Happily, however, Netflix can keep you entertained for now with several movies like "Black Widow."
Natasha Romanoff herself Scarlett Johansson stars in "Lucy," while "Salt" is a movie very similar to "Black Widow."
Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" is also available to watch on Netflix and is a ground-breaking blockbuster that brought an iconic female superhero to the big screen with aplomb.
Also available is "Tomb Raider" starring Alicia Vikander and "Proud Mary" starring Taraji P. Henson, plus several Netflix originals, too.
Here are the nine best movies like "Black Widow" available to watch on Netflix right now (listed alphabetically).
Patty Jenkins' DC character proved that female-led superhero movies can be box office smashes, too, earning a huge $821.8 million worldwide. Gal Gadot took on the role of Wonder Woman, and while we have to wait for the sequel (that's been delayed, too), at least we've got this one to keep us going.
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'Tomb Raider' (2018)
Directed by Roar Uthaug.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander took over the role of Lara Croft from Angelina Jolie, and made it her own. Here, she desperately tries to find her missing father. Another movie based on an iconic video game.
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'Salt' (2010)
Directed by Phillip Noyce.
Sony Pictures Releasing
"Salt" was, for a long time, the closest thing we got to an unofficial "Black Widow" movie. An American CIA agent is forced to flee when she is accused of being a Russian spy. Starring Angelina Jolie, it really does play like a Black Widow origin story.
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'Proud Mary' (2018)
Directed by Babak Najafi.
Sony Pictures Releasing
Taraji P. Henson stars in this movie as one of the very few black female action leads.
"Proud Mary" follows a hitwoman working for a Boston crime family whose life is changed by a young boy.
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'Polar' (2019)
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
Netflix
Mads Mikkelsen is one of the most interesting actors out there, and teams up with Vanessa Hudgens for this dark thriller about an ageing assassin. A Netflix original.
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'Maria' (2019)
Directed by Pedring A. Lopez.
Viva Films/Netflix
A Filipino assassin responds to an attempt on her family's life after she quits the business and fakes her death. One of the few action movies with an Asian female lead.
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'Lucy' (2014)
Directed by Luc Besson.
Universal Pictures
What better film to fill the void of "Black Widow" than an action-thriller with Scarlett Johansson herself? Rather crudely labelled the female version of "Limitless," this movie capably stands on its own two feet.
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'Hitman: Agent 47' (2015)
Directed by Aleksander Bach.
20th Century Fox
Rupert Friend stars as the titular figure, who teams up with a woman (Hannah Ware) to find her father and unravel certain mysteries connected to her heritage. Based on the iconic video game character.
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'Close' (2019)
Directed by Vicky Jewson.
Netflix
Noomi Rapace plays a female bodyguard, a character based on the real-life female bodyguard whose clients have included JK Rowling and Nicole Kidman. In this movie, Rapace's character is hired to protect an heiress from assassins.
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