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- Phyllis Dietrichson - Double Indemnity. Femme fatales generally fall into two categories as far as looks go. You'll see those with black hair and black outfits (what you would typically expect from the black widow type), or the icy blond who wears white (see: "Body Heat" and "Basic Instinct").
- Ellen Berent Harland - Leave Her to Heaven. In terms of the brunette leading ladies of the '40s, the two most beautiful were probably Ava Gardner and Gene Tierney, and both effectively weaponized their beauty as femme fatales.
- Veda Pierce - Mildred Pierce. The two youngest femme fatales on this list — the teenage Veda and Kathryn in "Cruel Intentions" — are arguably the evilest.
- Kitty Collins - The Killers. Many of the best noirs are adaptations of equally brilliant books, and 1946's "The Killers" is no exception. The movie is based on a story by Ernest Hemingway, and was one of the few adaptations that he didn't despise.
Femme Fatale is a 2002 erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Antonio Banderas and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Upon its release, Femme Fatale received mixed reviews from film critics and became a box office flop.
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- Catherine Tramell, Basic Instinct (Sharon Stone) A male fantasy transformed into a nightmare: a bisexual nymphomaniac who might sleep with or kill you, played by Sharon Stone.
- Suzanne Stone Maretto, To Die For (Nicole Kidman) Blind ambition meets blonde ambition. Suzanne (Nicole Kidman) wants fame at any cost—and she's just delusional enough to get it.
- Claire Underwood, House of Cards (Robin Wright) Behind every great man, there's a great woman (Robin Wright). And behind every Machiavellian power-monger politician, there's a partner just as nefarious.
- Bridget Gregory, The Last Seduction (Linda Fiorentino) Beware of a woman in trouble. Manipulative and brilliant, Bridget (Linda Fiorentino) is a big New York City fish in a small-town pond.
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- Amy Dunne - 'Gone Girl' (2014) Is Gone Girl a noir? Not quite. It's a psychological thriller with noir undertones. However, Amy Dunne, superbly played by Rosamund Pike, is an unforgettable femme fatale.
- Phyllis Dietrichson - 'Double Indemnity' (1944) Arguably cinema's most famous and recognizable femme fatale, Barbara Stanwyck's Phyllis Dietrichson is also one of the medium's most celebrated villains.
- Catherine Tramell - 'Basic Instinct' (1992) Film noir evolved into the so-called neo-noir revival of post-70s cinema. The late 80s and 90s provided some of the best examples of neo-noir, with Paul Verhoeven's 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct acting as one of the best and most widely-known examples.
- Jane Palmer - 'Too Late for Tears' (1949) Too Late for Tears stars Lizabeth Scott as one of cinema's ultimate femme fatales, the (almost) infallible Jane Palmer.
- Basic Instinct (1992) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Basic Instinct follows police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) as he investigates the murder of a famous rock star.
- Batman Returns (1992) While not directly a Femme Fatale movie, the performance of Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman is definitely that of a Femme Fatale. The recent adaptations have portrayed Catwoman in a more positive light.
- Fatal Attraction (1987) Fatal Attraction is an American psychological thriller that is centred around an affair that turns into an obsession. Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) does everything in her power to try to stop Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) from letting her go, including killing his son’s pet rabbit and threatening suicide.
- Ex-Machina (2015) This science fiction psychological thriller follows a young programmer named Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), who is selected to evaluate the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I called Ava (Alicia Vikander).
Aug 24, 2018 · Posted on August 24, 2018 by Andre Grier. The presence of the femme fatale (or fatal woman in English) in contemporary American cinema is not as prominent now as it once was in the Golden Age. Regardless, the notion of the beautiful, empowered, and deadly woman, remains a profound one when executed well. Modern incarnations of the architype ...
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