Female vigilante movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female vigilante movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, independent film, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing and rough films and TV shows about / with female vigilante, revenge, murder, female protagonist, vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, violence, strong female lead and woman with a gun plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female vigilante: Peppermint (2018), Ms .45 (1981), Sweet/Vicious (2016), Revenge (2017), Girls Against Boys (2012), Bound to Vengeance (2015), I Spit on Your Grave (1978), The Brave One (2007), Jolt (2021), Savage Streets (1984).
Best films
New films
| Sayen (2023) | 4.7 | |
| Asking for It (2021) | 3.8 | |
| Jolt (2021) | 5.6 | |
| I'll steal your family (2021) | 7.9 | |
| Revolver (2024) | 5.5 |
List of female vigilante movies
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style:
brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, female warrior, female protagonist, female vigilante, female assassin, justice, dark heroine, revenge killing, one woman army, corruption, mercilessness ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, surprise ending, controversial ...
Plot:
revenge, rape, vigilante, sexualized violence, female vigilante, femme fatale, murder, vigilantism, rape and revenge, vengeance, one woman army, sexual abuse ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min.
TV show
Story:
Jules balances her life of being a college student, while serving up vigilante justice on her school's campus. Until Ophelia, a computer hacker, discovers her secret and entangles herself in Jules' quest for vengeance.
Style:
not serious, humorous, entertaining, light
Audience:
teens
Plot:
girl power, abuse, college, vigilante, revenge, sexual assault, female friendship, bullying, female student, student life, young adult, female vigilante ...
Is relevant?
64K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly — and viciously — intensifies, ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, tense, bloody, minimal cast ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
revenge, rape, survival, female protagonist, rape and revenge, female vigilante, manhunt, strong female character, brutality, desert, danger, chase ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of bad experiences with men, Shae teams up with her co-worker, Lu, who has a simple, deadly way of dealing with the opposite sex.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, sexual ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sexualized violence, vigilante, rape and revenge, woman with a gun, revenge, vigilantism, female protagonist, female friendship, rape victim, female nudity, rape ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young woman, Eve, fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, bloody, scary ...
Plot:
revenge, female vigilante, serial rapist, female killer, kidnapping, vengeance, sex slave, captive, abduction, murder, human trafficking, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, splatter, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, rape, rape and revenge, revenge, brutality, sex, macabre, sexual abuse, cruelty, violence, sexualized violence, female vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, england, europe, germany, new england ...
Is relevant?
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?
39K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, smart, dark comedy ...
Plot:
strong female lead, female vigilante, anger management, female assassin, cia, female protagonist, murder, murder mystery, anger issues, revenge, cia agent, female warrior ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
sexy, slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, female vigilante, rape, tough girl, violence against women, sexualized violence, violence, nudity, vigilante, payback, strong female lead ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, scary, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, violence, rape, revenge, rapist, sexual abuse, serial killer, danger, female vigilante, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A beautiful young martial arts expert stops a vicious street gang from robbing her grandparents' house. The gang marks her for murder, but her grandparents are killed instead. The girl sets out to take her revenge on the gang.
Style:
action adventure, independent film
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, female vigilante, one woman army, vengeance, vigilante justice, martial arts, female fighter, female martial artist, woman fights a man, erotica, female fight ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She’s changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend’s murderer goes ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, psychological, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vengeance, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, rape victim, mad woman, female vigilante, rapist, rape, murder, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
A hyper-noir story that follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gear-heads.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, bloody, disturbing ...
Plot:
gang leader, female warrior, gang, revenge, vengeance, murder, brutality, danger, adaptation, violence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free- all the while fueling a vivid thesis exhibition.
Style:
detective, psychological, suspense, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, rape, art student, femme fatale, art class, rape and revenge, murder, female vigilante, violence, party, female psychopath ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sister, vengeance, female protagonist, revenge, rape, female soldier, female warrior, soldier, vigilantism, war veteran, army ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, marseille, paris france, nice france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Naturally beautiful, Katie has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, disturbing, grindhouse, splatter ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, rape and revenge, rape, revenge, sexual abuse, violence, torture, rapist, rape victim, nudity, gang rape, female vigilante ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, europe, bulgaria
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alluring young Scarlet Silk is a vengeful hooker gone crazy after her parents murder, and being stabbed several times. The audacious naughty teen changes her destiny near death by discovering a mysterious crate from the Amazon jungle left behind by ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
amazon jungle, female warrior, female vigilante, revenge, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, female protagonist, murderer, killing, vigilante, poison ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, violence, feminist, vengeance, murder, double life, death of friend, brutality, sexism, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, nebraska, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
What if your friends were lying traitors who want to make your life a living hell? When Marissa discovers this brutal reality on her 18th birthday she decides to take action, longing for justice and revenge. And she is not the only one …
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, brutality, murder, betrayal, fighting crime, vengeance, female vigilante, criminal, violence, chase, danger, organized crime ...
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade ...
Style:
erotic, grim, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
female killer, female vigilante, vigilante, woman with a gun, female psychopath, serial killer, rape, erotica, female serial killer, revenge killing, killing spree, revenge ...
Place:
brighton, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After masked attackers kill her sister and young nephew, a female psychologist takes the law into her own hands by acting as a defense witness by day and a ruthless avenger by night.
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, detective, independent film
Plot:
female vigilante, one woman army, female fighter, strong female lead, revenge, anti heroine, female martial artist, female warrior, sex scene, corrupt cop, violence, vigilante ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one woman army, female martial artist, martial arts, tough girl, female vigilante, female killer, missing person, woman kills a man, vigilante, kick-butt women, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
puerto rico, south america, dominican republic, caribbean
Is relevant?
173
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, detective
Plot:
female police detective, female vigilante, murder investigation, police officer, police detective, drug deal, murder, nypd, who done it, partner, partners against crime, chase ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, bloody, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
violence, revenge, vengeance, murder, female vigilante, serial killer, torture, prison, violent, kidnapping, female protagonist, justice ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, australia, east asia, asia, korea ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A woman is brutally raped by four men, and she plans to seek vengeance. After five years, she hasn't gotten over it yet, and she and her friend are again raped by four men. This time, she tracks them down and finally has her revenge.
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, independent film, f word
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, revenge, serial killer, vigilante, female vigilante, bad girl, female serial killer, female nudity, rapist comeuppance, mental patient, woman in peril ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
Style:
sexy, independent film, grindhouse, controversial, psychological thriller
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, revenge, strong female lead, sexualized violence, vigilante, female vigilante, female protagonist, girl gang, female psychopath, feminism, psychotic ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Style:
grindhouse, sexy, cult classic, hood, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, vigilante, rape, female vigilante, black hero, rape victim, female exploitation, gangster, exploitation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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