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 exciting, suspense, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful and interesting films and TV shows about / with strong female character, strong female lead, female protagonist, women, woman, betrayal, violence, death, murder and chase plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as strong female character: G.I. Jane (1997), Killing Eve (2018), The Closer (2005), The Shallows (2016), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015), Aeon Flux (2005), Before I Fall (2017), Hidden Figures (2016), One for the Money (2012).
Best films
New films
| The Trial (2023) | 5.5 | |
| BLUE EYE SAMURAI (2023) | 8.7 | |
| Scream (2022) | 6.3 | |
| The Beekeeper (2024) | 6.3 | |
| Maestro (2023) | 6.5 |
List of strong female character movies
Type:
92K
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, teens, chick flick
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, female soldier, military, soldier, basic training, army, fighting the system, female protagonist, feminism, female leader, officers and cadets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya, middle east, usa, israel
Is relevant?
152K
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, dark comedy, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, psycho killer, psychopath, female protagonist, woman with a gun, investigation, hitman, female assassin, odd couple, lesbian love, obsession ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe
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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:
realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle
Is relevant?
153K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
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:
exciting, tense, suspense, harsh, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
shark, survival, surfing, animal attack, killer shark, shark attack, trapped, ocean, creature feature, great white shark, stranded, beach ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
mexico, texas, tijuana mexico, australia
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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, funny, feel good, romantic drama, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, women, city life, journalism, workplace intrigue, strong female character, workplace situations, career woman, relationship vs career, designer, journalist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, france ...
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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:
serious, sexy, exciting, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
private detective, female protagonist, superhero, strong female character, investigation, imaginary, strong female lead, lawyer, superhuman powers, supernatural power, good versus evil, death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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: 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, friendship, dying repeatedly, female protagonist, bullying, strong female character, public humiliation, mean girl, stereotypes, redemption, death ...
Time:
year 2017
Is relevant?
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, exciting, touching, feel good, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, stereotypes, african american, prejudice, sexism, genius, scientist, strong female character, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
indiana, persia, usa, virginia, langley virginia
Is relevant?
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, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
investigation, couples, strong female character, escapades, strong female lead, missing person, bounty hunter, battle of the sexes, verbal byplay, private investigator, lone hero, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, usa
Is relevant?
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, period piece, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
strong female character, egyptology, mummy, archaeologist, adventurer, adventuress, dinosaur, sister sister relationship, pterodactyl, obsessive quest, escapades, tomb ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2010, victorian era
Place:
paris france, france, europe, egypt
Is relevant?
129K
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, hidden identity, pretense, strong female character, twists and turns, suspicion, enemy, revenge, haunted by the past, half sister, victim ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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732K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
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:
period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place:
london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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:
sexy, humorous, clever, offbeat, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, strong female character, prison life, prison, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian interest, women's prison, women in prison, lesbian love, lesbian romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york state, idaho, usa, new york
Is relevant?
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:
lobbyist, twists and turns, politics, career woman, determination, strong female lead, courtroom, female protagonist, lawyer, strong female character, world politics, business ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., oregon, colorado, new hampshire, michigan ...
Is relevant?
85K
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, exciting, deep ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, puzzle, memory loss, strong female character, twists and turns, terrorist, tattoo, fbi agent, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, chicago
Is relevant?
29K
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:
perverse, suspense, disturbing, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
heiress, female protagonist, bodyguard, female bodyguard, strong female character, one woman army, female warrior, strong female lead, tough girl, female executive, mother daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
morocco, england, sudan, africa
Is relevant?
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: 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
Is relevant?
51K
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, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
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, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, rape, serial killer, hacker, sexual abuse, missing person, twists and turns, murder mystery, vengeance, murder investigation, journalist, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2011, 60s, 2010s, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, london, eastern europe
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeanne Deber, known as "La Mante", the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track down her copycat. She agrees to collaborate on one condition: to have ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, detective, dark, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, murder mystery, haunted by the past, whodunit, maniac, strong female character, murder, serial murder, police officer, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france
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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
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, psychopath, murder investigation, murder mystery, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, police investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
Style:
emotional, depressing, touching, sad, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, female boxer, female protagonist, determination, mentor protege relationship, athlete's life, female athlete, boxing trainer, strong female character, euthanasia, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, london, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: 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, sentimental ...
Plot:
opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, marriage, self sacrifice, rescue, strong female character, doctor ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Anastasia a young Greek woman in Ahmed I's harem takes on the name 'Kosem' (leader, pioneer). In a world of men, she rules of the Ottoman Empire through her sons and grandson.
Style:
emotional, captivating, stylized, historical drama, realistic ...
Plot:
palace intrigue, sultan, power struggle, strongman, strong female character, royal family, strong female lead, bossy woman, rise to the top, conspiracy, political intrigue, destiny ...
Time:
17th century, georgian era
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, constantinople, turkey
Is relevant?
240K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Style:
exciting, saga, captivating, action adventure, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, jungle, strong female character, treasure hunt, rescue, tough girl, peril, female fighter, tomb, chase, coming of age, legend ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, fictional island, east asia, asia, britain ...
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