Best femmes fatale in film

“He had it coming.” Not just dames to kill for, but to die for. They’re gun crazy wild things who may go by different names—Gilda, Laura, Rebecca, hell, even Jessica Rabbit—but were all born to be bad and kiss deadly. Out of the past swagger Ladies Shanghai, Snowblood and Vengeance, here to dig under the skin and exchange some body heat to coax out a simple favor: come up with a list of your ten favorite femme fatales in film. Scour your noir knowledge, or shake down other genres (why not audition the love witches and rabid incubi of horror?)—follow your basic instinct. C’est diabolique!