Best Female Lead movies

Actors : Yuliya Burova, Andrey Gusev, Vladislav Komarov, Yuliya Vysotskaya,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, Timothy Hutton, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide.

Actors : Kari Matchett, Sally Hawkins, Zachary Bennett, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Aisling Walsh,

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Samara Weaving, Karl Glusman,
Directors : Shawn Simmons,

A reformed teenage getaway driver is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.

Actors : Zélie Boulant, Aleksey Fateev, Eva Green, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Alice Winocour,

An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.

Actors : Dar Salim, Jakob Oftebro, Erik Enge, Noomi Rapace,
Directors : Adam Berg,

In a post-apocalyptic world, six soldiers on a covert mission must transport a mysterious package across a frozen archipelago. Noomi Rapace stars.

Actors : Fernanda Montenegro, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge, Fernanda Torres,
Directors : Andrucha Waddington,

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Actors : Stephanie Beatriz, Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel,
Directors : George C. Wolfe,

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

Actors : Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Sofia Carson,
Directors : Iain Morris,

When Anna, an ambitious young American woman, sets out for Oxford University to fulfill a childhood dream, she has her life completely on track until she meets a charming and clever local who profoundly alters both of their lives.

Actors : David Hasselhoff, Danielle Panabaker, Ving Rhames, Matt Bush,
Directors : John Gulager,

After the events at Lake Victoria, the pre-historic school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into a newly opened waterpark.

Actors : Elizabeth Olsen, Jessica Lange, Tom Felton, Oscar Isaac,
Directors : Charlie Stratton,

Set in the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Therese Raquin, a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille, by her domineering ...

Actors : Piera Degli Esposti, Claudia Gerini, Michele Placido, Kseniya Rappoport,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Haunted by a horrible past, a Ukrainian young woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.

Actors : Adam Pally, Zoe Lister-Jones, Susie Essman, Fred Armisen,
Directors : Zoe Lister-Jones,

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

Actors : Peter Outerbridge, Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Michelle Nolden,
Directors : Vincenzo Natali,

A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

Actors : Talulah Riley, Gemma Arterton, Jodie Whittaker, Rupert Everett,

In order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their tails.

Actors : David Villalpando, Alicia del Lago, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez,
Directors : Gregory Nava,

Peasants escaping mindless labor and a murderous Guatemalan government head to America in hopes for something better.

Actors : Yumi Asô, Tomokazu Miura, Tokio Emoto, Sayuri Ishikawa,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music.

Actors : Lucius Hoyos, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Rodriguez, Shamier Anderson,
Directors : Mark Raso,

After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.

Actors : Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a journey across the Outback.

Actors : Russell Brand, Djimon Hounsou, Felicity Jones, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.