Best Female Lead movies of 2014

Actors : Michelle Williams, Eric Godon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie,
Directors : Saul Dibb,

During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

Actors : Douglas Smith, Meat Loaf, Minnie Driver, Allie MacDonald,
Directors : Jerome Sable,

A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater.

Actors : Alia Bhatt, Durgesh Kumar, Pradeep Nagar, Randeep Hooda,
Directors : Imtiaz Ali,

Right before her wedding, a young woman finds herself abducted and held for ransom. As the initial days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper.

Actors : Diane Farr, Joshua Leonard, Brian Geraghty, Ella Purnell,
Directors : Frank Hall Green,

After conditions in her new home become unbearable, a teenage girl runs away and befriends an older man preparing for a hike through the Alaskan wilderness.

Actors : Jonny Weston, Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd, Josh Hopkins,
Directors : Jen McGowan,

Kelly, a punk-rocker turned suburban mom, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn't yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack ...

Actors : Daniel Brühl, Anjella Mackintosh, Ava Acres, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.

Actors : Julianne Côté, Luc Senay, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Anne-Renée Duhaime,
Directors : Stéphane Lafleur,

Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, Nicole, 22 years old, is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend Véronique. When Nicole's older brother shows up with ...

Actors : Derek Luke, Chris Messina, Don Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,
Directors : Chris Messina,

A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Silhol, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

In the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.

Actors : Margita Gosheva, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivan Savov, Ivan Barnev,

In a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?

Actors : Gloria Cramer Curtis, Brendan Coyle, Sarah Greene, Deirdre O'Kane,
Directors : Stephen Bradley,

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

Actors : Yutaka Takeuchi, Diana Elizabeth Torres, Kaya Jade Aguirre, Rodrigo Duarte Clark,
Directors : Anthony Lucero,

Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. ...

Actors : Katherine Heigl, Clea DuVall, Emily Alyn Lind, Ben Barnes,
Directors : Ami Canaan Mann,

A modern day train hopper fighting to become a successful musician, and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter, defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each others lives forever.

Actors : Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale, Callan Mulvey, Jean Smart,
Directors : Karen Leigh Hopkins,

A story centered on a proper elementary school teacher who moonlights as a vigilante.

Actors : Wendell Pierce, Shirley MacLaine, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Michael Radford,

"Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of ...

Actors : Samiya Mumtaz, Asif Khan, Saleha Aref, Mohib Mirza,
Directors : Afia Nathaniel,

In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.

Actors : Annie Parisse, Alia Shawkat, Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine,
Directors : Lawrence Michael Levine,

A Brooklyn couple suspects foul play when their rent controlled neighbor suddenly drops dead.

Actors : Laurent Stocker, Stein Winge, Hildegun Riise, Ane Dahl Torp,
Directors : Bent Hamer,

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale.

Actors : Isaiah Washington, Julian Walker, Kevin Allesee, Mo'Nique,
Directors : Patrik-Ian Polk,

A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.

Actors : Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, Amy Seimetz, Julia Garner,
Directors : Leah Meyerhoff,

A road trip through the stunning and complex landscape of troubled young love.