5. Sidney Prescott (Scream Movies)
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), began the
Scream series as the stereotypical damsel in distress - the helpless victim who ran from the killer, terrified and shell-shocked from what was going on around her. She ended the series as the badass female who faced her threats head on and actually seeked them out, ending up as someone you wouldn't want to mess with at all. She's survived four movies in which a total of seven killers, with a net kill-count well in to double figures, have tried to murder her. She's survived them all, even reversing the roles and killing her would-be assassins on several occasions. She's hard to kill, tough as nails and not afraid to fight fire with fire. Cross her at your peril.