Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

Actors : Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny, Lori Lethin,
Directors : Ed Hunt,

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

Actors : Marianne Jacobi, Susan Anspach, Per Oscarsson, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Dusan Makavejev,

A bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka,
Directors : Daisuke Nishio,

A group of aliens visit Earth to plant the Tree of Might, a plant that grants cosmic power by draining the Earth's life force.

Actors : Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward, Robin Meloy,
Directors : Mark Rosman,

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

Actors : Will More, Laura Cepeda, Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Miguel Zúñiga,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.

Actors : John Heard, Tom Berenger, Debra Winger, Betsy Blair,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Actors : Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Luis Puenzo,

When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, ...

Actors : Jack Davidson, Joanna Merlin, Vincent Spano, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : John Sayles,

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Actors : Féodor Atkine, Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Arielle Dombasle,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues ...

Actors : Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru,
Directors : Daisuke Nishio,

The Z-Fighters must stop a mad scientist out to take over the world.

Actors : James Fox, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, Eddie O'Connell,
Directors : Julien Temple,

In 1958 London a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.

Actors : Yûsaku Yara, Takeshi Aono, Toshiko Fujita, Ichirô Nagai,
Directors : Yoshiaki Kawajiri,

Two agents - a lady-killer human and a voluptuous demon - attempt to protect a signatory to a peace ceremony between the human world and the "Black World" from radicalized demons.

Actors : Burl Ives, Richard Tyson, Sherilyn Fenn, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Zalman King,

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.

Actors : Saverio Vallone, Tisa Farrow, Margaret Mazzantini, Serena Grandi,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.

Actors : Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Michael Zorek,
Directors : Noel Black,

Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan also has her eye on ...

Actors : Antonella Antinori, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Karin Well, Simone Mattioli,
Directors : Andrea Bianchi,

A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby...

Actors : Clare Nono, Cristina Raines, Anthony James, Joe Lambie,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

Anthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann,
Directors : Frank Perry,

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.

Actors : Miranda Garrison, Laura Harring, Barbra Brighton, Jeff James,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Filmed during the Lambada dance craze (if there really ever was one), this film tries to have a social conscience. A princess (Laura Herring) in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a ...

Actors : Donna Yeager, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Caroline Munro,

Eight people are invited to their old high school for their ten-year reunion where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.