Movie with female lead that protects weak adult male

The machine

Star wars force awakens.
Tangled
Mulan
Transformers
Avatar (Blue people)

Could probably come up with more.

Lego Movie

Any of the Sailormoon movies possibly?
Tuxedo Mask usually gets more into trouble than the heroine herself.

Although I wouldn't actually count him as weak, just weaker.
And it's an old anime series, like starting in the 1990s, with later reboots.

A sadly underappreciated show:

Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Easily the best terminator property after the first two. I mean that’s not a high bar, but i mean it should be held in the same esteem as they are.

Hunger games

Alita: Battle Angel i think was like this a bit, but it is maybe not straightforward enough

maybe the no game no life movie , but i dont think that is really what you are looking for

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Mary Poppins

Alien (if you count the cat)

28 Days Later

Run Lola Run (sorta)

yes on Mary Poppins and Run Lola Run
Alien (if you count the cat)
I count Ripley following protocol and refusing to open the airlock for a contaminated crewmate. If Ash hadn't stepped in, the movie would have ended very differently.
- I don't remember much of that movie, but an Aliens / Evil Dead crossover sounds like a lot of fun.
- Also she defended Burke when the Marines were going to kill him for what he did. I mean she wanted him punished but... Letter of the law here. He was weak, she defended him.
- I meant that Jonesy is the weak male that Ripley physically and emotionally protects.
Jonesy is a good cat

Terminator 2 is probably the easiest answer.

no Terminator is the main protector in movie
But John was just a teenager tho

The first Underworld from 2003 is like this, but it's painfully early 2000s. It's from that era when every action movie was ripping of The Matrix as hard as possible.

this looks like the closest match thanks
Pain? No that feeling is wonder.
It is wonderfully early 2000s.
Kate Beckinsale younger and in leather. Nice.
- In the universe I'm originally from she's clad in shiny vinyl (yes, please) and her name was Beckinsdale.

Not movie, but Powerpuf Girls, Kim Possible, and Totally Spies

Wanted (2008 film) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_(2008_film)

Angelina Jolie carries the protagonist until he can learn to fight on two feet

Firefly original series with Wash + Zoe

First matrix. Trinity is much more skilled than Neo until the final act.

Similarly - Edge of Tomorrow Emily Blunt is skilled and trains Tom Cruise until he's competent enough to save the world. By the end they're both extremely competent. Only reason Tom Cruise saves the world and not her is due to the timeloops. She'd already done it once.
- I wish they had followed the original story. The ending is very different.
Then the same but in reverse in Matrix 4 but no one should watch that shitshow

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

3000 Years of Longing maybe? Tilda is very caring and acknowledging of her Djinn's needs.

Not a movie but Star Trek Voyager might be something you'll enjoy?

Chitty chitty gangbang

Now is that a Netflix title or do I have to pay extra to watch that?
Gangbang? 😲
- As a treat
reminds me of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and yes I read your title correctly ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Aliens. After Gorman's breakdown, all the marines start taking orders from Ripley.

curiously I have seen it with tv shows lately. A good place, hellava boss, and the anime Tougen Anki has like the most extreme version of that I think possible. I feel like I have seen more but can't recall atm.

Long kiss goodnight

Strange Days (1995)

There is a very nice Chinese drama called She and her perfect husband https://mydramalist.com/64781-the-80-20-rule-of-love

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Tootsie

Speak No Evil. Dude was useless.

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