Best Female Lead movies of 1997

Actors : Caio Junqueira, Paulo Gorgulho, Betty Faria, José Wilker,

During the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior.

Actors : Jorge Perugorría, Soledad Villamil, Federico Olivera, Inés Estévez,
Directors : Eduardo Milewicz,

Muriel and her mother leave their home for good and a freak occurrence leaves them stranded in the country. They beg a woman to let them stay and a shaky friendship develops between the two families.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Laura Morante, Bernard Giraudeau, Emmanuelle Laborit,
Directors : Roberto Faenza,

Sicily 18th century, Marianna Ucria is a 12-year-old deaf-mute from an aristocratic family of Palermo. Aged 13, she is married to a middle-aged uncle, Duca Pietro. She is repulsed by him, ...

Actors : Szabolcs Gergely, Lajos Kovács, Maia Morgenstern, Alpár Fogarasi,
Directors : János Szász,

Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.

Actors : Fay Atsawet, Ray MacDonald, Phaibunkiat Khiaogao, Champagne X,
Directors : Pen-Ek Ratanaruang,

A young working woman has to follow obscure advice by an old sage in order to prevent a worst-case scenario. A returning nightmare of a family home built by her deceased mother for the ...

Actors : Jesús Albornoz, Marcio Almeida, Emilia Mazer, Jorge Abalo,
Directors : Aníbal Di Salvo,

Actors : Gerd Hegnell, Ulla Svedin, Ann Lundgren, Lena B. Nilsson,
Directors : Carin Mannheimer,

Three bank employed women get sacked, while their male boss get a salary raise and a twelve million crowns bonus. The woman are advised to start their own business. They launch "3 girls and a brothel!".

Actors : János Katona, András Fekete, Imre Csuja, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : Attila Janisch,

Egy varatlan elhatarozas az ejszaka utvesztojebe veti a kalandra vagyo utazot. Van-e remeny a menekulesre, vagy fogva tartja ot a szakado eso, a rideg, sotet vilag? Egy oregasszony ...

Actors : Kjersti Elvik, Gjertrud L. Jynge, Nils Ole Oftebro, Lasse Kolsrud,
Directors : Carl Jørgen Kiønig,

A crime wave hits Oslo just as summer arrives. There has been found several violent blood splattered scenes with no bodies found. It's only a matter of time before the bodies has to surface, and the start of a run against the clock.

Actors : Milan Bahúl, Joachim Kemmer, Deana Horváthová, Klára Issová,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

Actors : Jeffrey Forsyth, Theresa Constantine, Sasha Graham, Roseanne Fortino,
Directors : Ron Bonk,

Actors : Antoine Chappey, Gad Elmaleh, Hippolyte Girardot, Aure Atika,
Directors : Eric Rochant,

A group of young unemployed people from Le Mans (France) decide to create a new political party.

Actors : Emília Vásáryová, Frantisek Kovár, Dorota Nvotová, Marián Labuda,
Directors : Martin Sulík,

In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy ...

Actors : Tina Carlson, Ramses Del Hierro Ericstam, Charlotte Ståhlberg, Fredrik Beckman,
Directors : Ella Lemhagen,

While her parents are absent, Isabell has invited a few of her closest, best-behaving friends to celebrate New Year's Eve in her house. However, the good spirit turns sour when some older ...

Actors : Evgeniy Mironov, Olga Ostroumova, Ekaterina Guseva, Sergey Makhovikov,
Directors : Nikolay Lebedev,

Actors : Jussi Puhakka, Kari Heiskanen, Jussi Lehtonen, Robert Enckell,
Directors : Olli Saarela,

Actors : Miki Narahashi, Akiko Yajima, Tamao Hayashi, Keiji Fujiwara,
Directors : Keiichi Hara,

The Nohara family gets involved in a dispute between two clans who are fighting to possess a sphere claimed to be able to bring back to life a powerful evil spirit.

Actors : Eva Herzig, Maria Schrader, Georges Kern, Andreas Lust,
Directors : Robert Dornhelm,

Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish. That causes chaos and hatred in the village.

Actors : James McCaffrey, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, LisaGay Hamilton, John Dossett,
Directors : Richard Mauro,

N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make ...