Strong female character movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant strong female character movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with strong female character, strong female lead, female protagonist, women, woman, feminist, danger, murder, betrayal and death plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as strong female character: Revenge (2017), One for the Money (2012), Aeon Flux (2005), Enough (2002), Hidden Figures (2016), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Revenge (2011), G.I. Jane (1997), Black and White Love (2017), Close (2019).

List of strong female character movies

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 6.4
 48K
Revenge (2017)
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, tense, bloody, minimal cast, post-horror ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: revenge, survival, rape, strong female character, rape and revenge, manhunt, female protagonist, desert, chase, danger, brutality, female vigilante ...
Time: 2010s
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One for the Money (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some ...
Style: romantic, exciting, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: investigation, strong female character, couples, strong female lead, bounty hunter, enemies to lovers, verbal byplay, escapades, battle of the sexes, fight scenes, police investigation, life philosophy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, pittsburgh, usa
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Style: exciting, semi serious, dark fantasy, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot: strong female character, archaeologist, mummy, egyptology, adventurer, obsessive quest, adventuress, sister sister relationship, pterodactyl, dinosaur, steampunk, monster ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2010, victorian era
Place: egypt, paris france, france, europe
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 5.4
 132K
Aeon Flux (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil, Italy
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, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: strong female character, female protagonist, woman with a gun, secret movement, strong female lead, cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, rebelliousness, rebellion, superheroine, superhero ...
Time: future, near future, 2000s
Place: berlin germany
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min.
Story: This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, rough, clever ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, hacker, investigation, rape, murder mystery, sexual abuse, missing person, journalist, strong female character, twists and turns, murder investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 60s, year 1966, 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, london
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 5.8
 47K
Enough (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, scary ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: domestic violence, abusive relationship, violence against women, self defense, violent husband, strong female character, abusive husband, life is a bitch, woman in danger, husband wife relationship, revenge, stalking ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
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 7.8
 125K
Revenge (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style: captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: high society, vengeance, pretense, hidden identity, strong female character, twists and turns, revenge, enemy, half sister, suspicion, haunted by the past, victim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 6.0
 87K
G.I. Jane (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
Style: suspense, political, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: strong female lead, strong female character, military, female soldier, fighting the system, army, soldier, feminism, female protagonist, basic training, female leader, officers and cadets ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya, middle east
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Black and White Love (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story: Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style: emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, light ...
Plot: opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, rescue, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, strong female character, self sacrifice, marriage, doctor ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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 5.7
 27K
Close (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.
Style: suspense, disturbing, sincere, psychological, perverse ...
Plot: heiress, female protagonist, strong female character, bodyguard, female bodyguard, female warrior, one woman army, tough girl, kidnapping, mother daughter relationship, strong female lead, ak 47 ...
Time: 2010s
Place: morocco, england, sudan, africa
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 6.4
 57K
Before I Fall (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
Style: bad ending, suspense, teen, sweet, meditative ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: time loop, teenager, female protagonist, friendship, bullying, strong female character, dying repeatedly, public humiliation, stereotypes, mean girl, redemption, death ...
Time: year 2017
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Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style: exciting, serious, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: female protagonist, superhero, investigation, private detective, strong female character, imaginary, lawyer, strong female lead, super powers, violence, good versus evil, supernatural power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.3
 143K
The Shallows (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.
Style: scary, minimal cast, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, creature feature, trapped, killer shark, shark attack, ocean, beach, sea, stranded ...
Time: year 2016, future, 2010s
Place: mexico, texas, tijuana mexico
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 7.5
 82K
Miss Sloane (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Style: political, suspense, clever, tense, intellectual ...
Plot: twists and turns, politics, lobbyist, career woman, courtroom, determination, lawyer, female protagonist, strong female lead, world politics, strong female character, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., maryland, chicago, charleston south carolina, michigan ...
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 8.1
 132K
Killing Eve (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style: exciting, tense, dark comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, psychopath, female protagonist, psycho killer, investigation, woman with a gun, female assassin, peril, odd couple, obsession, lesbian love ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: london, europe
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 7.3
 79K
Blindspot (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, detective, deep ...
Audience: teens
Plot: puzzle, investigation, fbi, memory loss, twists and turns, strong female character, terrorist, killings, tattoo, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, chicago
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Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
Style: humorous, clever, offbeat, realistic, erotic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison, prison life, lesbian relationship, life turned upside down, lesbian love, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian interest, gender ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: idaho, new york state, usa, new york
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, minimal cast, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, kidnapping, bunker, ufo, strong female character, survivalist, end of the world, bomb shelter, conspiracy theory ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
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 7.3
 696K
Wonder Woman (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style: visually stunning, period piece, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, world war one, strong female character, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, fight scenes, tough girl, heroes, strong female lead, super powers ...
Time: 1910s, year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1918
Place: london, ancient greece, tower bridge london, paris france, ottoman empire ...
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 7.8
 29K
The Closer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 6.4
 531K
Lucy (2014)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, USA, 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, surreal, philosophical, intellectual, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, intelligence, tough girl, brain capacity, supernatural ability, experimental drug, telekinesis, telepathy, strong female lead, superhuman powers, human brain, mind control ...
Time: year 2014, future, 2010s, stone age, 1900s ...
Place: france, new york, berlin germany, rome italy, paris france ...
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Ronja the Robber's Daughter (2014)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a large forest. When Ronja grows old enough, she ventures into the forest to interact the strange and magical creatures that live there. She learns to live ...
Style: anime, modern fairy tale, captivating, touching, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: forest, boy, strong female character, girl, fortress, father daughter relationship, family feud, bandit, wilderness, daughter, strong female lead, nature ...
Time: 2010s
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 122K
The Killing (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style: psychological, gloomy, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Plot: police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Genre: Adventure, 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, atmospheric, mystical, touching ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: female protagonist, fairy, magical creature, strong female character, princess, witchcraft, kingdom, magical, evil queen, fictional kingdom, wizards and magicians, mother daughter conflict ...
Time: year 2019, medieval times
Place: europe, united kingdom, france
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Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, sweet, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prejudice, love, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, opposites attract, strong female character, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, unlikely couple, pride ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era, 1790s ...
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, europe
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 6.2
 95K
Taking Lives (2004)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, psychopath, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, murder mystery, female agent, tough girl, strong female character, strong female lead, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
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 5.5
 62K
Ava (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: woman with a gun, assassin, female assassin, female agent, one woman army, murder, female spy, woman fights a man, strong female character, female killer, intelligence agency, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s
Place: saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 71K
Elle (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and ...
Style: disturbing, art house, erotic, psychological, intense ...
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, strong female character, cat, death of mother, bare breasts, revenge, female protagonist, masturbation, perversion, video game ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 90s
Place: france, paris france
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