Trudy: Violent Night (2022)
There’s a whole lot to love about this modern Christmas classic. I mean, how many times can one really watch Die Hard when you want Christmas and blood and gunfire in the same movie? Trudy is the hero we all need this season. She’s proactive despite insurmountable odds and determined to be powerful amid people telling her she can’t. Leah Brady is wonderful--and for most of the film, the only grown-up in the room.
Ashley: Better Watch Out (2016)
It’s highly recommended that viewers go into this movie as cold as possible so you won’t see it coming when [spoiler, spoiler, spoiler] which is really an incredible and unexpected turn of events. Ashley has to think quickly on her feet, deal with an annoying boyfriend, and be adaptable as hell to thwart an opponent she never saw coming. Sociopolitical overtones punctuate a gripping story that’s full of suspense. Viewers root hard for Ashley, and she rises to the occasion beautifully.