Favorite Final Girl Movies

My definition: A final girl movie is one where a tough female lead (or co-lead) learns fast and kicks ass to become one of the last people standing.

Alien

Aliens

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Terminator

Terminator 2

Prometheus

Romulus

Resident Evil (2002)

The Ring

Halloween (1978)

Barbarian

Resident Evil 2

Dawn of The Dead (2004)

Kill Bill Vol 1

Kill Bill Vol 2

Silent Hill

Wrong Turn

The Hunt

AVP

Mindhunters (2004)

Ghost Ship

Planet Terror

The Grudge

Ready or Not

Evil Dead (2013)

Heretic

Anaconda

Pulse

The Silence of the Lambs

Doctor Sleep

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2000)

Leatherface (2017)

Bring Her Back

Drag Me to Hell

Annihilation

The Descent

Prey

Black Christmas

Pan’s Labyrinth

Happy Death Day

Becky

Wrath of Becky

The Witch

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Cabin in the Woods

You’re Next

Psycho

Friday the 13th

Maxxxine

The Nun

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Scream

Hellraiser

The Green Inferno

Descent 2

X

Sorority Row

The Hunger Games

Longlegs

Pandemic

Quarantine/[REC]*

The Evil Dead Rises

The Invasion

The Village

It Follows

Carrie

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Ginger Snaps

Coraline

Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark

There’s Someone Inside Your House

No One Will Save You

Mama

The Birds

In A Violent Nature

Scary Movie 3

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Companion

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Candyman (1992)

When a Stranger Calls

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Untraceable

Apex

The Visit

Gothika

Underwater

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe 2

Hush

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

Malevolent

Truth or Dare

Willy’s Wonderland

Happy Death Day 2 U

Countdown

Halloween (2018)

Megan

Sienna Guillory is 10/10

Hot as the sun in Resident Evil: Apocalypse

notes

*Quarantine is the American remake of [REC], while [REC] is the original Spanish film. The two movies are very similar, since Quarantine closely follows the plot and structure of [REC].

-Madeline