Strong female lead movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant strong female lead movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, serious, entertaining, exciting and cult classic films and TV shows about / with strong female lead, female protagonist, violence, women, strong female character, feminist, danger, strong female presence, death and gun plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as strong female lead: Nikita (2010), Jolt (2021), The Good Wife (2009), Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), My Mistress (2014), Miss Sloane (2016), Aeon Flux (2005), Kidnap (2017), Salt (2010), Hanna (2011).
Best films
56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
strong female lead, female killer, hitman, spy, tough girl, female spy, female assassin, mole, secret government organization, woman with a gun, femdom, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style:
clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert determined to protecting him - and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. Download : ...
Style:
perverse, captivating, suspense, cult classic, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female lead, murder witness, runaway, forest fire, female warrior, survival, home invasion, murder, wilderness, fire brigade, assassin ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
montana, florida
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It's a long hot summer for Charlie Boyd. He's sixteen, his hormones are raging and he's just found out his mother is having an affair with his father's best friend. One thing takes his mind off his problems, the mysterious woman ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
bdsm, dominatrix, femdom, older woman younger man relationship, erotica, strong female lead, strong female character, sex scene, submission, sexual desire, sexy woman, skinny dipping ...
Place:
australia
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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?
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
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, strong female lead, child in peril, rescue, kidnapped, single mother, abduction, danger, little boy, missing child, police station, child kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Is relevant?
342K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
Is relevant?
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, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. ...
Style:
gothic, light, spooky, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, high school, supernatural, female protagonist, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, chosen one, vampire slayer, coming of age, strong female lead, vampire human love, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Style:
humorous, sexy, satirical, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, sapphic, lesbian love, love and romance, strong female lead, feminine wiles, lgbt, high school, hot chick, nymph, undercover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 1950s
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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 ...
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 ...
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
Is relevant?
152K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Style:
inspirational, intense, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, strong female lead, businesswoman, career woman, entrepreneurship, inventor, marketing, divorce, career, women, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
boston, usa, new jersey, california, new york state ...
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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
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243K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style:
detective, costume drama, period piece, mysterious, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
victorian england, strong female lead, sherlock holmes, feminism, female detective, amateur detective, female protagonist, runaway teen, private detective, teenage protagonist, strong female character, obsessive quest ...
Time:
victorian era, future, 2020s, edwardian era, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, scotland yard
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, yakuza, tough girl, female warrior, strong female lead, sex slave, vigilante, woman kills a man, gangster, female protagonist, german shepherd, gang rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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?
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 ...
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, contemplative, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
police detective, female detective, policewoman, murder investigation, uncover truth, who done it, strong female lead, unsolved crime, mentor, homicide detective, murderer, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A princess descended from a ruined noble family disguises herself as the woman who saved her life and embarks on a mission to avenge her loved ones.
Style:
costume drama, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, soap opera
Plot:
strong female lead, eternal love, love triangle, romantic rivalry, female rivalry, romantic triangle, revenge, love story, twists and turns, asian history, murder, mistress ...
Place:
china, ancient china
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Style:
dramatic, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
woman, violent, strong female lead, adultery, drug addict, felony, guilty, sister, redemption, criminal, judgment, women ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, seattle, persia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
undercover agent, working undercover, fbi agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, female agent, tomboy, teenage girl, tough girl, fbi, strong female lead, female fbi agent ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
austin texas, usa, san antonio texas, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Is relevant?
852K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five ...
Style:
brutal, action thriller, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, strong female lead, tough girl, dark humor, femme fatale, sword fight, mission, one woman army, female assassin, female warrior ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, persia, el paso texas, mexico, japan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, War
Country: USA, China, Iceland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, absurd, intense, saga ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, snow white, evil queen, love, female warrior, sorceress, strong female lead, medieval, good versus evil, sex, runaway, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2016, medieval times, 2010s, 16th century
Place:
egypt
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
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