You know this is modern feminism: women getting one up on men, doing it sexier, badder and better.

1. The Bride (Uma Thurman, pictured) in Kill Bill (2003)

2. Nikita (Anne Parillaud) in La Femme Nikita (1990)

3. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) in Killing Eve (2018-2022)

4. Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman) in Léon: The Professional (1994)

5. Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) in Hanna (2011)

6. Charley Baltimore (Geena Davis) in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1995)

7. Nie Yinniang (Shu Qi) in The Assassin (2015)

8. Hannah (Kathleen Turner) in Prizzi’s Honour (1985)

9. Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) in Salt (2010)

10. Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) in Chuck (2007-2012)

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