Film adaptations of Les Liaisons dangereuses
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- Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959), directed by Roger Vadim and starring Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, and Annette Vadim. In this version, Vadim updates the story to a late-1950s French bourgeois milieu.
- Uiheomhan gwangye—literally "Dangerous Liaison" in Korean—(1970), a Korean adaptation directed by Young Nam Ko and starring Mu-ryong Choi, Hie Mun, and Ji-myeong Oh
- Dangerous Liaisons (1988), directed by Stephen Frears and starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer (based on Hampton's play). This version uses eighteenth-century costumes and dazzling shots of the Île-de-France region around Paris.
- Valmont (1989), directed by Miloš Forman and starring Annette Bening, Colin Firth, and Meg Tilly
- Cruel Intentions (1999), directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Reese Witherspoon (a modern reworking involving teens)
- Untold Scandal (2003), directed by Lee Je Yong and starring Lee Mik Suk, Jeon Do Yeon, and Bae Yong Joon (transposes setting to eighteenth-century Korea)
- Les Liaisons dangereuses, 2003 french remake by Josée Dayan, involving an all-star cast (Catherine Deneuve, Leelee Sobieski, Nastassja Kinski, Rupert Everett.
- Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons (2005), an X-rated gay pornographic film variously described as a film adaptation and a remake. Directed by Michael Lucas with non-sexual cameo appearances by Boy George, Lady Bunny, Amanda Lepore, Hedda Lettuce, Michael Musto, Graham Norton, RuPaul, and Bruce Vilanch
- Bulldog in the White House (2006), directed by Todd Verow and starring Theodore Bouloukos, Todd Verow, and Jono Mainelli (a modern adaptation around the controversy surrounding White House reporter Jeff Gannon)
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