# Looking for films with heroic/brave girls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311 "2012-06-16T02:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/1 "2012-06-16T02:14:26Z")
Format is unimportant…could be anything along the lines of **Coraline** , **Winter’s Bone, Mulan** , or **Hanna**. Sexualized heroines need not apply. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/2 "2012-06-16T02:17:52Z")
I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest _Brave_. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/3 "2012-06-16T02:18:09Z")
\*\*Fly Away Home Whale Rider\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/4 "2012-06-16T02:21:37Z")
Erin Brockovich. Norma Rae. The Rosa Parks Story. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/5 "2012-06-16T02:22:26Z")
Fargo. Aliens. Million Dollar Baby. Silence of the Lambs. Matilda. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/6 "2012-06-16T02:27:02Z")
Tangled. Mulan. Hunger Games. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/7 "2012-06-16T02:36:59Z")
Soul Surfer ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/8 "2012-06-16T02:42:01Z")
The Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/9 "2012-06-16T02:49:43Z")
[Persepolis](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/), though there are some sexual situations. [Night of the Comet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/). [True Grit (2010)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/) and [True Grit (1969)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/) [The Hunger Games](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/) [Flipped](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817177/) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/10 "2012-06-16T02:53:12Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Fargo. Aliens. Million Dollar Baby. Silence of the Lambs. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Erin Brockovich. Norma Rae. The Rosa Parks Story. Um…those aren’t girls. If it helps, let’s go with 18 or younger. I’m combing through the other suggestions, thanks. Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/11 "2012-06-16T02:53:35Z")
The 2010 version of [Alice in Wonderland](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/) The 2005 version of [The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363771/) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/12 "2012-06-16T02:54:53Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > \*\*Fly Away Home > > Whale Rider\*\* Two film titles I’ve heard mentioned about a hundred times without actually knowing what they were. Good suggestions, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/13 "2012-06-16T02:57:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Tangled. Mulan. Hunger Games. Tangled, check, agreed. Mulan, why didn’t I think of that!? Hunger Games, check, saw it in the theater but trying to decide if she’s really brave/heroic or not. > [@Miller](#): > > I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest _Brave_. I can’t argue that! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/14 "2012-06-16T02:58:04Z")
[The Journey of Natty Gann](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385/). A really good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/15 "2012-06-16T02:59:43Z")
> [@cruel\_butterfly](#): > > Soul Surfer I admit I was thrown off by the movie poster. Are you recommending this, or is it just an example? > [@Spoke](#): > > True Grit (2010) and [True Grit (1969)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126/) How did I not think of that? Excellent call. > [@](#): > > [Flipped](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817177/) In my imagination this was an update to The Wonder Years. Good movie? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/16 "2012-06-16T03:00:45Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [The Journey of Natty Gann](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385/). A really good movie. Thank you, we’ll check it out. And John Cusack will be a bonus for Mrs. Maserschmidt! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/17 "2012-06-16T03:01:59Z")
Kick Ass ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/18 "2012-06-16T03:02:27Z")
Labyrinth. Plus, bonus Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/19 "2012-06-16T03:04:49Z")
Contact ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/20 "2012-06-16T03:05:23Z")
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