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Action films featuring female antagonists
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The list Action films featuring female antagonists includes
Inception, Transformers: The Last Knight, Real Steel, Rush Hour 2 and Resident Evil.
The list consists of 70 members.
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Inception
2010 film by Christopher Nolan
Overview: Inception is a 2010 science fiction action heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief ...
Release date: 8 July 2010Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, AdventureDirector: Christopher NolanProducer: Zakaria Alaoui, John BernardWriter: Christopher NolanA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. ...
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Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 film directed by Michael Bay
Overview: Transformers: The Last Knight is a 2017 science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and the fifth installment in the ...
Release date: 23 June 2017Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Michael BayProducer: Michael Bay, Ian BryceWriter: Art Marcum, Matt HollowayA deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters ... 0
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Real Steel
2011 film by Shawn Levy
Overview: Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story ...
Release date: 6 October 2011Genre: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, SportDirector: Shawn LevyProducer: Ron Ames, Rick BenattarWriter: John Gatins, Dan GilroyIn the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. 0
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Rush Hour 2
2001 film by Brett Ratner
Overview: Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Jeff Nathanson. A sequel to Rush Hour (1998), it is the second installment in the Rush Hour franchise ...
Release date: 26 July 2001Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, ThrillerDirector: Brett RatnerProducer: Roger Birnbaum, Andrew Z. DavisWriter: Ross LaManna, Jeff NathansonCarter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. 0
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Resident Evil
2002 action film by Paul W. S. Anderson
Overview: Resident Evil is a 2002 action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, and Colin Salmon. It ...
Release date: 12 March 2002Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, FantasyDirector: Paul W.S. AndersonProducer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy BoltWriter: Paul W.S. AndersonA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a ... 0
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Men in Black II
2002 science fiction action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Overview: Men in Black II (stylized as MIIB) is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures ...
Release date: 3 July 2002Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Family, MysteryDirector: Barry SonnenfeldProducer: Marc Haimes, Stephanie KempWriter: Lowell Cunningham, Robert GordonAgent Jay is sent to find Agent Kay and restore his memory after the re-appearance of a case from Kay's past. 0
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 Australian post-apocalyptic action adventure film
Overview: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, commonly known as Mad Max 3, is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Terry Hayes and Miller ...
Release date: 10 July 1985Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, AdventureDirector: George Miller, George OgilvieProducer: Steve Amezdroz, Marcus D'ArcyWriter: Terry Hayes, George MillerAfter being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the ... 0
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Lionheart
1990 film directed by Sheldon Lettich
Overview: Lionheart is a 1990 American martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page, Lisa Pelikan and Brian Thompson. It also features the acting ...
Release date: 1 March 1990Genre: Action, Drama, SportDirector: Sheldon LettichCast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan, Ashley Johnson, Brian ThompsonProducer: Anders P. Jensen, Eric KarsonWriter: S. Warren, Jean-Claude Van DammeAn Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family. 0
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From Dusk Till Dawn
1996 film by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
Overview: From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney ...
Release date: 19 January 1996Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller, Crime, FantasyDirector: Robert RodriguezProducer: Elizabeth Avellan, Lawrence BenderWriter: Robert Kurtzman, Quentin TarantinoTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results. 0
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Death Race
2008 film
Overview: Death Race is a 2008 dystopian action thriller film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, and Joan Allen.
Release date: 21 August 2008Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Paul W.S. AndersonProducer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy BoltWriter: Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert ThomEx-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates ... 0
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003 American film by McG
Overview: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by McG and written by John August, and Cormac and Marianne Wibberley. It is the sequel to 2000's Charlie's Angels and the ...
Release date: 18 June 2003Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, CrimeDirector: McGProducer: Drew Barrymore, Patrick CrowleyWriter: Ivan Goff, Ben RobertsThe Angels investigate a series of murders which occur after the theft of a witness protection profile database. 0
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The Fate of the Furious
2017 American action film directed by F. Gary Gray
Overview: The Fate of the Furious (also known as F8 and Fast & Furious 8) is a 2017 action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Furious 7 (2015) and the eighth installment ...
Release date: 14 April 2017Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, AdventureDirector: F. Gary GrayProducer: Ricardo Del Río, Vin DieselWriter: Gary Scott Thompson, Chris MorganWhen a mysterious woman seduces Dominic Toretto into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test ... 0
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 film directed by Guy Ritchie
Overview: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a 2015 spy film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie and Lionel Wigram. It is based on the 1964 MGM television series of the same name, which was created by Norman ...
Release date: 7 August 2015Genre: Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector: Guy RitchieProducer: Steve Clark-Hall, John DavisWriter: Guy Ritchie, Lionel WigramIn the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization ... 0
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Resident Evil: Retribution
2012 film by Paul W. S. Anderson
Overview: Resident Evil: Retribution is a 2012 action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. A sequel to Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), it is the fifth installment in the Resident Evil film ...
Release date: 14 September 2012Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Paul W.S. AndersonCast: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer, Bingbing Li, Boris KodjoeProducer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Dave BogosianWriter: Paul W.S. AndersonAlice fights alongside a resistance movement to regain her freedom from an Umbrella Corporation testing facility. 0
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Baywatch
2017 film by Seth Gordon
Overview: Baywatch is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, with a screenplay by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, from a story by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant ...
Release date: 19 May 2017Genre: Comedy, Action, Drama, CrimeDirector: Seth GordonCast: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh HaderaProducer: Ali Bell, Michael BerkWriter: Michael Berk, Douglas SchwartzDevoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay. 0
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Barely Lethal
2015 American film
Overview: Barely Lethal is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by Kyle Newman, written by John D'Arco, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie Turner, Jessica Alba, Dove Cameron, and Samuel L. Jackson. Steinfeld ...
Genre: Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector: Kyle NewmanCast: Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Eva G. Cooper, Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie TurnerProducer: Alexis Bishop, Christy ChamWriter: John D'ArcoA teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that ... 0
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Oblivion
2013 English post-apocalyptic action-adventure film directed by Joseph Kosinski
Overview: Oblivion is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn, starring Tom Cruise in the main role ...
Release date: 10 April 2013Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller, MysteryDirector: Joseph KosinskiCast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa LeoProducer: Jesse Berger, Peter CherninWriter: Karl Gajdusek, Michael ArndtA veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. 0
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xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017 action film directed by D. J. Caruso
Overview: xXx: Return of Xander Cage (released as xXx: Reactivated in some countries) is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. The third installment in the ...
Release date: 20 January 2017Genre: Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: D.J. CarusoProducer: Gloria S. Borders, Vin DieselWriter: Rich Wilkes, F. Scott FrazierXander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. 0
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Hanna
2011 film by Joe Wright
Overview: Hanna is a 2011 action thriller film directed by Joe Wright. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as the titular character, a girl raised in the wilderness of northern Finland by her father, an ex-CIA operative ...
Release date: 7 April 2011Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, MysteryDirector: Joe WrightProducer: Marty Adelstien, Zakaria AlaouiWriter: Seth Lochhead, David FarrA 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 ... 0
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Film directed by Jon Turteltaub
Overview: The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 American action adventure fantasy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the team behind the National ...
Release date: 8 July 2010Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, ComedyDirector: Jon TurteltaubProducer: Cecile Leroy Beaulieu, Jerry BruckheimerWriter: Lawrence Konner, Mark RosenthalBalthazar Blake, an apprentice of the legendary magician Merlin, must train his old teacher's successor - an introverted but resourceful physics prodigy ... 0
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