The following films have all received the official GirlsWithGuns.org seal of approval, for quality in the action heroine field.
Five stars
- Aliens
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
- Heroic Trio
- Ms. 45
- Run Lola Run
- Wait Until Dark
Four and a half stars
- Atomic Blonde
- Avenging Angels: The Wine of Violence, by A.W. Hart
- Azumi
- Bloody Mallory
- Double Dare
- The Draka and the Giant, by Liane Zane
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Gravity
- The Harlequin Protocol, by Liane Zane
- Haywire
- In the Line of Duty III
- In the Line of Duty IV
- À l’interieur (Inside)
- Kill Bill, Volume 1
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, on its 10th anniversary
- Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword
- License to Steal
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Made to Be Broken, by Kelley Armstrong
- Modesty Blaise, by Peter O’Donnell
- Mulan (animation)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Nikita (film)
- The Policewoman, by Justin W. M. Roberts
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Revenge
- The Shadow Strays
- She Never Died
- Silence of the Lambs
- Sucker Punch
- Ultraviolet
Four stars
- 009-1: The End of the Beginning
- 1632, by Eric Flint
- 2LDK
- 300: Rise of an Empire
- Aeon Flux (animation)
- Affair on Nolandia
- Alias: season one
- Alias: season two
- Alita: Battle Angel
- Amazons and Gladiators
- American Horror Story: Coven
- Angel
- Angel Terminators 2
- Anna
- Anne of the Indies
- Arisaka
- Assassin’s Vow, by David Bruns and J. R. Olson
- The Assault
- Azumi 2: Death or Love
- Bad Girls: season one
- Bad Girls: season two
- Bad Girls: season four
- Bandidas
- Barb Wire
- The Battalion
- Battle Angel Alita, by Yukito Kishiro
- Bitch Slap
- Black Amazon of Mars, by Leigh Brackett
- Black Doves
- The Bletchley Circle
- Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls
- Bloodbath at Pinky High, Part 2
- Breaking Surface
- The Bride Wore Black
- Bruised
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: season two
- Cat Run
- Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
- Catfight
- A Certain Scientific Railgun – S
- Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
- Charlie’s Angels (movie)
- Charlotte Who? – A Gaelic Football Story in America
- Chikara: Joshimania
- Chocolate
- Cleaners: season one
- Cool Cat, by Dan Leissner
- Crawl
- Cutie Honey
- Dakiti, by E. J. Fisch
- Dance of Death
- Dangerous Acquaintances
- Dangerous Lady
- Daughter of the Eagle, by Don Coldsmith
- A Demon Bound, by Debra Dunbar
- The Descent
- The Devil to Pay
- Dirty Pair OAVs
- Dominique
- The Eagle Huntress
- Eko Eko Azarak
- Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
- Emily the Criminal
- Escape (Flukt)
- Eve of Destruction
- Fall
- Fascination
- Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
- Les Femmes de l’ombre
- Forest Child, by Heather Day Gilbert
- Foxy Brown
- Freeway
- The Gentle Touch
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- The Girl With Ghost Eyes, by M. H. Boroson
- Girlfight
- Girls With Balls
- GLOW: season one
- GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- A Good Woman is Hard to Find
- Grindhouse
- Griselda
- Gun Woman
- Gunpowder Milkshake
- Guns Akimbo
- Gunsmith Cats: Bulletproof
- Hanna
- Hard Candy
- Hard Revenge Milly
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
- Hell Fire
- Hell on Route 666, by Dan Leissner
- High Kick Angels
- The Holding
- Honey West
- House of Flying Daggers
- The Hunt
- Hush
- The Ilsa, She-Wolf of the S.S. series
- I’m Your Woman
- Jericho Ridge
- Jessi’s Girls
- Jirel of Joiry, by C. L. Moore
- Joan of Arc (1999)
- Juncture
- Kill Bill, Volume 2
- Killer K
- Killers 2
- The Killing Complex, by K.G. Leslie
- Killing Eve: Season One
- Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
- Lady Bloodfight
- Lady Vengeance
- Let Us Prey
- Lila & Eve
- Lipstick & Dynamite
- M.F.A.
- The Machine Girl
- The Mae Young Classic
- Magnificent Warriors
- Maleficent
- La merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d’Arc
- The Millennium Trilogy
- Model Operandi: Affair of the Heart
- Molly
- Mother’s Day (2010)
- Mutant Girls Squad
- My Name
- Mythica: The Iron Crown
- The Naked Cage
- Naked Killer
- Naked Soldier
- Naked Weapon
- Neerja
- The Nest
- Nightblade: A Book of Underrealm by Garrett Robinson
- Nikita: season one
- Onechanbara: Zombie Bikini Squad
- Our Girl
- El Palo (The Hold-Up)
- The Plagues of Breslau
- Police Women of Maricopa County
- The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang
- The Princess
- The Princess Blade
- Prodigy
- Project Eden
- Punch
- Queen of the South vs. La Reina Del Sur
- Queen’s High
- Raazi
- Raging Phoenix
- Raze
- Real Dangerous Job, by K. W. Jeter
- Real Dangerous People, by K. W. Jeter
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse
- Resident Evil: Retribution
- Retroactive
- Revenge
- Rumble Roses
- RWBY
- Sentinelle
- Set It Off
- SexyKiller
- A Shot Through the Heart, by J. C. Antonelli
- Sister Street Fighter
- The Sister Street Fighter series
- Skinwalker, by Faith Hunter
- Sky High
- The Smoking Gun Sisterhood, by Thad Brown
- Spies
- Spy
- Strange Empire
- Sukeban Deka: season one
- Switchblade Sisters
- The Swordswoman, by Malcolm Archibald
- Tag
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terrifying Girls’ High School: Lynch Law Classroom
- Thelma & Louise
- Thriller: A Cruel Picture
- Trapped, the Crimson Bat
- Two-Gun Lady
- Vexille
- Violet and Daisy
- Wanted
- We Are The Night
- Wentworth
- What Keeps You Alive
- White Haired Devil Lady
- Wolf Creek: season one
- Women of Ninja Warrior
- The Women Who Lived For Danger, by Marcus Binney
- Wonder Woman
- Yes, Madam
- Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers