Female Vigilante Movies

From Quentin Tarantino, starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Rated R

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is an action-packed revenge story about The Bride (Uma Thurman), a former assassin who embarks on a quest for vengeance against her former boss and his team of deadly assassins after awakening from a four-year coma. With the help of a mysterious fellow assassin called The Black Mamba, The Bride hunts down each of her targets one by one in a thrilling series of spectacular sword fights and showdowns. Along the way, she uncovers the truth about her past and her former team, and ultimately discovers how far she is willing to go to exact her revenge.

From Quentin Tarantino, starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
Rated R

Kill Bill: Volume 2 is a 2004 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the sequel to 2003's Kill Bill: Volume 1. The film stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who continues her revenge mission against the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. After killing O-Ren Ishii and Bill, she embarks on a journey to track down her remaining targets: Budd, Elle Driver, and eventually, Bill’s brother and former leader of the squad, Vernita Green. The Bride's journey leads her to Japan, where she battles a yakuza, and then The Copperhead, an assassin sent by Vernita. In the end, she defeats them both and is reunited with her daughter, B.B., whom she was forced to leave behind at the beginning of the journey. The film features the iconic "house of blue leaves" fight scene, and ends with a cliffhanger as to whether or not the Bride finally completes her quest for revenge.

From Paul Verhoeven, starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Rated R

Black Book (2006) is a Dutch-British World War II drama directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film follows Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten), a Jewish woman who is on the run from the Nazis after they murder her family. To survive, she takes on the identity of a dead woman, Ellis de Vries, and infiltrates a Resistance group to get revenge. With the help of her new allies, she discovers a secret Nazi plan to assassinate the Dutch Prime Minister and springs into action to prevent it. Along the way, Rachel discovers secrets within the Resistance and faces treachery, romance and betrayal as she attempts to save her people and outwit the Nazis.

From Kathryn Bigelow, starring Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Rated R

From Gavin Hood, starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans
Rated R

From Luc Besson, starring Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière
Rated R

From Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim
Rated R

From Paul Feig, starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham
Rated R

From John Madden, starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain
Rated R

From Doug Liman, starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Rated PG-13

From David Leveaux, starring Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Ella Holland
Rated R

From Renny Harlin, starring Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko
Rated R

From Joe Wright, starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
Rated PG-13

From David Leitch, starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan
Rated R

From Cate Shortland, starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz
Rated PG-13

From Francis Lawrence, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Rated R

From Lydia Dean Pilcher, starring Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache
Rated PG-13

From Corey Yuen, starring Shu Qi, Wei Zhao, Karen Mok, Song Seung-heon
Rated R

From Byung-gil Jung, starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Jun, Kim Seo-hyeong
Rated Not Rated

From Luc Besson, starring Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy
Rated R

From Pierre Morel, starring Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba
Rated R

From Gillian Armstrong, starring Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte McDougall
Rated PG-13

From Phillip Noyce, starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski
Rated PG-13

From Trevor Nunn, starring Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes
Rated R

From Olivier Megaton, starring Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà
Rated PG-13