Strong Female Lead
List of Dramas/ Movies that i watch with strong female leads.. They can be strong physically, mentally or emotionally. SOME CONTAIN SPOILER!! BEWARE
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1. Love O2O
Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes
The female lead here is a gorgeous computer science major who's label "department beauty" but the male lead who is a genius campus heartthrob fall in love with her not because of her beauty but because of her incredible gaming skills. She is also smart and not the usual weak, stupid female lead.
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2. Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
I like how the FL matures and starts to think of ways to become powerful.
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3. Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude To All Legends
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
The FL learns how she can help and protect other people too.
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4. Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy
Korean Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
The FL here is a bit innocent but she is strong when it comes to hunting.
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5. The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
Korean Movie - 2018
Ja-Yoon escaped from the government and was adopted by an old couple even she lost all her memory. Later when she appears on a TV program, strange people start appearing in her life… She has special abilities too and overpowered her enemies.
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6. Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 58 episodes
The female lead here is strong and smart. She is a goddess and a powerful one. She did everything to save her master. She is the kind of female lead that doesn't want to be always protected. She wants to protect her love ones too.
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7. The Story of Hua Zhi
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
Hua Zhi, the young lady of the family, no longer stays low-key and steps up. She braves hardship and leads the women of her household to manage to avoid starvation and danger. She transforms not only their lives but also the feared Commander of the Security Bureau, Gu Yan Xi, into her beloved "Mr. Yan". During these lively and heartwarming moments, Hua Zhi rises from a sheltered lady to the head of her family, leading her toward a brighter future.
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8. Please Be My Family
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
Qi Si Le (FL) an independent single mother who will do anything in order to cover the surgery expenses for her daughter, Xuan Xuan’s brain tumor. She may not be strong physically but mentally and emotionally she is. She is strong-willed, even though at first she thought that the ML loves her and then ML said she needs to act like a couple with him because it's just a contract marriage she didn't cry and calmly accepts it which make the ML regret what he said to her. She also treat her love rivals with kindness which makes them her friends later on, aka "love rivals harem". She also try to communicate with ML everything she misunderstand in their relationship.
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9. Ultima Misiune a unui Înger
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Lee Yeon Seo is a cynical and arrogant ballerina. She becomes the heiress because of her parent’s sudden death. She doesn’t believe anyone since there are a lot of people around her who lurk her inherited money. Her distrust and arrogance make herself unable to love. She becomes the best ballerina, but she gets to meet an accident and has to give up her dream. Even though she went blind, it doesn't let her become weak.. She learns how to walk and fight with the use of her other senses.
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10. The Eternal Love
Chinese Drama - 2017, 24 episodes
Even though sometimes the female lead is childish and always need protection because of her clumsiness. She is brave and sometimes smart. I like her because she is not the usual damsel in distress and not annoying.
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11. Love and Redemption
Chinese Drama - 2020, 59 episodes
In the first few episodes, Xuan Ji is portrayed as a clueless girl because she is deprived of her 6 senses. After she regains what she was deprived of, she turns into one of the strongest female leads I know, protecting her love ones at all cost. She is also the reincarnation of God of War. I like how she trust the ML even though all the evidences are pointed at him. He still waits for the ML to explain it himself and not believe what others tell. She follows her own principles and belief.
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12. Ice Fantasy
Chinese Drama - 2016, 62 episodes
Li Lou is the realm guardian in the divine world. Even though she is a mortal and is living with those people that has power, she can still outshine them with her bravery, martial art skill and wits. Yan-Da is one of the female supporting character who is the princess of the enemy's tribe. She is strong too.
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13. The Princess Wei Young
Chinese Drama - 2016, 54 episodes
At first she is a little bit childish but later on after the tragedy of her life, she starts to become smarter than her enemies to survive. In the end, she become the Empress.
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14. The Legends
Chinese Drama - 2019, 56 episodes
The female lead here is strong physically. At first she is innocent when it comes to love which leads to her feeling betrayed but because of this she becomes strong mentally and emotionally. I like how at first the female lead is the one protecting the male lead and then when she died and return again for revenge the male lead follows and protect her unconditionally.
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15. Sweet Tai Chi
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
Feng Piao Piao (FL) seems to be quite graceful to the whole world – artistic, well-read, musically-inclined, and always carrying a book with her. When she accidentally saves a classmate Wei Chu(ML) with Tai Chi learned from her grandfather, she realizes that her skills are far more advanced than she had thought. From then on, her life becomes entangled with that of Wei Chu and Tai Chi.
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16. Oh My General
Chinese Drama - 2017, 60 episodes
She is a general of an army. I like how the female lead is strong physically and also mentally. Even though she is engage to the prince, you can see that she makes the effort to make the prince fall in love with her. She also doesn't easily get jealous. She is different from other female leads who always a damsel in distress. In this drama she is the protector.
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17. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
No need to explain how strong she is.. Just watch!!
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18. When a Snail Falls in Love
Chinese Drama - 2016, 21 episodes
The female lead here is a genius. Even though she is not strong physically she still helps the police to find/caught the criminal through analyzing evidences.. I like her chemistry too with male lead.
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19. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Kim Mi So is A highly skilled secretary who has worked with Young-joon(vice Chairman of the company) for nine years. Despite her beauty, she works hard in everything that she do. She is also good at taking care of others. Sometimes she has that vulnerability in her but that doesn't make her annoying thus making the male lead takes care of her too.
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20. Bloody Romance
Chinese Drama - 2018, 36 episodes
I like how the female lead here starts weak and then becomes strong at the end. Even though in the first 2 episodes show how weak and poor she is we can see in the story how she matures, become smart, more kind and blossoms. Also love the 2 male lead who supports her and love her
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21. General and I
Chinese Drama - 2017, 62 episodes
Besides her beauty, I like how genius she is regarding battle strategy which help her country win wars. She also met the male lead in battle of wits in war.