Best Female Lead movies of 2001

Actors : Marie Brahimi, Karim Bouaiche, Nazim Boudjenah, Michèle Moretti,
Directors : Merzak Allouache,

A young French-Algerian woman travels to Algeria in search for her fiance. Determined to find his whereabouts, she is facing political and religious obstacles in a country that is struggling with the aftermath of a civil war.

Actors : Lillete Dubey, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri, Ameesha Patel,
Directors : Anil Sharma,

Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a ...

Actors : Erica Shaffer, Helen Lesnick, Arlene Golonka, Barbara Stuart,
Directors : Helen Lesnick,

Rachel flees NYC after another traumatic breakup and arrives at her parents' home in San Diego. They are adamant to see their wayward daughter settle down with a nice girl. Rachel goes on ...

Actors : Chiara Conti, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Maya Sansa,
Directors : Monica Stambrini,

Mechanic Stella owns a gas station with introvert Lenni. When Stella accidentally kills Lenni's abusive mother, they try to dump the body. They run into trouble, thugs and cops but stick together as they fall in love with each other.

Actors : Atossa Leoni, Belinda Waymouth, Mansour, Shohreh Aghdashloo,
Directors : Babak Shokrian,

America So Beautiful follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian Immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crises. ...

Actors : Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne, Donnie Montemarano, James Caan,
Directors : Adam Rifkin,

An ex-convict's plans to turn legit go awry.

Actors : Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark,
Directors : Kirsten Sheridan,

A twisted rite of passage.

Actors : Chyna Ng, Amy Ting, Ben Wang, James C. Burns,
Directors : Meng Ong,

Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other ...

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Julie Christie, Frédéric Diefenthal, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Jean-Paul Salomé,

A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a ...

Actors : Charlotte Ayanna, Ethan Embry, Peter Facinelli, Scott Foley,
Directors : Marc Fusco,

Fate reuintes college friends a year after graduation and they decide to recapture the idealistic spirit of their college days.

Actors : Ryûdô Uzaki, Chiharu Niiyama, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shirô Sano,
Directors : Shûsuke Kaneko,

Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Christopher Munch,

A young woman, played by Martha Plimpton learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job in NYC and goes on a journey to find her birth mother - played by Jaqueline Bissett.

Actors : Ryan Hurst, Daniela Amavia, Lynn Redgrave, Fay Masterson,
Directors : Harry Mastrogeorge,

After years of absence 26-year old Kay returns to her home town. Her soccer coach died and the girls from the team all gather for the funeral. The stories of Celeste, Lisa and Marie seem to...

Actors : Ricky Davao, Traci Ann Wolfe, Christopher De Leon, Dina Bonnevie,
Directors : Laurice Guillen,

Actors : Diana Amft, Felicitas Woll, Karoline Herfurth, Andreas Christ,
Directors : Dennis Gansel,

Inken (Diana Amft) is an eighteen-year-old girl, frustrated for not having had an orgasm yet with her boyfriend. Her two best friends are Vicky (Felicitas Woll), who is in the same ...

Actors : Eun-Kyung Shin, Jae-mo Ahn, In-kwon Kim, Se-jin Jang,
Directors : Jin-gyu Cho,

The story of how Eun-jin (Eun-kyung Shin) became a legend in the South Korean underworld by defeating an army of gangsters.

Actors : Kristen Miller, Elena Uhlig, Paul Grasshoff, John Hopkins,
Directors : Boris von Sychowski,

School's out, exams are over, and it's time for real life to begin. But before 12 friends from the International High School in Prague disappear to the four corners of the earth, they ...

Actors : Bhoomika Chawla, Nassar, Sudhakar, Vijayakumar,
Directors : Surya S.J.,

Madhu and Siddhu are two people whose paths keep intersecting through out their lives.

Actors : Brenda Fricker, Aden Young, Loren Dean, Anna Friel,
Directors : Lyndon Chubbuck,

WW2: In London, Lily marries a Canadian soldier who goes off to war. She and her newborn daughter are invited to come and live with his family in Canada, where conditions are not as ...

Actors : Nastassja Kinski, Jeffery Dean, Nicollette Sheridan, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Nico Mastorakis,

This high-tech, psychological thriller is set in the shadowy world of the Internet. Sondra Brummel is recovering from a skiing accident in her boyfriend's mansion, and accidently contacts a...