2018 was a great year for women in motion-picture show . There were dozens of flick that featured women as leads or co - leads , and , in fact , movies with distaff lede did betterthan movies with male leads at the box office . If you ’re search to check that you ’ve seen all of the best movie with female leads from 2018 , we ’ve got you covered . While there were many powerful and well - made indie films that featured women , too , we ’ve collect a list of all of the blockbuster films that featured distaff leads in 2018 .

TOMB RAIDER

Starring Alicia Vikander , Tomb Raideris a moving-picture show version of the pop video game series . In the flick , Lara Croft goes on an risky venture to work the disappearing of her father . While this might not have been the most award - winning or groundbreaking film , it was an action movie with a distaff atomic number 82 , a trend that has become more popular over the years . Fans of the video game also had the chance to see a pet game character issue forth to spirit on the big screen .

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

In this sequel to Mary Poppins , Michael Banks and his baby are all grow up . When life looks dreaded , a visit from their magical childhood nanny , Mary Poppins , turns things around . Starring Emily Blunt , this impulsive return to the earth of Mary Poppins was delightful and nostalgic . Blunt did a corking job channeling Julie Andrews while also allow for her own mark on this iconic quality .

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN

The motion-picture show that featured distaff lead story in 2018 were all very unlike . From romantic comedy to sci - fi   to period dramas , womanhood were on the screen as main character reference across many genre .

Mamma Mia ! Here We Go Againwas a fun and refreshing take and sequel starring Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep . While not a groundbreaking film , this picture was a catchy , upbeat melodious that was better than the master .

ON THE BASIS OF SEX

In this biopic , Felicity Jones plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her young year as an attorney and mother who deals with obstacles because of her sexuality . This film explore RBG ’s lifespan and her activism tie in to women’s liberation movement and equal rights . On the Basis of Sexspecifically covers Ruth Bader Ginsburg fill on an important tax case with her married man . This movie is relevant today and a testament to the enduring legacy of Super Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg .

HEREDITARY

repulsion motion picture are notorious for featuring women in roles that show them as less than competent or as caricatures , but horror movies of today are much more complex and inclusive than that . Hereditarystars Toni Collette and is a repugnance motion picture about crime syndicate trauma and grief . The film follow the Graham home after the matriarch die out , leaving her girl and grandchild to figure out all of the direful secrets of their family history .

A SIMPLE FAVOR

A Simple Favoris a cinema that mix up genre . It ’s half amorous - comedy and one-half thrilled , and overall not what you would gestate .

This movie stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively . Kendrick plays Stephanie , an cheerful mommy vlogger , who is leave with many questions after the fade of her occult respectable friend , Emily . The movie takes the audience on many hilarious bend and turns and is also full of some suspenseful and surprising present moment , proving that women can lead the way in some of the most interesting motion-picture show of the Clarence Day .

WIDOWS

Widowsfeatures a star - stud cast including Viola Davis and Liam Neeson . After a confrontation with constabulary leaves four thieves drained after an assay robbery , their four widows are ram to ring together to pull off a rip-off so they can get out of the debt their husbands left them in . Viola Davis plays the leader of these windowpane , Veronica , and brings another herculean , complex performance to the cover .

ANNIHILATION

Annihilationwas unquestionably one of the unknown and most experimental blockbuster picture of 2018 . This sci - fi cinema was based on the novel serial publication by Jeff VanderMeer and has a cast packed full of various , gifted adult female . This movie does n’t offer many answers , but instead leave many question opened to rendition and is a metaphor about many thing such as grief , injury , and loss .

Starring Natalie Portman , Tessa Thompson , Gina Rodriguez , and more , Annihilationis trial impression that all genres can benefit from including talented actresses and that woman - led sci - fi films can be extremely successful .

A STAR IS BORN

A Star Is Bornwas definitely one of the most peach about movies of 2018 . This remaking of the classic Judy Garland ( and then Barbra Streisand ) film star Lady Gaga as Ally .

While Bradley Cooper also co - starred , Lady Gaga was really the person who carried this film along . merge her performing talents and outspoken skills , A Star Is Bornwas a memorable and likeable film mostly because of Gaga ’s performance along with the chemistry between her and Cooper .

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

While a wild-eyed drollery might be the most typical musical genre you would expect a woman to take , Crazy Rich Asianswasn’t your typical rom - com . This delicious motion picture ground on the book of the same name starred Constance Wu as Rachel Chu and was an crucial instant for Asiatic histrionics in Hollywood . With a talented cast of Asian actors and actresses and a fun story with beautiful visuals , Crazy Rich Asiansis an example of how all genres can be made just by including woman and other minorities .

Ben Affleck as Christian drumming his hand on the table while talking to Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s Marybeth in The Accountant 2

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In a dusty landscape Finn stares out into the distance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, Emma Stone as Abigail Hill, and Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in The Favourite.

Lara Croft aims a bow and arrow

Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins in the Mary Poppins Returns poster

Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried in Mamma Mia 2

On the Basis of Sex poster with Felicity Jones

Toni Collette in Hereditary

A Simple Favor Movie Photo featuring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick side by side

Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) crying on Veronica’s (Viola Davis) shoulder in Widows

Actresses Tuva Novotny and Natalie Portman in 2018 sci-fi film "Annihilation" directed by Alex Garland

Allie smiling in A Star Is Born

Crazy Rich Asians Wedding Scene

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