Jennifer Jason Leigh

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With Charlize Theron set to play the big baddie in the upcoming Fast 8 and Priyanka Chopra set to terrorize Dwayne Johnson on the shores of Baywatch there seems to be a trend of female villains invading Hollywood. In that spirit, we’ve put together a list of 10 of the best female villains from some of our favorite films.

Logline: Based on the life-story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at the age of 14, went undercover as an informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies during the mid-80s and quickly went from being an asset to an issue after being arrested for possession of 17 pounds of cocaine at the age of 17 — and then sentenced to life without parole.

Logline: In post-Civil War America, a group of stranded stagecoach passengers – two bounty hunters, a Confederate general, an Englishman, a Frenchman and a female prisoner – are stranded in a blizzard and take refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery.

Logline: Seeking answers to her husband’s tragic disappearance, a biologist journeys into an area sealed off by the government for the last 30 years as an environmental disaster zone with the help of a secret agency known as the Southern Reach has sent many expeditions over the years to discover the truth about “Area X”. She and her team find a pristine wilderness, but they also notice quickly that the rules of nature and evolution seem to work a little differently.

Logline: A woman with dissociative personality disorder wins the lottery and decides to spend her winnings on a cable access talk show about her life.

Logline: A middle-aged man decides to make a movie about himself with a large cast that portrays him at various ages, which leads him to start taking an introspective look at his life.