Best Female Lead movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : Julie Brown, Melinda Cordell, 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 : 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 : Stéphane Freiss, Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Macha Méril,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, Mary Steenburgen, Dana Hill,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Actors : Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras,

A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Ken Marshall, Fred Dalton Thompson, Mary Gross,
Directors : Daniel Goldberg,

Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course in which they learn to deal with guns and recognize crimes. They also get ...

Actors : Dominique Besnehard, Christophe Odent, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

Suzanne is sixteen and is having sex with many boys, just for fun, but did not manage to really love one of them. Her family does not understand her. The father does not like her behaviour....

Actors : Jenny Seagrove, Brad Hall, Carey Lowell, Dwier Brown,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.