Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Dominic Scott Kay, Kevin Bacon, Campbell Scott, 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 : Jamey Sheridan, Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford, Lynn Redgrave,
Directors : Linda Yellen,

In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a ...

Actors : Alexandra Meierhans, Michael Godere, Aidan Redmond, Ivan Martin,
Directors : David Barker,

A harrowing psychological thriller from a widely acclaimed filmmaker, Daylight pits a couple lost in America against a conniving gang of kidnappers, in David Barker's rigorous and personal re-imagining of the genre film.

Actors : Katia Zinbris, Naama Schendar, 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 : Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi, David Cangelosi,
Directors : Benoît Jacquot,

Benoit Jacquot reinvents the way we view opera in this magnificent production of Puccini's story of Tosca's love for the painter Cavaradossi and the intervention of Scarpia.

Actors : Egbert Jan Weeber, Hannelore Elsner, Esther Zimmering, Kim Schnitzer,
Directors : Angelina Maccarone,

On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out for Rotterdam in order to find her little sister, who has run off with her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope.

Actors : Fernanda Montenegro, Luiz Carlos Persy, Laura Cardoso, Raul Cortez,
Directors : Marcos Bernstein,

Fernanda Montenegro plays a retired woman who keeps snooping everybody in her neighborhood, until she thinks she sees an ex Secretary of Justice (Raul Cortez) commit murder and becomes a police informant.

Actors : Nicholas Gleaves, James Cosmo, Henry Ian Cusick, Demi Moore,
Directors : Craig Rosenberg,

Rachel Carlson, a successful novelist moves to a small Scottish village to move on with her life after the death of her son. Strange things start to happen when she is haunted by ghosts and real life terror.

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 : Shizuyo Yamasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yû Aoi,
Directors : Sang-il Lee,

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Actors : Jasmin Tabatabai, Bernd Tauber, Navid Navid, Mossadegh Hamid,
Directors : Angelina Maccarone,

The educated Fariba Tabrizi flies from Teheran to Germany expecting to have asylum, since she is persecuted in Iran due to her lesbian relationship with her beloved Shirin. However, her ...

Actors : Simon Abkarian, Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri,
Directors : Karin Albou,

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewish woman who are both preparing for their marriages.

Actors : Anita Linda, Jason Abalos, Angeli Bayani, Joem Bascon,
Directors : Adolfo Alix Jr.,

Adela celebrates her 80th birthday in the slums of Manila. Alone and without support, she longs for the family and stability of years gone by. Mundane events take on heightened meaning as ...

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 : Elena Anaya, Najwa Nimri, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso,
Directors : Julio Medem,

A hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.

Actors : Atila Pesiani, Elnaz Firuz Azar, Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar,
Directors : Tahmineh Milani,

The domestic problems of a wealthy young couple goes through the scrutiny of an adroit psychologist to be solved.

Actors : Jean-Paul Rouve, Gilles Lellouche, Mathieu Amalric, Louise Bourgoin,
Directors : Luc Besson,

An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

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.

Actors : Greg Timmermans, Cesar De Sutter, Gilles De Schryver, Marijke Pinoy,
Directors : Nic Balthazar,

As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.

Actors : Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller, Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Yangzom Brauen,

In 2270, Earth is completely depleted and no one lives there anymore. Those that have money move to Rhea; but most of the population lives in orbit in space stations. Dr. Laura Portmann ...