Films from the last 10 years have not been included on this list, and will be eligible in future updates when the moratorium has passed.
| Film | Actress | Year |
| 1. The Passion of Joan of Arc | Marie Falconetti | 1927 |
| 2. A Woman Under the Influence | Gena Rowlands | 1974 |
| 3. Breaking the Waves | Emily Watson | 1996 |
| 4. The Piano Teacher | Isabelle Huppert | 2001 |
| 5. La Strada | Giulietta Masina | 1954 |
| 6. Three Colours: Blue | Juliette Binoche | 1993 |
| 7. Casablanca | Ingrid Bergman | 1942 |
| 8. Black Swan | Natalie Portman | 2010 |
| 9. Possession | Isabelle Adjani | 1981 |
| 10. Double Indemnity | Barbara Stanwyck | 1944 |
| 11. In The Mood For Love | Maggie Cheung | 2000 |
| 12. Persona | Liv Ullmann | 1966 |
| 13. Requiem for a Dream | Ellen Burstyn | 2000 |
| 14. Mulholland Drive | Naomi Watts | 2001 |
| 15. Bringing up Baby | Katharine Hepburn | 1938 |
| 16. Dancer in the Dark | Björk | 2000 |
| 17. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Elizabeth Taylor | 1966 |
| 18. Rome, Open City | Anna Magnani | 1945 |
| 19. Rosemary’s Baby | Mia Farrow | 1968 |
| 20. Sophie’s Choice | Meryl Streep | 1982 |
| 21. Gone with the Wind | Vivien Leigh | 1939 |
| 22. Vivre sa Vie | Anna Karina | 1962 |
| 23. Annie Hall | Diane Keaton | 1977 |
| 24. The Wizard of Oz | Judy Garland | 1939 |
| 25. Jules and Jim | Jeanne Moreau | 1962 |
| 26. All About Eve | Bette Davis | 1950 |
| 27. Fargo | Frances McDormand | 1996 |
| 28. Cabaret | Liza Minnelli | 1950 |
| 29. Repulsion | Catherine Deneuve | 1965 |
| 30. Sunset Boulevard | Gloria Swanson | 1950 |
| 31. Safe | Julianne Moore | 1995 |
| 32. Melancholia | Kirsten Dunst | 2011 |
| 33. Scenes from a Marriage | Liv Ullmann | 1973 |
| 34. Notorious | Ingrid Bergman | 1946 |
| 35. Orlando | Tilda Swinton | 1992 |
| 36. Mad Max: Fury Road | Charlize Theron | 2015 |
| 37. Persona | Bibi Andersson | 1966 |
| 38. Hiroshima Mon Amour | Emmanuelle Riva | 1959 |
| 39. The Silence of the Lambs | Jodie Foster | 1991 |
| 40. Pierrot Le Fou | Anna Karina | 1965 |
| 41. His Girl Friday | Rosalind Russell | 1940 |
| 42. Nights of Cabiria | Giulietta Masina | 1957 |
| 43. The Wind | Lillian Gish | 1928 |
| 44. Red Desert | Monica Vitti | 1964 |
| 45. The Lady Eve | Barbara Stanwyck | 1941 |
| 46. Juliet of the Spirits | Giulietta Masina | 1965 |
| 47. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Kate Winslet | 2004 |
| 48. Pandora’s Box | Louise Brooks | 1929 |
| 49. Face to Face | Liv Ullmann | 1976 |
| 50. A Star is Born | Judy Garland | 1954 |
| 51. Cleo From 5 to 7 | Corinne Marchand | 1962 |
| 52. We Need To Talk About Kevin | Tilda Swinton | 2011 |
| 53. Blue Velvet | Isabella Rossellini | 1986 |
| 54. Chungking Express | Faye Wong | 1994 |
| 55. Vertigo | Kim Novak | 1958 |
| 56. The Graduate | Anne Bancroft | 1967 |
| 57. Before Sunset | Julie Delpy | 2004 |
| 58. Some Like it Hot | Marilyn Monroe | 1959 |
| 59. Carrie | Sissy Spacek | 1976 |
| 60. Pulp Fiction | Uma Thurman | 1994 |
| 61. The Piano | Holly Hunter | 1993 |
| 62. Johnny Guitar | Joan Crawford | 1954 |
| 63. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Carmen Maura | 1988 |
| 64. L’Eclisse | Monica Vitti | 1962 |
| 65. It Happened One Night | Claudette Colbert | 1934 |
| 66. The Silence | Ingrid Thulin | 1963 |
| 67. The Innocents | Deborah Kerr | 1961 |
| 68. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Janet Gaynor | 1927 |
| 69. Amelie | Audrey Tatou | 2001 |
| 70. Far From Heaven | Julianne Moore | 2002 |
| 71. The Blue Angel | Marlene Dietrich | 1930 |
| 72. Gone Girl | Rosamund Pike | 2014 |
| 73. Lovers on the Bridge | Juliette Binoche | 1991 |
| 74. The Philadelphia Story | Katharine Hepburn | 1940 |
| 75. The Green Ray | Marie Rivière | 1986 |
| 76. Before Midnight | Julie Delpy | 2013 |
| 77. Raging Bull | Cathy Moriarty | 1980 |
| 78. The Exorcist | Ellen Burstyn | 1973 |
| 79. Lost in Translation | Scarlett Johansson | 2004 |
| 80. The Apartment | Shirley MacLaine | 1960 |
| 81. The Third Man | Alida Valli | 1949 |
| 82. Cries and Whispers | Ingrid Thulin | 1972 |
| 83. Kill Bill | Uma Thurman | 2003-04 |
| 84. Lady Vengeance | Lee Young-ae | 2005 |
| 85. Body Heat | Kathleen Turner | 1981 |
| 86. The Deep Blue Sea | Rachel Weisz | 2011 |
| 87. Run Lola Run | Franka Potente | 1998 |
| 88. Carol | Cate Blanchett | 2015 |
| 89. Aliens | Sigourney Weaver | 1986 |
| 90. Pickup on South Street | Thelma Ritter | 1953 |
| 91. Broken Blossoms | Lillian Gish | 1919 |
| 92. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | Sheryl Lee | 1992 |
| 93. Letter From an Unknown Woman | Joan Fontaine | 1948 |
| 94. Chinatown | Faye Dunaway | 1974 |
| 95. Elevator to the Gallows | Jeanne Moreau | 1958 |
| 96. Doctor Zhivago | Julie Christie | 1965 |
| 97. Klute | Jane Fonda | 1971 |
| 98. Million Dollar Baby | Hilary Swank | 2004 |
| 99. Lola | Anouk Aimée | 1961 |
| 100. A Woman is a Woman | Anna Karina | 1961 |
No Cate Blanchett in Tar?
I haven’t included films from the past 10 years in these lists, so you won’t see anything from 2016 on.