Ranking Final Girls | Tier List
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Horror movies are mostly known for their villains but just as important to their formula are the characters that survive the carnage and vanquish the evil. Here is how I rank 50 of the most popular final girls!
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You should rank the scooby doo animated movies 1997-2010
Plz
And stakeland
Sidney Prescott will always be my favorite, she has great character development amongst most of the Scream films and Neve Campbell is great. Nacy Thompson is a close second.
Same
In the beginning of Scream 4 when she was running towards Ghostface, fully intent on wrecking his shit, was straight up iconic.
BS. Justice for Stu!
Sidney is the queen. Ginny from Friday Part II is also up there for me. Both way better than Laurie Strode, honestly.
Me too 😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Would absolutely love to see a Final Men tier list. People have very little convo about that topic.
True🤔 Would definitely be different.😊
I vote for Dutch(Arnold schwartzenegger) from "Predator" for the top tier
Rj McCready and ash are top 2
@@BigPappaMuskhell yeah, Chris is one of my fav final guys.
@@someone7068Tommy Jarvis is up there as well. From my experience, those 3 are usually the main answers I see and I get why.
I gotta be honest Sydney and Laurie are the ones who fight back the best but nothing beats Nancy for me because she’s not getting all these defenses and guns. She flat out faces her fear and brings him out of the dream world to fight him her own way.
She’s doesn’t have defenses…???
When she had booby traps???
Interesting
I like Nancy Thompson, Sidney Prescott and Laurie Strode. They are tops for me.
@@ivanalcorchas6110That was impromptu though.
@@ivanalcorchas6110she set that up but I mean she isn’t turning into a commando like Laurie and Sydney it makes it more realistic
She has to be quick, too, as she's quickly losing what strength she has left to fatigue, so she has to work fast before she's in an automatic loss.
Putting Grace as just a Survivor in Ready or Not almost gave me whiplash when I heard that. Nothing shocked me before that, but that one beyond stunned me. Bad B*tch should have been the floor for her ranking.
Settle down, dork.
Agreed!!
Agreed she caved the moms head in with a box
I like her pretty much but she had a lot of lucky moments and help from both brothers sooo
Ok idc
“The entire cast of Black Christmas 2019” 😂😂
Routing for the killer.
Kirsty Cotton is my absolute favorite final girl. She’s entirely focused on self-preservation. She also has to fight off otherworldly demons, her perverted creepy uncle and her evil step mom in the first film and does it in such an intelligent way.
I like how she doesn’t make all the cliche stupid decisions that they usually make. Like Laurie Strode dropping the knife and turning her back to Michael every time.
@@danfarmer3019 For real. And I love Laurie Strode because of what H20 and Halloween 2018 did for her character but the way she drops the weapon like six times in the original movie is infuriating.
@@thatfishguy4991 I agree. She was great in those movies. A real badass. But the first film she made such stupid decisions it kinda makes Michael more pathetic the fact thats she’s that dumb yet still alive.
So true...she took on all that and made good decisions...she doesn't get the love she deserves in most lists by other people
I love how she always manages to manipulate or negotiate her way out of trouble. It's also bad ass the way she tried to go to hell to save her father in the sequel, even if she was being tricked.
I understand the take on Sally Hardesty, but I always found Marilyn Burn's committed and terrified performance to be one of the most realistic aspects of the movie. Yea she is screaming her head off, but I think it is very convincing at least. I would definitely say she would be either Survivor or Got Lucky, because the girl definitely has some endurance.
The awesome Sally hardesty is my favourite non matter the category. Not only does she survive the most horrifying of circumstances but she's the most realistic, no Hollywood revenge just run like hell and do what you need to get away.
Yes
Helen is absolutely a final girl. She solved the mystery and banished Candyman forever, she just died in the process. She would’ve survived had she escaped the bonfire sooner. It wasn’t stupidity that killed her.
100% agree - she’s a massive character
And she saved a baby and got the respect of the projects I fuck with her
I love rewatching Alien bc Ripley was RIGHT! She said don’t let Kane back on the ship, and got slapped for it, but she was right! And look what happened. If they had listened to her from the get, Alien would’ve ended right there lol
Feel like the "final guy" tier list is a must, because I feel like ash Williams and Tommy Jarvis not being mentioned here is criminal.
Yeah I kept them separate for a reason. Lol
@@CodyLeachYT but we all know who would be King in that list. Ash Williams
@@Nator316 Hail to the King, Baby.
And DEWEY!!
@@CodyLeachYTwhere would you put Alice from RE and Seline from UW?
Favorite final girl is...hands down Nancy Thompson. No one else even touches her. But if there's a runner-up, she's not even on the list, it's Kristen Parker from "Nightmare on Elm St. pt. 3; Dream Warriors". I feel like it's not even fair to compare anyone else. I think she was one of the 1st "final girls" who utilized her intelligence more than anything else. Don't get me wrong, she was a beast too, but her strength was her intelligence. Maybe I'm a tiny bit bias because that's my fave horror franchise w/my fave horror monster (Freddy). I was only 6 when it came out, & that's when I saw it. That began my love for horror...& it scared the s**t outta me. But Nancy was my personal hero lol
I love how Cody is including Terrifier in these recent Tier Lists!
@@A23137 yes but other channels I see usually leave terrifier out
Sienna from Terrifier 2 is also just awesome and easily one of my favorite new final girls in horror.
Despite the terrifier franchise being terrible
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@@robertwild9447she’s 1 demesional
Just started but Ginny from Friday part 2 has to be near the top…she even defies the stereotypes by surviving as well as being sexually active
I love her too. But damn she was standing with that pitchfork for soooooo long waiting for Paul to open the door. It’s like she was buffering.
she is the best friday the 13th girl for sure. her and tina really stand out as one of the best final girls in the franchise and that’s not saying much
Yeah ginny is easily one of the best
Yes. Loved Amy Steele
Love your content. In my own opinion Erin is bonafide scream queen. Love the "I'm not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me" energy. I mean she's almost also a slasher. She's so competent and bad ass she would work as a villain or a jilted vengeful lover. I love this character dude, my all time favorite.
Loved the list cody. Nancy Thompson will always be my favorite final girl ever, she's smart, fearless and not to bad on the eyes either.
Lol
What's funny?
@@williamsummerson1204 you said that she wasn’t bad on the eyes
Hwather is pretty.
@@williamsummerson1204 you mean Heather?
I think Kyle from Child's Play 2 should have been part of the list. She's awesome. The first time I watched the film I thought she was gonna be extremely annoying but totally wins me over halfway through the film. She takes action to save Andy and prove to be a tough as nails protector. I would have put her in Bad B*tch! Great list other than that!
I instantly thought of her with Cody being a huge Chucky fan
I play the video just to see her 🥺
Maybe the next list.
Yeah Kyle is such a great character, she's badass but not a bitch, understanding and caring of Andy without being condescending and overall is just an interesting character.
I can't say she's all that interesting these days in her TV show appearances, wish she did more. But still doesn't change how great she is in Child's Play 2.
@@cookiesontoast9981 yes she was brilliant
Totally agree with the high praise for Mia in the Evil Dead 2013 film. Her character was very well done, and excellent acting.
Sidney and Laurie have to be in the Scream Queen territory
Tree not being in Bad B*tch and Erin not being in scream queen is criminal
She's makes numerous bad decisions that get and keep her and her friends in a horrendous situation. To not be smart enough to get tf outta town is dumber than fuck. Other than being hot she's brings nothing to the table
Tree is actually my second favorite final girl, but I do kind of get why he would put her in "Survivor." She starts off pretty ditzy and is quite literally the character who died the most on this list. To her credit, she does get progressively better through trial and error, and experience, but it takes some time for her to get there. Personally she's one of my favorites more for her likable screen presence and character development, but I can see his argument that there are more naturally tougher final girls than her on this list. As for Erin, I think she belongs exactly as she was ranked. She's one of the toughest girls on the list, but she's pretty underwritten compared to the other characters in the Scream Queen rank. Her most defining trait is that she's tough and resourceful, but there's not much else in terms of development and depth, which does hold her back from being as iconic as the other characters in my opinion.
Thank you for doing such a unique ranking. I haven’t seen one like this from other tubers.
Bro called Sally a 2018 Halloween laurie rip off💀
It’s so blatantly a rip-off idea that it’s embarrassing.
@@HunterHaregoo goo ga ga bro 👶🏿💀
@@HunterHarei mean 2022 sally was 1000% a 2018 laurie ripoff
@@Xoxo0xx0 yeah so was the original sally though
I’m a big fan of Erin. We don’t throw people in the trash. She pulled off several feats for a slasher film
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Agree with this
With one movie, Sienna has become my all time favourite final girl!
Spellbound by Sienna also! She is #1.
Love the Tier Lists videos, man. Oh and I wish Needy from Jennifer's Body would've been included!
Oh, and I can't believe you missed Beth from Evil Dead Rise! Absolutely a bad bitch and hopefully soon to be scream queen
I can’t ever get enough of these tier lists !! They’re so fun to watch and make
Once again, people ALWAYS forget about Jada Pinkett-Smith in Demon Knight!! Smh. That final battle between her and Billy Zane after Brayker died so good!
To me trish jarvis is a underrated final girl overshadowed by Tommy but was one of the best final girls of the Friday the 13th franchise on her own
Top 5 for me , i like megan tina and ginny more
What I liked about Jessica Biel's character in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake was she was interested in doing the right thing but she just did it so dumb that everybody died, which is the part I don't like...
Erin from YOU’RE NEXT is so underrated! Glad you’re giving her some shine. 🍿🔪
I wondered if you would include Sarah Connor, so happy you did. She's my favorite of all time too
Damn Cody..The general public considers sienna a scream queen so you dropped the ball!!!
The fact that the killer in dont breath r**ed and and impregnated the woman who accidentally killed his daughter and tried to r**e her takes away any support of him I could have.
Came here to see where you put Nancy and my stress is gone. NANCY FOREVER. She straight up started out strong. Totally built traps and did the coolest things then dedicated her life to saving kids like her. She is the best and baddest! Then comes Sidney and Kirsty Cotton. ❤
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Ellen Ripley is for sure my favorite final girl, followed closely by Sarah Connor and Sidney Prescott. But those characters are big parts of some of my all time favorite films, so I like that you brought up disliking/liking a movie gives you an added frame of context to these characters.
Alice from Dream Master is one of my favorites aside from the obvious greats. A shy, neglected, and abused girl rises to the occasion and finds her inner strength though the literal powers of her friends. It’s wholesome!
She’s also one of my favorite. On Dream Child she could of easily solve her problem by aborting her unborn child but instead she risked both her life and sanity from Freddy Krueger.
Appreciate the time and effort Cody put into this. Enjoyable and fun to watch.
Nice. Been anxiously awaiting this tier list. Ever since you asked for suggestions I've been waiting. Hopefully I see some of my suggestions on here. Awesome video Cody. Great list.
And Helen saves a dam baby. Hell yes she's a final girl.
Sidney is and always will be my final girl ❤️ btw Cody I love your content, I’m a simple man … after along night at work I come on TH-cam and get a notification that Cody Leach posted a new video , I click & watch every time . Much love from Tampa Florida
Awesome! Thank you!
This was such a fun video! I grew up in the '80s and Nightmare on Elm Street was my favorite horror film next to The Lost Boys. Nancy is hands down my favorite. The way she faced Freddy throughout the entire movie in her dreams and then brought him into the real world to fight him with all of her booby traps. She kicked ass!
Go watch a nightmare on elm Street 3 the dream warriors.
I always have a lot of fun watching you do these tier videos mate! My personal favourite final girl will always be Sidney Prescott.
I’m with you 100% on needing a you’re next sequel. Just finally watched it within the last year and it’s one of my favorite horrors just for how badass she is and it’s is by far my wife’s favorite. My wife doesn’t even like horror movies but this got her into watching horror movies with me.
I was so excited to see this posted today. Great list Cody! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@CodyLeachYT I remember accidentally finding your channel a couple of years ago now looking for something else. I think it was a show they had on the Bravo ( I think) channel years ago roughly called The 100 scariest movie Scenes Of All Time and the result was a few of your list. Gave them a try and so glad I did!
Love the list, but I was surprised you didn’t add Iris from Would You Rather. The way it ends, maybe being the final girl isn’t always the best thing. 😂
"If Laurie Strode isn't his most bestest, then we all unsubscibe"
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Sidney Presscot is easily a scream queen for me, I love her and she has some sick lines such as: “Don’t F-- with the original.” And “Not in my movie.”
❤ this ranking list. I think the only semi redeeming thing about the thief in Don’t Breathe is that she needs money to get her little sister (and herself) away from their terrible mom/home situation (if I remember the beginning right). She’s still a terrible person but I think the writers gave her the little sister so the audience would not think she’s a complete selfish piece of crap. She’s still wrong but she has a reason sort of.
She is pushed into a corner and giving a character that type of depth is bold. That's like arkan or whatever from the collector.
Jenna from the Friday the 13th remake was my favorite and I still will never forgive them for killing her!! 😭😭
Great list, bro. Love your channel. Ripely and Sarah Conner have always competed for my top 2 final girls, but Ripley always wins out for me. I think has more character moments that really flesh out her character and give her depth. Especially in Aliens.
Terminator is sci-fi never considered horror
I don't know where you and your channel have been hiding but I'm so glad I found your content. Thanks for this ranking video!!
I've been following Cody since 2018 and his content keeps getting better and better, he's getting so good at expressing his thoughts and overall becoming a godlike movie critic.
Idk about godlike but I appreciate it. Lol
What about the def chick from hush. She’s %100 in bad bitch at least. She tried everything from the very beginning to either keep the killer out or to take it to him.
“well, im gonna do my thing. rooting for the killer.”
im fucking dead 😂great tier list, Cody!
I think another thing that hurt Alice in Friday was that she was just killed off in the opening of part 2. I know everything was because she had a real life stalker that wasn’t cool and ended her character in the series
It’s great when Cody uploads
I personally always really liked Clear Rivers, but I definitely do get your criticism of her as not the most capable or stand-out as a character.
A note about her presence in the sequel instead of Sawa's character Alex--the series creator Jeffrey Reddick said in an interview that originally both Sawa and Larter were supposed to return in the second film, and that Sawa actually was even supposed to survive the second film and continue his role as the main character. But Sawa ultimately could not due to "scheduling and stuff." No confirmation on what "stuff" is but there was a rumor going around at the time that they were cutting Sawa's pay. He tried to fight it, they wouldn't give in and then retaliated by killing off his character in an anti-climactic way.
I just disagree with Samara Weaving. She threw boiling water on the butler's face, clocked a child and bashed the mother's head in! All after being put through literal hell. Bad bitch all the way.
Great list!
If I ever have a daughter, I'd like to name her after Sidney Prescott. Or O-Ren Ishii. 😊
Make it an island of two because I love Dark Fate. I think that films is really underrated.
Great video! For the most part I agree!! I'm curious, why did you include Dani from Midsommar but not Thomasin from The Witch? Or Clarice from Silence of the Lambs?
Ooh Clarice would've been a great addition to the list.
I agree with 90% of this list TBH. I would add that Rachel McAdams in Red Eye could have made the Bad B tier of this list.
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Glad to hear it
This was such a fun tier list! Thanks, Cody!
Love what you're doing Cody. I hope this channel continues to have success as I just discovered you and see that this has been around for many years. Also, good luck on dealing with the easily offended internet hogs that want to gatekeep horror opinions.
Sarah Connor is the ultimate final girl character to me and it’s not close. I like Laurie Strode but in my opinion she just survives in Halloween. Nancy of Nightmare on Elm Street is strong/bad b*tch but she didn’t do anything to Freddie according to the end of the first movie. Ripley killed the Alien and a great final girl also but Ash could’ve killed her, she couldn’t save herself from him/it.
Love the list!!! How about a list who victims who should have lived??°°°
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for putting Jen in "Bad Bitch"!!! She is such an underrated character in a very underrated movie & I totally agree with your take!
I was surprised to not see Barbara on here from Night of the Living Dead (1990). She's also a final girl I love who went from screaming at everything to becoming a force to be reckoned with by the end of the movie
Now a final guys tier list could be cool. The bois like Dewey, Ash, Tommy Jarvis, Randy Meeks, Chad Meeks, Dutch etc
Awesome idea. Looking forward to seeing where my girl Marybeth from Hatchet falls!
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@@CodyLeachYT nooooooooo
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32:17 I hate Halloween II. However, Scout can act her ass off. She should be in more movies. As Laurie, I think she did a great job in the first one and good in the second one considering the shit show it was. The way 1 ended was badass and made Laurie have an edge I liked mixed with a child like vulnerability because she was absolutely traumatized after doing what she had to do.
23:39 Cody I get endeared by *flashes back to the opening to that reveiw* Jessicas performance
SURE Code whatever you say 😂
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Totally agree with the placement of Rooney Mara's Nancy, but from what I remember, it was a movie she was obligated contractually to do. I can't remember exactly what all the details were, but it was basically a film she had to do just cause she was in another film. Makes no sense, but who knows. She didn't want to be in the movie and it definitely shows.
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I AGREE WITH THE ORIGINAL TERMINATOR MOVIE IS A HORROR FILM! The scene where he is in the bathroom taking care of his wounds and him asking the one lady if she was Sarah Connor and she says yes and he bursts through the door and guns her down brutally scared me so much when I was around 5 or 7. Looking back I probably should’ve not watched that or Cyborg,Friday the thirteenth,nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and etc… lol Anyways everyone have a BLESSED DAY.
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Couple more mentions that I'd add to Bad Bitch tier:
- Alice (Resident Evil 2002)
The Paul Anderson franchise is a mess and hardly respects its source material at all. But the first film was probably the best entry and where Alice was at her best. She had at a decent blend of victim and badass.
- Barbara (Night of the Living Dead 1990)
Not much to say here, Patricia Tallmans version of this character is far better than the original. She starts off a victim and later just kicks ass alongside Candyman! lol
Now that I’ve watched the video, this is a great list. I love your reasoning for your choices. The one I will disagree is Erin in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. She is one of my favourite final girls. ☺️
Sienna, Nancy, Sidney, and Laurie (1, 2, H20) top my list!
Hour long video? You’re the man mr Leach 👏
Hope you enjoyed it!
Another great tier list Cody keep up the great work
Michael & Laurie being at the top of both tier list makes sense and is correct🔥 🔥
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Sidney will always be my favorite final girl!
Halloween 78 is my favorite horror movie but I was never a big Laurie fan and I liked Rachel from H4 more. I think Ginny from Friday the 13th part 2 was great and her legacy would've been bigger if she came back for part 3 but Amy had no interest at that time. Kristy from Hellraiser is criminally underrated and Ashley back in the day had a GREAT A@@ to quote Al Pacino from Heat.
Gunny is only so so. IMO.
I agree 100%. Halloween is my favorite horror film, but Rachel is my fave from the series. I put Laurie on the same level as Kara from “Curse”. They are down to earth and give fine performances, but just lack that extra charisma factor of Nancy Thompson, Ginny, Kristy and (the woefully underrated) Megan from Friday 6, among many others.
It would also be interesting if you have a tier list for final guys in movies.
My top 5 list:
1. Sydney Prescott
2. Jamie Lloyd
3. Casey Cooke
4. Chief Brody (I gave myself him cause.. it's my list lol)
5. Nancy Thompson
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Alice from Friday
There should be a list of the final girls best friend because their deaths and chase scenes are iconic lol like SMG in I know what you did last summer also the girl from the long chase scene in Prom Night
I thought it was really smart of Terrifier 2 producer to hire a stunt woman as a final girl you know she can handle the brutality
I think there should be a final guys tier list as well!
I love the Staind hat Cody they are my favorite band! Can’t wait for the rest of the album to be released!
Nancy will always be my favorite! Today is my late mom's birthday and she introduced me to Nightmare. ❤ but Rooney sucked the life from her
Erin from You’re Next is my favorite final girl. I’ve liked You’re Next since it came out and I watch it a lot
I’ve been waiting for this kind of a ranking list and Final Girls has to be one of the most subjective and debated topics throughout the entire horror genre of any and all films regardless who was the final girl or when these movies were first theatrically released. I always considered Sarah Connor, Lt. Ellen Ripley, Nancy Thompson (Nightmare On Elm Street and Dream Warriors) and Laurie Strode to be bona fide true definitions of Scream Queens in their perspective franchises. I hate that Mara Rooney pulled a Rachel Zegler and didn’t really care about her character in the NOES 2010 reboot/remake. I lost a lot of respect for her as a result of that kind of attitude and behavior but hey celebrity and Hollywood am i right!? Anyway, the only other horror final girl i thought would at least border between Scream Queen and Bad Bitch would be Ginny Field from Friday The 13th Part 2 if only because of her sex appeal for 1981, her use of the chainsaw to fight off Jason, and of course her attempt some kind of psychological mind game to get inside of his head by domineering and forcing him to obey her every command as he saw Ginny as his mother Pamela Vorhees only for her to stab him through his shoulder with a pickax. Ginny is definitely a top tier Survivor in my personal opinion. Overall i love this and agree with 90% of this ranking. This is by far my favorite ranking list and i can’t wait to see the next one Cody! 👍🏻🪓🔪🩸⚰️💀☠️
Ohan, I am totally on board with this list! I know others might want to nit pick with specific rankings. I certainly did with your trope tier list. But you were hitting bullseyes throughout this whole listing! Great job! 👍👏❤
This instantly caught my attention and I’m enjoying watching it. I think Laurie Strode, as you stated, is THE quintessential “final girl”. Laurie Strode walked so that Sidney Prescott could run IMO. Nancy Thompson is my all-time fave because NOES is my favorite franchise. Rooney Mara as Nancy was a complete shit show! I hated the movie and hated her in it. What made it worse is she played Nancy as this “slacker”. LMAO, Adelaide is most def the villain of “US”. I love anything Lupita N’Yongo does so I’m biased. Love the vid.👌🏾
Love your channel man, my favorite on youtube, keep it up and I hope ur doing good!!
Just curious where would you put Nancy from The Shallows, played by Blake Lively. I feel like I'd put her in bad bitch because despite being stuck on a rock for most of the film her performance really holds the movie together and I really like her survival skills and how she decides to fight back the shark
I prefer Halloween 2 as well, but I think it's just nostalgic for me. I was too young to see the first Halloween in theaters, so Halloween 2 is the first slasher I ever actually went to the show to see uncut. I saw the heavily edited first one on tv the first time.
Sarah Connor will ALWAYS be my #1 and one of my first heroes / role models. Followed closely by Sidney Prescott. I do love Erin from You're Next, but I feel like she needs another movie or two just to cement her place.
I feel that Clarice Starling is left out and never talked about as a final girl . She’s a bad ass
That might be because of how both the Hannibal book and film treat her. In the book she gets brainwashed into loving Lecter and Thomas Harris portrays it as romantic. And Julianne Moore didn't do a good job replacing Jodie Foster as Clarice in the Hannibal film.
I personally disagree with Jessica Beale’s ranking. I thought she was a great final girl and her taking that child at the end was pretty cool!! That’s my personal opinion.
Also I think the director was trying to make the audience feel Sally’s madness in Texas Chainsaw. Also she jumped out two windows so I would put her in survivor in my opinion