Best Female Lead movies of 2000s

Actors : Roger Allam, Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Actors : Benjamin Hollingsworth, Amber Heard, David Duchovny, Demi Moore,
Directors : Derrick Borte,

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close,
Directors : Frank Oz,

The secret to a Stepford Wife lies behind the doors of the Men's Association of how woman become different and imobilized robots

Actors : David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Larysa Kondracki,

A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Sandra Bullock,
Directors : Marc Lawrence,

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, John Cusack,
Directors : Joe Roth,

A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage.

Actors : Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer, Cheryl Hines,
Directors : Angela Robinson,

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Actors : John Alderton, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton,
Directors : Nigel Cole,

A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.

Actors : Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, Blake Lively, America Ferrera,
Directors : Sanaa Hamri,

Four college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.

Actors : Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alexz Johnson, Kris Lemche, Ryan Merriman,
Directors : James Wong,

A student's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from Death itself, which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Iain Glen, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor,
Directors : Simon West,

Video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.

Actors : David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning,

Anna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her cruel stepmother and ghastly visions of her dead mother.

Actors : Sean Patrick Thomas, Fredro Starr, Julia Stiles, Kerry Washington,
Directors : Thomas Carter,

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Actors : Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Sarala Kariyawasam, John Abraham,
Directors : Deepa Mehta,

A thesis picture. In 1938, Gandhi's party is making inroads in women's rights. Chuyia, a child already married but living with her parents, becomes a widow. By tradition, she is ...

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Remo Girone, Giovanni Ribisi, Stefania Rocca,
Directors : Tom Tykwer,

A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

Actors : Renée Zellweger, Barbara Flynn, Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Chris Noonan,

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Cameron Bright,
Directors : Jonathan Glazer,

A young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Donna Murphy, Paul Giamatti,

A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.

Actors : Jonathan Tucker, Goran Visnjic, Peter Donat, Tilda Swinton,

A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.

Actors : Martin Compston, Gemma Arterton, Eddie Marsan,
Directors : J Blakeson,

A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.