Netflix doesn’t have a ‘yuppies in peril’ sub-genre yet.
If it did, might we nominate these?
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), its a melodramatic yet hilarious movie.
This movie is dreadful, and by dreadful, I mean brilliant.
This completely loopy film is about a girl who fancies her dad.
Not her stepdad or foster dad or estranged never-met-til-now biological father, but her dad.
So, yeah… its a big pile of nope with a side of ew.
Lyle Wilder (Charlie Sheen) is a heroic firefighter known for saving cute babies from blazing houses.
She befriends Sylvie (Sara Gilbert), a nerd who hates her parents.
She especially charms Sylvies father.
Only Sylvies mother is in her way… did I mention the floor-to-ceiling windows, with billowing chiffon curtains?
If only she could stop seducing her pupils.
Look out for Mark Wahlberg in his movie debut, and a classic sequence of newspaper microfiche research.
But can she trust him?
As payback, its a tad porn-worthy (seduce everybody, thatll show them!)
Hes moved on, but can Jude still influence her boys?
Look out for Curtis being on the receiving end of a stalker in cop movieBlue Steel(1989).
And where would the yuppie in peril genre be without the immortal line But…
I never told you his name?
and David (Mark Wahlberg) appears to tick all the boxes.
the final battle consists of the patriarch defending his family turf from the young upstart.
I dont know why Director James Foley didnt just give them antlers and be done with it.
Rebecca De Mornay is Dr. Sarah Taylor, a psychologist whose work brings her alongside some unsavoury criminal types.
Shortly after realising she picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport, she vanishes from their hotel room.
Carly has her hands full with all the guys coming on to her but who might be dangerous?
Cute little Zeke (William Baldwin)?
Pushy writer Jack (Tom Berenger)?
Like an eroticisedRear Window, Carlys romance with Zeke reveals that he REALLY likes watching people.
With hidden surveillance cameras, which he can do because oh, didnt he mention it?
He owns the whole building.
One things for sure, hell have one hell of a yarn to tell at his next dinner party.
Peter (Timothy Hutton) needs a new secretary; enter Lara Flynn Boyle as Kris.
(Shes a working woman!
With a mans name!
What could possibly go wrong?)
At first everythings cool; Kris gives Peter ideas and publicly gives him credit for them.
Peters also had some psychiatric problems; namely PARANOIA.
So, you know, nobody will take him seriously when he thinks someone is out to get him…
Meanwhile, people who stand between Kris and her dream job often suffer from untimely deaths.
Faye Dunaways flamboyant appearance as the boss is the cherry on top of this delightfully preposterous movie.
Thrillers often serve as cautionary tales; never marry someone you barely know is a fairly basic one.
Apparently Lena is the kind of girl who sheds past identities like unwanted outfits, but whats her endgame?
He also sets up the intercom so he can eavesdrop when a family moves in.
So far, so creepy, right?
In fact, its a strangely moving portrayal of a disturbed man who longs for love.
The police agree with the old squatters rights rule and our heroes are helpless to oust him.
Was he really knocked unconscious prior to the attack or did he do it?
A polygraph test suggests hes telling the truth but lie detectors dont work on psychopaths, do they?
Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe are a couple living in affluent Los Angeles when they suffer some misfortunes.
First, they have a scary encounter with an intruder.
One of the cops investigating takes a special interest in the case maybe their luck is changing?
Nope, its Ray Liotta, and hes about to give obsessive best friends a bad name.
Sharon Stone oozes charisma and gives the impression of Grace Kellys long lost evil twin.
Michael Douglas (who else?)
Or a compulsive liar who can double-bluff her way out of anything?
She hopes spending time together will help to fix the issues she and husband Tom are having.
The question is, can she in good conscience defend someone that shes pretty sure is guilty?
Ryan Gosling in court.
A dark and dastardly movie, this one.
Michael (Jeff Bridges) is raising a young son alone after losing his FBI agent wife.
Will he get anyone to believe him in time to stop a disaster?
But couldGaslightbe the mother of the genre?
Gwyneth Paltrow makes a youthful appearance as one of the victims, but is Jed the real villain?
Tom Cruise plays an archetypal Tom Cruise role that of a super-smart, super-ambitious young lawyer, Mitch McDeere.
Happy, photogenic all-American family?
A pet that could come to harm?
Showdown on the familys property?
A little more waterlogged than the standard mansion, but check indeed.
Look out for cameos from Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, the stars of the original movie.
But does his story add up?
and soon her ex realises that she might have outsmarted him.
This makes him spitting mad.
Will he catch up with Laura?
While she investigates her twin sisters death, Jonathan is always one step ahead.
Will she ever find out the truth?
Having a friend copy your style is annoying when youre twelve, sinister when youre twenty-something.
Bridget Fonda plays the unfortunate Allison, who advertises for a roommate after catching her boyfriend cheating.
All is not as it seems!
Each to her own, I guess.
The ultimate YIP movie stars the king of the genre, Michael Douglas.
But shes not going to be ignored.
The girls got a point.
Bringing bunny boiler into our lexicon, the movie sells out and makes her a monster.
