Best Female Lead movies of 2009

Actors : Amy Shiels, Lucy Holt, David Sterne, Antonia Bernath,
Directors : Stewart Hopewell,

A young woman looks to escape her abusive life by moving to a friend's farm near Atlanta. Unfortunately, she learns her place of supposed comfort offers more terrifying forms of abuse.

Actors : Pihla Viitala, Terence Anderson, Nae, Miranda Hennessy,
Directors : Júlíus Kemp,

An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.

Actors : Nichola Burley, Kerrie Hayes, Jamie Doyle, Lawrence Larkin,
Directors : Lindy Heymann,

Two very different girls both face a sordid reality when they meet a local football star.

Actors : Jessica Butler, Kelly Carey, Holter Graham, T.J. Graye,
Directors : Andrew van den Houten,

A clan of cannibalistic inbred savages which plague the Northeast coastline since 1858, is after an unsuspected family and their innocent baby girl.

Actors : Jens Harzer, Stefan Konarske, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, David Kross,
Directors : Detlev Buck,

Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and Ben, a young German student ...

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Jean-Marc Barr, Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs,
Directors : Christophe Honoré,

Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the ...

Actors : America Olivo, Christian Campbell, Joseph Aniska, Pete Postiglione,
Directors : Robert A. Masciantonio,

A mysterious new girl arrives in posh suburban neighborhood and quickly sets out to terrorize the town. As she starts breaking into homes and torturing the occupants, they begin to realize that she isn't just another girl next door.

Actors : Mariela Vitale, Diego Velázquez, Inés Efron, Pep Munné,
Directors : Lucía Puenzo,

A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.

Actors : Gene Bervoets, Annet Malherbe, Marlies Heuer, Eva van de Wijdeven,
Directors : Alex van Warmerdam,

A woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.

Actors : Josefine Mattsson, Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén, Anki Lidén, Annika Hallin,
Directors : Lisa Siwe,

Young adolescent girl Jenna's mother is dying, while at the same time Jenna is turning form a young girl into a young woman. So it is difficult for her to admit that she is afraid to lose ...

Actors : Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Claudio Casadio, Alba Rohrwacher, Maya Sansa,
Directors : Giorgio Diritti,

Winter 1943. Martina is small child, who stopped talking since the death of her infant brother some years before. She lives in a rural area of central Italy. Her mother is pregnant again ...

Actors : Pierre Bokma, Cees Geel, Chantal Janzen, Willeke van Ammelrooy,
Directors : Steven de Jong,

When conditions are right an infamous ice-skating race is held in the north of the Netherlands. The 200 km race must be completed by midnight and everyone who finishes receives a medal. ...

Actors : Sharon Gless, Maureen Gallagher, Kelli Strickland, Ann Hagemann,
Directors : Wendy Jo Carlton,

A film about a lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home.

Actors : Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi, Mobina Karimi,
Directors : Granaz Moussavi,

Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself ...

Actors : Reshad Strik, Eli Roth, Rachael Murphy, Ben DiGregorio,
Directors : Fruit Chan,

Evil spirits released from old celluloid causes a film crew to slowly go insane while in production on a new project.

Actors : Mazhar Alanson, Bahar Akça, Kürsat Alniaçik, Meric Altintas,
Directors : Erdal Murat Aktas,

Actors : Mahmud Shalaby, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Dana Ivgy,
Directors : Keren Yedaya,

In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.

Actors : Rikki Gagne, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, C.J. Wallis,

Set in beautiful Vancouver, four friends set out on an everyday errand and end up in a fight for their lives when they discover the body of a dead hooker left in their trunk. Lead by a sexy...

Actors : Marcin Dorocinski, Anna Polony, Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : Borys Lankosz,

A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Clearly, she lacks a man in her life. Her mother ...

Actors : Laurel Casillo, Morgan Hooper, Torrey Weiss, Ryan Maslyn,
Directors : Dominic Perez,

On January 9, 2009, five college students left New York City for a weekend in the country. 48 hours later, all five students have simply vanished without a trace. There were no leads and no evidence - until now.