"Fatal Attraction" is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film "Diversion".
The film stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer, and follows a married man whose one-night stand with a woman comes back to haunt him when the scorned mistress begins to stalk him and his family.
The film was a major commercial success, grossing over $320 million worldwide and becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1987 in the United States. It received widespread critical acclaim, with high praise for Lyne's direction, Dearden's screenplay, the editing, and the performances of Close, Archer, and Douglas. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
"Fatal Attraction" is considered a pop culture phenomenon and is noted for its influence in setting off the erotic thriller boom of the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. The film's depiction of the character Alex Forrest, played by Glenn Close, has been analyzed by psychiatrists and film experts as an illustration of borderline personality disorder.
The film's original ending, in which Alex commits suicide, was changed after test screenings to a more dramatic climax where she is killed by the wife, Beth, played by Anne Archer. This alternate ending was included in later home video releases and is considered the more well-known conclusion to the film.
Overall, "Fatal Attraction" is a critically acclaimed and commercially successful psychological thriller that has had a lasting impact on popular culture and the film industry.