Best Female Lead movies of 2001

Actors : Jordy Benattar, Hart Bochner, William Baldwin, Nastassja Kinski,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

An unfulfilled married woman becomes intrigued by an alluring suitor whose attention soon becomes obsessive.

Actors : Émilie Dequenne, Alix de Konopka, Cyrille Thouvenin, Gérard Jugnot,
Directors : Yves Lavandier,

Attracted but also frightened by her sexuality, a teenage girl undergoes a brief therapy with a warm, humorous and competent psychotherapist.

Actors : Judd Nelson, Larry Drake, Paulina Porizkova, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Gregory Gieras,

A madman terrorizes a female psychologist when they are accidently locked up in an abandoned asylum.

Actors : Nathaniel Parker, Kirsten Dunst, Julie Walters, Geraldine James,
Directors : Reverge Anselmo,

A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800's Russia.

Actors : Sanna Hietala, Antti Ikkala, Jyri Ojansivu, Antti Mikkola,
Directors : Jarmo Lampela,

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck ...

Actors : Ko Shibasaki, Maho Nonami, Yoshiki Arizono, Grace Yip,
Directors : Norio Tsuruta,

The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese ...

Actors : Eleni Kastani, Akilas Karazisis, Amalia Moutoussi, Emilios Chilakis,
Directors : Constantine Giannaris,

Three couples flee Athens for the summer, and their journeys change their lives forever.

Actors : Courtney Love, Mischa Barton, Noah Emmerich, Lili Taylor,
Directors : Bob Gosse,

A woman attempts to realize the dreams she never knew she had.

Actors : Zinedine Soualem, Isabelle Candelier, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin,
Directors : Philippe Lioret,

Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.

Actors : Tetsu Sawaki, Seiichi Tanabe, Aoi Miyazaki, Ryo Amamiya,
Directors : Akihiko Shiota,

Following the divorce, the attempted suicide of her mother and the rumors underage sex with the teacher, a girl drops out the school in an attempt to find herself.

Actors : Duncan Regehr, Gabrielle Anwar, Rutger Hauer, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Jeff Hare,

A journalist uncovers a government conspiracy to unleash virus-carrying killer bees that could wipe out humanity.

Actors : Honey Lauren, Glyn Styler, Edge, Hans Lohl,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

Wishman's plot rotates around the maneuverings of a whore who longs for a touch of mink and a seat at the finer tables in life. Blackmail, betrayal, murder and malice are all part of her ...

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Nastassja Kinski, Josh Holloway, Hudson Leick,
Directors : Dennis Dimster,

A woman discovers becoming attracted to the wrong man can have deadly consequences in this tense erotic thriller. Linda (Nastassia Kinski) is a woman whose life would seem ideal on the ...

Actors : Charles Berling, Karin Viard, Ludivine Sagnier, Camille Vatel,
Directors : Laurent Tuel,

Content with two children in an upper class French marriage, a woman finds herself faced with visions of rape, violence and the supernatural. Her husband, a successful businessman also ...

Actors : Patsy Kensit, Amy Locane, Amy Huberman, Patrick Muldoon,
Directors : John Hough,

Mental Patient terrorizes her Psychiatrist who she believes is the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper.

Actors : Lauri Nurkse, Tommi Mujunen, Elena Leeve, Tarja Heinula,
Directors : Simo Halinen,

C (Lauri Nurkse) and Eetu (Tommi Mujunen) are the best friends. They work together as bike couriers in the center of Helsinki, and training tightly every night to reach success of bicycle ...

Actors : Julie Strain, Jeff Wincott, Zehra Leverman, Brian Frank,
Directors : Daniel D'Or,

After a civilization is all but wiped out by a comet, evil forces take advantage of the weak. A powerful woman fights back for the sake of the vulnerable.

Actors : Jennifer Esposito, Stephen Lang, William B. Davis, Nick Moran,
Directors : Richard Gale,

An undercover cop needs a female police officer to pretend to be his wife in order to get close to a ruthless crime boss. The boss's attraction to her entangles them in a complex and dangerous triangle.

Actors : Pimsiree Pimsee, Pramote Seangsorn, Dawan Singha-Wee, Kalyanut Sriboonrueng,

Three young women gathered in a coffee bar in Bangkok tell and discuss three original ghost stories with each other. The first tale: In Bangkok, the young Jieb receives an ancient drum not ...

Actors : Louis Koo, Gigi Leung, Carina Lau, Ching Wan Lau,

A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an "ultimate bra" in 3 months. The head of the designing department, Lena, objects to their hiring ...