‘Atomic Blonde, Tank Girl, Mad Max…’: The Female Fandom for Action Movies Share Their Favorite Woman-Led Films

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 7, 2023 3:00 PM EST

Are you a woman in the action movie fandom in need of a good female-empowering flick? Your fellow females in the fandom got your back on Reddit. I mean, leave the action to the men? I don't think so! Don't get us wrong. We love all the Spidermen, the ever-brooding Batman, the courages and crazy John Wick, and all those other terrifying yet hot men in the action film world. But we also need women. It's called equality. If you're thinking, "you're right, there aren't a lot of female-centric action films!" WRONG. There are many! They just don't tend to get the same amount of love (and funding for advertising) as the already-popular male-based ones. So let us direct you towards this continuously-growing list on Reddit of women-centric or female-led action films that rock SO hard! Feel that female-empowerment while getting a kick of drama and a blast of action! Female aggression is a very real thing. 

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    MEE Women, what are your fave action movies that feature mostly women as the main cast or a woman protaganist?
    via u/Beautiful-Ad7395

    Featuring stills from: Atomic Blonde, Tank Girl, and Mad Max: Fury Road

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    Posted by u/Beautiful-Ad7395 3 days ago Women, what are your fave action movies that feature mostly women as the main cast or a woman protaganist? E.g. Gunpowder Milkshake, Kill Bill
    via u/Beautiful-Ad7395
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    Storyanne 3 days ago A quite old one, made well before I was born even, but the first Alien movie with Sigourney Weaver is creepy and scary and she's so good in it.
    via u/Storyanne
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    UsualAnybody1807 3 days ago Mine is actually the second one, Aliens. Her line to the two military members. when she's operating the loader "where do you want it?" is one of my favorite lines of all time.
    via u/UsualAnybody1807
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    lilymunsterisaqueen 3 days ago Mad Max: Fury Road. I dislike most action movies but that one is a work of art.
    via u/lilymunsterisaqueen
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    brunetteskeleton 3 days ago The Hunger Games. The movie came out when I was 10 and I was obsessed with the main character, I thought she was so pretty and strong and cool, I used to dress like her and wear my hair like her and all my friends would be like "wow you look like Katniss" and it was such a big praise for me lol
    via u/Brunetteskeleton
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    Suspended_Accountant - 3 days ago The Long Kiss Goodnight. Miss Congeniality. Atomic Blonde. Charlie's Angels. Sucker Punch. The Quick and the Dead. Bad Girls.
    via u/Suspended_Accountant
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    soft_distortion. 3 days ago O+ More sci-fi but Annihilation.
    via u/soft_distortion
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    thisunithasnosoul 3 days ago Both Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow.
    via u/thisunithasnosoul
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    Wild Gurlie 3 days ago The Spy Who Dumped Me. It has many of my favorite film components: centering women friendships (without a blowout fight scene), satire, queer cast, mix of subtle and boisterous jokes, and overall a fun time to watch
    via u/WildGurlie
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    T_A_R_T_. 3 days ago *Hanna.* Also, it's just a 15 min sort, but *The Good Time Girls* hits the spot for me. It's directed by Courtney Hoffman and features Laura Dern.
    via u/T_A_R_T_
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    No-Distance425 3 days ago . Ripley-Aliens, Sarah Conner in Terminator 2 Judgment Day, Trinity-The Matrix, Thelma and Louise.
    via u/No-Distance425
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    LeilaJun 3 days ago Wonder Woman was amazing. It gave me so much strength
    via u/LeilaJun
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    Sr4f 3 days ago · edited 3 days ago There is a fantastic series that came out a month ago on Netflix, called Blue Eye Samurai. The characters all feel fleshed-out, and include women from very different walks of life. The creators have cited Kill Bill as one of the storie's major inspiration, as well. It's animation, mind you, but very adult- themed, and drop-dead gorgeous. Literally drop-dead gorgeous - a lot of people get murdered in a lot of visually- stunning scenes.
    via u/Sr4f
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    Spoonula 3 days ago . 오 The Heroic Trio is one of my favorites; it straddles the line between ridiculous and awesome and is a fun watch with friends.
    via u/Spoonula
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    Liza6519 3 days ago It's not a movie but the newer series 'Lioness'. It's really good.
    via u/Liza6519
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    ginigini 3 days ago Just watched Wingwomen (a French action flick) on Netflix and loved it. The friendship between the two women was the best and it was also hilarious. Melanie Laurent makes a bad as female protagonist.
    via u/ginigini
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    MelancholicShark 3 days ago Kate on Netflix. It's the story of an assassin trained from childhood who has been poisoned and spends her potential last days on earth trying to find a cure. She ends up befriending the tear away daughter of a man she was hired to kill something like a year or two prior to the events of the film, and they become like sisters.
    via u/MelancholicShark
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    I enjoyed it so much that my room is now decorated in the same cyan and magenta LED neon glow lights that the movie uses for its aesthetics. Plus, it was nice to watch a badass female protagonist fight her way through several impossible situations. Guns ablaze and no left to give. She spends a majority of the film covered in blood and not catered towards the male gaze, which is such a nice change.
    via u/MelancholicShark
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    The actress who plays her is attractive, but it isn't played up for the sake of men. She's allowed to just exist and be human and be covered in blood and dirt. She feels like a person, not a doll, and there's no love interest either! Great movie, highly recommend.
    via u/MelancholicShark
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    amandamonium 3 days ago Run Lola Run The Fifth Element The Secret of NIMH Moana
    via u/amandam0nium
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    Thats ItImOverThis 2 days ago Deathproof
    via u/ThatsItImOverThis
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    All my diablotabbix 2 days ago Mad Money
    via u/diablotabbix
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    kleemacable 2 days ago Charlie's Angels and Tank Girl
    via u/kleemacable
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    glazedash 12 hr. ago The Old Guard, Tomb Raider, and What Happened to Monday. Really anything with Noomi Rapace in it she is such a bad s.
    via u/glazedash

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