# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/41 "2012-06-16T14:43:05Z")
Lilo and Stitch ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/42 "2012-06-16T15:23:31Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Anne of Green Gables I came in to recommend this. I also think [Ever After](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120631/) would probably qualify… it’s a Cinderella story, but she’s pretty bad-ass. ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/43 "2012-06-16T16:02:48Z")
Battle for Terra The Princess and the Frog Monsters vs Aliens The Rescuers The Next Karate Kid (1994) ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/44 "2012-06-16T16:22:34Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > 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! I translated ‘girls’ as ‘females’. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/45 "2012-06-16T16:48:14Z")
Hocus Pocus. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/46 "2012-06-16T18:01:18Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [Rabbit-Proof Fence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/) Heartily seconded. The girls in this movie are so unbelievably strong and courageous. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/47 "2012-06-16T18:32:43Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Hunger Games, check, saw it in the theater but trying to decide if she’s really brave/heroic or not. Of course she is, bravery isn’t the absence of fear that’s usually stupidity. Katniss does some terrifying things that’s she’s sure she won’t survive in order to protect her family. If you’re looking for these as object lessons for a little girl I’m not sure it’s one I’d want my daughter to emulate but I hope the situation never arises 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/48 "2012-06-16T18:36:13Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > The Diary of Anne Frank This. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/49 "2012-06-16T19:39:14Z")
Does Joan of Arc count as a girl or a woman? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/50 "2012-06-16T19:45:04Z")
In The Last Unicorn, the unicorn is female, and quite old…but she does overcome her fear. If you’re looking for a positive female role model for little girls, most of them will like this movie. In fact, you might not be able to get them to quit watching it. There have been other great suggestions, I was just thinking back to when my daughter was pretty small, and the movies that she loved. If at all possible, read \*Howl’s Moving Castle \*before (or instead of) watching the film. I read that book to my daughter, and it’s one of the reasons that she started reading for pleasure. ---
**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, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/51 "2012-06-16T19:52:39Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > In my imagination [[Flipped](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817177/)] was an update to The Wonder Years. Good movie? Surprisingly good. I happened upon it on one of the movie channels and got dawn in. I had never heard of it. Rob Reiner wrote and directed, and the nostalgia vibe is similar to _Stand By Me_. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/52 "2012-06-16T20:14:44Z")
Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/53 "2012-06-16T20:21:05Z")
Lots of people have mentioned Studio Ghibli films, but have left out Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa, and Laputa, which are probably the most action-oriented of Miyzaki’s films. And Kiki’s Delivery Service. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/54 "2012-06-16T20:31:47Z")
In America Not One Less ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/55 "2012-06-16T20:38:33Z")
[Chocolate](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/) - a Thai martial arts movie about an autistic teenage girl who learns to fight by watching Kung Fu movies. The story is appropriately silly, but the fight scenes are pretty awesome. Imagine a young, female Jackie Chan. Lots of stylized violence, and the blooper reel during the credits will have you wincing. It is rated R, though, so you might want to preview before watching with any young’uns. ---
**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 17, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/56 "2012-06-17T19:48:55Z")
Re: _Flipped_–I really enjoyed this movie…thanks to the folks who recommended it! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/57 "2012-06-17T19:56:03Z")
Thought of another: [City of Ember](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/) Features a heroic girl, but also worth watching for Bill Murray’s turn as the mayor. ---
**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 18, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/58 "2012-06-18T06:35:49Z")
_The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/59 "2012-06-18T07:55:58Z")
Hanna. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311/60 "2012-06-18T12:56:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ For five minutes or so?😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-films-with-heroic-brave-girls/625311.md?page=4)