Hallin,
Directors : Fredrik Edfeldt,

Story of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.

Actors : André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé, Sergio Castellitto, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Biopic based on the life of author Raymond Roussel.

Actors : Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein, Julie White, Andrea Martin,
Directors : Daryl Wein,

A young New York couple intricately strategize their own break up.

Actors : Eric Bana, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries,
Directors : Adam Elliot,

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

Actors : Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu, Stephen Gevedon,
Directors : Tze Chun,

Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears.

Actors : Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Michael Dorman, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Christopher Smith,

The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.

Actors : Henny Trayles, Gabriel Goity, María Onetto, Arturo Goetz,
Directors : Natalia Smirnoff,

An older housewife discovers she has a knack for solving puzzles.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Andrew Cherry, Kelly Gould,
Directors : Bart Freundlich,

In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Actors : Sonequa Martin-Green, Samantha Eustace, Louisa Krause, Maha Chehlaoui,
Directors : Emily Abt,

A story about two lacrosse teammates from opposite sides of the track.

Actors : Mathieu Demy, Émilie Dequenne, Michel Blanc, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : André Téchiné,

A drama centered on a young woman who claims she was the target of an anti-Semetic attack and the subsequent media sensation it creates.

Actors : Alain Libolt, Isaïe Sultan, Raphaël Bouvet, Béatrice Dalle,
Directors : Patric Chiha,

A drama centered on the relationship between a teenager, Pierre, and Nadia, a woman in her thirties.

Actors : Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt, Gabriel Macht, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Dominic Sena,

U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.

Actors : Pablo Pineda, Isabel García Lorca, Antonio Naharro, Lola Dueñas,

Daniel - a recent university graduate with Down's Syndrome - falls in love on his first day at work in the Department of Social Services. Laura is an outsider who spends her nights in the ...

Actors : Alisa Freyndlikh, Sergey Yurskiy, Grigoriy Dityatkovskiy, Artyom Smola,
Directors : Andrey Khrzhanovskiy,

A semi-fictional account of the life of Nobel-Prize-winning Russian poet Josif Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.

Actors : Patrick Bruel, Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs,
Directors : Danièle Thompson,

So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.