Best Female Lead movies of 2005

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Muriel Robin, Artus de Penguern, Pascal Légitimus,
Directors : Coline Serreau,

Three siblings who detest each other and hiking must complete together a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to be eligible to inherit their mother's wealth.

Actors : Marianne Fortier, Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc, Yves Jacques, Serge Postigo,
Directors : Luc Dionne,

After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.

Actors : Sun-yeong Ahn, Ye-jin Son, Il-guk Song, Bo-ra Geum,
Directors : Ki-hwan Oh,

Min-jun and Ji-won are first-rate "players" who are used to getting their way in the field of love and sex, until they run into each other. Let the games begin.

Actors : Julie Delpy, Mark Boone Junior, Justin Theroux, Brooke Adams,
Directors : John Stimpson,

An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family, a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago.

Actors : Ji-won Ha, Ahn Sung-ki, Dong-won Gang, Young-chang Song,
Directors : Myung-se Lee,

Set years ago in the era of the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows a young police officer named Namsoon (Ha Ji-won) who, along with her fellow officers, discovers a counterfeit ring ...

Actors : Judith Godrèche, Mathias Mlekuz, Anne Parillaud, Mathilde Seigner,
Directors : Cécile Telerman,

Three women in their late thirties, one with marital problems, one trying to be perfect, and a spinster, discuss their relationship to men.

Actors : Cristina Banegas, Daniel Fanego, Maria Abadi, Lucas Escariz,
Directors : Albertina Carri,

A domineering mother with a seemingly perfect family in Argentina, is unaware of a taboo relationship happening with her youngest twin children.

Actors : Tara Devon Gallagher, Cherry Jones, Robert Knott, Sarah Paulson,
Directors : Doug Sadler,

After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.

Actors : Frederick Weller, Anna Faris, Laura Breckenridge, Justin Chambers,

Bell and Belle want to break out of their trailer park lives and get up and out to the "Big City" of Atlanta. Just when they think they are on their way to getting a nest egg Bell falls for a handsome police officer named Rhett Butler.

Actors : Alessandra de Rossi, Huifang Hong, Benny Soh, Zhenwei Guan,
Directors : Kelvin Tong,

"Every year, for thirty days during the lunar seventh month, the Chinese believe that the gates of hell are thrown open. Vengeful spirits or hungry ghosts wander among the living, seeking ...

Actors : Malú Tarrau Broche, Jorge Milo, Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez, Larisa Vega Alamar,

In a tale akin to Romeo and Juliet, the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want ...

Actors : Hiromi Nagasaku, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Aoi Miyazaki, Eita,
Directors : Hiroshi Ishikawa,

A high school student named Yu has a crush on one of her classmates, Yosuke. The boy spends most of his time sitting outside and playing his guitar, and Yu sits nearby and listens. One day,...

Actors : Mike Patton, Susan Traylor, Kathleen Wilhoite, Karen Black,
Directors : Steve Balderson,

A young boy who lives in a dysfunctional home went to the carnival and met a singer. Shortly after, a murder took place. The town's sheriff is seeking answers. The singer is trying to ...

Actors : Lyndsey Marshal, Paddy Bonner, Selina Cadell, Amelia Bullmore,
Directors : Annie Griffin,

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller ...

Actors : Marc Barbé, Olga Kurylenko, Edith Scob, Stipe Erceg,
Directors : Diane Bertrand,

Iris finds a new job working in a preservation lab where she gradually enters into a troubled relationship with her boss.

Actors : Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao, Hao Qin, Yang Tang,
Directors : Xiaoshuai Wang,

In the 1980s, encouraged by the government, a large number of families leave Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country, in order to develop local industry. The film's ...

Actors : Dhritiman Chatterjee, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shabana Azmi, Rahul Bose,
Directors : Aparna Sen,

An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a ...

Actors : Monique Demers, Benjamin King, Meat Loaf, Devon Sawa,
Directors : Lorena David,

In this action-comedy, four twenty-something friends are looking for love and having no luck. While on a ski trip, one of them finds passion with a beautiful girl after a random accident on...

Actors : Jane March, David Dukas, Justin Whalin, William Gregory Lee,
Directors : David Lister,

Freya is the clan princess, pursued by Sven who wants only to become king after King Thorsson dies. Freya prefers Agnar, who was lost with a boatload of clansmen on a raid. The old king ...

Actors : Heather Burns, Aunjanue Ellis, Piper Perabo, Mark Dobies,
Directors : Irving Schwartz,

A self-absorbed young woman finds herself moving from Los Angeles back to Brooklyn to care for her ailing parents.