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Fatal Attraction (1987)

★ 6.8 · 1,680 ratings on TMDB

A look that led to an evening. A mistake he'll regret... FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

Fatal Attraction poster★ 6.8

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

DirectorAdrian Lyne
CastAnne Archer, Ellen Foley, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Fred Gwynne, Glenn Close, Lois Smith
GenresDrama, Romance, Thriller
The emergence reading

Fatal Attraction keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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