Top Female Hero Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Melissa George

Liam Hemsworth

Emma Lung

Rachael Carpani

Triangle (2009)

6.9 3.0K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

Plot: ship, ocean, key, autism, ghost ship, murder, purgatory, time loop, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Zoe Levin

Brendan Scannell

Micah Stock

Bonding (2019) TV Show

6.9 320 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 15

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant.

Plot: fetish, fetishism, relationship problems, dominatrix, female protagonist, kinky, bdsm, lgbt, ...

Cast

Greta Garbo

John Gilbert

Ian Keith

Lewis Stone

Queen Christina (1934)

6.9 141 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Story: Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Plot: ambassador, peace, queen, forbidden love, duty, biography, mobster, female protagonist, ...

Time: 17th century

Place: sweden

Cast

Dakota Johnson

Tilda Swinton

Mia Goth

Angela Winkler

Suspiria (2018)

6.9 2.8K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Country: Italy, United States of America

Duration: 152 min.

Audience: R

Story: A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Style: tense

Plot: berlin, germany, dance performance, berlin wall, telepathy, fascism, paranormal phenomena, telekinesis, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Kelly Sheridan

Kirby Morrow

Tim Curry

Peter Kelamis

Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)

6.9 1.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Family

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 77 min.

Audience: G

Story: The Mouse King casts an evil spell over Clara that causes her to shrink. Clara and the Nutcracker set out on an adventurous journey to find Sugarplum Princess, who has the power to undo the spell.

Plot: magic, mouse, musical, ballet, based on toy, female protagonist, vienna, austria, ...

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Cast

Margot Robbie

Rosie Perez

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Jurnee Smollett

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

6.9 10.9K votes

Genre: Action, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.

Plot: police, pickpocket, chase, psychopath, superhero, nightclub, dark comedy, gang leader, ...

Cast

Kirsten Dunst

Wagner Moura

Cailee Spaeny

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Civil War (2024)

6.9 4.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: Finland, United Kingdom

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

Plot: sniper, new york city, race against time, usa president, washington dc, usa, the white house, civil war, ...

Time: near future

Cast

Amy Adams

Patrick Dempsey

James Marsden

Timothy Spall

Enchanted (2007)

6.8 5.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

Plot: princess, new york city, magic, fairy tale, poison, queen, prince, villain, ...

Cast

Anne Hathaway

Jessica Chastain

Anders Danielsen Lie

Josh Charles

Mothers' Instinct (2024)

6.8 684 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Belgium, United Kingdom

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

Style: shocking

Plot: based on novel or book, paranoia, remake, grief, female protagonist, guilt, death of son, motherhood, ...

Cast

Diandra Agatha

Shenina Cinnamon

Yesaya Abraham

Sonia Alyssa

Do You See What I See (2024)

6.8 24 votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: Indonesia

Duration: 109 min.

Story: After Mawar falls for her very first boyfriend, her friends' joy turns into suspicion as they realize he may not be who he seems.

Style: haunting

Plot: female protagonist, ghost, haunted, based on podcast, terror

Thelma (2024)

6.8 437 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America, Switzerland

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

Style: absurd

Plot: widow, scam, female protagonist, los angeles, california, scooter, duringcreditsstinger, old-age home, ...

Cast

Nell Tiger Free

Ralph Ineson

Sonia Braga

Tawfeek Barhom

The First Omen (2024)

6.8 1.3K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

Style: shocking, suspenseful

Plot: rome, italy, nun, prophecy, satanism, devil's son, revelation, anti-christ, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: italy

Cast

Emma Stone

Penn Badgley

Amanda Bynes

Dan Byrd

Easy A (2010)

6.8 7.4K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.

Plot: high school, small town, lie, loss of virginity, coming of age, teen movie, school, female protagonist, ...

Cast

Erika Linder

Natalie Krill

Sebastian Pigott

Mayko Nguyen

Below Her Mouth (2017)

6.8 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Canada

Duration: 91 min.

Story: An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Plot: sexual identity, infidelity, female friendship, love, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, love affair, lust, ...

Cast

Radhika Apte

Manav Kaul

Rohit Pathak

Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

GHOUL (2018) TV Show

6.8 228 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: India, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 3

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A newly minted military interrogator arrives at a covert detention center to discover that some of the terrorists held there are not of this world.

Plot: military prison, female protagonist, interrogation, demonic possession, found footage, political prisoner, demonic, demonic spirit, ...

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Josh Hutcherson

Liam Hemsworth

Woody Harrelson

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

6.8 16.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.

Plot: based on novel or book, resistance, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, sequel, female protagonist, bow and arrow, game, ...

Totally Killer (2023)

6.8 1.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.

Plot: halloween, time travel, carnival, serial killer, female protagonist, slasher, woman director, mother daughter relationship, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Lindsay Lohan

Jamie Lee Curtis

Julia Butters

Sophia Hammons

Freakier Friday (2025)

6.8 753 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike twice.

Plot: based on novel or book, body exchange, sequel, female protagonist, body-swap, mother daughter relationship, amused

Cast

Brie Larson

Samuel L. Jackson

Ben Mendelsohn

Jude Law

Captain Marvel (2019)

6.8 16.9K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Style: intense

Plot: superhero, based on comic, alien, female protagonist, alien invasion, super power, female hero, aftercreditsstinger, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Misaki Moritsuki

Aki Hoshino

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Nana Usami

Kekko Kamen Returns (2004)

6.8 38 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 70 min.

Story: The evil is back and this terrorizing the swim team at an all girl school. After turning the Principal into a frog monster they commence with their own brand of twisted training and punishment. But Kekko Kamen has also returned to right the wrongs and send the MGF packing once again or can she, they seem stronger and smarter then ever have been before, it's sink or swim time for Kekko Kamen.

Plot: superhero, female protagonist, masked superhero

Place: japan

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