Best Female Lead movies of 1997

Actors : Nancy Allen, Lance Henriksen, Scott Lincoln, Dean Scofield,
Directors : William H. Molina,

The young daughter of a tough, female ex-agent is held ransom for the giving over of a top secret information file which outlines the layout of buried nuclear arms being held as garbage ...

Actors : Maisy Hughes, Erin Norris, Sara Paull, Lucy Knight,
Directors : Amir Naderi,

Three women are to make vital decisions about their future. Colleen wants to be a photographer but can't support her daughter Stella. Casey is looking for her dog stolen by her ex-boyfriend...

Actors : Yo-Yo Ma, Lori Singer, Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian,
Directors : Atom Egoyan,

Actors : Joanna Ward, Jamie McIntosh, Jodie Smith, Amanda Mealing,
Directors : Roberto Bangura,

A 13 year old talented athlete struggles to come to terms with the traumas of life as she prepares for a very important athletics event.

Actors : Paul Kersey, Bing Shao, Zhen Ying, Jing Ning,
Directors : Xiaoning Feng,

At the turn of the century, a young Chinese girl escapes from a religious sacrifice, and is rescued by an honorable Tibetan herdsman. The two fall in love, but problems arise when she is ...

Actors : Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Udo Kier, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Christoph Schlingensief,

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

Actors : Clotilde Courau, Thérèse Liotard, Bernard Giraudeau, Guillaume Depardieu,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

(Translated from TV5 description) A soldier wounded during WWI falls in love with a young school teacher.

Actors : Aimee Copp, Mikey Russo, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte,
Directors : Nicholas Barker,

A black comedy about vanity and lust in contemporary America. In the middle of the sexual jungle of New York's singles' world, two men and two women try to achieve their dreams.

Actors : Halldóra Björnsdóttir, Edda Heidrún Backman, Bergþóra Aradóttir, Freydís Kristófersdóttir,
Directors : Ari Kristinsson,

A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister).

Actors : Lena Endre, Jakob Eklund, Göran Stangertz, Camilla Lundén,
Directors : Richard Hobert,

Without forewarning the police storm the hospital where Catti has given birth to her and Mikael's child. In the chaos that comes voices are heard that scream "terrorists" and "illegal stay"...

Actors : Margot Kidder, Shaun Johnston, Lorraine Bracco, Rick Ash,
Directors : Paul Ziller,

A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. If so, who took the baby, why and where?

Actors : Martha Navarro, María Rojo, Claudio Obregón, Antonio Crestani,
Directors : Jaime Humberto Hermosillo,

Esmeralda is married with 5 husbands at the same time, so she has to explain to the judge why she has done this.

Actors : Jeff Lee, Derek C. Johnson, Priscilla K. Basque, Ronald K. Armstrong,
Directors : Ronald K. Armstrong,

Urban America calls on exterminators to wipe out the unwanted vermin. In BUGGED, the only unwanted vermin is the man! Sexy homemaker Devine (Priscilla K. Basque) hires a whacked-out group ...

Actors : Massimo Bulla, Andrea Livio, Alessandro Mascali, Alessia Merz,
Directors : Giuseppe Moccia,

Fra il gruppo delle isole Eolie vi è la piccola Panarea in cui si svolge il film per la durata di un fine settimana. Si intrecciano diverse storie tra cui prendono risalto quella di Enrico ...

Actors : Ulli Lommel, Peter Sean Maloney, Christopher Rogers, Michelle Bonfils,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

Teenagers join Vampire Club only to be taught the lessons by the Boogeyman who poses as an impostor.

Actors : Bhaveen Gosain, Kitu Gidwani, Ami Arora, Roshan Bano,
Directors : Rajan Khosa,

The mother of the Indian female singer Pallavi (Kitu Gidwani) is at the end of her life. She was master and teacher for her daughter for the art of Indian singing. But she will not be able ...

Actors : Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson,
Directors : Óskar Jónasson,

Lisa wants to take a cruise, hubby Finnbogi schemes to make money. He buys a dilapidated bakery. They get lucky when Karolina, who bakes great cakes, offers to work for them. She's the ...

Actors : Pepón Nieto, Silvia Abascal, Antonio Resines, Verónica Forqué,
Directors : Manuel Iborra,

It's summer 1970, and the hippie movement has taken over an entire generation. In a beach house, a very unique family begins their summer vacation, which will change everyone's lives: ...

Actors : Juanjo Menéndez, Adriana Ozores, Verónica Forqué, Candela Peña,
Directors : Joaquín Oristrell,

Actors : Mira Sardoc, Valeria Golino, Angela Marraffa, Licia Maglietta,
Directors : Silvio Soldini,

A study of the friendship between two contemporary Italian women. One is a pharmacist from the affluent North East, while the other is an impoverished shop assistant living in the South ...