Best Female Lead movies of 2005

Actors : Brigitte Catillon, Diane Kruger, Jeannick Gravelines, Christian Wiggert,
Directors : Fabienne Berthaud,

The story of a model who reaches the end of her short career as a catwalk queen

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 : 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 : 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 : Marianne Basler, Sabine Timoteo, Julia Hummer, Aurélien Recoing,
Directors : Christian Petzold,

Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Hyun-Ah Sung, Dong-Hyuk Cho, Ye-ryeong Kim, Chang-Yong Lee,
Directors : Eun-tae Kim,

Her lover has never taken a dangerous risk in his life. She has been for seven years and is going to get married next month. One day she meets a handsome stranger, who asked her to spend ...

Actors : Carole Bouquet, Didier Flamand, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Françoise Brion,
Directors : Brigitte Roüan,

Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect...