Best Female Lead movies of 2010s

Actors : Niles Fitch, Olivia Deeble, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Isabella Blake-Thomas,
Directors : Anna Mastro,

Follows Sam's adventures at a top-secret training program for a new class of second-born royals tasked with saving the world.

Actors : Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Gianmarco Tognazzi,
Directors : Maria Sole Tognazzi,

Forty-something Irene had a dream job that made her life easy: she was indeed a luxury hotel inspector and her work got carried out in a wonderful ever-renewed setting, from Paris to Gstaad...

Actors : Felicity Jones, James Norton, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern,
Directors : Donald Rice,

A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Downstairs, both her fiancé and her former lover grow increasingly anxious.

Actors : Diane Rouxel, Nathalie Baye, David Clavel, Emmanuelle Devos,
Directors : Frédéric Mermoud,

A grieving woman pursues a couple who she suspects of killing her son in a hit-and-run.

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

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

Actors : Marielle Scott, Ever Carradine, Harry Shum Jr., Jessica Rothe, Chrissie Fit, Keala Settle,
Directors : Marc Meyers,

A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.

Actors : Kimiko Glenn, Alexandra Daddario, Laverne Cox, Tyler Hoechlin,
Directors : Elise Duran,

Thinking they're about to crash, Emma spills her secrets to a stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger...Until she later meets Jack, her company's young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her. Based on the blockbuster NYT bestseller.

Actors : Melanie Papalia, Caitlin Gerard, Andrew James Allen, Shane Dawson,
Directors : Michael J. Gallagher,

After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a carved "smiley" on his face, a mentally fragile teenager must figure out if she is going insane - or if she could be the next victim.

Actors : Hannah Gross, Deragh Campbell, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham,
Directors : Matthew Porterfield,

A runaway seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore and finds their marriage ending and her cousin in crisis. In the days that follow, the family struggles to let go of the past while searching for new things to hold onto.

Actors : Melanie Lynskey, Danielle Brooks, Sophia Mitri Schloss, John Gallagher Jr.,
Directors : Megan Griffiths,

SADIE is the story of a girl who will stop at nothing to preserve her father's place on the home front. Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is the daughter of a soldier and models herself after ...

Actors : Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Quintal, Lili Reinhart, Lily Rabe,
Directors : Julia Hart,

A comedy focused on a teacher who chaperones a group of high schoolers to a state drama competition.

Actors : Mariano Tun Xool, Indira Rubie Andrewin, Gilberto Barraza, Eligio Meléndez,
Directors : Yulene Olaizola,

To escape an arranged marriage, a woman flees into the depths of the Mayan jungle, where untamed nature merges the human and the supernatural.

Actors : Benjamin Hollingsworth, Laura Vandervoort, Hanneke Talbot, Ted Atherton,

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.

Actors : Matthew Wilkas, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jenn Harris, Christian Coulson,
Directors : Jonathan Lisecki,

Jenn (straight) and Matt (gay) are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, they decide to fulfill a youthful promise to have a child together... the old fashioned way.

Actors : Reine Swart, Liesl Ahlers, Russell Crous, Cameron Scott,
Directors : Alastair Orr,

9 old high school "friends" have a 5 year reunion camping in a forest. They all have secrets. Their old science teacher straps a time-bomb to each of them. Killing another gives one their time. Last one lives.

Actors : Leslie Mann, Kate Bosworth, Kay Panabaker, Juno Temple,
Directors : Elgin James,

Lily and Alison face a life-changing event after they leave their Salton Sea home and follow the boys they meet back to Los Angeles.

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 : Djimon Hounsou, Diane Kruger, Benoît Magimel, Denis Ménochet,
Directors : Stéphane Rybojad,

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.

Actors : Melanie Papalia, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Adam Shapiro, David Schlachtenhaufen,
Directors : Zachary Donohue,

While studying the habits of web cam chat users from the apparent safety of her own home, a young woman's life begins to spiral out of control after witnessing a grisly murder online.

Actors : Jessica Biel, Jenny Gulley, Raymond L. Brown Jr., Beverly D'Angelo,
Directors : David O. Russell,

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, D.C., where sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?