The Princess, the most recent film on Hulu, is an original female action movie. The concept of a lady being imprison in a tower is use, and she is given the opportunity to save everyone else as well as herself, so preserving her family and her realm. While there are action films with female leads and fairytale themes, it is exceedingly uncommon to see the princess—the pinnacle of femininity—given the power to stand up for herself and others without first denying her status or gender. For everyone who adored The Princess’s, here are the top badass women movies that portray related concepts.
1. Kill Bill (2003)
Director- Quentin Tarantino
Known as Beatrix Kiddo The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, directed by The Bride’s previous boss Bill, betrayed her by shooting The Bride at her wedding and leaving her for dead. The Bride is a trained assassin who is a woman. Four years later, The Bride wakes up and begins her quest for retribution. The Bride sets out to kill her first two targets on her list: Vernita Green, a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad with a daughter, and O-Ren Ishii, now the boss of the “Crazy 88” crime gang and the head of the Toyko criminal underworld. She enlists the assistance of one of Bill’s former teachers, retired sword maker Hattori Hanzo. The Bride is on a bloody rampage of vengeance and she will save Bill for last. She won’t stop until she has killed every member of The Deadly Viper Assassin Squad.
2. Legally Blonde (2001)
Director- Robert Luketic
Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon, is wealthy. She is Miss June in her school calendar, the President of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, and, most importantly, a naturally blonde. She wants nothing more than to become Mrs. Warner Huntington III and romances the cutest fraternity boy on campus. Warner (Matthew Davis), however, is prevented from proposing by the fact that Elle is too blonde. In Los Angeles, California, growing up next door to Aaron Spelling might have meant something, but to Warner’s East Coast aristocratic family, it meant nothing.
In order to get Warner back, Elle gathers all her finances and enrols in Harvard as he leaves for Harvard Law and reunites with an old prep school sweetheart. But compared to the conveniences of her mall and poolside, law school is a long cry. For her boyfriend, for herself, and on behalf of all the blondes who daily endure unending indignities, Elle must fight the battle of her life.
3. Sucker Punch (2011)
Director- Jack Snyder
When a young woman known as Baby doll fired a revolver while aiming to hit their stepfather in the 1960s, she killed her sister inadvertently. Her stepfather accuses her of being mentally ill, and she is committed to the fictitious Lennox House for the Mentally Insane in Brattleboro, Vermont. In order to have Baby doll lobotomized so that she cannot reveal the facts to authorities, he pays the asylum orderly Blue Jones to falsify the signature of the asylum’s psychiatrist, Vera Gorski. Baby doll makes a list of four things she would need to try to escape the facility when she gets admitted.
4. Brave (2012
Director(s)- Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Merida, a courageous aristocrat of the hardy mediaeval highland Scotland, defies stereotypes of the normal young princess by preferring to hone her archery abilities over preparing herself to be a queen and accepting the burden of royal duties for the sake of her kingdom. Merida, a headstrong rebel who disapproves of her mother’s attempts to set up an uncomfortable betrothal, departs the castle as a result in a fit of wrath, only to reach the enchanted dark forest, which is the residence of a strong local witch. But to change one’s destiny, one must first change from within. The frantic girl foolishly believes that a strong magical spell may be the answer to her difficulties.
5. The Old Guard (2020)
Director- Gina Prince-Bythewood
A clandestine band of close-knit mercenaries with a mystifying inability to die have fought to defend the mortal world for ages, led by a warrior named Andy. It’s up to Andy and Nile, the newest recruit to the team, to assist the group in removing the threat posed by those who aim to copy and profit from their power by any means when the squad is called upon to undertake an emergency operation and their amazing talents are suddenly exposed. In this film Charlize Theron played as badass women Andy character.
6. Shrek (2001)
Director(s)- Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
The entire population of the country of Duloc is terrified of Shrek, a large ogre that lives alone in the woods. Shrek’s idyllic life is disrupted when Lord Farquaad, the king of Duloc, banishes all creatures from fairy tales to the woods, turning his house into a camp for refugees. He then sets out to find Lord Farquaad and persuade him to return the creatures from fairy tales to their proper places while leaving him alone. Lord Farquaad agrees, but with one restriction. The lovely young princess Fiona, who will wed Farquaad, must first be located by Shrek. The large Ogre and his new donkey companion then set off on their journey.
7. Die Hard (1988)
Director- John McTiernan
John McClane, a police officer from New York City, is travelling to Los Angeles to visit his children and wife Holly, who relocated to the city for a position with the Nakatomi Corporation. He runs across Holly’s boss Joe Takagi and her coworker Harry Ellis at Nakatomi Plaza. He and Holly have a disagreement in a secluded restroom. When Holly departs to deliver a speech, thirteen armed terrorists led by Hans Gruber seize possession of the structure and kidnap the only people still inside—the residents of the 30th level. Fortunately, John escaped, and now he must figure out how to free the hostages before the terrorists succeed in their mission.
8. The Princess Bride (1987)
Director- Rob Reiner
Think back to the days when man and marshes were both swamps. Fire Swamps, specifically. Quicksand and Large, Unusual Rodents are present. Shouting eels lived in the lagoons. And Buttercup was the name of the world’s most stunning woman? Anyway, it’s a twisted fairy tale. Including all the typical fencing, chasing, escapes, and ridiculous accents. Including individuals with unusual traits like Inigo Montoya, who has spent his entire life dreaming of locating the six-fingered killer of his father. His huge sidekick is name Fezzik. Max is the kvetching miracle worker, too. Poor stable boy Westley is love by blonde Buttercup. But the terrible Prince Humperdinck picks her to be his princess bride when he is capture by pirates. He is slain along the way, and she is taken. But everything works out in the end.
9. The Raid (2011)
Director- Gareth Evans
Lieutenant Wahyu plans the attack of a residential complex that serves as the safe haven for the ruthless and powerful drug lord Tama and his gang in Jakarta, Indonesia. The SWAT team attempts to enter the building, but a lookout notices them and alerts the gangsters, trapping the cops on the seventh story. Lt. Wahyu has not told his superiors about the operation, they discover. The dangerous and arm thugs must now be fought by the police officers using their meagre supply of ammo.
10. Tangled (2010)
Director(s)- Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Rapunzel, a long-lost princess with the longest hair possible, has lived her entire existence in a lonely tower, dreaming of the outside world and eagerly anticipating its discovery. When Rapunzel begins to lose faith, Flynn Rider, an escaped prisoner, comes to her isolated tower and offers to take her to see the lanterns that come out every day on her birthday in exchange for returning his satchel full of stolen valuables, including the lost princess’s sparkling crown. Rapunzel learns about her true self as Flynn and she set out on a voyage they will never forget.
