History AllGirlsWantBadBoys / LiveActionFilms

* Jim Stark, who provides the page image, is portrayed as a violent and menacing, if not downright ''villainous'', figure in the promotional posters for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', no doubt to capitalize on this trope. However, in the film, he's actually a sensitive, kindhearted boy; Judy becomes attracted to him because he's kind to her. Her previous boyfriend was the gang leader Crunch.
* Katie in ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' invokes this trope when choosing Creator/PaulRudd's character over Michael Showalter's nice character. She says she is sixteen and therefore isn't looking for a nice stable boyfriend.
* In ''Film/WhenEvilCalls'', Samantha, the timid and sweet-natured daughter of the headmaster, has a crush on the school's bad boy Daniel. His cruel mocking of her causes her to make the wish to be popular, which triggers of the chain of deadly wishes which sweeps through the school.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': When Goody tries to warn a club girl who Vadim and Ivan had been in the process of seducing (and had planned to feed on) that they're bad guys, she says she likes bad guys, causing Goody to hypnotize her, ordering her not to go with them, and telling her [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to pay attention to nice guys from now on]] with the girl walking past an annoyed Vadim and Ivan, muttering about guys who listen when she says stuff and who compliment her.

* ''Film/{{Rags}}'': While not actually true about Kadee, as she falls for NiceGuy Charlie, he fears that she wouldn't actually want someone like him, but a "good-looking famous guy who'll be mean to them", because "girls are weird like that."

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In the original trilogy, Leia Organa goes for Han Solo (a near-perfect storm of bad-boy beauty) over Luke Skywalker. Then, of course, we find out the true nature of Luke and Leia's relationship, and breathe a collective sigh about the [[SurpriseIncest "ewww" moment]] from which this trope has saved us. She still kissed Luke, though.
** In the prequel trilogy's ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', slaughtering the Tusken Raiders didn't stop Padmé Amidala from being in love with Anakin. Ultimately leads to tragedy in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' [[FallenHero where he turns to the Dark Side]].
** PlayedWith in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. Rey [[spoiler:is willing to overlook Kylo's 'bad boy' demeanor and tries to pull him back to the light side, but she forms a bond with him because of his ''good'' traits, ie his understanding and empathy for her loneliness, not his ''bad'' ones. When he makes it clear that ''no'', he will not turn to the light, Rey promptly rejects him.]]
*** Further explored in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', when Rey explains that she loves [[spoiler:Ben Solo, ''not'' Kylo Ren, and only pursues a relationship with him after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/SpiderMan3'': when he [[spoiler:gets possessed by the symbiote and]] becomes a "bad boy", Peter Parker ''thinks'' that he's God's gift to women, but the various looks of exasperation and even disgust he gets from most of the women he encounters tell a very different story--probably because, [[EvilIsCool contrary to expectations]], he's still a clueless geek, only now that he's "evil" he's an obnoxious and arrogant one. The seventies disco moves and overparted hair style don't particularly help matters. Ironically, all of the women he ''does'' manage to charm were already attracted to the "good" Peter anyway.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' plays with it in that Good Girl Elizabeth has a Good Boy (Norrington), a dyed-in-the-wool Bad Boy (Captain Jack Sparrow), and Will, who falls somewhere between them, to choose from. By choosing Will, she gets the best of both worlds.
* Every now and then in ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' film series, Darla will prefer Butch over Alfalfa.
* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. Amber Sweet has resolved sexual tension with Grave-Robber and unresolved sexual tension with [[BrotherSisterIncest Luigi]], who is also [[KnifeNut undeniably]] [[PsychopathicManchild bad]]. [[spoiler:Shilo isn't immune to Grave-Robber's bad-boy charms either. It's implied in [[CutSong Needle Through A Bug]] that he's grooming her to be his protege.]]

* ''Film/{{No Man of Her Own|1932}}'': Connie falls for card sharp Babe who's interesting, and unbeknownst to her, a ConMan.

* ''Film/StepUp'': Played straight with Tyler in the first film.
* Averted in the film, ''Film/TheLoveOfSiam''. Ying loves Mew who is anything but a bad boy. However, this trope was played around a bit with Donut and Tong. Tong smokes and drinks alcohol despite him being underage. Therefore, he sort of fit the bad boy archetype. However, he is genuinely a sweet and kind person who protects bully victims, which kind of warrants him a good boy status as oppose to bad boy.

* ''Film/IronMan'':
** Tony is a rich jerk who goes through women like candy. And yet women keep on coming after him. Because he's rich. And he looks like Creator/RobertDowneyJr. He could be a saint and he'd still be beating them off with a stick, this trope is just a bonus for him.
** Subverted with Pepper Potts, who keeps pre-CharacterDevelopment Tony at arm's length while she works for him. The two become closer after she sees him becoming a much less selfish person, but then she becomes disgusted with him when he goes back to acting irresponsibly in the second movie. (She doesn't know that [[spoiler:it's his way of coping with the fact that he's dying]]) In the third movie, she starts to leave in disappointment when it looks like he's going back to his old behavior, but comforts him when he opens up and explains why he's acting the way he is. While they stay in a steady relationship, she doesn't hesitate to call him out on his stupid moves (like [[spoiler:announcing his home address on live air, daring the Mandarin to stop by and fight him]]).
%% commented out as Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Film/TopGun'', with Charlie falling for Maverick, definitely invokes this, considering... well, his nickname says it all.

* ''Film/LegallyBlonde'': "Dorky" David, who has a Masters degree in Russian Literature, a PHD in biochemistry, is going to Harvard Law ([[FridgeLogic strange mixture...]]), gives homes to Somalian orphans, and is fairly attractive, is getting turned down by a girl. Elle overhears and comes over, pretending to be a WomanScorned, screaming at him about how he never called her back and broke her heart. The girl is immediately more interested (although how much of that is because Elle claims David broke her heart and how much of it is because Elle claims David is ''very'' good in bed is open to debate).
** Elle herself ultimately subverts it when she ends up with Emmett, who was always nice and supportive of her, over her ex, who dumped her and tried to pick her up again as was convenient to him.

* In ''Film/OneTwoThree'', the daughter of a Coca-Cola executive falls in love with a Commie from UsefulNotes/EastGermany. And during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, no one was worse than a Commie.

* Played straight and then subverted in ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}''. Adele is deeply in love with [[TheSociopath Early]], because she believes he protects her from [[RapeAsBackstory badder men]], even though Early treats her like a slave and beats her the moment she steps out of line. However, after she makes friends with Brian and Carrie on the road trip to California, she finally accepts Early for the evil man that he is and breaks up with him. [[spoiler: Early kills her as a result. It's made even sadder after the [[TearJerker happy]] message Adele left on Brian's recorder before she was killed, which is played before the ending credits.]]

* [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany The Nazis]] produced an antisemetic propaganda film called ''Jud Suss'' ("Suss the Jew"). However, the propaganda purpose failed; the VillainProtagonist was apparently so sexy that the actor who played him got a lot of fan-mail from smitten women.
* In ''Film/NightMustFall'', PlayedStraight, but {{Subverted}} in the end. Although contrary to her morals, Olivia is into Danny even though she knows that he’s probably a murderer. This stems from part boredom in this small village to part loneliness on her part. But in the end, she realizes that she was romanticizing a very charming criminal, and she was very wrong in doing so.

* In ''Film/LiarLiar'', Miranda appears to have a thing for [[AmoralAttorney Amoral Attorneys]] since she proceeds to [[InstantSeduction hit on]] Fletcher just moments after witnessing his incredible lying skills.
-->'''Miranda:''' How would you like to ''make'' a partner right now? [[NecktieLeash Hmm]]?
-->'''Fletcher:''' Oh, I don't know. I should--
-->'''Miranda:''' [[ForcefulKiss Mmmmmm]]

* {{Invoked|Trope}} by Anne in ''Film/TheFisherKing''.
-->'''Anne:''' I think men was made in the Devil's image, and women were created outta God. 'Cause, after all, women can have babies, which is kinda like creating. And which also accounts for the fact that women are so attracted to men. 'Cause let's face it, the Devil is a helluva lot more interesting. I've slept with some saints in my day, and believe me, I know what I'm talking about. Egh-boy!

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In the original trilogy, Leia Organa goes for Han Solo (a near-perfect storm of bad-boy beauty) over Luke Skywalker. Then, of course, we find out the true nature of Luke and Leia's relationship, and breathe a collective sigh about the [[SurpriseIncest "ewww" moment]] from which this trope has saved us. She still kissed Luke, though.
** In the prequel trilogy's ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', slaughtering the Tusken Raiders didn't stop Padmé Amidala from being in love with Anakin. Ultimately leads to tragedy in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' [[FallenHero where he turns to the Dark Side]].
** PlayedWith in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. Rey [[spoiler:is willing to overlook Kylo's 'bad boy' demeanor and tries to pull him back to the light side, but she forms a bond with him because of his ''good'' traits, ie his understanding and empathy for her loneliness, not his ''bad'' ones. When he makes it clear that ''no'', he will not turn to the light, Rey promptly rejects him.]]
*** Further explored in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', when Rey explains that she loves [[spoiler:Ben Solo, ''not'' Kylo Ren, and only pursues a relationship with him after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/SpiderMan3'': when he [[spoiler:gets possessed by the symbiote and]] becomes a "bad boy", Peter Parker ''thinks'' that he's God's gift to women, but the various looks of exasperation and even disgust he gets from most of the women he encounters tell a very different story--probably because, [[EvilIsCool contrary to expectations]], he's still a clueless geek, only now that he's "evil" he's an obnoxious and arrogant one. The seventies disco moves and overparted hair style don't particularly help matters. Ironically, all of the women he ''does'' manage to charm were already attracted to the "good" Peter anyway.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' plays with it in that Good Girl Elizabeth has a Good Boy (Norrington), a dyed-in-the-wool Bad Boy (Captain Jack Sparrow), and Will, who falls somewhere between them, to choose from. By choosing Will, she gets the best of both worlds.
* In the crime epic, ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' Karen sees Henry pistol-whip her neighbor with a loaded handgun, which he then asks her to hide for him. She admits this turned her on, whereas most women she knew would've gotten out of the relationship quick.
* Every now and then in ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' film series, Darla will prefer Butch over Alfalfa.

* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. Amber Sweet has resolved sexual tension with Grave-Robber and unresolved sexual tension with [[BrotherSisterIncest Luigi]], who is also [[KnifeNut undeniably]] [[PsychopathicManchild bad]]. [[spoiler:Shilo isn't immune to Grave-Robber's bad-boy charms either. It's implied in [[CutSong Needle Through A Bug]] that he's grooming her to be his protege.]]

* ''Film/JamesBond'' series:
** Bond. However, he also steals girls from guys (and {{psycho lesbian}}s) who're definitely worse.
** Deconstructed in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' with Solange, the wife of Bond's target Demitrios. She has a fling with Bond, lamenting as she does that she had "so many chances to be happy" with "nice guys" but keeps finding herself drawn to "bad men" like Demitrios and Bond instead. Her connection to the two of them gets her tortured to death not long afterwards.

* ''Film/{{No Man of Her Own|1932}}'': Connie falls for card sharp Babe who's interesting, and unbeknownst to her, a ConMan.
* In ''Film/{{Fallen Angel|1945}}'', June Mills loves a career ConMan who married her for her inheritance.
* Parodied/subverted in ''Film/MysteryMen'': Roy (a.k.a Mr. Furious) would very much ''like'' to be a bad boy, and struts around making a fool of himself acting like one in the hope of impressing Monica, the waitress on whom he has a crush. Monica, for her part, is never anything less than dismissive of him...until the point where he finally just starts acting like the sweet nice, guy he ultimately is at heart, at which point she begins to warm to him.
* ''Film/StepUp'': Played straight with Tyler in the first film.
* Averted in the film, ''Film/TheLoveOfSiam''. Ying loves Mew who is anything but a bad boy. However, this trope was played around a bit with Donut and Tong. Tong smokes and drinks alcohol despite him being underage. Therefore, he sort of fit the bad boy archetype. However, he is genuinely a sweet and kind person who protects bully victims, which kind of warrants him a good boy status as oppose to bad boy.
* In ''Film/PlunkettAndMacleane'', Lady Rebbecca falls for notorious highwayman Macleane.
* ''Film/IronMan'':
** Tony is a rich jerk who goes through women like candy. And yet women keep on coming after him. Because he's rich. And he looks like Creator/RobertDowneyJr. He could be a saint and he'd still be beating them off with a stick, this trope is just a bonus for him.
** Subverted with Pepper Potts, who keeps pre-CharacterDevelopment Tony at arm's length while she works for him. The two become closer after she sees him becoming a much less selfish person, but then she becomes disgusted with him when he goes back to acting irresponsibly in the second movie. (She doesn't know that [[spoiler:it's his way of coping with the fact that he's dying]]) In the third movie, she starts to leave in disappointment when it looks like he's going back to his old behavior, but comforts him when he opens up and explains why he's acting the way he is. While they stay in a steady relationship, she doesn't hesitate to call him out on his stupid moves (like [[spoiler:announcing his home address on live air, daring the Mandarin to stop by and fight him]]).
%% commented out as Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Film/TopGun'', with Charlie falling for Maverick, definitely invokes this, considering... well, his nickname says it all.
* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. Apparently, even some boys want bad boys, even if they're a CreepyCrossdresser wearing fishnets and high heels.
* ''Film/LegallyBlonde'': "Dorky" David, who has a Masters degree in Russian Literature, a PHD in biochemistry, is going to Harvard Law ([[FridgeLogic strange mixture...]]), gives homes to Somalian orphans, and is fairly attractive, is getting turned down by a girl. Elle overhears and comes over, pretending to be a WomanScorned, screaming at him about how he never called her back and broke her heart. The girl is immediately more interested (although how much of that is because Elle claims David broke her heart and how much of it is because Elle claims David is ''very'' good in bed is open to debate).
** Elle herself ultimately subverts it when she ends up with Emmett, who was always nice and supportive of her, over her ex, who dumped her and tried to pick her up again as was convenient to him.

* Discussed in ''Film/RogerDodger''
-->'''Roger:''' Ask any woman, What's the single most attractive quality a man can possess? And what do they invariably answer? Sense of humor...and yet, if two lean, mean, play-by-their-own-rules...motorcycle-riding men strolled up to this booth...and beat the shit out of us two humorous guys, right, and asked you out for a ride, you would be weak at the knees.
-->'''Andrea:''' Well, actually, guys who ride cycles are pretty sexy.
* In ''Film/OneTwoThree'', the daughter of a Coca-Cola executive falls in love with a Commie from UsefulNotes/EastGermany. And during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, no one was worse than a Commie.

* ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'': Pitts remarks on this trope to try and get Knox to forget Chris: "All the good ones go for jerks. You know that."
* The cops in ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' "arrest" [=McLovin=] after the party, remarking, "That's gonna get you so much ass!" This is them making up for them unintentionally interrupting his first time with a hot girl.
* Irene in ''Film/{{Drive}}'' had a husband who was sent to jail before getting involved with the protagonist, who is a criminal and has some serious anger management issues as she and some Mook [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown find out]].
* During the ''Film/TheGetaway'', starring Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JenniferTilly plays a wife who falls in love with one of the main villains after he kidnapped her and her husband. It got so bad, that she openly has sex with him in front of her husband and begins to insult him. [[spoiler:It eventually causes the husband to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide.]]]]
** Same in the original,starring Creator/SteveMcQueen, with the wife being played by Creator/SallyStruthers.
** To a lesser extent with the main couple themselves, Doc and Carol. Although the two are HappilyMarried and very much in love, the bottom line in, Doc is a ''bank robber'' and it's likely that this is a huge part of his appeal to her.
* Invoked in-universe in ''Film/TheGreenHornetSerials''. Lenore Case (who is '''not''' the Hornet's SecretKeeper in this version) spends both serials convinced for no apparent reason that the Hornet is "a modern Robin Hood". Several male characters suggest her reason for this belief is that she is attracted to him.
* Played straight and then subverted in ''Film/{{Kalifornia}}''. Adele is deeply in love with [[TheSociopath Early]], because she believes he protects her from [[RapeAsBackstory badder men]], even though Early treats her like a slave and beats her the moment she steps out of line. However, after she makes friends with Brian and Carrie on the road trip to California, she finally accepts Early for the evil man that he is and breaks up with him. [[spoiler: Early kills her as a result. It's made even sadder after the [[TearJerker happy]] message Adele left on Brian's recorder before she was killed, which is played before the ending credits.]]
* In ''Film/WereTheMillers'' tattooed bad boy Scotty P. attracts the attention of Casey.
* In ''Film/YouthInRevolt'', the reason why Nick creates Francois is because Sheeni requests that Nick be "very, very bad." [[spoiler: He complies and she wants him more than Trent after burning down half his town]].
* Jim Stark, who provides the page image, is portrayed as a violent and menacing, if not downright ''villainous'', figure in the promotional posters for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', no doubt to capitalize on this trope. However, in the film, he's actually a sensitive, kindhearted boy; Judy becomes attracted to him because he's kind to her. Her previous boyfriend was the gang leader Crunch.
* Alison falls for Film/CryBaby supposedly because she's "Tired of being good." As with most Creator/JohnWaters films, the strange outlaws end up being kind, warm, and unassuming while the respectable suburbanites are sadistic, elitist jerks.

* ''Film/DuelInTheSun'' (1946). The protagonist, half-caste Pearl Chavez, is sent to live at a ranch where two brothers become infatuated with her. She rejects the gentlemanly Jesse for the lustful advances of his brother Lewt, with whom she shares BelligerentSexualTension.

* In ''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'', protagonist Nadine has a crush on Nick Mossman, who is said to have just gotten out of juvie.

* In ''Film/TheHoodlum'', Johnny's sweetheart Rosa falls hard for Johnny's big brother Vincent: the sociopathic hoodlum of the title. This ends badly, with her being DrivenToSuicide after falling pregnant by Vincent, who now wants nothing to do with her.

* ''Film/HeavenKnowsWhat'': The closest thing to a central theme in the film is that Harley is hopelessly in love with fellow drug addict Ilya, a complete asshole. After Ilya's latest act of cruelty, Mike asks how Harley could still be in love with a guy like that. Harley says that even though she knows that Ilya does bad things, she can't out-think the way she feels. She'll always love him.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} by Anne in ''Film/TheFisherKing''.
-->'''Anne:''' I think men was made in the Devil's image, and women were created outta God. 'Cause, after all, women can have babies, which is kinda like creating. And which also accounts for the fact that women are so attracted to men. 'Cause let's face it, the Devil is a helluva lot more interesting. I've slept with some saints in my day, and believe me, I know what I'm talking about. Egh-boy!
* ''Film/DaysOfBeingWild:'' The main character Yuddy/York played by Creator/LeslieCheung.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** In the original trilogy, Leia Organa goes for Han Solo (a near-perfect storm of bad-boy beauty) over Luke Skywalker. Then, of course, we find out the true nature of Luke and Leia's relationship, and breathe a collective sigh about the [[SurpriseIncest "ewww" moment]] from which this trope has saved us. She still kissed Luke, though.
** In the prequel trilogy's ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', slaughtering the Tusken Raiders didn't stop Padmé Amidala from being in love with Anakin. Ultimately leads to tragedy in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' [[FallenHero where he turns to the Dark Side]].
** PlayedWith in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. Rey [[spoiler:is willing to overlook Kylo's 'bad boy' demeanor and tries to pull him back to the light side, but she forms a bond with him because of his ''good'' traits, ie his understanding and empathy for her loneliness, not his ''bad'' ones. When he makes it clear that ''no'', he will not turn to the light, Rey promptly rejects him.]]
*** Further explored in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', when Rey explains that she loves [[spoiler:Ben Solo, ''not'' Kylo Ren, and only pursues a relationship with him after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/SpiderMan3'': when he [[spoiler:gets possessed by the symbiote and]] becomes a "bad boy", Peter Parker ''thinks'' that he's God's gift to women, but the various looks of exasperation and even disgust he gets from most of the women he encounters tell a very different story--probably because, [[EvilIsCool contrary to expectations]], he's still a clueless geek, only now that he's "evil" he's an obnoxious and arrogant one. The seventies disco moves and overparted hair style don't particularly help matters. Ironically, all of the women he ''does'' manage to charm were already attracted to the "good" Peter anyway.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' plays with it in that Good Girl Elizabeth has a Good Boy (Norrington), a dyed-in-the-wool Bad Boy (Captain Jack Sparrow), and Will, who falls somewhere between them, to choose from. By choosing Will, she gets the best of both worlds.
* In the crime epic, ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' Karen sees Henry pistol-whip her neighbor with a loaded handgun, which he then asks her to hide for him. She admits this turned her on, whereas most women she knew would've gotten out of the relationship quick.

* Every now and then in ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' film series, Darla will prefer Butch over Alfalfa.
* In the comedy ''Don't Tell Her It's Me'', Shelley Long helps her nebbish brother, Steve Guttenberg, construct an identity as a "dangerous" biker from New Zealand in an effort to sweep another woman off her feet.
* In the classic 80s teen movie ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', popular 'princess' Claire falls for rebellious 'criminal' Bender. Throughout the whole film he abuses her and calls her all sorts of obscenities, belittling her shamelessly in front of everyone else...which is of course why [[DracoInLeatherPants she ends up passionately kissing him at the end]].
* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. Amber Sweet has resolved sexual tension with Grave-Robber and unresolved sexual tension with [[BrotherSisterIncest Luigi]], who is also [[KnifeNut undeniably]] [[PsychopathicManchild bad]]. [[spoiler:Shilo isn't immune to Grave-Robber's bad-boy charms either. It's implied in [[CutSong Needle Through A Bug]] that he's grooming her to be his protege.]]

* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' plays with this in a scene in which the titular character is calling out his friends with a slightly angry attitude, at the same time, a girl he met earlier observes him from a distance and swoons over him while telling another girl: "He is such a ''Bad Boy''." Earlier, she fell for him when he was following his friend's advice to act like "David Caruso in ''Film/{{Jade}}''".

* Parodied in ''Film/{{Bedazzled 2000}}''; Alison says how she wants a sensitive man who can understand her feelings. The Devil agrees to make Elliot the most sensitive man on Earth. Then [[spoiler:she ditches him for a {{jerkass}}]]. Elliot's conclusion is that women don't really know what they want. The Devil agrees.

* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has the [[GirlOfTheWeek movie's designated girlfriend]] Dr. Chase Meridian flip-flopping between Bruce Wayne and Batman, depending on who she thought was more fucked in the head at the time (and getting a twofer? HUGE bonus for her).

* In ''Film/{{Cherrybomb}}'', Michelle is in a LoveTriangle with Luke and Malachy, who commit various crimes to get her attention.

* ''Film/AngelHeart'': The dead occultist Johnny Favourite was a real ladies man. Subverted with Epiphany's mother however, who according to her daughter eventually realized with a monster Favourite was.
-->'''Epiphany:''' You know what they say. It's always the badass that make a girl's heart beat faster.

* The first time Dylan in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' is shown on-screen falling for someone, she doesn't know that he's evil (at first), but by the [[Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle second movie]] her taste in guys is a RunningGag and a DiscussedTrope InUniverse.
-->'''Alex:''' Check it out...brown shorts, red board, 11:00. What d'you think?
-->'''Dylan:''' ''[looking at the guy]'' Yummy!
-->'''Alex:''' That's what I thought. Case closed. Nat, move in, Dylan thinks he's hot.
-->'''Dylan:''' What do you mean?
-->'''Alex:''' You always fall for the bad guy.

* Inverted in ''Film/BeyondTheLights''. Noni wants straight-laced cop Kaz. Kaz, the potential congressman, in turn wants super-sexual R&B star Noni.

* ''Film/TheBoyfriendSchool'' (originally titled ''Don't Tell Her It's Me''): shy, overweight cartoonist Gus is persuaded by his romance novelist sister to adopt the persona of Lobo Marunga, a long-haired leather-clad biker from New Zealand, in order to win over the girl he's fallen for. The ruse falls apart eventually, but it definitely does the job of attracting her interest.

* Subverted in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' with Kat and Patrick. Everyone around them thinks this is what's going on, because they both have a reputation for being mean and/or scary. But in reality, the only reason Kat begins to develop feelings for Patrick is because he starts revealing [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the genuine emotion and kindness]] he tends to hide. In contrast, whenever Patrick attempts to use a typical line or act like a "bad boy" - particularly in the beginning of the film - Kat is instantly turned off.
-->'''Patrick:''' ...You're not afraid of me, are you?
-->'''Kat:''' Afraid of you? Why would I be afraid of you?
-->'''Patrick:''' Most people are.
-->'''Kat:''' Well, I'm not.
-->'''Patrick:''' (flirting) Well, maybe you’re not afraid of me, but I’m sure you’ve thought about me naked, huh?
-->'''Kat:''' [[SarcasmMode Am I that transparent? I want you. I need you. Oh baby. Oh baby.]]

* in ''Film/Beast2017'', Moll is strongly attracted to rebellious poacher Pascal and stays with him even when she learns about his criminal record and violent streak. As it turns out, she herself isn't exactly a saint. [[spoiler: She's not so keen after finding out he's a murderer though]].

* ''Duel in the Sun'' (1946). The protagonist, half-caste Pearl Chavez, is sent to live at a ranch where two brothers become infatuated with her. She rejects the gentlemanly Jesse for the lustful advances of his brother Lewt, with whom she shares BelligerentSexualTension.
* ''The Boyfriend School'' (originally titled ''Don't Tell Her It's Me''): shy, overweight cartoonist Gus is persuaded by his romance novelist sister to adopt the persona of Lobo Marunga, a long-haired leather-clad biker from New Zealand, in order to win over the girl he's fallen for. The ruse falls apart eventually, but it definitely does the job of attracting her interest.

* In the crime epic, ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', Karen admits that [[spoiler:seeing Henry pistol-whip her neighbor with a loaded handgun turned her on, where as most women she knew would've gotten out of the relationship quick]].

* In ''Film/Zombieland'' the (very) mild-mannered Columbus has fallen for Wichita and asks her sister what kind of boys she likes. When she answers "she kind of likes bad boys" he flings a bowl of popcorn in the air in despair.

* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': When Goody tries to warn a club girl who Vadim and Ivan had been in the process of seducing (and had planned to feed on) that their bad guys, she says she likes bad guys, causing Goody to hypnotize her, ordering her not to go with them, and telling her [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to pay attention to nice guys from now on]] with the girl walking past an annoyed Vadim and Ivan, muttering about guys who listen when she says stuff and who compliment her.
* In ''Film/TheHoodlum'', Johnny's sweetheart Rosa falls hard for Johnny's big brother Vincent: the socioptahic hoodlum of the title. This ends badly, with her being DrivenToSuicide after falling pregnant to Vincenet, who now wants nothing to do with her.

* The first time Dylan in ''Film/CharliesAngels'' is shown on-screen falling for someone, she doesn't know that he's evil (at first), but by the [[Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle second movie]] her taste in guys is a RunningGag and a DiscussedTrope InUniverse.

-->'''Miranda:''' How would you like to ''make'' a partner right now? Hmm?

* Jim Stark, who provides the page image, is portrayed as a violent and menacing, if not downright villainous, figure in the promotional posters for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', no doubt to capitalize on this trope. However, in the film, he's actually a sensitive, kindhearted boy; Judy becomes attracted to him because he's kind to her.

* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Anne in ''Film/TheFisherKing''.

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * ''Film/TopGun'', with Charlie falling for Maverick, definitely invokes this, considering... well, his nickname says it all.

** PlayedWith in ''Film/TheLastJedi'''. Rey [[spoiler:is willing to overlook Kylo's 'bad boy' demeanor and try to pull him back to the light side, but she forms a bond with him because of his ''good'' traits, ie his understanding and empathy for her loneliness, not his ''bad'' ones.]]

* ''Film/NoManOfHerOwn'': Connie falls for card sharp Babe who's interesting, and unbeknownst to her, a ConMan.