Best Female Lead movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis,
Directors : John Patrick Shanley,

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

Actors : Elliot Cowan, Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Actors : Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Lubna Azabal, Mustafa Kamel,
Directors : Denis Villeneuve,

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

Actors : Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Su Elliot, Jamie Bell,
Directors : Cary Fukunaga,

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Freddie Spry, Jack Nielen, Kristen Stewart,
Directors : Pablo Larraín,

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer, struggling with mental health problems, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.

Actors : María Cecilia Botero, Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo,

A young Colombian girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Tom Wilkinson, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth,
Directors : Peter Webber,

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt,
Directors : David Frankel,

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Andrew Simpson, Judi Dench,
Directors : Richard Eyre,

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Actors : Amy Adams, Chris Messina, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Lesley Manville, Sharlto Copley,
Directors : Robert Stromberg,

A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.

Actors : Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Simon McBurney, Sean Bean,

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
Directors : William Friedkin,

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Actors : Daniel Durant, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones,
Directors : Sian Heder,

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Actors : Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Michael Cera, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Aaron Sorkin,

The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans,
Directors : Darren Aronofsky,

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Vadim Perelman,

An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her home's new owners.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter,
Directors : Tim Burton,

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Actors : William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Peter Finch,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.