Female villain movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant female villain movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, disturbing, surprise ending and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with female villain, murder, villainess, violence, danger, blood, death, kidnapping, female psychopath and psychopath plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female villain: Knock Knock (2015), Misery (1990), The Endgame (2022), What Keeps You Alive (2018), Scorned (1993), High Tension (2003), Greta (2018), Soft Bullets (2014), FANatic (2017), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018).

List of female villain movies

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 4.9
 104K
Knock Knock (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Chile, Israel, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Style: sexy, suspense, psychological, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: home invasion, rape, torture, sex scene, female villain, seductress, nudity, married man, threesome, infidelity, one night stand, seduction ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, chile
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 7.8
 234K
Misery (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: insanity, obsession, psychopath, hostage, stephen king, loneliness, snow, kidnapping, isolation, torture, writers, obsessed fan ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
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 6.9
 7K
The Endgame (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, sexy
Plot: female villain, female criminal, police detective, female thief, female antagonist, female protagonist, crime boss, female detective, bandit, hitman, mafia, truth ...
Place: new york
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What Keeps You Alive (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
Style: queer horror, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: forest, female villain, human prey, psychopath, vacation gone wrong, female killer, lesbian couple, murder, psychotic, survival, betrayal, unrequited love ...
Place: canada
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 5.2
 2K
Scorned (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A vengeful widow is out to seduce the relatives of the man she blames for her husband's death.
Style: erotic, serious, realistic, psychosexual thriller, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: femme fatale, erotica, sexual relations, female rapist, dysfunctional family, first sexual experience, lesbian seduction, seduction, lesbianism, female villain, mother son conflict, lesbian sex ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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 6.7
 77K
High Tension (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, gory, macabre, home invasion, psycho killer, kidnapping, torture, insanity, survival, killing spree, disturbed individual, murder ...
Time: year 2003, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place: france, south of france, europe
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 6.0
 38K
Greta (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young woman returns an elderly widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers her elder might not be all that she seems.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, trapped, stalker, stalking, female villain, obsessive love, murder, obsession, psychopath, held captive, roommate, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Place: new york, usa, paris france, france
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 7.8
 34
Soft Bullets (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Asya, Boyana, Iren and Vera are assassins working for S.T.A.R. Will they succeed in finding the killer of their boss?
Style: exciting, suspense, rough, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: killer, tragedy, prison, murder, murderer, female villain, violence, femme fatale, cruelty, older man younger woman relationship, judge, bomb ...
Time: 90s, future
Place: bulgaria
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 4.4
 419
FANatic (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tess is the female lead in a very successful Sci-Fi series. She longs to escape from the sexist and stereotypical role that has given her fame but no one around her can believe she would leave a starring role. When a photo leaks that suggests her ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: female villain, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, sexism, female psychopath, problem, relationship problems, unfaithful husband, infidelity, murder, producer, theft ...
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The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Style: exciting, buddy comedy, funny, captivating, action comedy ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: spy, female villain, save the day, cia agent, female friendship, female assassin, naked man, ruse, female protagonist, chase, fall in love, shootout ...
Time: future
Place: paris france, prague, austria, los angeles, tokyo ...
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The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Style: exciting, stylized, entertaining, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: car, racing, car race, chase, female villain, fast car, kidnapping, spy, car chase, fight, street racing, redemption ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, havana cuba, berlin germany, russia ...
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 7.8
 688K
Get Out (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: racism, hypnosis, kidnapping, brainwashing, interracial romance, survival, paranoia, missing person, african american, female villain, revenge, african american protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, future, 21st century
Place: indiana, brooklyn new york city, new york
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 6.2
 38K
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, psychopath, serial killer, youth, murder, bullying, rivalry, teenage life, danger, mental illness, female villain, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 2016
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The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding ...
Style: scary, creepy, bloody, grindhouse, suspense ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, torture, revenge, killer clown, sheriff, murder, kidnapping, brutality, gory, female villain, maniac ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place: texas, austin texas, bolivia, usa
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 5.8
 10K
Nightbooks (2021)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Style: suspense, dark, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: witch, evil wizard, female villain, friendship, library, writers, spell, magical, cat, evil witch, attempted escape, captivity ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, action adventure, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: schoolboy, excalibur, teenage protagonist, medieval, boy hero, magic, friends, magician, eclipse, legend, destiny, chivalry ...
Time: middle ages, future, medieval times
Place: cornwall, britain, london
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style: gothic, psychological, psychological thriller, psychological horror, scary ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, jealousy, sibling rivalry, child star, filmmaking, aging, dysfunctional family, actress, violence, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1935, year 1917, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles, america, california, usa
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 4.9
 50K
Seed of Chucky (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.
Style: slasher, dark comedy, black comedy, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: killer doll, murder, supernatural, gory, evil doll, urban legend, serial killer, female villain, doll, pregnancy, objects come to life, filmmaking ...
Time: year 2004, 90s, year 1998, 2000s
Place: england, usa, europe, los angeles
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 4.9
 4K
Exorcismus (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Fifteen-year-old Emma Evans is like any other teenage girl; she thinks that her parents don´t understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Plot: demon, possession, supernatural, exorcism, female villain, demonic possession, parents and children, danger, supernatural ability, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, hypnosis ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.0
 217K
Basic Instinct (1992)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style: sexy, erotic, neo noir, sexual, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, sex, manipulation, serial killer, nudity, seduction, murder, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, hot and sexy, strong sexual content ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, persia, california, oakland california ...
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The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Style: humorous, cult classic, funny, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: musketeer, swashbuckler, female villain, three musketeers, sword fight, fencing, vengeance, strangulation, murder, royalty, seduction, sorcery ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, england, italy, europe, paris france
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Tactical Force (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swat team, rivalry, gang, danger, law enforcement, confined, female warrior, swat, tough heroes, mission gone awry, male female relationship, fbi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, british columbia, los angeles
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style: psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, fighting the system, human spirit, insanity, freedom, psychiatrist, unlikely friendships, psychopath, society, nurse, escaped mental patient ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
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 7.7
 490K
Tangled (2010)
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, uplifting, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, female protagonist, love and romance, horse, happy ending, power of love, unlikely couple, magical, strong female character ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 19th century, 17th century, 1810s
Place: fictional island, germany
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
Style: dark fantasy, suspenseful, tense, captivating, saga ...
Plot: superhero, multiverse, alternate universe, magical power, interdimensional travel, giant snake, power, parallel universe, sorcerer, comic book, monster, female villain ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, murder, female villain, evil child, holy communion, blood, psychopath, child molester, child, female serial killer, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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 6.7
 8K
Shrew's Nest (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: agoraphobia, murder, female psychopath, religion, father daughter relationship, isolation, sister sister relationship, incest, mentally unstable, obsession, danger, hidden ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place: madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, spain
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 7.3
 263K
Cruella (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to ...
Style: light, fairy tale, visually appealing, captivating, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: fashion, robbery, villain, female villain, personality change, fashion designer, lifestyle change, villainess, dalmatian, designer, life is a bitch, change of heart ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, future, year 1965
Place: london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
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Auntie Danielle (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Tatie Danielle is a black comedy about a widow who is intent on ruining the lives of her great-nephew and his wife. Tsilla Chelton plays the title character, who mourns the death of her husband by tormenting everyone she meets. Eventually, she moves ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, cynical, biting ...
Plot: elderly, female villain, journalist, friendship, governess, society, master and servant, uninvited guest, family relations, family problems, dark humor, eccentric family ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, greece, france
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 5.1
 568
Side Effect (2020)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, scary ...
Plot: a vision, paranormal phenomena, murder, missing person, chase, violence, home invasion, fear, husband wife relationship, mission, evil, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
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