Top Female Hero Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Scarlett Johansson

Florence Pugh

Rachel Weisz

David Harbour

Black Widow (2021)

7.2 11.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 134 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

Plot: assassin, hero, spy, kgb, based on comic, female assassin, female spy, female hero, ...

Cast

Jessica Chastain

Idris Elba

Kevin Costner

Michael Cera

Molly's Game (2017)

7.2 4.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 141 min.

Audience: R

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.

Plot: new york city, court, poker, gambling, bratva (russian mafia), olympic games, fbi, biography, ...

Cast

Lana Condor

Toni Collette

Annie Murphy

Sam Richardson

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)

7.1 1.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. Destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, Ruby must use her newfound powers to protect those she loves most.

Plot: high school, ocean, boat, transformation, fisherman, mermaid, villain, coming of age, ...

Cast

Jamie Dornan

Cillian Murphy

Charlotte Le Bon

Anna Geislerovu00e1

Anthropoid (2016)

7.1 1.2K votes

Genre: History, Thriller, War

Country: Czech Republic, France

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.

Plot: assassination, nazi, prague, czech republic, biography, female protagonist, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), operation anthropoid, ...

Time: world war ii

Place: germany

Cast

Sophie Wilde

Alexandra Jensen

Joe Bird

Otis Dhanji

Talk to Me (2023)

7.1 3.8K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Plot: suicide, trauma, possession, female friendship, addiction, grief, female protagonist, death of mother, ...

Cast

Demi Moore

Margaret Qualley

Dennis Quaid

Edward Hamilton-Clark

The Substance (2024)

7.1 6.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 141 min.

Audience: R

Story: A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Plot: new year's eve, capitalism, birthday, black market, identity, dark comedy, beauty, satire, ...

Arte (2020) TV Show

7.1 79 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Born into an aristocratic family in Florence, Italy, during the 16th century Renaissance era, Arte has dreams of becoming an artist. In an age of social classes, Arte is willing to cast aside her aristocratic lifestyle and stops at nothing to achieve her dreams. She finds apprenticeship in a painting studio owned by Leo, an artist who is strict but prioritizes ability over gender.

Plot: artist, romance, slice of life, female protagonist, based on manga, historical, discrimination, seinen, ...

Cast

Mikey Madison

Mark Eydelshteyn

Yura Borisov

Karren Karagulian

Anora (2024)

7.1 3.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

Plot: new year's eve, new york city, marriage, boardwalk, baptism, strip club, coney island, female protagonist, ...

Place: las vegas

Cast

Keira Knightley

Ben Whishaw

Sarah Lancashire

Black Doves (2024) TV Show

7.1 416 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

Style: intense

Plot: holiday, london, england, spy, espionage, female protagonist, political, spies, ...

Cast

Livi Ciananta

Derby Romero

Ismi Melinda

Lydia Kandou

Ikatan Darah (2026)

7.0 7 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Indonesia

Duration: 119 min.

Story: A former martial arts athlete must face a network of loan sharks to save her younger brother, who is trapped in online gambling debt and risking their family’s safety.

Style: intense

Plot: martial arts, gambling, fight, gangster, revenge, gang, debt, female protagonist, ...

Cast

Wang Tingwen

Su Xin

Kuixing Teng

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Yang Ting

Deep Sea (2023)

7.0 153 votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama

Country: China

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Shenxiu has felt a deep sadness since her mother left. A storm plunges her into a dreamlike world of swirling colour. Led by the Hyjinx, and joined by inventive underwater chef Nanhe, she embarks on a quest to find solace in the Eye of the Deep Sea.

Plot: female protagonist, curious, reflective, 3d animation, grand, understated, 幻境, 深海, ...

Cast

Jessica Chastain

Jason Clarke

Kyle Chandler

Jennifer Ehle

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

7.0 4.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 157 min.

Audience: R

Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Style: intense

Plot: hotel, van, mossad, central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, prisoner, car dealer, f word, ...

Place: iraq, pakistan, islamabad

Cast

Shauna Macdonald

Natalie Mendoza

Alex Reid

Saskia Mulder

The Descent (2005)

7.0 4.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Horror

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: panic, darkness, mutant, expedition, cave, claustrophobia, trauma, gore, ...

Place: appalachia

Cast

Zoey Deutch

Kian Lawley

Halston Sage

Elena Kampouris

Before I Fall (2017)

7.0 3.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG-13

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.

Plot: based on novel or book, time loop, female protagonist, mumblecore, teen drama, based on young adult novel

Cast

Candace Hilligoss

Herk Harvey

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Sidney Berger

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Frances Feist

Carnival of Souls (1962)

6.9 538 votes

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 78 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

Style: psychotronic

Plot: organ, car crash, b movie, female protagonist, scare, organ music, scared, visions

Cast

Margot Robbie

Ryan Gosling

America Ferrera

Ariana Greenblatt

Barbie (2023)

6.9 11.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Plot: feminism, satire, patriarchy, social satire, based on toy, female protagonist, fish out of water, womanhood, ...

Cast

Willa Fitzgerald

Kyle Gallner

Madisen Beaty

Bianca A. Santos

Strange Darling (2024)

6.9 958 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

Plot: new york city, rape, gore, sadomasochism, sexual violence, murder, serial killer, female protagonist, ...

Set It Up (2018)

6.9 2.8K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

Plot: new york city, sports, date, boss, assistant, romcom, matchmaking, corporate, ...

Cast

Marion Cotillard

Fabrizio Rongione

Catherine Salu00e9e

Pili Groyne

Two Days, One Night (2014)

6.9 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.

Plot: depression, suicide attempt, female protagonist, unemployment, injustice, employer employee relationship, economic crisis, xanax, ...

Place: belgium

Marcella (2016) TV Show

6.9 289 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad. Ten years ago Marcella gave up her fast-tracked police career to marry and devote her life to her family. With the abrupt end to her marriage and isolated from her 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son, Marcella throws herself into work to stop herself from falling apart.

Plot: london, england, detective, police, murder, female protagonist, murder investigation

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