The evolution of action movies starring women has come a long way, and while the genre isn’t as equal to action movies starring men, there are still many on-screen female heroes to root for.

From The Hunger Games to Captain Marvel, action movies with female leads have heart, fight scenes and an important story to tell about how women can kick ass just as well as men. There’s Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible series, Dominic “Dom” Toretto in the Fast and Furious franchise and, of course, James Bond, but over the years, more and more women have been front and center of their own crime-fighting narratives, and we love to see it.

Since the first-ever action movie in 1903, The Great Train Robbery, the action movie genre has been dominated by men. Jane are a few badass women who have taken down bad guys over the years, but there are so, so many more action movies with female leads to watch.

If you stan kickass women as much as we do, these action movies with female leads are for you.

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