Best Female Lead movies of 1979

Actors : Ling Chia, Don Wong, Hua Chung Ting, Hung Chi Chang,
Directors : Pei-Cheng Chang,

When the Iron Swallow sets out to enforce her own deadly brand of justice, a mysterious killer attempts to frame her. Now, the limbs fly and the blood flows, friend will fight friend in an ...

Actors : Franco Guerrero, Florence Carvajal, Marrie Lee, Johnny Wilson,
Directors : Bobby A. Suarez,

An underworld kingpin's daughter is kidnapped by his own men. So, he calls in Cleopatra Wong, a beautiful karate queen. She brings a team with her - a 300+ pound psychic and a female impersonator.

Actors : Tomokazu Miura, Kazuo Kitamura, Keiju Kobayashi, Momoe Yamaguchi,
Directors : Tsugunobu Kotani,

A pimp has an adulterous affair with a Japanese girl who studies flamenco dancing.

Actors : Branivoj Djordjevic, Zoran Cvijanovic, Olivera Jezina, Maja Sabljic,
Directors : Aleksandar Mandic,

The story follows the five months in the life of Belgrade student Maja Sabljic, an actress to be, from her high school graduation day (at the end of May) until mid September when she tries ...

Actors : Ádám Rajhona, Bella Tanay, Sándor Oszter, József Madaras,
Directors : Miklós Szinetár,

A World War II-style "war game" setting the wealthy customers against skilled mercenaries goes awry when the simulated war gets too real.

Actors : Anatoliy Papanov, Natalya Bondarchuk,
Directors : Andrei Tarkovsky,

Set in 18th-century Russia during the reign of Peter the Great.

Actors : Alberto de Mendoza, Janet Agren, Paolo Giusti, Nadiuska,
Directors : Pedro Lazaga,

Seven female friends decide to play an erotic game. They try to seduce as many aristocrats and middle-class men as possible by their charming personalities.

Actors : Yeong-ha Lee, Mi-yeon Oh, Jeong-suk Moon, Ji-in Yu,
Directors : Jang-ho Byeon,

Min-ja, paralyzed after a car accident, becomes depressed and plans her suicide. She attempts to drive away her husband by demanding a divorce so she will no longer be a burden to him.

Actors : Michael Sampson, Mark Deamer, Heidi Smith, Sadie Frost,
Directors : Ken Fairbairn,

Horse turned detective, and communicates with children, helping them to foil a dairy robbery.

Actors : Rut Tellefsen, Kari Simonsen, Gösta Ekman, Inger Lise Rypdal,
Directors : Jan Erik Düring,

The late 19th century Christiania (Oslo) could offer a rich variety of entertainment. There were several variety theatres and brothels, and poor women could earn money based on their looks....

Actors : Samuel Cholakian, Françoise Faucher, Louise Marleau, Michel Mondie,
Directors : Mireille Dansereau,

A woman's marriage is in crisis as a result of her difficult and complex relationship with her mother.

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Nathalie Baye, Xavier Saint-Macary, Adrian Brine,
Directors : Eduardo de Gregorio,

A UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world.

Actors : Juraj Kukura, Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Jirí Adamíra,
Directors : Jirí Krejcík,

The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ...

Actors : Vassili Karis, Carlo De Mejo, Annamaria Clementi, Cindy Leadbetter,
Directors : Aldo Grimaldi,

Cindy finds her fiancée Sergio in bed with a young hitch-hiker and discovers that he has been unfaithful with other women too. She takes her revenge by shying away from Sergio for a day, ...

Actors : Sujatha, Sarath Babu, Narayan Rao, Saritha,
Directors : K. Balachander,

Vidya(sujatha), a writer and her husband Buchi Babu(sarath babu) with their daughter moves next to the house of a retired actress and her teenage daughter baby (saritha). baby is a naughty ...

Actors : Tooti Salimi, Marjan, Jamshid Mehrdad, Fereydoun Jourak,
Directors : Fereydoun Jourak,

Ebrahim Askari (Ebi) who is a tramp saves Maryam's life when rescue her from committing suicide.

Actors : Shôhei Hino, Keizô Kanie, Tomokazu Miura, Momoe Yamaguchi,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

This story of the everyday life of a couple living together is made all the more powerful by the lead's real off-screen romance.

Actors : Miguel Oniga, Nuno Leal Maia, Otávio Augusto, Denise Bandeira,
Directors : Alberto Salvá,

Unhappy with her marriage, woman looks for sexual satisfaction by any means.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Dean Stockwell, Freddy Fender, Ronee Blakley,
Directors : Albert Band,

Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa.

Actors : Vladislava Milosavljevic, Faruk Begolli, Istref Begolli, Melihate Ajeti,
Directors : Kryeziu Ekrem,

Based on war-themed diary of Fadil Hoxha, the film tells the story of one particular phase of partisan revolution in Kosovo during WWII.