Female protagonist movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant female protagonist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting and tense films and TV shows about / with female protagonist, strong female lead, woman, women, feminist, supernatural, woman with a gun, violence, strong female character and danger plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female protagonist: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Anna (2019), Revenge (2017), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), Avalon High (2010), Reign (2013), Aeon Flux (2005), Ultraviolet (2006), Miss Sloane (2016).

List of female protagonist movies

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 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: atmospheric, light, suspenseful, gothic, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: vampire, high school, supernatural, supernatural ability, chosen one, female protagonist, vampire slayer, good versus evil, coming of age, vampire human love, teenager, girl power ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 93K
Anna (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia
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, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: spy, female assassin, female protagonist, female spy, one woman army, female agent, cia agent, murder, double agent, assassin, model, russian spy ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place: paris france, moscow russia, russia, milan italy, bahamas ...
Is relevant ?
 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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Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, neo noir, suspense, stylized ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, robot, female protagonist, technology, distopia, hacker, androids, tough girl, chase, terrorism ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2011, near future
Place: tokyo, japan
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 6.3
 226K
Tomb Raider (2018)
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, captivating, action adventure, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: female protagonist, jungle, strong female character, treasure hunt, rescue, peril, tough girl, female fighter, tomb raider, tomb, chase, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: hong kong, fictional island, united kingdom, england, asia ...
Is relevant ?
 5.6
 7K
Avalon High (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year ...
Style: exciting, feel good, entertaining, teen, arthurian ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: high school, female protagonist, youth, king arthur, friends, teenage life, friendship, reincarnation, teenage love, teenager, young heroes, wizards and magicians ...
Time: medieval times
Place: maryland
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 54K
Reign (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
Style: sexy, stylized, serious, costume drama, tense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: queen, royal family, female protagonist, intrigue, royal court, aristocracy, rivalry, state affairs, power struggle, love triangle, couples, royalty ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times
Place: france, scotland, europe, britain
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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
Is relevant ?
 4.3
 84K
Ultraviolet (2006)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, sexy, action packed, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vampire, one woman army, female protagonist, heroic mission, rescue, heroine, cyberpunk, tough heroes, dystopia, chases and races, disease, superhero ...
Time: future, near future, year 2006
Is relevant ?
 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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 6.4
 329K
Salt (2010)
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: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: cia, female protagonist, espionage, secret service, spy, strong female lead, double agent, chase, agent as target, one woman army, female spy, female assassin ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, soviet union ...
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Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, investigation, murder investigation, homicide detective, female protagonist, policewoman, coworker, police detective ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
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The Secret Circle (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After her mother dies in a fire, Cassie Blake moves in with her grandmother in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. As Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, including sweet-natured Diana and her boyfriend Adam, brooding ...
Style: mysterious, captivating, enigmatic, supernatural thriller, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, witch, witchcraft, high school, female protagonist, teenage life, teenage love, supernatural ability, youth, teenage girl, curses spells and rituals, small town ...
Time: 2010s
Place: washington state
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 186K
Molly's Game (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style: inspirational, smart, freeze frame, psychological, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: poker, trial, gambling, female protagonist, lawyer, father daughter relationship, court, card playing, fbi, woman, strong female lead, mafia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, 2000s
Place: new york, los angeles, colorado, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 34K
Dark Angel (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: female protagonist, secret government organization, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, double life, super soldier, hidden identity, tough girl, female martial artist, dystopia, cloning, martial arts ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
Place: usa, seattle, washington d.c.
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 759K
Arrival (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
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, intellectual, philosophical, reflective, futuristic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, time, science, alien race, alien contact, extraterrestrial, scientist, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: china, montana, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
Is relevant ?
 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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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, strong female lead, post apocalypse, female warrior, danger, tough girl, woman fights a man, martial arts, adaptation ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2019
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The Hunger Games (2012)
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, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing
Plot: survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, competition, youth, danger, heroine, society, rivalry ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 357K
Annihilation (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style: suspense, psychedelic, psychological, disturbing, lovecraft ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, creature, dna, mutation, scientist, expedition, research, genetic mutation, terror, biologist, transformation, mission ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: chicago, florida, pakistan
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 33K
Lost Girl (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style: sexy, exciting, serious, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, succubus, supernatural ability, werewolf, danger, private detective, evil force, seduction, imaginary, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 22K
Look Away (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who ...
Style: suspense, bleak, psychological, mystical, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, female protagonist, bullying, teenage life, snow, doppelganger, father daughter relationship, high school life, plastic surgeon, murder, prom, vengeance ...
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 70K
Shadowhunters (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Style: captivating, tense, dark fantasy, serious, gothic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, vampire, magic, demon, gay, female protagonist, supernatural being, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, friendship, vampire human love ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 2408 min.
TV show
Story: It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: female protagonist, jewish family, comedian, stand up comedian, female comedian, career, divorce, husband wife relationship, judaism, strong female lead, lifestyle change, changing lives ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, future, 2010s, 60s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 10K
A Vigilante (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A once abused woman, Sadie, devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the husband she must kill to truly be free.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: domestic violence, female protagonist, violence, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, vigilantism, female secret agent, deliberate cruelty, woman, strong female lead, pain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york state, new york
Is relevant ?
 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
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 62K
Emma. (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, China
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids
Plot: love and romance, male female relationship, estate, prejudice, looking for love, female protagonist, couples, english countryside, friendship, wedding, unrequited love, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, 2020s, victorian era, future, 1800s ...
Place: england, yorkshire
Is relevant ?
 5.6
 37K
The 355 (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female protagonist, female agent, woman with a gun, female spy, female assassin, spy, undercover agent, kick-butt women, fight, female warrior, female secret agent, mission ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: montmartre paris, berlin germany, paris france, washington d.c., shanghai ...
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 329K
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: music, youth, competition, female friendship, college life, teenager, college, rivalry, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, friends ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women ...
Style: dramatic, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: sniper, world war two, female protagonist, female soldier, nazi, wartime, war, female warrior, wartime life, enemy, strong female lead, great patriotic war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ukraine, chicago, usa, odessa ukraine ...
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