29 TV Shows You Can Watch on Netflix With Badass Women Front and Center

Yes, Jessica Jones is a Marvel superhero show, but Jessica isn't your typical hero. She's a hard-drinking, sarcastic survivor who takes cases to make enough money to buy more alcohol. Krysten Ritter is mesmerizing as Jessica, who is a mess of a human being with a past that's pitch black. However, deep down, Jessica still believes in justice, and her fight to save women from the mind-controlling Kilgrave in the first season is intense, thrilling, and important TV.

Watch Jessica Jones on Netflix now.