| Lucy (2014) | 6.4 | |
| Salt (2010) | 6.5 | |
| Colombiana (2011) | 6.4 | |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 8.2 | |
| Gaudi Afternoon (2001) | 5.9 |
Kick-butt women movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant kick-butt women movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, sexy, stylized, serious, suspenseful and suspense films and TV shows about / with kick-butt women, chase, women, female protagonist, mentor, strong female lead, violence, dialogue, female fight and girls with guns plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as kick-butt women: The 355 (2022), Charlie's Angels (2000), Serenity (2005), Haywire (2011), Lucy (2014), The Brave One (2007), Hanna (2011), DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Point of No Return (1993), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).
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43K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, female spy, woman with a gun, female assassin, kick-butt women, female bonding, female warrior, mission, fight, spy, undercover ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
montmartre paris, berlin germany, shanghai, langley virginia, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Style:
sexy, teen, funny, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
women, female friendship, kick-butt women, martial arts, secret agent, spy, woman with a gun, female martial artist, undercover agent, heroine, satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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314K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl ...
Style:
futuristic, action packed, visually stunning, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, dystopia, space opera, escapades, spaceship, space adventure, outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, psychic, super soldier, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by ...
Style:
talky, brutal, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, one woman army, assassin, spy, kick-butt women, mercenary, espionage, rescue, chases and races, revenge, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., europe, usa, san diego california ...
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574K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
france, new york, paris france, berlin germany, rome italy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Style:
suspense, detective, realistic, serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, vengeance, revenge, vigilantism, woman with a gun, female vigilante, corpse, death, self defense, police station, woman kills a man, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Is relevant?
214K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
teenage girl, hitman, spy, strong female lead, assassin, cia, vengeance, female warrior, chase, female protagonist, woman with a gun, espionage ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, berlin germany, africa, germany, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, action packed, action adventure, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, female martial artist, kick-butt women, female protagonist, ninja, competition, female fighter, tournament, woman with a gun, female warrior, master warrior, assassin ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female spy, killer, female killer, female warrior, espionage, female martial artist, tough girl, murder, contract killer, death penalty ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, california, europe, venice ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, hitman, christmas, terrorism, strong female lead, female protagonist, chase, female assassin, conspiracy, kick-butt women, cia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, new england ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against ...
Style:
apocalyptic, gothic, suspense, splatter, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, monster, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, epidemic, virus, survival horror, dark heroine, mutant, distopia, strong female lead, evil corporation ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2000s
Is relevant?
137K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, Brazil, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, dystopia, woman with a gun, secret movement, cyberpunk, strong female lead, rebelliousness, superheroine, dystopian future, female killer, kick-butt women ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hitman, one woman army, martial arts, female assassin, chase, tough girl, female martial artist, hacker, violence, kung fu, female secret agent, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, intense, action thriller ...
Plot:
underground fighting, martial arts, female wrestler, kidnapping, kidnapped woman, kick-butt women, female empowerment, human trafficking, revolt, fight, organized crime, female protagonist ...
Is relevant?
260K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Style:
surreal, sexy, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
alternate reality, steampunk, imagination, lobotomy, escape from reality, surrealism, escape, violence, murder, sexual abuse, girl gang, dream ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
vermont
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Magali (Béatrice Romand), forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine (Alexia Portal) and Isabelle (Marie Rivière) both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
Style:
meditative, witty, melancholic, art house, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wine, friendship, kick-butt women, autumn, women, matchmaking, starting over, midlife crisis, human nature, parents and children, love, wedding ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
france, south of france, europe, london, paris france ...
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Switzerland, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Style:
serious, sexy, atmospheric, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superheroine, assassin, vigilante, supernatural, female assassin, heroes, martial arts, woman with a gun, female protagonist, danger, uninhibited rivalry, youth ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she’s engaged to a guy who doesn’t like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and ...
Style:
romantic, witty, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
romantic friendship, dating, in love, kick-butt women, love story, relationships, love, happy ending, friendship, sex in car, storytelling, dialogue ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
Style:
entertaining, stylized, sexy, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
private detective, female spy, kick-butt women, female martial artist, female agent, woman with a gun, undercover, female warrior, secret agent, martial arts, tough girl, kickass women ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mongolia, california, usa, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and ...
Style:
futuristic, sexy, visually stunning, action packed, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, one woman army, female protagonist, heroic mission, rescue, heroine, dystopia, strong female lead, kick-butt women, dystopian future, chases and races, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2006
Is relevant?
342K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some ...
Style:
apocalyptic, satanic, exciting, splatter, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, monster, post apocalypse, infected, undead, mutation, blood, kick-butt women, strong female lead, female martial artist, female warrior, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, future
Place:
los angeles, usa, tokyo, california, japan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Kate attends her estranged sister's bachelorette party at the request of their dying father. The weekend, held at a remote cabin booked on a home sharing app, turns into a savage life-or-death struggle that pits family against family, and past ...
Style:
bloody, brutal, cynical, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
women, kick-butt women, serial killer, survival horror, female warrior, female assassin, female murderer, sister sister relationship, female friendship, struggle for survival, violence, gory ...
Is relevant?
307K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain ...
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, splatter, saga ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infected, virus, zombie apocalypse, artificial intelligence, monster, survival, experiment gone awry, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, bio weapon, gory ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2002, near future, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Style:
epic, visually stunning, colorful, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, master warrior, sword, kung fu, female martial artist, tough girl, swords and armor, warrior, hand to hand combat, unspoken love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, 2000s, 19th century, 17th century ...
Place:
china, beijing china, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, infected, female fighter, virus, tough girl, infection, zombie apocalypse, pandemic, chase, monster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
washington d.c., tokyo, new york, moscow russia, canada ...
Is relevant?
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, stylized, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, female killer, hitman, professional killer, woman with a gun, espionage, female agent, working undercover, spy, femme fatale, secret government organization ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A trio of Tomb Raider, Hu Ba Yi, Shirley Yang and Wang Pang Zi explore a mysterious tomb in the Shaanxi region.
Style:
entertaining, stylized, intense, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
kick-butt women, expedition, artifact, archaeology, adventurer, ancient, tomb, secret place, escapades, peril, female protagonist, tombs and skeletons ...
Place:
china
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