Best Female Lead movies of 2016

Actors : Deborah Rush, Tami Sagher, Sheila Vand, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Ingrid Jungermann,

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean, locally famous true crime podcasters, suspect Morgan's new love interest is a murderer.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Chad Michael Murray, Teri Polo, Francesca Eastwood,
Directors : JT Mollner,

When outlaws on the lam invade the home of an unsuspecting, seemingly innocent, frontier family to hide out for the night, an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately, bloody revenge.

Actors : Jason Clarke, Blake Lively, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston,
Directors : Marc Forster,

A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.

Actors : Alia Bhatt, Kunal Kapoor, Priyanka Moodley, Shah Rukh Khan,
Directors : Gauri Shinde,

Kaira is a budding cinematographer in search of a perfect life. Her encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker, helps her gain a new perspective on life. She discovers that happiness is all about finding comfort in life's imperfections.

Actors : Lin Shaye, Joe Anderson, Jessica Lowndes, Dayton Callie,
Directors : Darren Lynn Bousman,

An investigative reporter teams up with a police officer to solve the mystery of why a seemingly good man murdered her sister's family.

Actors : Mark Consuelos, Eve Lindley, Katherine Reis, Richard Kind,
Directors : Katie Holmes,

A mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.

Actors : Anne Heche, Sandra Oh, Alicia Silverstone, Amy Hill,
Directors : Onur Tukel,

The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.

Actors : Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Mia Erika Sparrok, Julius Fleischanderl,
Directors : Amanda Kernell,

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve ...

Actors : Evgenia Dodina, Joy Rieger, Doron Tavory, Nelly Tagar,
Directors : Avi Nesher,

Past Life tracks the daring late 1970s odyssey of two sisters - an introverted classical musician and a rambunctious scandal sheet journalist - as they unravel a shocking wartime mystery that has cast a dark shadow on their entire lives.

Actors : Sydni Beaudoin, Erica Camarano, Helen Beyene, Joseph Castillo-Midyett,
Directors : Matthew Newton,

Three undocumented Bronx teenagers are graduating from high school while navigating the treacherous waters of trying to get their papers to stay in the US.

Actors : Christian Abart, Ed Skrein, Yvonnick Muller, Maria Palm,
Directors : Mads Matthiesen,

Emma, an emerging model, struggles to enter the Parisian fashion scene and develops a dangerous obsession for fashion photographer Shane White.

Actors : Kevin Mambo, Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Ronald Guttman,
Directors : Cynthia Mort,

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Actors : David Alpay, Kris Lemche, Mia Marcon, Brigid Brannagh,

The renovation of an old house in a village somewhere in Eastern Europe will bring the crew of an American home improvement TV show, up against superstitions, misunderstandings and bloody violence.

Actors : Jomari Angeles, Julio Diaz, Jaclyn Jose, Baron Geisler,
Directors : Brillante Mendoza,

Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small ...

Actors : Filippo Timi, Ana Cecilia Stieglitz, Guillermo Arévalo, Arturo Izquierdo,

A film shaped like a shamanic journey, steeped in a psychoactive brew, exploring fear and destiny in the jungle of the mind.

Actors : Zuzana Konecná, Zuzana Mauréry, Tamara Fischer, Csongor Kassai,
Directors : Jan Hrebejk,

Since the arrival of the new teacher, Maria Drazdechova, to a Bratislava suburban school in the year of 1983, life has turned upside down for students and parents. The teacher's corrupted ...

Actors : Lily-Rose Depp, Natalie Portman, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar,
Directors : Rebecca Zlotowski,

Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.

Actors : Dagmara Dominczyk, Khandi Alexander, Maggie Siff, John Ortiz,
Directors : Elisabeth Subrin,

An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.

Actors : Henry Czerny, Mark Rendall, Tatiana Maslany, Tom Cullen,
Directors : Joey Klein,

A bipolar woman and a grief-stricken man struggle to forge a simple life.

Actors : Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa, Nonie Buencamino,
Directors : Lav Diaz,

After 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.