Single White Female
A Manhattan designer's seemingly perfect new roommate gradually turns domestic intimacy into a terrifying struggle over identity and control.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- late night thriller viewing
- 1990s movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the two lead performances and visual direction compelling, while viewing the conventional storyline as uneven and increasingly implausible.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Allison's Manhattan apartment becomes an increasingly enclosed and threatening space as Hedy's behavior escalates.
Hedy adopts Allison's wholesome attributes and outward identity to fill her own disturbed sense of self.
Hedy's fear of abandonment transforms her roommate relationship into controlling and dangerous fixation.
The film combines the erotic thriller cycle's sexual tension with a female-centered roommate and stalker premise.
Films like Single White Female, and why
Fatal Attraction
Both are urban psychological thrillers about intimate relationships turning threatening, with escalating stalker tension and domestic paranoia.
Rosemary's Baby
Both use an apartment building, female vulnerability, and an apparently ordinary domestic situation to create claustrophobic psychological suspense.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Both feature obsessive identity disturbance, female rivalry, and a close domestic relationship transformed into violent psychological danger.
Basic Instinct
Both are 1990s erotic-tinged thrillers built around deception, obsession, and escalating danger within an apparently respectable urban life.
Movie Details
- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Release Date
- 1992-08-14
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (729)
Cast
- Bridget Fonda
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Steven Weber
- Peter Friedman
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Frances Bay
- Tara Karsian
- Christiana Capetillo
- Jessica Lundy
- Renée Estevez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Single White Female about?
- A Manhattan designer's seemingly perfect new roommate gradually turns domestic intimacy into a terrifying struggle over identity and control.
- What is Single White Female like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Single White Female as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Single White Female violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Single White Female as moderate.
- What did critics think of Single White Female?
- Critics generally found the two lead performances and visual direction compelling, while viewing the conventional storyline as uneven and increasingly implausible.
- Which films are like Single White Female?
- Films with a similar feel include Fatal Attraction, Rosemary's Baby, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Basic Instinct.
- How long is Single White Female?
- Single White Female runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch Single White Female?
- In United States, Single White Female streams on fuboTV, Philo.
