The Best Female Lead Action Movies
by jefaud | created - 29 Oct 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicI love action movies. Manly action movies. There are also quite a few action movies with female heroines. Unfortunately more “B” movies than mainstream, but it’s getting better. This is not a comprehensive list. I am constantly coming across new ones.
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1. Damsel (2024)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter
Votes: 81,173
Plan to watch this soon.
2. Salt (2010)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 330,203 | Gross: $118.31M
They asked Angelina if she wanted to be a Bond girl and she replied, "I want to be Bond"...The result...SALT!
3. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko
Votes: 85,695 | Gross: $33.33M
Gina Davis pulled this off fantastically.
4. Peppermint (2018)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba
Votes: 70,945 | Gross: $35.42M
I really liked this one!
5. The River Wild (1994)
PG-13 | 111 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello
Votes: 50,214 | Gross: $46.82M
A very exciting adventure with a flawless female lead.
6. The Net (I) (1995)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Angela Bennett, a computer programmer, stumbles upon government secrets, she finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy hell-bent on destroying her completely.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker
Votes: 73,841 | Gross: $50.73M
Sandra Bullock could have had a few on this list. Speed 1 & 2 and others. But this is my favorite.
7. Jolt (2021)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal.
Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Jai Courtney, Stanley Tucci, Bobby Cannavale
Votes: 35,358
Kate Beckensale movies are very easy to watch. This one was a lot of fun.
8. The Brave One (2007)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt
Votes: 63,510 | Gross: $36.79M
Jody Foster as a vigilante. If you like Jody, you may also like Panic Room or Flight Plan.
9. Hanna (2011)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
Votes: 206,906 | Gross: $40.26M
With a lifetime of training, maybe...
10. Lucy (I) (2014)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked
Votes: 534,581 | Gross: $126.66M
Very interesting premise. Exciting movie too!
11. Point of No Return (1993)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 30,172 | Gross: $30.04M
The American version of Le Femme Nikita. Which should be on this list but why put the same movie twice. Bridgitte Fonda did a great job.
12. The Mother (2023)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes
Votes: 47,228
Not too bad.
13. Colombiana (2011)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young girl in Bogotá witnesses her parents' murder and grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 107,690 | Gross: $36.67M
It's about time a Columbian Drug lord movie was made.
14. Wanted (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp
Votes: 408,702 | Gross: $134.51M
It seems like during this era we could have put a lot of Angelina Jolie's movies on here. The Tourist is not on the list, but could have been.
15. In the Blood (I) (2014)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Danny Trejo
Votes: 13,121
My favorite of the Gina Carano lead movies.
16. Ava (IV) (2020)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common, Geena Davis
Votes: 62,857 | Gross: $0.50M
I remember really liking this one.
17. Anna (II) (2019)
R | 118 min | Action, Thriller
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.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy
Votes: 94,997 | Gross: $7.74M
Luc Besson knows how to make a good movie.
18. Kate (I) (2021)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Miku Martineau, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 70,532
This gal was tore up by the end of this flick.
19. Atomic Blonde (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 206,605 | Gross: $51.69M
Non-stop fight sequences.
20. Breaking In (2018)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Thriller
A woman fights to protect her family during a home invasion.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Ajiona Alexus
Votes: 16,814 | Gross: $46.38M
Worth a watch.
21. Kidnap (I) (2017)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Director: Luis Prieto | Stars: Halle Berry, Sage Correa, Chris McGinn, Lew Temple
Votes: 39,096 | Gross: $30.72M
Another exciting movie starring Ms. Berry.
22. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 293,871 | Gross: $85.71M
It’s really hard for me to watch movies with so much CGI, but I think Robert Rodriguez is a great director.
23. Miss Bala (2019)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan, Barbarella Pardo
Votes: 12,741 | Gross: $15.01M
I don’t know if different casting would have made this a better movie.
24. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 72,696
Very enjoyable. Medina Senghore stole the show. Totally awesome character. Too many F words at the beginning.
25. The Call (II) (2013)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut
Votes: 129,797 | Gross: $51.87M
Exciting flick.
26. The Princess (I) (2022)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
When a strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath, she is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must save the kingdom.
Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Joey King, Olga Kurylenko, Antoni Davidov, Radoslav Parvanov
Votes: 15,592
Period piece?
27. Kite (2014)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murderer down with the help of his ex-partner.
Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: India Eisley, Jaco Muller, Annabel Linder, Christina Storm
Votes: 6,731
28. Lou (I) (2022)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman
Votes: 33,526
Not exactly non-stop action.
29. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 201,645 | Gross: $46.87M
A little over the top in the sexuality/nudity department.
30. Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.
Director: Navot Papushado | Stars: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh
Votes: 51,199
I’d watch any of Carla Gugino’s movies.
31. Scarlett (2020)
TV-14 | 103 min | Action
A college student must draw upon all the skills her spy-father taught her to protect herself and save her father from weapons dealers.
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Melanie Stone, Brian Krause, David McConnell, Weixin Le
Votes: 665
With a bigger budget, this would have been a good one.
32. The Old Guard (2020)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
A covert team of immortal mercenaries is suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 183,783
It’s worth a watch.
33. A Vigilante (2018)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance.
Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson | Stars: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, Estefania Tejeda
Votes: 10,481
I like the plot, but it moved a little slow.
34. Ghost in the Shell (2017)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
Votes: 227,962 | Gross: $40.56M
I remember this plot from when I saw Universal Soldier.
35. The Protégé (2021)
R | 109 min | Action, Thriller
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, David Rintoul
Votes: 38,299
I love this director!
36. Widows (2018)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 104,147 | Gross: $42.40M
Once again the hype of Jimmy Fallon promoting this movie let me down.
37. Proud Mary (2018)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough
Votes: 10,808 | Gross: $20.87M
High hopes for this one left me a little disappointed.
38. The Hunt (II) (2020)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.
Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall
Votes: 128,910 | Gross: $5.81M
Spontaneous purchase and watch of this movie gave me mixed feelings. It is worth a watch, but be prepared to be shocked.
39. Æon Flux (2005)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Æon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo, Marton Csokas
Votes: 132,793 | Gross: $25.87M
Charlize Theron at her attempt as an action hero.
40. Ultraviolet (2006)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A beautiful haemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hæmophages.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu
Votes: 84,100 | Gross: $18.50M
Milla is in a lot of female lead action movies.
41. The Kitchen (2019)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
Director: Andrea Berloff | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 22,977 | Gross: $12.05M
Ehh.
42. Panic Room (2002)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam
Votes: 297,001 | Gross: $96.40M
I want one.
43. Flightplan (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan
Votes: 171,872 | Gross: $89.71M
Kind of a formula thriller.
44. Red Eye (2005)
PG-13 | 85 min | Thriller
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson
Votes: 140,753 | Gross: $57.89M
Rachel McAdams at the action lead.
45. Untraceable (2008)
R | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is tasked with hunting down a seemingly untraceable serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. As time runs out, the cat and mouse chase becomes more personal.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke
Votes: 52,833 | Gross: $28.69M
Diane Lane has several Thrillers that could be on the list.
46. Double Jeopardy (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir
Votes: 95,931 | Gross: $116.74M
Great plot!
47. Term Life (2016)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A guy wanted around town by various hitmen hopes to stay alive long enough for his life insurance policy to kick in and pay out for his estranged daughter.
Director: Peter Billingsley | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Paxton, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 8,647 | Gross: $0.01M
Surprise sleeper.
48. Unlocked (I) (2017)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich
Votes: 38,691
Unknown (to me) actress makes a pretty good flick.
49. Intensive Care (II) (2018)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Three low-life criminals attempt to rob an elderly dying woman's home, but her live-in nurse turns out to be much more trouble than they bargained for.
Director: Jared Bentley | Stars: Tara Macken, Jai Rodriguez, Kevin Sizemore, Jose Rosete
Votes: 510
I had never heard of this one before I watched it. It could have been so much better.
50. Haywire (2011)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Angarano
Votes: 89,783 | Gross: $18.94M
They left her no choice.
51. Avarice (2022)
88 min | Action, Thriller
A gifted archer must rescue her husband and daughter after they are abducted during a vicious home invasion.
Director: John V. Soto | Stars: Gillian Alexy, Luke Ford, Ryan Panizza, Tom O'Sullivan
Votes: 3,010
52. Daughter of the Wolf (2019)
R | 88 min | Action, Thriller
A military veteran hunts the men who kidnapped her son.
Director: David Hackl | Stars: Gina Carano, Brendan Fehr, Anton Gillis-Adelman, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 8,379
I like this genre but this one left me wanting.
53. Scorched Earth (2018)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bounty hunter named Attica Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gina Carano, Ryan Robbins, John Hannah, Dean Jagger
Votes: 4,521
Don’t be like the others that canceled Gina.
54. The Assassin Next Door (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb, Henry David, Vladimir Friedman
Votes: 3,005
Moved a little slow for my taste.
55. Jesse (I) (2011)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
Director: Fred Carpenter | Stars: Stephanie Finochio, William Forsythe, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts
Votes: 162
It took this movie 3 years to be released on DVD.
56. The Courier (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A courier in London discovers that one of the packages she's transporting is a bomb.
Director: Zackary Adler | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson
Votes: 11,643
I purchased this one then realized that it was available for free on literally every streaming platform.
57. Sentinelle (2021)
TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a lesbian soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Director: Julien Leclercq | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Marilyn Lima, Michel Nabokoff, Martin Swabey
Votes: 8,697
Olga Kurylenko makes a bunch of borderline okay action movies.
58. Domino (2005)
R | 127 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Rizz Abbasi
Votes: 69,395 | Gross: $10.17M
Supposedly based on a true story. Unless you know the real story.
59. Momentum (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Four criminals steal diamonds from a safety deposit box in Cape Town, including a drive containing a US senator's evil plans. He'll do anything to get it back from Alexis.
Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, Morgan Freeman, Greg Kriek
Votes: 16,945
Like a watchable direct to video movie.
60. Montana (1998)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a suitcase full of money disappears, the members of the gang quickly turn on each other. Everyone wants the money and when the shooting stops, who will be left standing?
Director: Jennifer Leitzes | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 1,865
Kyra Sedgewick as a foul mouthed gangster. It slightly reminds me of the TV show "Amazing Grace" with Holly Hunter.
61. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 207,050 | Gross: $7.27M
I vaguely remember this one.
62. Foxy Brown (1974)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter
Votes: 12,049 | Gross: $2.46M
It’s been a while since I’ve seen this one. I’ll have to rewatch it soon.
63. Angel of Death (I) (2009)
R | 77 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A career assassin becomes haunted by one of her victims following a near fatal injury to her brain. Becoming a rogue assassin settling the score with her former mob employers, chaos and power struggles ensue.
Director: Paul Etheredge | Stars: Zoë Bell, Jake Abel, Vail Bloom, Justin Huen
Votes: 2,440
Foul mouthed, stunt double makes movie.
64. Till Death (I) (2021)
R | 88 min | Thriller
A woman is left handcuffed to her dead husband as part of a sick revenge plot. Unable to unshackle, she has to survive as two killers arrive to finish her off.
Director: S.K. Dale | Stars: Megan Fox, Eoin Macken, Callan Mulvey, Jack Roth
Votes: 26,216
Very thrilling.
65. The Assignment (I) (2016)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Caitlin Gerard
Votes: 9,299
Michelle Rodriquez has the skills to carry an action movie unfortunately she chose kind of a lame one.
66. Rogue (I) (2020)
R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
O'Hara is a mercenary leading a squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in a remote part of Africa. Unfortunately, the mission goes awry and the team is stranded and forced to survive against the local rebels.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Megan Fox, Philip Winchester, Greg Kriek, Brandon Auret
Votes: 9,755
My wife nailed it when she said that that little girl leading all of those huge men into battle just seems unnatural.
67. G.I. Jane (1997)
R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War
Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe
Votes: 87,050 | Gross: $48.17M
Demi Moore as a bald dude. The Juror could have also made the list.
68. Army of One (2020)
Unrated | 87 min | Action
Out hiking, Special Forces Brenner Baker stumbles onto a cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The cartel made two mistakes - killing her husband and leaving her alive. They won't live to make another.
Director: Stephen Durham | Stars: Ellen Hollman, Matt Passmore, Geraldine Singer, Stephen Dunlevy
Votes: 6,246
Not an original plot, but worth a watch.
69. Everly (2014)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
A kidnapped woman faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.
Director: Joe Lynch | Stars: Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa
Votes: 19,440
The logic defies me on this one.
70. While She Was Out (2008)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman out late for Christmas Eve shopping is soon terrorized by a small gang of troublemakers, and she must fight for her life.
Director: Susan Montford | Stars: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer, Jamie Starr
Votes: 7,288
Victim fights back genre.
71. The Real McCoy (1993)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman is released from prison, an expert bank robber who wants to settle down and go straight, but her parole officer and her former employer try to get her to pull one more heist.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain
Votes: 9,638 | Gross: $6.47M
Kim Basinger done right. What happened to you Val?
72. Curve (2015)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A soon-to-be bride on her way to a wedding rehearsal is having second thoughts and decides to take a detour. Car breaks down and a hitchiker offers help. Could it be fate?
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Julianne Hough, Teddy Sears, Penelope Mitchell, Madalyn Horcher
Votes: 12,015
It was weird to see this dancer/singer in a movie like this.
73. The Job (I) (2003)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
CJ is a sexy, cold-blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. She agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job.
Director: Kenny Golde | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Eric Mabius
Votes: 1,076
I don’t know if this was DTV, but I would totally understand if it was.
74. Juncture (2007)
R | 106 min | Thriller
Soft-spoken Anna transforms herself into a ruthless vigilante bent on hunting down file criminals who have somehow eluded justice... until now.
Director: James Seale | Stars: Kristine Blackport, Jason Coviello, Charles Thomas Doyle, Diana Dresser
Votes: 552
Lead actress doesn’t have her photo on IMDb. Nuf said.
75. Caribe (2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
Passion: of people for the land and sea, of corporations for riches, and of men and women for each other. Vicente and Abigail run a banana plantation in Limon Province, on the Caribbean ... See full summary »
Director: Esteban Ramírez | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Cuca Escribano, Maya Zapata, Roberto McLean
Votes: 237
Rare movie from Costa Rica.
76. Officer Down (2005 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Crime, Thriller
A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Director: Christopher Miller | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Casper Van Dien, Jerry Kroll, Larry Drake
Votes: 365
I like Sherilyn Fenn. This was made for TV. Okay.
77. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese
Votes: 93,211 | Gross: $0.09M
There are about 5 of these including the 1978 original (which is the first movie that my dad rented in 1982 when we got our first VCR and Video store membership.
78. Revenge (II) (2017)
R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting - a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.
Director: Coralie Fargeat | Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède
Votes: 48,311 | Gross: $0.10M
Sometimes you’re just forced to fight for your life.
79. Mortal Engines (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae
Votes: 140,905 | Gross: $15.95M
If you’re ever in the mood for some steampunk.
80. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 1,087,027 | Gross: $154.06M
Charlize Theron is kick butt in this one.
81. Barracuda (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure
Based on actual events, Barracuda is an original, vengeance themed story and fresh take on sexual perversions, the lives it affects and the pursuit of it. When we first meet Summer, a ... See full summary »
Directors: Christy Oldham, Shane Woodson | Stars: Christy Oldham, Pippa Hinchley, Kaden Graves, Elina Madison
Votes: 115
The end is way better than the beginning. I usually feel differently about movies.
82. Monster Hunter (2020)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When Cpt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Feature film based on the video game by Capcom.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 68,120 | Gross: $15.16M
I should have put this with the Resident Evil movies but I haven’t seen it yet.
83. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
PG | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve
Votes: 22,640
Female + French + Indiana Jones = The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. (You'll have to read this one - subtitles only)
84. Enola Holmes (2020)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When Enola Holmes (Sherlock's teen sister) discovers her mother is missing, she endeavours to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter
Votes: 219,675
I recommended this one to the ladies in my family.
85. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
R | 108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
Votes: 102,907 | Gross: $18.64M
Sharron Stone shares the screen with a celebrity cast.
86. Bandidas (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In turn-of-the-century Mexico, two very different women become a bank-robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their town.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn, Dwight Yoakam
Votes: 37,298
How about Bandidas 2 starring Eva Longoria and Roselyn Sanchez? or Bandidas 3 with Jennifer Esposito and Eva Mendes?
87. Bad Girls (1994)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Four prostitutes join together to travel the Old West.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore
Votes: 13,557 | Gross: $15.24M
Bad girls that weren’t really that bad.
88. Hard Bounty (1995)
R | 88 min | Western
Kanning is an ex-bounty hunter who decides to buy the town saloon where Donnie works as a whore. Carver, who has a bad history with Kanning from his bounty hunting days, rides into town to register some land deeds.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Matt McCoy, Kelly LeBrock, John Terlesky, Kimberly Kelley
Votes: 571
You can't like Kelly LeBrock for her acting skills, but don't hate her because she's beautiful.
89. Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 107,739
Selma Hayek delivers in the comedy action extravaganza.
90. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody, Vince Vaughn
Votes: 541,740 | Gross: $186.34M
Fun date night movie.
91. Barely Lethal (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy
A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.
Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Sophie Turner
Votes: 23,299
Hallie Steinfeld in a cute family film.
92. My Mother, the Spy (2000 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Comedy
A young woman, who can't keep a steady boyfriend at home, succeeds in snaring a small army of terrorists while on vacation, and finds out her mum is a long-time American spy.
Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Jayne Brook, Dyan Cannon, Kevin Kilner, David Palffy
Votes: 325
A lot of inconsistancies but still a fun made for TV movie.
93. V.I. Warshawski (1991)
R | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A female PI babysitting for a boyfriend gets stuck with his daughter and the case of her murdered father.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals
Votes: 5,511 | Gross: $11.13M
The sexy Kathleen Turner before she turned into a man.
94. Miss Congeniality (2000)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen
Votes: 230,414 | Gross: $106.81M
Comedy with Action.
95. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Gracie Hart abandons the life of a field agent to become the public face of the FBI. Yet, when Cheryl Frasier and Stan Fields are kidnapped, she is determined to rescue them, along with her reluctant partner.
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, William Shatner, Enrique Murciano
Votes: 80,308 | Gross: $48.48M
Fun sequel.
96. The Heat (I) (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir
Votes: 181,341 | Gross: $159.58M
The language. Wow.
97. Spy (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Comedy
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham
Votes: 258,876 | Gross: $110.83M
When I see Melissa McCarthey, I think potential spy.
98. Hot Pursuit (2015)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
Director: Anne Fletcher | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley
Votes: 54,191 | Gross: $34.51M
I thought this one was funny.
99. One for the Money (2012)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo
Votes: 44,123 | Gross: $26.41M
Katherine Heigl did a good job in this mediocre flick.
100. Ocean's Eight (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 242,090 | Gross: $140.22M
All star cast prequeling 11,12 and 13.
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