Looking for a movie where female characters go haywire? In a recent online discussion, they were described as “lipstick-obsessed, car-crashing, tongue-in-cheek, giggling, Lana Del Rey/Billy Eilish/Taylor Swift/Melanie Martinez, Black Swan” and more. I’m looking for a character of Carrie is crazy. ”Here are 12 of her best examples.
1. Fatal Attraction
The 1987 thriller starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer may be the best example of a female character who loses her freedom.
As one movie buff puts it, “there’s some top-notch craziness out there.”
2. Batman Returns
Many agreed that Michelle Pfeiffer’s Selina Kyle/Catwoman would appear in Tim Burton’s film batman returns It was perfect for the conditions. One user called her a “chaotic feminist icon,” while another called her transformation from perverse secretary to her feral cat persona, Catwoman, “amazing.”
3. Possession
possession The scene where Isabelle Adjani’s character cries and contorts in the subway may be the most iconic scene of female madness in cinema. It’s a great scene that captures her frenetic performance, and a scene from a movie about a woman who displays increasingly dangerous and, well, rambling behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. It’s not too much.
4. Misery
Suggested by some fans miserable and Kathy Bates’ Oscar-winning performance as Annie Wilkes. The film centers on a writer whose car breaks down and is cared for by Annie, a woman described by one respondent as a “super psycho girl.”
5. What happened to Baby Jane?
Multiple fans recommended what happened to baby jane The film centers on the notorious Baby Jane (Bette Davis) psychologically torturing her paralyzed sister as an adult. “Half of the films listed here wouldn’t exist without this film,” one noted.
6.X/Pearl
We’re cheating a bit here by including two movies, but the same actress (Mia Goth) plays the same role in both movies, so that’s okay.of pearl and X, Goths play Pearl at various stages of life.of pearl We watch the stardom dreams of a bright-eyed, hopeful young sociopath shattered. X We see the consequences of forcing her to live a normal life.
7. Infinity pool
A very recent film that also starred Mia Goth, infinity pool It shows that she could be the current “Bat***crazy” queen.as one who recommended infinity pool He stated that “anything with Mia Goth in it” was a good fit for what the original poster was looking for. The film centers around a man who discovers a way to live on vacation without any consequences and gets caught up in a group of people who take it as a license to do whatever they want. Goth Gabi is a real treat to watch on screen, but he’s not someone you’d want to meet in person.
8. Natural Born Killer
several people suggested natural born killers Spree killer Mallory Knox, played by Juliette Lewis, travels with her husband through the American Southwest, killing people wherever they go. Like most of her free-spirited women, Lewis makes Mallory lovable, even cute in the moments between her violence.
9. Death Becomes Her
Some moviegoers exclaimed: death becomes her In it, arrogant star Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) discovers a magic potion that grants her eternal youth and immortality. It seems like a blessing at first, but it turns into a curse as the film unfolds. As one commenter put it, Madeline “is literally like ‘bones and muscles falling apart’.”
10. Jennifer’s Body
Suggested by some moviegoers Jennifer’s body The titular Jennifer (Megan Fox) becomes a succubus after the band tries unsuccessfully to sacrifice her for rock stardom. Her transformation leads her to carelessly and happily munching on high school kids to feed herself, while at the same time toying with her friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), who falls in love with her.
11. Gone Girl
Many critics recommended David Fincher’s adaptation of the original by Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl This movie was one of the best about a woman without freedom, central to Amy (Rosamund Pike) who goes missing at the beginning of the movie. It’s hard to explain this movie without spoilers, so her disappearance is just the beginning of this wonderfully twisted tale centered around a woman willing to do anything to get what she wants. Suffice it to say
12. I Care A Lot
In this, another Rosamund Pike film, she plays, as one fan put it, “a morally bankrupt narcissist who loves herself completely.”
“It was a great movie that I totally forgot about. There will be a Netflix original,” said another insider.
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Kyle Logan is a film and television critic and general pop culture writer for Alternative Press, Cultured Vultures, Film Stories, Looper, and more. Kyle has a particular interest in horror and animation, as well as genre films written and directed by queer people and women. Kyle organizes her queer film Her Challenge at Letterboxd in parallel with her writing endeavors.
