Top Female Hero Movies & TV Shows

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Maria Ozawa

Hitomi Kitamura

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Nocchi

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Nene

Kekko Kamen Forever (2006)

5.7 3 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 70 min.

Story: Seventh release in the popular series featuring live action versions of the hit erotic heroine series from Go Nagai.

Plot: superhero, female protagonist, masked superhero

Place: japan

Cast

Marion Cotillard

Anna Karina

Nozha Khouadra

Jean-Claude Adelin

Chloé (1996)

5.6 24 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 105 min.

Story: After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Then she finds Jean-Michel, a charming young man who will lead her to prostitution.

Plot: prostitute, love, teenage girl, female protagonist, prostitution, teenage prostitute, mother daughter estrangement

Cast

Sharon Stone

William Baldwin

Tom Berenger

Polly Walker

Sliver (1993)

5.6 820 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

Plot: new york city, telescope, based on novel or book, psychopath, eroticism, video surveillance, hidden camera, drug use, ...

Cast

Lindsey Morgan

Alexander Siddig

Rhona Mitra

Daniel Bernhardt

Skylines (2020)

5.6 613 votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Lithuania, Spain

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.

Plot: mind control, spacecraft, martial arts, self sacrifice, space travel, promise, alien, revenge, ...

Cast

Adelaide Clemens

Sean Bean

Radha Mitchell

Carrie-Anne Moss

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)

5.5 1.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, France

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she's not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever.

Plot: sequel, female protagonist, another dimension, based on video game, occult, mall, evil child, dark carnival, ...

Cast

Lucy Walters

Gina Piersanti

Adam David Thompson

Shane West

Here Alone (2016)

5.4 250 votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Story: A woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic, which has decimated society and forced her deep into the unforgiving wild.

Plot: post-apocalyptic future, infection, grief, survival, survivalist, female protagonist, zombie, infected, ...

Cast

Julia Garner

Jessica Henwick

Hugo Weaving

Daniel Henshall

The Royal Hotel (2023)

5.4 273 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Style: gritty, intimate

Plot: friendship, tourist, female friendship, workplace, alcoholism, sexual harassment, cultural difference, female protagonist, ...

Cast

Helen Slater

Faye Dunaway

Peter O'Toole

Hart Bochner

Supergirl (1984)

5.4 707 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Plot: magic, superhero, laser, based on comic, alternate dimension, teenage girl, female protagonist, gardener, ...

Cast

Amandla Stenberg

Lee Jung-jae

The Acolyte (2024) TV Show

5.4 873 votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-14

Story: A hundred years before the rise of the Empire, the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have prospered for centuries without war. During this time, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past.

Plot: monk, witch, magic, female protagonist, twins, force, lgbt, murder investigation, ...

Cast

Melissa McCarthy

Susan Sarandon

Kathy Bates

Mark Duplass

Tammy (2014)

5.3 1.3K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: For burger-joint employee Tammy, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. It's time to hit the road, but without money or transportation, Tammy's options are limited. Her only choice is a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother Pearl, who has a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. It's not the escape Tammy had in mind, but it may be what she needs.

Style: absurd

Plot: robbery, alcoholism, road trip, female protagonist, on the road, fired from the job, blunt, reckless driving, ...

Cast

Juliette Binoche

Anau00efs Demoustier

Joanna Kulig

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Elles (2011)

5.3 195 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.

Plot: journalist, husband wife relationship, female friendship, female protagonist, prostitution, women dancing together, female journalist, woman director

Cast

James Caan

Omar Sharif

Roddy McDowall

Ben Vereen

Funny Lady (1975)

5.3 69 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 136 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.

Plot: new york city, singer, female protagonist

The Forest (2016)

5.2 1.9K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Plot: suicide attempt, supernatural, childhood trauma, female protagonist, tokyo, japan, identical twin, lost in the woods, ...

Cast

Monika M.

Mark Reeder

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Carola Ewers

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Astrid Ewerts

Nekromantik 2 (1991)

5.2 113 votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance

Country: Germany

Duration: 103 min.

Story: Monika lives with Rob, a corpse she loves. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets Mark and considers a normal life with him. She must choose between her affection for Rob and a new relationship.

Plot: necrophilia, sequel, decapitation, female protagonist, pregnant woman, grave robber, tomb, body snatching, ...

Rings (2017)

5.0 2.6K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: investigation, supernatural, hallucination, sequel, urban legend, curse, female protagonist, vhs, ...

Cast

Lutesha

Shareefa Daanish

Myesha Lin

Firzanah Alya

Cerita Lila (2026)

5.0 3 votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Indonesia

Duration: 106 min.

Story: Two twins named Lila and Lili. Both experienced tragic ends after alleged abuse by their own mother, Rahma. However, death does not immediately end their story. In another realm, Lila continues to search for her twin sister, Lili, who was separated from her. This search then leads Lila into a greater mystery that has been hidden. In addition to facing a deep sense of loss, Lila also tries to understand the reasons behind the tragedy that destroyed their lives. Meanwhile, mysterious figures begin to appear and reveal that there is a greater power deliberately hiding the truth.

Style: haunting, psychological

Plot: daughter, twin sister, supernatural, house, female protagonist, single mother, ghost, sleepwalking, ...

Cast

Annabella Sciorra

Jamey Sheridan

Anthony LaPaglia

Jill Clayburgh

Whispers in the Dark (1992)

4.9 49 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Psychiatrist Ann Hecker is ending one relationship and possibly starting an important new one, while finding that some of the sexual exploits her patients relate are weighing on her. Turning to a married friend from her research days for guidance, she finds his help increasingly important when a female patient is murdered and it turns out that her new boyfriend was also seeing the dead woman.

Plot: seduction, female protagonist, psychiatrist, erotic thriller

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Shino Saito

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Juri Inahara

Go Nagai

Hiromitsu Suzuki

Kekko Kamen New (2003)

4.8 8 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 70 min.

Story: A school that teaches young boys and girls how to become famous anchorpeople in the media. But there is something strange going in this school. The facility takes a sick pride in handing our S & M style punishments to students for the most trivial things. But there is one among them, a hero that hides her face but bares everything else in the name of justice. Her name is Kekko Kamen, all know the legend of how Kekko Kamen defeated the evil Mangriffin in a local high school, but now she's back and out to stop the evil twisted fiends once again.

Plot: superhero, female protagonist, masked superhero

Place: japan

Cast

Nou00e9mie Merlant

Will Sharpe

Naomi Watts

Jamie Campbell Bower

Emmanuelle (2024)

4.7 128 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: France

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: 18

Story: While traveling, Emmanuelle meets Kei, a man who constantly eludes her. Though she indulges in the many alluring distractions, she can’t shake their chance encounter. Will she submit to her basest desires to forge a deeper relationship?

Style: erotic

Plot: based on novel or book, bangkok, thailand, remake, female protagonist, softcore, expatriate, woman director, ...

Place: hong kong

Cast

Halle Berry

Benjamin Bratt

Sharon Stone

Lambert Wilson

Catwoman (2004)

4.6 3.6K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she's eager to use her new skills... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse", handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail, fascinated by both of her personas.

Plot: superhero, based on comic, vigilante, evil corporation, female protagonist, urban setting, masked vigilante, super villain, ...

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