Best Female Lead movies of recent years

Actors : Paulo Saraiva, Cassandra Naud, Veronica Long,
Directors : Kurtis David Harder,

In Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.

Actors : Jimmi Simpson, Brianna Bronger, Austin Abrams, Wrenn Schmidt, Lewis Pullman, K.J. Baker, Eliza Scanlen,
Directors : Laurel Parmet,

17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

Actors : Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklynn Prince,
Directors : Neil Burger,

A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.

Actors : Shaun Thomas, Enva Lewis, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake,
Directors : Molly Manning Walker,

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday - drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

Actors : Shea Whigham, Lily Gladstone, Ryan Begay, Isabel Deroy-Olson,
Directors : Erica Tremblay,

Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Bill Holderman,

Follows the new journey of four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.

Actors : Jillian Bell, Amy Schumer, Will Forte,
Directors : Tyler Spindel,

When Lainy's plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, she puts on a fake baby bump, tells a lie and accidentally falls for her dream guy.

Actors : Regé-Jean Page, Halle Bailey, Lorenzo de Moor,
Directors : Kat Coiro,

When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner's fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that could transform her life.

Actors : Felicity Jones, Denis Leary, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Michael Showalter,

Claire plans a special Christmas, but is forgotten by her family. When they realize that she's missing, their holiday is at risk until she returns to give them the celebration they deserve.

Actors : Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Kristin Chenoweth,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

Two resentful exes must awkwardly spend Christmas together after they learn that their new partners are siblings.

Actors : Benjamin Bratt, Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove,
Directors : Mark Waters,

Lana's daughter Emma returns from London and announces that she's getting married next month. Things become more complicated when Lana learns that the man who stole Emma's heart is the son of the man who broke hers years ago.

Actors : Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Connie Nielsen, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor,
Directors : Ava DuVernay,

The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

Actors : Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie,
Directors : Jim O'Hanlon,

A new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family. As the Davenport family, headed by Lord and Lady Davenport, deals with the epic disaster of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

Actors : Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renée Zellweger, Leo Woodall,
Directors : Michael Morris,

After jumping back into the dating pool, single mother Bridget Jones finds herself caught between a younger man and her son's science teacher.

Actors : Dylan River, Jessica Henwick, Herbert Nordrum, Julia Garner,
Directors : Kitty Green,

US backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Actors : Madelyn Cline, KJ Apa, Sofia Wylie,
Directors : Lasse Hallström,

Heather's European adventure takes a turn when she meets Jack-sparking an unexpected emotional journey neither of them saw coming.

Actors : Jennifer Garner, Emma Myers, Ed Helms,
Directors : McG,

When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?

Actors : Saori Gurza, Marisol Gasé, Montserrat Marañon, Naíma Sentíes,
Directors : Lila Avilés,

Seven-year-old Sol, who is spending the day at her grandfather's home, for a surprise party for Sol's father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, Sol comes to understand that her world is about to change dramatically.

Actors : Dominic Allburn, Naomie Harris, Natalie Dormer,
Directors : Guillem Morales,

Follows Heather and Carla, who meet after having not spoken in years. Heather is about to present a very unexpected proposition that could change their lives forever.

Actors : John Lithgow, Rachel Zegler, Jenifer Lewis,
Directors : Vicky Jenson,

Ellian is a tenacious princess who must go on a daring quest to save her family and kingdom after a mysterious spell transforms her parents, the King and Queen of Lumbria, into monsters.