16 of the Year's Biggest Films — All Led by F*cking Awesome Females

Directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman has tons of buzz out of the festival circuit. The trailer depicts it as a revenge thriller, focusing on a young woman who feigns vulnerability to take down predatory guys, one at a time. It's a movie that takes on the conversations about consent and #MeToo, with a dark and complicated woman at the center.

Release date: April 17