30 People Share Movies Where The “Strong Female Lead” Was Actually Done Right

And then she ups the ante in Aliens which of course also had Vasquez, a very competent Newt and the Alien Queen - the movie is perhaps the best ever example of the Strong Female trope

This is the most obvious #1 choice in the history of Bored Panda. Aliens was better, but it's still Sigourney.

Ripley was originally written as a male character. When the decision was made to have her be female instead, they kept all the dialogue, etc. exactly the same.

Vasquez!!!

Ripley was a strong female lead, AND SHE WENT BACK FOR THE CAT. That makes her damn near perfect.

Side Note: Gonna show my age here, but love the part in Wayne’s World where they get pulled over - “Have you seen this boy?”

just a mother on a bad day :)

I loved this film and her character inspired me learn how to do pull ups 😅

Mortisha was amazing. But honestly, they all were. The only healthy family in TV

I hate the fact that the healthiest couple in media, the one where they are both so blatantly and madly in love with each other, are the couple that are deliberately supposed to be the 'weird' couple, the opposite of what is 'normal' and 'correct'.

Ahhh, the woman who holds her family together 🖤

The Addams Family is honestly wholesome.

I always loved the fact that she takes the lead, and it's left to Dr. Grant to look after the children - turning that trope on it head. Plus that scene with Ian Malclom!!

See... I find it interesting that ... so.... first Jurassic Park Movie... you got Dr. Sattler. Intelligent, got her sh** together, butt-kicker, thinks before she acts, etc. Then the REST of the movies... every single female character is ... kind of an annoying, short-sighted, self-righteous idiot. What the heck happened.

No this was weak

The term "computer" comes from the job held by these women. It was only when technology replaced them that the term came to mean an electronic device. Prior to that "computer" was a job.

100% yes for Hidden Figures, great film about great women.

Fascinating movie

I just watched Hidden Figures for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Great movie!

This one should be higher - great little movie

The Scully Effect.

i'm rewatching Xfiles right now! i'm on season 2.

YHANK YOU, I QAS HOPING SOMEONW WOULD SAY THIS

Isn't there even something called the Scully effect, which describes the increase of young women choosing a cereer in science because of Gillian Andersons' character?

And let us not forget the character of Catherine, the final kidnapped victim of Buffalo Bill. Despite being trapped in a hole and completely at his mercy, she used her wits to formulate an escape plan and bravely stood up to him even as he was about to kill her.

A really good movie that I didn't want to see. Wasn't into it - went with a friend - ended up really liking the movie. I don't mind horror but am not very into drama movies unless they are really good.

You betcha!!

The tv series isn't too shabby either.

And, Marge is a hell of a good cop.

Not a movie, and I admit I haven't seen all episodes, but I think, Jennifer Love Hewitt's character in Ghost Whisperer might meet the requirements.

Last movie I saw with my father before he passed, and I will forever be a daddy’s girl…. Upvote just for that, but the point behind it as well.

I bet you're thinking, what's a place like me doing in a girl like this?

Yes, she was terrific. Perfectly written in her time period.

That's how to write a smart woman - she's playing her part in a group without being the know it all smartass that lectures all the others on a constant level. Nor is everybody else incompetent to make her look better, she's strong on her own

Loved her in Constantine, too.

Loved her in Disobedience

And Buffy had character developement. ❤️ I just love her

My favourite ever TV series. Love it. Also "KISS rocks .... why would anyone want to kiss rocks?"

Heck yes! And it’s probably my most rewatched series that I have to watch every so often.

Xena is still a good show, sadly it's quite hard to find it on TV or streaming

I'm'unna push back on this one. She's supposed to be an ordinary girl, except for being a well-trained martial-arts fighter. But if a huge man took the abuse she does, he'd end up a stony, silent Danny Trejo. No, actually, he'd end up a rotting corpse or a broken pile of bones. There are so many things that are so wonderful about the show, I don't mean to slam on it, and the way that she does start off with but then transcends a master, becoming a leader not just a trained fighter, is sooooo much better than the army of Mary Janes. I just wish the physical blows she took were "merely" more like Indiana Jones and less like The Incredible Hulk.