Best Female Lead movies

Actors : Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Bette Midler,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.

Actors : Priscilla Quintana, Paula Patton, William Fichtner, Luke Goss,
Directors : Deon Taylor,

A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

Actors : Marc Barbé, Marie Féret, David Moreau, Delphine Chuillot,
Directors : René Féret,

A reimagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang, and a musical prodigy in her own right.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, Nora McMenamy, Jessica Chastain,
Directors : Liv Ullmann,

Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled daughter of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy encourages her father's valet to seduce her.

Actors : Anastasia Hille, Valentin Ganev, Karel Roden, Valentin Goshev,
Directors : Nacho Cerdà,

An adopted woman returns to her home country and the family home that she never knew and must face the mystery that lies there.

Actors : Cathy Ang, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller,
Directors : Damon Thomas,

Teen best friends Abby and Gretchen grapple with an otherworldly demon that takes up residence in Gretchen's body.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.

Actors : Mira Grosin, Mira Barkhammar, Johan Liljemark, Liv LeMoyne,
Directors : Lukas Moodysson,

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

Actors : Burt Reynolds, Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.

Actors : Nadezhda Markina, Aleksey Rozin, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova,
Directors : Andrey Zvyagintsev,

When a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten dutiful housewife Elena's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan ...

Actors : James Buckley, Denis O'Hare, Christa Nicola, Ashley Hinshaw,
Directors : Grégory Levasseur,

An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.

Actors : Brett Jacobsen, Claire Sloma, Marlon Morton, Amanda Bauer,
Directors : David Robert Mitchell,

Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.

Actors : Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Stéphane Algoud, Rab Affleck,
Directors : Luc Besson,

A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.

Actors : Sarah Wright, Gillian Jacobs, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden,
Directors : Steven Brill,

A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.

Actors : Jo Prestia, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Gaspar Noé,

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.

Actors : Alessandro Nivola, Jonny Lee Miller, Frances O'Connor, Hannah Taylor Gordon,
Directors : Patricia Rozema,

At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral ...

Actors : Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace,
Directors : Jason Stone,

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Patricia Clarkson, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison,
Directors : Lone Scherfig,

After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

Actors : Steven Yeun, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Sam Zuchero, Andrew Zuchero,

A postapocalyptic romance in which a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love after the end of human civilization.