Movie with female lead that protects weak adult male (lemmy.ml)

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[-] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Mary Poppins

Alien (if you count the cat)

28 Days Later

Run Lola Run (sorta)

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Alien (if you count the cat)

I count Ripley following protocol and refusing to open the airlock for a contaminated crewmate. If Ash hadn't stepped in, the movie would have ended very differently.

[-] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

I meant that Jonesy is the weak male that Ripley physically and emotionally protects.

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