Highest-Rated Movies about 'Strong Female Protagonist'

Rogue One (2016), Pimp (2018), Promising Young Woman (2020), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), The Furies (1950), Hard Candy (2005), The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), Kitty Foyle (1940) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Strong Female Protagonist movies.

#16. What Women Want (2000)

Storyline: Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident enables him to hear what women think. At first all he wants to do is rid himself of this curse, until a wacky psychologist shows him that this could be used to his advantage! His first target is Darcy McGuire, the very woman that got the promotion he wanted. But just as his plan is beginning to work, love gets in the way...

Plot Keywords: advertising, blockbuster, playboy, battle of the sexes, telepathy, psychic power, ex husband ex wife relationship ...

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#17. Comes a Horseman (1978)

Storyline: Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage, they eventually find love.—cactusjump

Plot Keywords: strong female character, land grab, landowner, land, struggle, tied up, death trap ...

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#18. The Associate (1996)

Storyline: Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.—rcs0411@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: based on novel, sexism, satire, farce, woman undresses, seduction, banquet ...

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#19. Head Above Water (1996)

Storyline: In this dark comedy, a supreme court judge (George) and his very young wife (Nathalie) are on vacation at her family's summer home on an island. When the caretaker, her childhood pal, Lance, takes George on a fishing trip an old flame (Kent) shows up to surprise Nathalie while she's alone. After a night of drinking Nathalie awakes to find Kent, naked and dead in her bed, just as her husband and Lance are arriving. Panicked, Nathalie hides the body but as everyone finds out it just leads to more trouble as they try to dispose of the body and eventually discover what really happened to her ex.—nurpin

Plot Keywords: finding a dead body, outburst, cult film, bechdel test failed, strong female, strong female character, strong female protagonist ...

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#20. Home Again (2017)

Storyline: Alice (Reese Witherspoon), a recently separated mother of two, finds her life upended when three young, charismatic filmmakers move into her guest house. But her unlikely new family and a budding romance come to a crashing halt when her ex-husband shows up, suitcase in hand. A story of love, friendship, and the families we create, "Home Again" is a modern romantic comedy with one very big life lesson: starting over is not for beginners.

Plot Keywords: milf, little black dress, older woman younger man sex, premarital sex, miniskirt, short skirt, male objectification ...

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#23. Tau (2018)

Storyline: Once a street-smart drifter, Julia (Maika Monroe) is the latest person held captive, a body and a mind to be exploited in a fatal experiment. The only thing standing in the way of her freedom is TAU, the advanced artificial intelligence developed in secret by Alex (Ed Skrein), her sociopathic and enigmatic captor. TAU is armed with a battalion of drones and robots that automate Alex's futuristic smart house and laboratory, the walls lined with screens that visually transport it from grassy plains to the depths of space. TAU's potential is only limited by his understanding of the world he exists in, but TAU is ready for more. Julia, showing resourcefulness and courage, must race against time to bridge the boundaries between man and machine, connect to TAU and win her freedom before she suffers the same fate as the six other subjects who came before her.

Plot Keywords: artificial intelligence, computer programmer, kidnapping, artificial intelligence, computer programmer, kidnapping, robot ...

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#24. Detention (2011)

Storyline: This comedy/horror movie centers about a group of teens who go to Grizzly Lake High School. When one of their classmates is killed by someone dressed up as 'Cinderhella' (a character from a popular horror movie), they all fall under suspicion, but when they all get detention, they try to work out who it is.

Plot Keywords: gay, year 2005, year 2008, reference to wikipedia, body swap, bear, suicide attempt ...

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#25. Men in Black: International (2019)

Storyline: After an eye-opening encounter of the third kind, the secret MiB organisation's newest recruit, Agent M, finds herself under the wing of the heroic Agent H in cosmopolitan London, when a shape-shifting duo of intergalactic assassins executes an alien aristocrat. Now, with a devastating super-weapon of mass destruction hidden somewhere on Earth, the Men in Black will leave no stone unturned to retrieve it. However, heavy clouds of mistrust and a scent of betrayal envelop the once-incorruptible agency. Is there a well-placed mole in their midst?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: sequel, alien, fourth part, bodyguard, boat, snake, rivalry ...

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#26. Feds (1988)

Storyline: Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course in which they learn to deal with guns and recognize crimes. They also get physical training. Ellie is a real fighting machine in contrast with Janis, the great student. They must help each other, because only when they pass all the tests will they be allowed to join the FBI.—Tony Kessen <rhkessen@cs.vu.nl>

Plot Keywords: female protagonist, recruit, roommate, trainee, sexism, strong female character, strong female protagonist ...

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#27. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Storyline: In 1984, after saving the world in Wonder Woman (2017), the immortal Amazon warrior, Princess Diana of Themyscira, finds herself trying to stay under the radar, working as an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum. With the memory of the brave U.S. pilot, Captain Steve Trevor, etched on her mind, Diana Prince becomes embroiled in a sinister conspiracy of global proportions when a transparent, golden-yellow citrine gemstone catches the eye of the power-hungry entrepreneur, Maxwell Lord. Now, as a dear old friend from the past miraculously enters the picture, and Barbara Minerva, Diana's insecure gemologist colleague gives in to desire, suddenly, deceit, greed, and false promises catapult Maxwell into the limelight. More and more, cataclysmic events push the world to the brink, and emotionally vulnerable Diana must address a cruel dilemma. Can mighty Wonder Woman save humankind once again?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: sequel, princess, superhero, action heroine, superheroine, title directed by female, 1980s ...

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#28. Captive (2015)

Storyline: On March 11, 2005, Brian Nichols escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, during his trial involving a rape case. In the process of the escape he murders the judge presiding over his trial, Rowland Barnes, as well as court reporter Julie Brandau. He also shoots Sergeant Hoyt Teasley while escaping from the courthouse, and then later kills ICE Special Agent David G. Wilhelm, who was off-duty at his home. Nichols becomes the subject of a citywide manhunt. His frantic escape brings him to the apartment of Ashley Smith, a single mother and recovering methamphetamine addict, whom he holds hostage. Smith gets through the time by being inspired by Rick Warren's best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life while Nichols searches for redemption. As she reads aloud, Smith and her would-be killer come to a crossroads..

Plot Keywords: female protagonist, beating, man hits a woman, bare chested male, bed, broken mirror, car theft ...

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#30. D.E.B.S. (2004)

Storyline: Recruited by the U.S. government for their unique ability to lie, cheat and fight, Amy, Max, Janet and Dominique join an underground academy of secret agents known only as D.E.B.S. These crime fighting hotties set out to save the world and keep their lipstick perfectly applied while doing so. Now the girls must combine their skills for their most important mission- to capture vexing vixen Lucy Diamond, the deadliest criminal the world has ever known. When D.E.B.S. star player, Amy, falls for Lucy, chaos erupts and the D.E.B.S. loyalty is put to the test.

Plot Keywords: feminine wiles, short skirt, bare midriff, long hair, upskirt, lesbian interest, scantily clad female ...

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