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, suspenseful, serious, tense, psychological and weird films and TV shows about / with female protagonist, strong female lead, women, woman, murder, violence, strong female character, feminist, betrayal and supernatural plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female protagonist: Anna (2019), Lost Girl (2010), The Hunger Games (2012), Tomb Raider (2018), Camp X-Ray (2014), Revenge (2017), Reign (2013), Miss Sloane (2016), Molly's Game (2017), The 355 (2022).
Best films
New films
| Tamon's B-Side (2026) | 7.5 | |
| Vanished (2026) | 6.1 | |
| Love Between Lines (2026) | 8.4 | |
| Hotspot 2 Much (2026) | 8.6 | |
| Steal (2026) | 7.0 |
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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35K
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, serious, exciting, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, succubus, private detective, werewolf, danger, evil force, seduction, lesbian, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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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
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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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, serious, realistic, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female soldier, military police, female protagonist, prison life, military, relationships, friendship, propaganda, love story, bullying, forbidden love, ethnic conflict ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, afghanistan, cuba, iraq, california
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?
58K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
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:
costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
queen, royal family, female protagonist, intrigue, royal court, aristocracy, rivalry, state affairs, royalty, power struggle, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times
Place:
france, scotland, europe, britain
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?
202K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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:
freeze frame, art house, social, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
poker, trial, gambling, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female protagonist, court, card playing, strong female lead, woman, illegal gambling, fbi ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, colorado, los angeles, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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, disturbing, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, female spy, woman with a gun, female assassin, kick-butt women, female bonding, female warrior, mission, fight, spy, undercover ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
montmartre paris, berlin germany, shanghai, langley virginia, paris france ...
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?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, action packed, saga, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, female protagonist, archaeology, treasure, tomb, strong female lead, solar eclipse, archaeologist, artifact, lost treasure, kick-butt women, time travel ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
cambodia, iceland, italy, venice, siberia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Canada, India
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, cerebral, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, female protagonist, robot, technology, distopia, hacker, dystopia, tough girl, androids, chase ...
Time:
future, year 2017, near future, 2010s, year 2011
Place:
tokyo, japan
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?
390K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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:
psychedelic, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, medical horror ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, cosmic horror, dna, creature, mutation, scientist, scientific experiment, biologist, expedition, research, genetics, terror ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, arkansas, maine, england, louisiana ...
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
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:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
female protagonist, secret government organization, super soldier, genetic engineering, strong female lead, tough girl, female martial artist, superhuman powers, cyberpunk, dystopia, double life, hidden identity ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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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24K
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:
psychological, suspense, bleak, teen horror, mystical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, bullying, female protagonist, teenage life, doppelganger, father daughter relationship, embarrassment, plastic surgeon, murder, high school life, macabre, prom ...
Is relevant?
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, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, demon, magic, supernatural being, female protagonist, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, vampire human love, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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
Is relevant?
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:
feel good, exciting, entertaining, arthurian, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, youth, female protagonist, friendship, good versus evil, friends, teenage life, king arthur, reincarnation, legends and myths, teenager, teenage love ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
maryland
Is relevant?
157K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, harsh, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, small town, missing person, female protagonist, family in crisis, bail, rural setting, life is a bitch, down on your luck, coming of age, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, california
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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
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style:
psychological, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, world war two, female soldier, female protagonist, nazi, wartime, female warrior, wartime life, enemy, world war, weapons, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, usa, chicago, odessa ukraine ...
Is relevant?
882K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, character study, dancing, insanity, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, ballerina, surrealism, schizophrenia ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She’s changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend’s murderer goes ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, psychological, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vengeance, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, rape victim, mad woman, female vigilante, rapist, rape, murder, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets a beautiful priestess, Teela, in need of help, Marek escapes her master and puts together a team of adventurers - including Thane the warrior and Dagen the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, contemplative
Plot:
healing power, female protagonist, sorcerer, medieval, sword and sorcery, monster, warrior, friendship, village, magic, dragon, sword fight ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, teen, serious
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
teenage life, female protagonist, twins, teenager, investigation, murder, lifestyle, youth, young adult, twin sister, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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