Female antagonist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female antagonist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with female antagonist, female protagonist, female villain, villainess, mother daughter relationship, murder, violence, teenager, family relations and fight plots mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female antagonist: Dirty Teacher (2013), Edge of Desire (2017), Barbarian (2022), The Endgame (2022), The Wrong Mommy (2019), Snow White (2025), Crush (2013), Matilda: The Musical (2022), Run (2020), Darkside Witches (2015).
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List of female antagonist movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up.
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teacher student sex, female teacher, woman with a gun, older woman younger man sex, female antagonist, bitch, homicidal maniac, teachers and students, teacher, misunderstanding, frame up, murder ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young man falls for a seductive, confident woman who performs as a mermaid, and actually believes to be one.
Style:
novela, soap opera, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
professional wrestling, police, female fighter, female antagonist, criminal, policewoman, female protagonist, police officer, ambition, direction and purpose, ambitious woman, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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254K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but ...
Style:
psychological horror, scary, suspense, spooky, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
basement, secret passageway, locked in a room, fear, kidnapping, secret room, locked in, psychopath, rape, serial rapist, terror, serial killer ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
detroit, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A high-stakes thriller about Elena Federova, a very recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who even in captivity orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists, and Val Turner, the principled, relentless and ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
female criminal, female villain, police detective, female detective, female thief, crime boss, female antagonist, female protagonist, bandit, hitman, mafia, truth ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After receiving a promotion and more responsibility at work, Melanie decides to hire Phoebe as her personal assistant. Smart and cunning, Phoebe has an ulterior motive for taking the job and a twisted plan for revenge involving Melanie's mother.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense
Plot:
sociopathy, female antagonist, hypocritical woman, obsession, mother daughter relationship, assertive woman, nanny, ambitious woman, villainess, lie, manipulation, lifestyle ...
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394K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's ...
Style:
fairy tale, motion capture, surprise ending, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
poison, princess, evil queen, tyrant, female antagonist, love, narcissism, vanity, cruelty, witch, jealous woman, tyranny ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
germany
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7K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.
Style:
sexy, psychological thriller, slasher, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, stalking, high school, female stalker, female psychopath, secret admirer, depression, bicycle, portrait, unrequited love, female bully, voyeur ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
singing, genius, female antagonist, library, child prodigy, escape artist, precocious child, circus, dysfunctional family, villain, heroes, child protagonist ...
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111K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
overprotective parent, bad mother, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, woman in a wheelchair, single mother, terror, lie, revenge, female antagonist, disability, teenage life ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington state
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In 1589, six innocent women were accused from the inquisition of witchery in the small ligurian mountain.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
witch, female antagonist, inquisition, demon, exorcist, false accusation, vatican, deal with the devil, revenge, ghost, murder, killing ...
Time:
year 2009
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481K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style:
teen, feel good, light, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, teenage girl, teenage life, fish out of water, adolescence, high school life, bullying, popularity, jealousy, friendship, female friendship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, africa, usa, pennsylvania ...
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310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Renee's shy teenage daughter Deandra finally makes a friend, Olivia, she is thrilled. After Olivia's initial bossiness turns into emotional abuse, Renee forbids the relationship from continuing, prompting the girls to run away ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, best friend, female antagonist, female protagonist, psychopath, high school, murder, friendship, danger, couples, youth, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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540K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, romantic, 3d animation, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, love and romance, love, horse, strong female character, power of love, female protagonist, unlikely couple, queen ...
Time:
year 2010, 19th century, 17th century, 2010s, 1810s
Place:
fictional island, europe, germany
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, ...
Style:
cyber, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
female psychopath, fan, obsession, love story, danger, teenage boy, meeting, stalking, stalker, teenage murderer, unrequited love, manipulative woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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17K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls, both named Marie, decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them. This freewheeling, madcap ...
Style:
psychedelic, avant garde, surreal, experimental, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, female friendship, feminism, flapper, nihilism, feminist, absurd humor, female protagonist, female antagonist, teenage girl, women, satire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, prague, europe
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70K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, underage drinking, basement, mental health, group of friends, twists and turns, teenage girl, psychopath, teenager, social network, female psychopath, teen drinking ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.
Style:
captivating, exciting, sincere, semi serious, anime ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, teen fantasy, preschool
Plot:
princess, good versus evil, friendship, teenage life, magic wand, butterfly, magical girl, youth, family relations, imaginary, high school life, portal ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Single mother Chloe has her life turned upside down when her younger sister, Sadie, comes home after a long, unexplained absence. Though Sadie seems to want to settle in with her sister and 17-year-old niece, it soon becomes apparent that she may ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, single mother, female antagonist, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, aunt niece relationship, troubled, mentally unstable woman, male female relationship, relationships, plan, family problems ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
child murderess, mother daughter relationship, murder, psychopath, female antagonist, violence, emotional manipulation, psychological abuse, control, family drama, motherhood, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, cute, saga, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, magical creature, fairy, strong female character, princess, kingdom, witchcraft, mother daughter conflict, wizards and magicians, magical, evil queen, fictional kingdom ...
Time:
year 2019, medieval times
Place:
europe, united kingdom, france
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a classical czech fairy tale.
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, captivating, crying, exciting ...
Plot:
rivalry, female protagonist, supernatural power, egocentric woman, family relations, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, hysterical woman, teenage protagonist, psychological manipulation, magical power, sister sister relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a retired high-school teacher and at this point in life has various foibles that complicate life for his son and daughter-in-law. Moreover, he has a ...
Style:
road movie, light, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Plot:
egoism, parent child relationship, family relations, female antagonist, vanity, humiliation, father son relationship, female protagonist, egocentrism, bossy woman, old people, teacher ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The on going Vampire saga that started with Vampires: Brighter in Darkness, Vampires: Lucas Rising tells the tale of the immortals Lucas Delmore and Toby Brighter and their fight to defend their Love and Mankind.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, psychotronic, scary
Plot:
gay, vampire, genocide, blood, female antagonist, couple relations, male nudity, love and romance, killing, violence, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ambitious young go-getter Ben Caruso signs on with sexy corporate headhunter Sarah Tierney. Sarah gets Ben a new job with great pay working the graveyard shift. However, Ben soon discovers that Sarah is a witch and his coworkers are the tormented ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, supernatural thriller, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, supernatural, witch, female antagonist, struggle for survival, supernatural horror, survival, survival horror, mysticism, evil witch, manipulation, decapitation ...
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180K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her ...
Style:
slasher, tense, captivating, terrifying, cyber ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, doll, robot, female robot, sentient robot, robot human relationship, talking robot, killer robot, robotics, humanoid robot, orphan, killer doll ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, washington state, seattle
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumatized Tess escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of horrifying ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
search for mother, child abduction, female protagonist, postpartum depression, doctor, morgue, murder, stillborn child, killing in self defense, darkroom, electrocution, therapy ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A manipulative mother increases her plotting to stay in control.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
female villain, in laws, political intrigue, political manipulation, political conspiracy, investigative journalism, political unrest, family secret, female assassin, assassination plot, manipulative person, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
sherlock holmes, sleuth, palace intrigue, intrigue, blackmail, cat versus mouse, female villain, uncover truth, king, crime investigation, investigation, teamwork ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Deb, a successful editor, sends Dan on an assignment out of town just as he has just moved into his dream home. When he meets Kristin, his problem is solved because she seems like the perfect house sitter. However, his problems are just beginning as ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
romantic obsession, relationship problems, problem, obsession, love interest, lifestyle change, male female relationship, pretense, relationships, female antagonist, psychological manipulation, stalker ...
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