Single White Female

Single White Female is a 1992 American erotic thriller based on John Lutz's novel SWF Seeks Same. The film stars Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh and is directed by Barbet Schroeder. Allison "Allie" Jones (Fonda) is a software designer in New York City, engaged to Sam Rawson (Steven Weber). In the middle of the night, Sam's ex-wife calls, and it is revealed that he slept with her recently; Allie breaks off the engagement and asks him to lea... More

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  • Aug 14, 1992

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 47 min

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  • Single White Female

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Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is a Franco-Swiss movie director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Schroeder was born in Tehran, Iran, the son of Ursula, a German-born physician, and...

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  • Alice's new room-mate is about to borrow a few things without asking. Her clothes. Her boyfriend. Her life.
  • Living with a roommate can be murder.

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  • 1992

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  • 1 h 47 min

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Year Award Award Winner
  • 1993

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Winners

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List Rank Year Note
  • 3,598
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5
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Adapted From

SWF Seeks Same

SWF Seeks Same (1990) (later retitled Single White Female) is a thriller novel by John Lutz. The story concerns a woman whose new roommate seems perfect, until the roommate starts copying her and behaving strangely in other ways. The novel was the basis for the film Single White Female in 1992. The...

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