Well you already put Ripley in there, cause honestly she is one of my favorite action movie characters (still not a fan of the unnecessary panty scene, but it was like the 70's) I get what people mean about not having enough like "strong" women in movies, they are kind of under represented, and when they are they're usually sexualized in some way, hell even Mulan (my second favorite Disney movie) has to get naked at one point in the film. However with these new revolutionary strong female role model films claiming to be 'strong' like Cpt. Marvel, Wonder woman, or Ghost Busters 2016 when all of them are poorly written, uninteresting and honestly don't really show women at their strongest because two of those films the girls are just born/given invincibility and the other one is hardly worth caring about because no one can shut-up for more than a minute.
One of my favorite female movies is called Linda, Linda, Linda it's about a group of girls who start a school rock band, no one in this movie is trying to be impowering for women they're just a group of girls living out the last couple days of school and worried about the future, that movie feels more real to me and impactful because there's fear, sadness, anger, and joy that resonates through out the movie, and I won't lie having covers of the Blue Hearts is a catchy song. I also really like the live adaptation of Nana two women who are struggling with their own lives and growing up for the first time, is it cheesy, yes, is it still good when Nana stands up for her friend... Nana... Yes, that's more strong than punching a bunch of CGI monsters any day.
I absolutely love the Mahou Shoujo series (except when it's made into a joke, or tries to be super edgy) Precure being one of my highest praised series. I find them more empowering to women than Wonder Woman movie where she solves her problems by punching a guy really really hard (admitedly I stopped watching it as soon as it got to the last fight). It's not like there aren't 'strong' female lead roles, it's just people are glorifying the worst schlock garbage as being high quality message for womens rights. Make a good movie first before you make that claim.
Hate me all you want for saying this, but honestly I would much rather consider Million Dollar Baby girl a ground-breaking film than Hunger Games, Twilight, or 50 Shades of Grey. I want to see real actual strong women in movies again please.