Cheating women
November 5, 2009 9:57 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for films where female characters cheat... yes, I've seen this question, but most of the films involve men cheating on their female partners, and I am looking for the other way around (without having to read a summary of every film on that list).
If you can link to a imdb/summary of the film, that would be even more helpful. Thank you!
If you can link to a imdb/summary of the film, that would be even more helpful. Thank you!
Lily Tomlin cheats in Nashville, and it's actually quite moving.
Cate Blanchette in Notes on a Scandal, disastrously.
Naomi Watts in I Heart Huckabees, romantically.
posted by hermitosis at 10:02 AM on November 5, 2009
Cate Blanchette in Notes on a Scandal, disastrously.
Naomi Watts in I Heart Huckabees, romantically.
posted by hermitosis at 10:02 AM on November 5, 2009
Best answer: Two Girls and a Guy and Closer both feature both men and women cheating.
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 10:02 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by PhoBWanKenobi at 10:02 AM on November 5, 2009
Tommy Wiseau's midnight movie sensation The Room portrays a woman who brazenly cheats on her future husband.
posted by Kirklander at 10:04 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Kirklander at 10:04 AM on November 5, 2009
Patricia Arquette(s) in Lost Highway.
Julia Roberts in Closer.
posted by hermitosis at 10:06 AM on November 5, 2009
Julia Roberts in Closer.
posted by hermitosis at 10:06 AM on November 5, 2009
Thelma and Louise, sort of
Bridges of Madison County
Rocky Horror Picture Show
posted by Melismata at 10:07 AM on November 5, 2009
Bridges of Madison County
Rocky Horror Picture Show
posted by Melismata at 10:07 AM on November 5, 2009
Double Indemnity
The Royal Tenenbaums
Frida
Closer
More at IMDB keywords "adultery" and "extramarital affair" but you'd have to pick through which are male or female cheaters.
posted by JauntyFedora at 10:09 AM on November 5, 2009
The Royal Tenenbaums
Frida
Closer
More at IMDB keywords "adultery" and "extramarital affair" but you'd have to pick through which are male or female cheaters.
posted by JauntyFedora at 10:09 AM on November 5, 2009
Best answer: Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:12 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:12 AM on November 5, 2009
Lori Heuring as Lorraine Kesher in Mulholland Drive
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:14 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 10:14 AM on November 5, 2009
Waitress.
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:15 AM on November 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:15 AM on November 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Spanglish
Casablanca (sort of)
Original Sin
Fast Food Nation
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
And the ones I have seen (from burnmp3s IMDB link)
Burn After Reading
Secret Window
Jarhead
The Sentinel
posted by kenbennedy at 10:20 AM on November 5, 2009
Casablanca (sort of)
Original Sin
Fast Food Nation
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
And the ones I have seen (from burnmp3s IMDB link)
Burn After Reading
Secret Window
Jarhead
The Sentinel
posted by kenbennedy at 10:20 AM on November 5, 2009
pumpkin11 wrote: most of the films involve men cheating on their female partners...
hermitosis wrote: Just want to say that I think this is purely confirmation bias.
hermitosis, pumpkin11 meant "most of the films given in that response to the AskMe," not "most of the films ever made."
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:22 AM on November 5, 2009
hermitosis wrote: Just want to say that I think this is purely confirmation bias.
hermitosis, pumpkin11 meant "most of the films given in that response to the AskMe," not "most of the films ever made."
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:22 AM on November 5, 2009
Closer.
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
Oh, and a recent movie with this theme is Extract.
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Sidhedevil at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
Also - Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, He's Just not that into you, Boogie Nights
posted by kenbennedy at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by kenbennedy at 10:23 AM on November 5, 2009
If you'll accept films in which women cheat on male partners with female partners:
Imagine Me & You
posted by casualinference at 10:25 AM on November 5, 2009
Imagine Me & You
posted by casualinference at 10:25 AM on November 5, 2009
Best answer: Heat (1995)
Vincent Hanna's wife Justine (with "Ralph") and Chris Shiherlis' wife Charlene (with Hank Azaria's character, Alan Marciano)
posted by porn in the woods at 10:34 AM on November 5, 2009
Vincent Hanna's wife Justine (with "Ralph") and Chris Shiherlis' wife Charlene (with Hank Azaria's character, Alan Marciano)
posted by porn in the woods at 10:34 AM on November 5, 2009
The English Patient
posted by shallowcenter at 10:44 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by shallowcenter at 10:44 AM on November 5, 2009
If we're going with women cheating on men with women, then Bound.
posted by restless_nomad at 10:44 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by restless_nomad at 10:44 AM on November 5, 2009
If you'll accept films in which women cheat on male partners with female partners:
Imagine Me & You
Or Bound.
posted by swngnmonk at 10:45 AM on November 5, 2009
Imagine Me & You
Or Bound.
posted by swngnmonk at 10:45 AM on November 5, 2009
Saw 3
Office Space
The Sex Monster
Secret of My Success
Your Friends & Neighbors
Old School
Natural Born Killers
Wanted
Teen Wolf
Revenge of the Nerds (although Betty doesn't KNOW she's cheating at the time...)
Sleep With Me
posted by arniec at 11:22 AM on November 5, 2009
Office Space
The Sex Monster
Secret of My Success
Your Friends & Neighbors
Old School
Natural Born Killers
Wanted
Teen Wolf
Revenge of the Nerds (although Betty doesn't KNOW she's cheating at the time...)
Sleep With Me
posted by arniec at 11:22 AM on November 5, 2009
Does the woman need to be alive at the beginning of the film? If not, then Rebecca.
posted by thomas j wise at 11:35 AM on November 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by thomas j wise at 11:35 AM on November 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Little Children starring Kate Winslet.
posted by prettymightyflighty at 11:43 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by prettymightyflighty at 11:43 AM on November 5, 2009
Ice Storm
Sideways (minor plot point; main plot involves a man cheating on his wife)
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:47 AM on November 5, 2009
Sideways (minor plot point; main plot involves a man cheating on his wife)
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:47 AM on November 5, 2009
Barton Fink.
posted by Kirklander at 11:48 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by Kirklander at 11:48 AM on November 5, 2009
Another wife cheating with another woman is Gazon Maudit (French Twist).
posted by ceri richard at 11:52 AM on November 5, 2009
posted by ceri richard at 11:52 AM on November 5, 2009
Best answer: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
posted by lemonwheel at 12:02 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by lemonwheel at 12:02 PM on November 5, 2009
Cousins
Same Time, Next Year
A Perfect Murder
Dial 'M' for Murder
Regarding Henry
posted by K.P. at 12:24 PM on November 5, 2009
Same Time, Next Year
A Perfect Murder
Dial 'M' for Murder
Regarding Henry
posted by K.P. at 12:24 PM on November 5, 2009
Some more I thought of...
Requiem for a Dream
Major League
American Pie: The Naked Mile
Hellraiser
Me, Myself, and Irene
The Incredible Hulk (the recent Ed Norton one, not the other ones)
Road Trip
Eurotrip (Scotty Doesn't Know!)
posted by arniec at 12:25 PM on November 5, 2009
Requiem for a Dream
Major League
American Pie: The Naked Mile
Hellraiser
Me, Myself, and Irene
The Incredible Hulk (the recent Ed Norton one, not the other ones)
Road Trip
Eurotrip (Scotty Doesn't Know!)
posted by arniec at 12:25 PM on November 5, 2009
It's a fairly minor point in a movie with a massive number of characters, but Love Actually contains an example.
posted by ashirys at 1:17 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by ashirys at 1:17 PM on November 5, 2009
Divorce, Italian Style:
"Divorce, Italian Style is a satire, telling the story of a Sicilian nobleman, Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) who wants to marry his cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli). Since divorce was illegal in Italy at the time, he has to try to make his current wife Rosalia Cefalù (Daniela Rocca) have an affair so that he can catch her in flagrante delicto, murder her, and receive a light sentence for committing an honour killing.posted by Paragon at 1:22 PM on November 5, 2009
The Piano
posted by MsElaineous at 1:35 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by MsElaineous at 1:35 PM on November 5, 2009
Wow, what a lot of cheating women!
Gone With the Wind?
posted by torticat at 2:03 PM on November 5, 2009
Gone With the Wind?
posted by torticat at 2:03 PM on November 5, 2009
I remember female cheatin' goin on in the Eminem flick Eight Mile.
posted by drstein at 2:39 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by drstein at 2:39 PM on November 5, 2009
Mentioned in the other thread, but Louis Malle's Damage is about an affair where both of them already have partners. The man is married and the woman is engaged and it's a great movie.
posted by marsha56 at 3:17 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by marsha56 at 3:17 PM on November 5, 2009
Response by poster: Hey, everyone thanks so much! All of these look great.
posted by pumpkin11 at 6:52 PM on November 5, 2009
posted by pumpkin11 at 6:52 PM on November 5, 2009
Carnal Knowledge
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 12:42 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 12:42 PM on November 6, 2009
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posted by Four-Eyed Girl at 9:59 AM on November 5, 2009