Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "teenage-heroine"

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head

Votes: 160,174

2. Deadpool (2016)

R | 108 min | Action, Comedy

A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

Director: Tim Miller | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein

Votes: 1,129,633 | Gross: $363.07M

3. Transformers (2007)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 676,449 | Gross: $319.25M

4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 723,010 | Gross: $424.67M

5. The Marvels (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 127,012

6. Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015– )

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Marinette and Adrien, two normal teens, transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir when a mysterious evil threatens to destroy Paris.

Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Bryce Papenbrook, Keith Silverstein, Max Mittelman

Votes: 15,565

7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 374,703 | Gross: $281.72M

8. Incredibles 2 (2018)

PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Incredibles family takes on a new mission which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner

Votes: 332,485 | Gross: $608.58M

9. Fantastic Four (2015)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Director: Josh Trank | Stars: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell

Votes: 176,884 | Gross: $56.12M

10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 504,385 | Gross: $337.14M

11. Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

R | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Following Kick-Ass' heroics, other citizens are inspired to become masked crusaders, but Red Mist leads his own group of evil super-villains to get revenge, kill Kick-Ass, and destroy everything he stands for.

Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey

Votes: 289,021 | Gross: $28.80M

12. Tomorrowland (2015)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy

Votes: 191,663 | Gross: $93.44M

13. The New Mutants (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Horror, Mystery

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga

Votes: 89,948 | Gross: $23.86M

14. Big Hero 6 (2014)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller

Votes: 503,887 | Gross: $222.53M

15. Bumblebee (I) (2018)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.

Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Jason Drucker

Votes: 189,296 | Gross: $127.20M

16. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

Stars: David Yost, Richard Steven Horvitz, Ed Neil, Paul Schrier

Votes: 24,710

17. The 5th Wave (2016)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.

Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez, Bailey Anne Borders

Votes: 117,570 | Gross: $34.92M

18. Power Rangers (2017)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When Earth is on the verge of an alien invasion, five teenagers, who are infused with superhuman abilities, must harness their newfound powers to battle this threat - as the Power Rangers.

Director: Dean Israelite | Stars: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin

Votes: 114,046 | Gross: $85.36M

19. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soon opened, releasing the terrible Ivan Ooze, who wreaks vengeance on Zordon for imprisoning him millennia ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the mystic warrior Dulcea.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank

Votes: 30,053 | Gross: $38.19M

20. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama

A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.

Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon, Richard Bradford

Votes: 11,699 | Gross: $3.10M

21. Supergirl (1984)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow

Votes: 24,072 | Gross: $13.60M

22. NOS4A2 (2019–2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Charlie Manx, a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children, has his whole world threatened when a young woman in New England discovers she has a dangerous gift.

Stars: Ashleigh Cummings, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jahkara Smith, Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Votes: 10,250

23. Barely Lethal (2015)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy

A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.

Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Sophie Turner

Votes: 23,338

24. Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie (2023)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ordinary teenager Marinette's life in Paris goes superhuman when she becomes Ladybug. Bestowed with magical powers of creation, Ladybug must unite with her opposite, Cat Noir, to save Paris as a new villain unleashes chaos unto the city.

Director: Jeremy Zag | Stars: Annouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen, Antoine Tomé, Fanny Bloc

Votes: 6,588

25. DC Super Hero Girls (2019–2021)

TV-PG | 11 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Teenage versions of DC Comics superheroines both attend high school and fight crime to protect the citizens of Metropolis.

Stars: Tara Strong, Nicole Sullivan, Myrna Velasco, Kimberly Brooks

Votes: 1,730

26. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A girl explores the possibilities in a post-apocalyptic world.

Stars: Karen Fukuhara, Sydney Mikayla, Dee Bradley Baker, Deon Cole

Votes: 7,273

27. Kite (2014)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After her cop father is killed, a young woman tracks the murderer down with the help of his ex-partner.

Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: India Eisley, Jaco Muller, Annabel Linder, Christina Storm

Votes: 6,748

28. Ikki tousen (2003– )

TV-MA | 325 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Seven rival high schools battle each other for victory and total supremacy. The students will do what ever it takes to come out on top and see their school leading the way.

Stars: Yûko Kaida, Masumi Asano, Satoshi Hino, Kei Shindo

Votes: 1,304

29. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A space alien is threatening to bring destruction on Earth, and the Power Rangers are enhanced with turbo powers in order to prevent her plan.

Directors: Shuki Levy, David Winning | Stars: Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland, Hilary Shepard, Jon Simanton

Votes: 9,949 | Gross: $8.36M

30. The Last Survivors (2014)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A teenage girl fights to protect the last working well in a drought-stricken valley from a greedy water baron.

Director: Tom Hammock | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Max Charles, Nicole Arianna Fox

Votes: 3,932

31. The Spider (1958)

Passed | 73 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi

Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth

Votes: 3,421

32. Odd Girl Out (2005 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 84 min | Drama

A teenager is bullied by her former friends when they discover that she has a crush on the same boy as the most popular girl in school does.

Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Lisa Vidal, Leah Pipes, Elizabeth Rice

Votes: 3,682

33. Pretty Cure (2004–2005)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two young girls, Nagisa and Honoka, find mysterious "fairies" that grant the girls the ability to transform into the legendary warriors known as Pretty Cure and combat the forces of darkness.

Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Issei Futamata, Hitomi Nabatame, Yukana

Votes: 302

34. Untamed Youth (1957)

Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Music

Follows two vagrant sisters working for crooked characters at a rock 'n' roll prison-farm.

Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell, Don Burnett

Votes: 1,362

35. Teenage Zombies (1959)

Approved | 73 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A crazed female scientist uses nerve gas to turn local teenagers into her unquestioning slaves.

Director: Jerry Warren | Stars: Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor, Steve Conte, J.L.D. Morrison

Votes: 1,263

36. Karate Girl (2011)

TV-MA | 92 min | Action

A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.

Director: Yoshikatsu Kimura | Stars: Rina Takeda, Hina Tobimatsu, Tatsuya Naka, Kazutoshi Yokoyama

Votes: 596

37. Red Kiss (1985)

110 min | Drama, Romance

1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" ... See full summary »

Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Charlotte Valandrey, Lambert Wilson, Marthe Keller, Laurent Terzieff

Votes: 335

38. The Jensen Project (2010 TV Movie)

G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After a 16-year absence, Claire and Matt Thompson are reintroduced to The Jensen Project - a secret community of geniuses conducting advanced underground research to solve the world's most difficult problems.

Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Justin Kelly, Kellie Martin, Brady Smith, LeVar Burton

Votes: 442

39. Mei chan no shitsuji (2009)

45 min | Comedy, Drama

After her parents die, Mei discovers that she is the heir to a rich and powerful family; she must leave her humble surroundings to attend a new school and work with her new butler, who wants to do everything for her.

Stars: Nana Eikura, Hiro Mizushima, Takeru Satoh, Shioli Kutsuna

Votes: 391

40. Slayers (1995)

Not Rated | 63 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Lina Inverse and her overly-endowed associate Nagha the Serpent travel to Mipross Island, where they encounter an old sage who enlists them in his battle to defeat the demon Joyrock.

Directors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuo Yamazaki | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Maria Kawamura, Yuri Shiratori, Mahito Tsujimura

Votes: 925

41. Simoun (2006)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying ... See full summary »

Stars: Mamiko Noto, Nana Mizuki, Megumi Toyoguchi, Houko Kuwashima

Votes: 169

42. Slayers Return (1996)

Not Rated | 61 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Outrageous enemies such as secret organizations aiming to dominate the world and mysterious strongest fighting forces attack Lina and Naga one after another for legendary "treasure" lying ... See full summary »

Directors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Maria Kawamura, Akiko Hiramatsu, Akio Ôtsuka

Votes: 507

43. Slayers Great (1997)

60 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Lina and Naga, on their way to a town called Storner, robbed bad guys of their precious treasure. Storner was known as a town of "Gorlems" moved by magic power. And again the two were ... See full summary »

Directors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Maria Kawamura, Kikuko Inoue, Takehito Koyasu

Votes: 456

44. El coyote (1957 TV Movie)

27 min | Western

The teen-aged daughter of a crusading newspaper editor dons the mask of El Coyote to help end a gunman's land grab scheme.

Directors: Ken Murray, Richard Talmadge | Stars: George Brent, Muriel Grossfeld, Billy Gilbert, Paul Richards

Votes: 10

45. Countdown (II) (2013)

18 min | Short, Action, Drama

When 13-year-old Skyler, burdened with the responsibility of her four younger siblings, begins receiving mysterious phone calls threatening her family, she must race against time to save the people who matter most.

Directors: Audrey Larson, Shay Martin | Stars: Avery Markle, Kayla Schechter, Matt Keilty, Maayan Ziv-Kreger

Votes: 15

46. Vlog (2010)

9 min | Short, Drama

A teenage girl, equipped with her handy-cam, parts quietly from her sleeping family, and finally leaves her abusive home. However, after her camera cuts off, we discover where she is really headed.

Directors: Yariv Barel, Mor Kaplansky | Stars: Omer Moshkovitz, Shlomy Moskowitz, Ella Kaplansky

Votes: 6

47. Aya's Secret

Action, Drama, Thriller | Announced

Four female freestyle, sensual dancers win the PowerBall lotto. They and Leo, the 7-year-old "brother" of the youngest dancer, go on a journey to celebrate. Along the way, shocking secrets unfold that threaten to destroy all.

Director: J.J. Alani

48. Sexy Voice and Robo (2007– )
Episode: Mikka Bouzu (2007)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Niko, a Middle School student who witnesses her first crime, teams up with Ken'ichi, an immature adult, to unravel the mystery. After they solve the crime, they are recruited by the mysterious woman, whose life they saved, to become spies.

Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Suzuka Ohgo, Eri Murakawa, Shin'ya Tsukamoto