The aim of this thesis was to observe and analyze changes in the depiction of female characters in the most popular modern Hollywood drama films that have a female protagonist and were recorded between 2015 and 2020. The qualitative analysis of the content wanted to see who they were, how they behaved and what the female characters looked like in the ten most watched films from the Anglo-Saxon-speaking area from that period. The analysis assumes that women in Hollywood's most watched films of the second decade of the 21st century are portrayed in non-stereotypical gender roles and assume the traditional male style of behavior and roles to prove gender equality. The main hypothesis is confirmed. Female protagonists have acquired male qualities in the name of equality and self fulfillment. The new image of a woman moves away from traditional gender roles and stereotypes and typical women's professions. The protagonists are no longer secretaries, teachers, nurses, but are scientists, engineers, professional athletes, mathematicians, businesswomen. Women's bodies and attractiveness are not the focus, women's characters are less portrayed as the subject of a “male gaze”, and romantic relationships, marriage and motherhood are suppressed from the centre of women's interest and self-fulfillment. The Bechdel test passed six out of ten films, although other analysed films also contain the actions of a strong independent woman. The highlighted characteristics of female characters are: assertiveness, persistence, intelligence, integrity, roughness, altruism.