Bitter Moon

A psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote and directed by Roman Polanski. The script is inspired by a book with the same name. The film begins with a British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson encountering a mysterious French woman and her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story of meeting, falling madly in love then destroying each others lives.

This movie contains examples of:

 * All Men Are Perverts
 * Bondage Is Bad
 * Break the Cutie: Oscar does this intentionally to Mimi
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Mimi
 * Depraved Bisexual: Mimi
 * Destructive Romance
 * Domestic Abuse: Oscar is guilty of emotional abuse and in one instance domestic violence
 * English Rose: Fiona is described as this by Oscar
 * Europeans Are Kinky: Averted with Nigel and Fiona but certainly not with Mimi
 * Femme Fatale: Mimi
 * Good Adultery Bad Adultery:
 * Informed Attractiveness: Emanuelle Seigner is undoubtedly a striking looking woman but the way the other characters describe her you'd think she was Helen of Troy
 * Instant Seduction
 * Kavorka Man: Oscar although you only have his word that he had sex with as many women as he says he did
 * Laser Guided Karma:
 * Love At First Sight: Oscar for Mimi
 * Love Hurts
 * Love Makes You Crazy
 * Love Makes You Dumb: Or at least a doormat in Mimi's case for staying with Oscar despite his abuse
 * Love Makes You Evil: Oscars excuse for his behavior
 * Mad Love
 * Masochism Tango
 * Operation Jealousy: Mimi dancing with another man to make Oscar jealous
 * Romanticized Abuse
 * Psycho Ex Girlfriend: Mimi though some might argue her actions are justified
 * Spurned Into Suicide:
 * Unreliable Narrator: You have to take Oscars word that the history of his relationship with Mimi happens the way he tells it
 * Your Cheating Heart