History Yandere / Film

** And if the Yandere is a female, she's either the PsychoExGirlfriend who Wants Her Man Back NOW, or the angry WomanScorned who wants to steal the male lead from under the female lead's nose and won't take no for an answer. Sandy Burrow (Joely Fisher) from ''Seduction in a Small Town'' is a great example of a Lifetime-like Yandere: when she throws herself at local HotDad Paul Jenks (Dennis Weaver) and is rebuffed because he's HappilyMarried to HotMom Sarah ([[LittleHouseOnThePrairie Melissa Gilbert]]), among other things, she gets so pissed that she falsely accuses them both of being horrible AbusiveParents to their two kids and gets them thrown in jail. ''Twice''.

* The Other Mother in the film-adaptation of {{Coraline}}. ''So'' much...

* To start with, an incredibly tame example, [[LampshadeHanging bordering on too tame for this trope]]. Lina Lamont from SingingInTheRain gets Kathy Seldon fired from her job as a dancer after Kathy [[PieInTheFace embarrased her]] at a party. However, it's implied that Lina's real reason for getting Kathy fired was because Don was looking for her. If this film weren't a comedy, Lina would certainly have [[MurderTheHypotenuse gone further]].

* [[StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] ''lives'' this trope. He falls in love with exactly ''one'' girl in his whole life, and they go from "old crush" to "man and wife" in the course of a movie. Then he thinks she'll die in childbirth, so he {{Face Heel Turn}}s to the dark side to prevent it...and then he Force Chokes her because he got it into his head that she betrayed him for Obi-Wan, who he saw as competition even though he really wasn't.

* Liz Purr from the British movie ''TheHole'', who locks herself, her best friend, the guy she fancies and his best friend in the titular bunker in order to get the guy to notice her. She won't stop even when the situation [[ItGotWorse deteriorates]].

* The aptly-titled film ''Obsessed'' centers around this trope.
** Actually the main plot in {{Obsessed}} is Tyrese's main character in a YandereLoveTriangle with the woman he had an affair with and his wife. Now while this may [[NightmareFetishist sound totally hot to some]] many others would be praying for the sweet release of death from this scenario.

* The Bishop of Aquila in ''{{Ladyhawke}}'' is a male example of this regarding his unrequited love toward Isabeau d'Anjou and the man SHE loves (and who loves her back), Etienne Navarre. He set a curse that rendered Isabeau a hawk during the day and Etienne a wolf at night, ensuring [[IfICantHaveYou they could never be together as two humans for as long as they lived]].

* Cal Hockley in the 1997 movie ''{{Titanic}}''. He became increasingly possessive and violent towards his fiance Rose, and jealous of Jack, when Jack and Rose started spending a lot of time together. He had Lovejoy, his right hand man, outright stalk Rose to keep an eye on her and make sure she was not with Jack. He even framed Jack with robbery and made it so that he would be locked up in the ship's lower deck, ''knowing full well that the ship was sinking'', and when that didn't work, tried to kill both Jack [[IfICantHaveYou and Rose]] out of anger. (Though a deleted scene showed that he had Lovejoy go after Jack, wanting to have him kill Jack in his place.) Despite all that, he tried to find Rose later on, when they were both on one of the rescue ships, hoping to apologize, still wanting to marry her. * Eve Harrington from ''AllAboutEve'' pretends to be like this. She's the sweetest, humblest, most helpful young woman you'll ever meet, and above all else, wants to work entirely for and with Margo and model her life on Margo's, as closely as she can manage. Heaven help anyone who stands in the way of these things.

* Cal Hockley in the 1997 movie ''{{Titanic}}''. He became increasingly possessive and violent towards his fiance Rose, and jealous of Jack, when Jack and Rose started spending a lot of time together. He had Lovejoy, his right hand man, outright stalk Rose to keep an eye on her and make sure she was not with Jack. He even framed Jack with robbery and made it so that he would be locked up in the ship's lower deck, ''knowing full well that the ship was sinking'', and when that didn't work, tried to kill both Jack [[IfICantHaveYou and Rose]] out of anger. (Though a deleted scene showed that he had Lovejoy go after Jack, wanting to have him kill Jack in his place.) Despite all that, he tried to find Rose later on, when they were both on one of the rescue ships, hoping to apologize, still wanting to marry her. Rose earned a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when she spotted Cal looking for her on the ship and turned away rather coldly, keeping her face hidden from his view. In her words, "that was the last time I ever saw him".
* Eve Harrington from ''AllAboutEve'' pretends to be like this. She's the sweetest, humblest, most helpful young woman you'll ever meet, and above all else, wants to work entirely for and with Margo and model her life on Margo's, as closely as she can manage. Heaven help anyone who stands in the way of these things.

* Mal Cobb in ''{{Inception}}''. [[spoiler: While both alive ''and'' in her husband's subconcious.]]

* To start with, an incredibly tame example, bordering on too tame for this trope. Lina Lamont from SingingInTheRain gets Kathy Seldon fired from her job as a dancer after Kathy [[PieInTheFace embarrased her]] at a party. However, it's implied that Lina's real reason for getting Kathy fired was because Don was looking for her. If this film weren't a comedy, Lina would certainly have [[MurderTheHypotenuse gone further]].

** Actually the main plot in {{Obsessed}} is Tyrese's main character is (towards the films end) in a YandereLoveTriangle between the woman he had an affair with (whose now become his stalker) and his wife (Played by Beyonce) who at 1st wasnt this however by near films end she does fairly devolve into Yandere territory. Now while this may [[NightmareFetishist sound totally hot to some]] many others would be praying for the sweet release of death from this scenario . The films ending catfight might have been perceived originally as a clever TwistEnding by the films creators compared to most Yandere themed films however most GenreSavvy viewers could see it as otherwise.

* Rose Mcgowan's character Debbie in the movie ''Devil In The Flesh''.

* Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in ''Film/FatalAttraction'', whose [[MoralEventHorizon most infamous act]] gave rise to the slang term "bunny-boiler" to refer to a similar character type. Glenn Close as the ''Yandere'' was the one of reasons ''Film/FatalAttraction'' was popular in Japan.

* The 2011 thriller TheRoomate has one

* Before ''Fatal Attraction'' stole its iconic status, ClintEastwood's ''Play Misty for Me'' was the reference movie for this trope. Eastwood's first directorial effort has him stalked by [[LoonyFan an obsessive fan.]] Who can frighten even DirtyHarry and The Man With No Name? Why, it's Jessica Walter, a veteran TV actress normally so square you would expect her to wear a shoulder strap purse and sensible skirt in the shower or on the moon. The psychotically jealous Evelyn Draper was the performance of a lifetime for her, leading a generation to get creeped out whenever they heard the classic Johnny Mathis tune named in the title.
** A classic Erroll Garner tune actually.

* [[StarWars Anakin Skywalker]] ''lives'' this trope. He falls in love with exactly ''one'' girl in his whole life, and they go from "old crush" to "man and wife" in the course of a movie. Then he thinks she'll die in childbirth, so he {{Face Heel Turn}}s to the dark side to prevent it...and then chokes her.

* The 2009 film Crush features a supernatural version of this trope. . . . in the last 12 minutes

* The 2011 thriller TheRoommate has one

* The 2011 thriller TheRoomate has one

->''"And don't you think I understand what you're doing? You're trying to move him into the country... and you're keeping him away from me. And you're playing happy family. Aren't you? [''begins to slice her own leg with a butcher knife''] You wouldn't understand that because you're so... so selfish. He told me about you. He told me about you. He was very honest. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know that. But you're so stupid. You're so stupid... you're a stupid, selfish bitch!"''

* Mark Wahlberg's character David [=McCall=] in the 1996 movie "Fear".

** Many, ''many'' "[[CompleteMonster evil]] [[DoubleStandard men]]" in these Lifetime Movies are portrayed as evil Yanderes who ruin the lives of the [[DesignatedHero "poor little women"]] because they won't "submit" to their cocks. And if it's a female, it's the PsychoExGirlfriend who Wants. Her. Man. Back. NOW.

* ''{{Tangled}}'': Mother Gothel for Rapunzel.

* Jackie from TheHouseofYes is probably the only character on this page to combine the {{Yandere}} with [[{{Squick}} incest]].