10 Movies To Watch If You Like Fatal Attraction

10 Movies To Watch If You Like Fatal Attraction

10 of the best movie recommendations for fans of 1987’s Fatal Attraction.

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Fatal Attraction is the story of a married man, Dan, who seems to have the perfect life with the perfect wife and child. Dan has a brief, casual affair with career woman Alex, after which she becomes increasingly clingy to Dan. Eventually, an obsessive Alex resorts to stalking and aggressive, even violent, actions to regain Dan’s attention. Faced with the very real prospect of danger, Dan must find a way to protect his family from his affair gone wrong.

This erotic thriller classic has been a staple of the genre. In fact, the immense popularity of the 1987 film set off a wave of movies with similar plots. The genre became a mainstay at multiplexes in the late ’80s and ’90s, generating some of the best psychological thrillers ever made. Nominated for multiple awards and featuring performances from Glenn Close and Michael Douglas that are among their best, Fatal Attraction is a must-see for fans of the genre, as are the films that arrived in its wake.

10 Body Double (1984) – Stream on The Criterion Channel

Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s films, Body Double follows a voyeuristic actor who spies on his beautiful neighbor while he’s housesitting. He later learns the disastrous consequences of his peeping actions. The film employs many of Hitchcok’s classic tropes, including voyeurism. In the same vein, Body Double even copies the main protagonist’s phobia issue from Vertigo, replacing the fear of heights in that film with severe claustrophobia in this one. Body Double features fantastic performances while pushing the boundaries of sex in cinema.

9 Basic Instinct (1992) – Stream on HBO Max

Like Fatal Attraction, this classic erotic thriller features one of actor Michael Douglas’ most iconic performances. He plays a detective who investigates a rock star’s murder. The prime suspect is the victim’s alluring but manipulative girlfriend, played by Sharon Stone. This was the movie that launched Stone to superstardom, cementing her as an actress to be reckoned with. The iconic leg-crossing scene, now firmly in the pop-culture consciousness, is often imitated. Sharing the frank sexuality expressed in Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct is a no-holds-barred depiction of its charaters’ amorous and deadly escapades.

8 The Crush (1993) – Stream on Hoopla

After a 14-year-old girl forms an unhealthy attraction to an older journalist, the teen sabotages his life because he rejects her sexual advances. Despite being a child at the time of filming, Alicia Silverstone manages to be disturbingly menacing as the spurned teen.

A ’90s cult classic, The Crush is an appealing popcorn flick that deals great suspense to fans of the genre. This isn’t a movie that offers high art of any kind, but it’s utterly enjoyable. The 90-minute film flies by as the audience wonders how much havoc a mere teenager can wreak.

7 Unfaithful (2002) – Rent From Vudu

In this tale of the aftermath of infidelity, things turn dangerous when a suburban man discovers his wife’s affair. Featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Diane Lane, the film is compelling and unpredictable. The movie has its twists and turns, ensuring the audience is always on their toes. The acting is fantastic, investing the viewer into this couple’s fragile relationship. The script is fantastic with no superfluous histrionic scenes which would have made the movie less engrossing.

6 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) – Rent From YouTube

In this psychological thriller from 1992, a widow who blames a new mother for her life falling apart poses as a nanny to get revenge and ruin the other woman’s life. This movie is intense, tackling serious issues and themes underneath its stylized psychological thriller veneer. The performances are Grade-A, making the viewer root for an innocent family that is targeted by someone who is dangerously driven to madness by grief and a need for what she perceives as vengeance. Both this film and Fatal Attraction show obsession at its worse, but this time the fixation is on revenge.

5 Cape Fear (1991) – Stream on Starz

A Martin Scorcese film, Cape Fear looks at recently released felon Max Cady, who exacts revenge on the lawyer who withheld evidence that would have exonerated him from rape charges. To escape Cady, attorney Sam must go beyond the law to protect himself and his family.

The movie has a slew of memorable scenes that still live on in pop culture 30 years later. One of these is the infamous cheek-biting scene that shows the extent of Max Cady’s madness and eagerness for violence. In Robert De Niro’s long an illustrious career, he never played a character quite as terrifying and intimidating as Cady. His performance earned the role a spot on AFI’s 100 Heroes and Villains list.

4 Dangerous Liaisons (1988) – Stream on Hoopla

In 18th-century France, a widow and her former lover make a bet about their scheme to corrupt a recently married woman. Starring Fatal Attraction star Glenn Close, this film shows the actress giving her character a devious and manipulative mindset. But Close’s performance is not the only wonderful acting in the film. John Malkovich, Uma Thurman and Michelle Pfeiffer in one of her best and most famous roles also give their best to this period drama. The costume design of the film is equally unforgettable, with corseted silhouettes blended with the fabrics inherent to the aristocracy of the time and place.

3 Fear (1996) – Stream on HBO Max

When good girl Nicole falls for bad boy David, all seems perfect until she learns that David is not who she thinks. When he fears losing Nicole, sociopathic David grows increasingly possessive and violent toward her.

This film was made when Mark Wahlberg was still known to the public as the rapper Marky Mark, but Fear began his reinvention into a popular actor, and it showed him at his most sinister. Essentially a gender reversal of Fatal Attraction, Fear instead casts the male character as the dangerous spurned ex-lover in a similar plot.

2 Single White Female (1992) – Stream on HBO Max

Single White Female’s story revolves around Allie, who has broken up with her boyfriend and is in need of a roommate to help her keep her apartment. The new roommate she finds ends up developing an unhealthy obsession with Allie. What unfolds is chilling and enough to make anyone not want to have a roommate ever again. Single White Female is a disturbing and subversive comment on infatuation.

However, in this case, the infatuation is not romantic. Allie’s roommate changes her hair, her wardrobe, and her personality to match Allie’s. The character doesn’t want to be with Allie but rather wants to become her and take over her life.

1 Misery (1990) – Stream on Cinemax Amazon Channel

When novelist Paul Sheldon gets into a car accident that shatters the bones in his legs, a devoted fan, Annie, rescues him and begins nursing him back to health. Problems arise when Annie learns that Paul is planning to kill off her favorite character in his next novel. Annie grows more controlling and aggressive, trapping the injured Paul in her home. Kathy Bates as Annie delivers one of the best performances of her career, one that earned her a best actress Oscar. As the story unfolds, she perfectly evoles Annie from an overzealous but benign fan to a violent psychopath. The film, based on a Stephen King novel, is a nailbiter, keeping the audience wondering if Paul will ever escape Annie’s tight grasp.

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