Badass female lead movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant badass female lead movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, serious, exciting and intense films and TV shows about / with badass female lead, female protagonist, violence, strong female lead, death, revenge, women, blood, murder and woman plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as badass female lead: Nikita (1990), Atomic Blonde (2017), Hanna (2011), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Destroyer (2018), I Spit on Your Grave (1978), The Hunger Games (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Underworld: Awakening (2012).
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81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, stylized, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, female killer, hitman, professional killer, woman with a gun, espionage, female agent, working undercover, spy, femme fatale, secret government organization ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
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219K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
spy, cold war, female spy, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, female agent, female warrior, rogue agent, lesbian, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, german democratic republic ...
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214K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
teenage girl, hitman, spy, strong female lead, assassin, cia, vengeance, female warrior, chase, female protagonist, woman with a gun, espionage ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, berlin germany, africa, germany, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, hitman, christmas, terrorism, strong female lead, female protagonist, chase, female assassin, conspiracy, kick-butt women, cia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, new england ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of ...
Style:
gothic, satanic, dark fantasy, saga, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, female warrior, blood, female vampire, sex scene, vampire vs vampire, badass female lead, monster, supernatural romance, immortality, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, medieval times, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
budapest
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34K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
badass female lead, policewoman, female warrior, female protagonist, revenge, haunted by the past, sociopath, murder, bank, gang, women, undercover cop ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2002
Place:
los angeles
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After being held in a coma-like state for fifteen years, vampire Selene learns that she has a fourteen-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter named Nissa, and when she finds her, they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, fantasy world, tough girl, immortality, supernatural, supernatural power, female warrior, one woman army, monster, survival, badass female lead ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, teen, cliffhanger, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, dystopian future, survival, competition, post apocalypse, dictator, badass female lead, young heroes, fight, anti heroine, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been ...
Style:
dark comedy, teen, humorous, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, vampire, cheerleader, cheerleading, supernatural, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage girl, reincarnation, high school student, female protagonist, blonde girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001.
The series was created in 1995 by writer-director-producer Robert Tapert under his ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, retro, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
female warrior, ancient, friendship, mythology, strong female lead, sword and sorcery, legends and myths, greek mythology, tough girl, good versus evil, danger, heroine ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, india, china, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, atmospheric, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
wolf, human animal relationship, friendship, mythology, nature, strong female lead, human spirit, forest, hopes, princess, moral ambiguity, demon ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, year 1997, near future, 90s ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overpopulation, distopia, dystopia, sisters, hiding place, chase, dystopic future, death of sister, politics, tough girl, investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, 2010s, distant future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, epic, exciting, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, good versus evil, fantasy world, snow white, heroine, evil queen, princess, sorceress, destiny, queen, immortality ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
england, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
Style:
teen, saga, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, strong female lead, dystopia, resistance, chase, rebellion, dystopian future, brutality, chosen one, tough girl, female warrior, fight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, future, near future, year 2016
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299K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, scary, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, werewolf, immortality, supernatural romance, goth, creature, monster, transformation, vampire bite, female vampire, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 15th century, 21st century
Place:
budapest
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style:
road movie, sexy, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
superhero, female protagonist, superheroine, strong female lead, female warrior, heroine, super powers, alien, supernatural power, training, space wars, alien race ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2019, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
louisiana, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, the goal is to both reveal and revel in the unadorned truth behind her on-stage persona. But when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, scary, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
musician, found footage, videotaping, evil wins, badass female lead, profanity, music, musician's life, friends falling out, expedition, friends, survival ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who ...
Style:
visually appealing, spectacular, tense, visually stunning, action packed ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, martial arts, mentor, female protagonist, one man army, heroine, yakuza, fight, sword, dark hero, female warrior ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 90s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, austin texas, texas, persia ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Style:
suspense, scary, independent film, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, found footage, folk horror, urban legend, supernatural, fear, survival, lost in the woods, supernatural horror, panic, forest, wilderness ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
maryland, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, dark comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, coming of age, halloween, blood, teenager, transformation, gory, goth, full moon, dark humor, goth girl, high school ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
united kingdom, canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, scary, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, sword fight, immortality, supernatural, beast, lovers, combat, vengeance, dungeon, transformation, supernatural romance ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 12th century, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style:
sexy, horror comedy, dark comedy, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high school, teenager, supernatural, bad girl, succubus, cheerleading, satanic ritual, demon, lgbtq, teenage girl, seductress, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young med student struggling with her tuition fees is drawn into the shady world of underground body modification.
Style:
dark, sexy, disturbing, scary, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, plastic surgery, revenge, amputation, surgery, rape and revenge, stripper, medical student, police detective, rape, female nudity, female killer ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
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