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For several generations of teen girls, Ellen Ripley was the ultimate shero. Stuck in space with a ravenous monster and nothing but her wits, Ripley single-handedly survives the carnage, defeats the relentless terror and heads for home. Or does she? This suspenseful classic sci-fi horror movie is one of the American Film Institute’s 100 Best Films of All Time. Scary good!
Girls kick ass! These are the action films lesbians love to watch again and again.
Whether you are a buff sports dyke or just like to watch from the sidelines, these are the crowd-pleasing movies featuring women that women love to watch.
Films in the ‘Action’ Category:
Alien (The Director’s Cut)
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No Comments »Charlie’s Angels
For every TV-into-movie success like The Fugitive, there are dozens of uninspired films like The Mod Squad. Happily–and surprisingly–this breezy update of the seminal \’70s jiggle show falls into t
Cutthroat Island
Grab your cutlass, parrot and eyepatch for some seriously swashbuckling adventure! Captain Morgan (Geena Davis) comes by her pirating license honestly – she inherited it from dear old dad, along with one-third of a juicy treasure map. To get the treasure, Morgan must hunt down the other two-thirds and fend off other greedy pirate crews [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Strong Women Tags: Action, adventure, Buddy Night, Comedy, cutthroat, geena davis, island, pirates, strong women, swashbuckling, vod No Comments »Desperate Living
Paranoid Peggy and gargantuan Grizelda are on the run from the law. What they run into is Mortville, a psychoward village ruled by evil Queen Carlotta and her goons. They move in with the resident lesbian couple, Muffy and Mole, but when Peggy switches sides and joins Team Carlotta, the locals foment revolution to overthrow [...]
Posted in Dark Comedy, Fantasy Tags: Buddy Night, camp, Comedy, criminals, desperate, grotesque, John Waters, murder, obese, shantytown, transgender, trashy No Comments »Double Dare
DOUBLE DARE is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about the struggles of two stuntwomen in male-dominated Tinsel town to stay working, stay thin, and stay sane against the backdrops of Xena:
Posted in Action, Documentary, Sports Tags: Action, dare, Documentary, double, kill bill, stunt doubles, stunt women, stunts, stuntwomen, wonder woman, xena No Comments »Futurama
The original, brilliant, four seasons of Futurama include 72 episodes of 31st century fun, liberally laced with political and social commentary a la Matt Groening. Features one of the strongest women on TV, Leela, a cyclops alien space ship captain, and one of the cutest, klutzy Amy Wong of the Mars Wongs. Fry (cryogenically frozen [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strong Women Tags: adventure, aliens, animals, Animation, Buddy Night, Comedy, cyclopse, Date Night, Fantasy, futurama, future, hidden gem, Katey Sagal, martial arts, Matt Groening, monsters, robots, Sci-Fi, science, space travel, strong women, TV No Comments »Futurama, Vol. 1
The first season of Futurama finds its space-legs quickly, so get into the action from the beginning. Travel 1000 years into the future with Fry in Space Pilot, see the Isaac Asimov homage I Roomate, discover the William Shatneresque Zapp Brannigan in Love’s Labours Lost in Space, wonder at the future’s take on Willy Wonka’s [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strong Women Tags: aliens, animal protection, Animation, Buddy Night, Comedy, Date Night, environmantalism, futurama, Katey Sagal, martial arts, Matt Groening, Musical Comedy, Pamela Anderson, robots, Sci-Fi, strong women, Titanic, vol. No Comments »Futurama, Vol. 3
Season Three has everything a good series should: Lucy Liu; a planet inhabited by Amazons; IQ boosting parasites; a murderous robot Santa; time travel to 1947 Roswell, New Mexico; and a conversation with God. Guest stars include Lucy Liu, Bea Arthur, Coolio, Beck, and Jan Hooks. 22 episodes in all.
GirlsNite Review by Jennifer Brooks
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Posted in Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strong Women Tags: Animation, Bea Arthur, Beck, Buddy Night, Comedy, Coolio, Date Night, futurama, hidden gem, intelligent humor, Jan Hooks, Jennifer's Favorites, Katey Sagal, Lucy Liu, martial arts, Matt Groening, political commentary, social commentary No Comments »Futurama, Vol. 4
The creativity keeps on flowing in Season Four, the final original season. Bender takes the world of daytime soaps by storm; most of the original Star Trek bridge crew guest star in episode 11; Bender has a sex change operation; the Professor invents a gateway to a parallel universe; Amy’s boyfriend gets pregnant; Leela finally [...]
Posted in Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strong Women Tags: action sci fi, adventure, Animation, Comedy, Dan Castellaneta, future, George Takei, Katey Sagal, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Hamil, Matt Groening, Nichelle Nichols, olympics, political commentary, robots, Roseanne Barr, roswell, Sigourney Weaver, social commentary, space, space travel, star trek, strong women, Vice President Al Gore, video on demand, Walter Koenig, William Shatner No Comments »Gasoline
Stella and Lenni like their laid-back life in their one-horse village. But then Lenni’s bigger-than-life and twice as disapproving mother blows into town and promptly gets herself accidentally killed. Stella and Lenni stuff the body in the trunk, grab the loot and take it on the lam in this fast and furious action adventure.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Foreign, Suspense Tags: accidental death, Action, adventure, forbidden love, Foreign, homophobia, Italy, revenge, roadtrip, suspense, thelma & louise No Comments »Heavenly Creatures
As almost every woman on earth can tell you, few relationships in life are as intense as your childhood for-real BFF. Juliet and Pauline are the very best of friends, and theirs is a magical shared fantasy life. Until, that is, their parents get worried that the girls are a tad too close, and try [...]
Posted in Drama, Fantasy, Suspense Tags: best friends, Drama, Fantasy, first love, Kate Winslet, murder, New Zealand, suspense, true story No Comments »House of Flying Daggers
No one uses color like Chinese director Zhang Yimou–movies like Raise the Red Lantern or Hero, though different in tone and subject matter, are drenched in rich, luscious shades of red, blue, yellow,
Posted in Action, Fantasy, Foreign, Martial Arts, Strong Women Tags: betrayal, China, combat, Fantasy, Foreign, martial arts, rebels, revenge, wushu No Comments »In Her Line of Fire
When the vice presidents plane goes down near a remote south american island he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female secret service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save him.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Strong Women, Suspense Tags: Action, adventure, Buddy Night, jill bennett, jungle, mariel hemingway, rebels, secret service, strong women, suspense, vice president No Comments »Lara Croft Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Cradle of Life is certainly better than its 2001 predecessor, but its appeal is mostly aimed at fans of the video games that inspired both movies. That pretty much leaves
Posted in Action, Adventure, Martial Arts, Strong Women Tags: Action, adventure, angelina jolie, Fantasy, fast pace, strong women, thriller, tomb raider No Comments »Painkiller Jane
Kristanna Loken of Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines and Bloodrayne stars as Jane Vasco, a tough-yet-sexy DEA agent recruited by a covert government unit to hunt superhuman neurological aberrations k
Resident Evil
Marilyn Manson worked on the soundtrack, so it\’s no surprise that Resident Evil is best enjoyed by headbangers, goth guys, and PlayStation junkies. Like the interactive game it\’s based on, this horr
Resident Evil – Apocalypse
2002\’s popular video-game-derived hit Resident Evil didn\’t inspire confidence in a sequel, but Resident Evil: Apocalypse defies odds and surpasses expectations. It\’s a bigger, better, action-packed
Secret Weapons
In this fun, cheesy 80’s exploitation film with a hot Geena Davis and Linda Hamilton, the KGB trains a sexy young spy to become an “all-American” temptress and seduce secrets out of US officials and businessmen.
Posted in Action, Suspense Tags: 80's, cheese, geena davis, kgb, linda hamilton, secret, sexploitation, spies, weapons No Comments »Stained Glass Windows
Goth girl Cherry needs a change from being everyone’s punching bag, so she takes up martial arts and plots her revenge. But in doing so, she begins to come into her own power, and discovers what is real for her in life.
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A gothic outsider fights to gain her own footing in life after being bullied [...]
Posted in Drama, Martial Arts Tags: abuse, coming of age, Drama, goth, martial arts, revenge No Comments »Terminator 2 – Judgment Day
An incredibly buff Linda Hamilton runs around with Ahnold-bot blowing up stuff and and saving the world yet again in this fast-paced, satisfying classic sci-fi action/adventure. This is one of those rare sequels that actually outdoes the original, with Robert Patrick inhabiting the most menacing, cold-blooded nemesis in cinema history, the implacable T-1000 assassin cyborg.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Strong Women Tags: Action, adventure, assassin, buff, cyborg, explosions, linda hamilton, robot, Sci-Fi, strong women No Comments »The Long Kiss Goodnight
Geena Davis totally rocks this furious thriller, and we highly recommend it. One of the strongest female lead characters in filmdom. Eight years ago, Samantha Caine lost her memory. Now, a cheap detective (Samuel L. Jackson) must help her remember the past before it buries them both. What’s forgotten is not always gone, and you [...]
Posted in Action, Strong Women, Suspense Tags: Action, amnesia, assasin, Buddy Night, detective, double life, geena davis, intense, secret agent, spy, suspense, thriller No Comments »Thelma & Louise
The definitive girl buddy movie. Thelma is a repressed housewife sick of her domineering husband. Her best friend Louise is an overworked waitress who has had bad luck with love. They take off together on a spur of the moment vacation roadtrip, and find their true selves. A must see.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Strong Women Tags: Action, adventure, Buddy Night, choices, circumstances, Drama, geena davis, louise, roadtrip, susan sarandon, thelma No Comments »Wanted
Fox (Angelina Jolie) is a mysterious action chick who snatches wimpy Wesley from a life of boring bean-counting and plops him down in the middle of a secret society of assassins who can bend time and space in their mission to keep the world in balance. Awesome special FX, and Angie is hot as ever.
Posted in Action, Adventure Tags: Action, adventure, angelina jolie, assasins, full, revenge, screen, secret society, special effects, supernatural ability, wanted No Comments »
Futurama, Vol. 2
Season Two guest stars include Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura), Vice President Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, Pamela Anderson, Claudia Schiffer, Parker Posey, Sarah Silverman, and Conan O’Brien. Join in the fun as the Planet Express crew discovers the lost, mythical city of Atlanta; Bender joins the robot Mafia; Leela faces off with her misogynist [...]