Over 120 of the Most Iconic Bikini Moments in Movies

We’re currently daydreaming of summer by reminiscing on some of our favorite beach-set movies. The movies have provided tons of opportunities for stars like Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Halle Berry, and Jennifer Aniston to strap themselves into sexy swimsuits, so we went ahead and rounded up all the most memorable, iconic bikini moments caught on film. That means hot shots from movies like Baywatch, Charlie’s Angels, The Shallows, Goldfinger, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and more are all waiting for you ahead.

– Additional reporting by Laura Marie Meyers, Becky Kirsch, Britt Stephens, and Maggie Pehanick

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Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Phoebe Cates was immortalized in film history when she, er, revealed herself to a fantasizing Judge Reinhold in this ’80s comedy.

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Eva Mendes, Stuck on You

Mendes has a bangin’ beach body in this silly comedy.

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Angelina Jolie, Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life

Don’t underestimate this smiley, two-pieced historian. She will kick your ass into next week.

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Halle Berry, Die Another Day

Ah, the orange bikini. Berry put past Bond girls to shame when she rocked this little number in Die Another Day.

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Raquel Welch, One Million Years B.C.

I like to think of this as the first bikini.

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Ursula Andress, Dr. No

Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) is the original Bond girl, whose white-hot bikini look inspired many after her (see Halle Berry in Die Another Day and Heather Graham in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me).

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Deborah Foreman, Valley Girl

These Valley girls brought their mad ’80s style to the beach, including skimpy tops, big sunglasses, and headbands.

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Angela Bassett, How Stella Got Her Groove Back

This movie came in out 1998, and Angela Bassett looks exactly the same.

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Devon Aoki, 2 Fast 2 Furious

Don’t be deceived by Devon Aoki’s girlie ruffled suit; her character is actually an incredibly skilled drag racer.

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Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine in Spring Breakers

It’s a bikini-and-sunglasses uniform for the girls’ trip to the beach.

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Michelle Rodriguez, Blue Crush

If there’s one surfer chick I would not mess with, it’s Eden, the badass with a chip on her shoulder.

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Gloria Hendry, Live and Let Die

The stunning actress was the first black woman to be romantically involved with James Bond onscreen in the 1973 film – and looked good as hell while doing it.

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Kate Bosworth, Blue Crush

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Sara Foster, The Big Bounce

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Jennifer Love Hewitt, Heartbreakers

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Jessica Alba, Into the Blue

Partnered with Paul Walker in Into the Blue, Alba is just one half of a crazy sexy couple.

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Vanessa Kirby and Margot Robbie, About Time

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Jacqueline Bisset, The Sweet Ride

The English actress sizzled in the surfer/biker film from 1968.

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Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Bosworth, and Sanoe Lake, Blue Crush

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Aly Michalka, Grown Ups 2

Aly Michalka rocks a teeny bikini in this sequel.

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Ashley Scott, Into the Blue

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Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash

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Uma Thurman, Be Cool

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Marilyn Monroe, Clash by Night

Forget about the white dress billowing over the subway grate – this Monroe moment is worth celebrating, too.

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Cameron Diaz, Knight and Day

Usually I do my backyard martial arts training in sweats, but Cameron seems to be doing alright in her skimpy red number.

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Mika Boorem, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Bosworth, and Sanoe Lake, Blue Crush

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Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine in Spring Breakers

Bikinis are the only way to go for the Spring breakers.

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Ashley Scott, Into the Blue

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Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Arielle Kebbel, The Uninvited

Kebbel fearlessly mixes her plaid prints on the beach.

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Ludivine Sagnier, The Swimming Pool

The French actress has an amazing body – and poolside perch – in this thriller.

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Margot Robbie, Focus

Robbie kills it in that bikini.

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Chloe Sevigny, Mr. Nice

Don’t you wish you were on vacation right now?

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Sarah Paxton, Shark Night 3D

No cheesy horror movie is complete without some female eye candy.

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Ashley Scott, Into the Blue

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Nicollette Sheridan, The Sure Thing

Looking great is a sure thing when you’re Nicollette Sheridan.

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Taryn Manning, Michelle Rodriguez, The Breed

Rodriguez just hates clothing.

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Eva Amurri Martino, That's My Boy

Martino plays a sexy seductress in this Adam Sandler movie.

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Amy Schumer, Snatched

Sadly the rest of Snatched is not nearly as relaxing for Amy Schumer’s character as this pool scene is.

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Madonna, The Next Best Thing

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Cameron Diaz, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

I can practically feel the slow-motion run through my computer screen.

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Kelly Clarkson, From Justin to Kelly

The American Idol belts out beachside tunes and bares her belly in this musical comedy.

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Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt, Heartbreakers

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver’s gold digging characters use their feminine wiles (including great bikini bodies) on love interests like Jason Lee and Ray Liotta.

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Rachel McAdams, The Notebook

I’m jealous of Allie’s adorable swimwear, but I’m even more jealous of her wave-frolicking partner.

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Beyoncé, Austin Powers in Goldmember

Thanks to her shiny gold bikini top, Foxxy Cleopatra definitely has the “foxy” part down.

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Riley Steele, Piranha

This horror film will make your jaw drop for multiple reasons.

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Denise Richards, Wild Things

Denise Richards‘s insane bikini bod is just one of the notorious memorable things about cult classic Wild Things.

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Kate Hudson, Fool's Gold

What’s in the bottle? Probably not SPF.

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Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Malin Akerman, The Heartbreak Kid

Nothing goes with a leopard-print bikini quite like wedge sandals in the sand.

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Cody Horn, Magic Mike

Channing approves of your cute suit, Cody.

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Eva Mendes, 2 Fast 2 Furious

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Sue Lyon, Lolita

A classic bikini moment.

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Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Looks like George Clooney even has good fake-dad genes.

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Kristen Bell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I kind of hate Sarah Marshall, but I totally love her pink bikini.

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Renee Zellweger, Down With Love

This gingham two-piece is sweet as pie.

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Tara Reid, The Big Lebowski

Bunny Lebowski may have been infamous for asking The Dude to blow on her freshly painted toes, but to me she’ll always be the girl in the lime-green suit and matching scrunchie.

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Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, and Selena Gomez in Spring Breakers

Bikinis and flip-flops – standard courtroom attire.

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Debra Messing, Along Came Polly

Messing’s two-piece is skimpy, yet her scuba instructor’s suit is skimpier. Go figure.

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Kristen Bell, Couples Retreat

It should be easy to resuscitate the spark in your marriage when you look that good in your bathing suit.

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Pam Grier, Coffy

Holy smokes!

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Cameron Diaz, In Her Shoes

Is there some kind of mandatory bikini clause in Cameron Diaz‘s contracts?

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Kate Bosworth, Blue Crush

Bosworth has that sporty-chic look down pat. The surf training didn’t hurt her physique either.

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Raquel Welch, The Biggest Bundle of Them All

Raquel Welch remains one of the sexiest ’60s bombshells, hands-down.

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Random Party Girls, Project X

If you’ve seen Project X, then you know this doesn’t even scratch the surface of the crazy stuff that goes down at this party.

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Cameron Diaz and Demi Moore, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Trading protein-shake tips or just complimenting each other on their supertight abs?

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Kristin Davis, Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat: better known as that movie with tons of stars and not much clothing.

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Kate Hudson, You, Me and Dupree

I don’t think wearing your bikini around is going to make your unwanted house guest want to leave any sooner.

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Kathryn McCormick, Step Up Revolution

Wait, are they dancing in the water?

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Shirley Eaton, Goldfinger

One of the OG Bond girls.

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Amanda Seyfried, Dear John

Not only does Amanda Seyfried have a bangin’ bikini bod, but she also gets to hug it out with a shirtless Channing Tatum. Lucky.

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Salma Hayek, From Dusk Till Dawn

Salma’s look is less beachy and more demonic as she entrances vampire hunters George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino with her wiles.

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Michelle Trachtenberg, Eurotrip

Michelle Trachtenberg‘s character in Eurotrip is all about partaking in the cultural customs abroad, even the nude beaches.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Gwyneth Paltrow has it made in the shade in The Talented Mr. Ripley. She gets to cavort around Europe with not one but two sexy men.

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Julianne Hough, Safe Haven

Julianne Hough shows off her dancer’s body on the beach in Safe Haven.

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Gloria Hendry, Live and Let Die

This bikini is almost as hot as the woman in it. Almost.

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Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond

Making the case for high-waisted shorts.

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Sara Foster, The Big Bounce

Sara Foster is more than just a pretty face (and killer bod) as a sneaky gold digger.

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Kelly Rohrbach, Baywatch

Why didn’t Dwayne Johnson have to wear a bikini, hmm?

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Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Adore

This risqué film has plenty of bathing suit shots from all four of its leads.

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Dania Ramirez, American Reunion

Ramirez’s suit is cute, but unfortunately it makes her an ogling victim of Stifler and co.

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Anne Heche, Six Days Seven Nights

How do you turn tension into sexual tension? Two words: Black. Bikini.

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Lake Bell, It's Complicated

The bangin’ bod is just part of the arsenal of the younger trophy wife Bell plays in It’s Complicated.

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Elizabeth Hurley, Bedazzled

Who needs a devil in a blue dress when you can have a devil in a red bikini?

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Sarah Jessica Parker, L.A. Story

Ah, the ’90s. The era of neon and bicycle shorts.

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Rebecca Ferguson, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Rebecca Ferguson’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation character is one of the franchise’s most badass.

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Carrie Fisher, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

There may be no space bikini more iconic than Princess Leia’s prisoner duds in Episode VI. The suit is hot, but I can’t say as much about the company.

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Mila Kunis and Kirsten Dunst, Get Over It

Mila Kunis and Kirsten Dunst rock the classic bikini/platforms combo poolside in Get Over It.

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Anna Faris, The House Bunny

Faris’s Playboy Bunny Shelley knows there’s no better fundraiser than a bikini car wash!

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Virginie Ledoyen, The Beach

Of course Leonardo DiCaprio falls for this French stunner in this drama.

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Raquel Welch, Bedazzled

Welch steamed up the screen as Lust in the original version of Bedazzled back in 1967.

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Halle Berry, Race the Sun

Before she was a Bond girl, Berry hit the beach in tropical prints in this 1996 film.

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Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake, and Mika Boorem, Blue Crush

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Brooklyn Decker, Just Go With It

. . . and there goes everyone else’s self esteem. Thanks, Brooklyn!

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Penélope Cruz, Blow

Among Penélope’s onscreen skills? Seducing the likes of Johnny Depp in her white bikini.

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Kate Upton, The Other Woman

Not many people can look like this in a white bikini.

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Olivia Munn, Magic Mike

I kind of dig Olivia’s modest cover-up/hat combo, not that she needs humility with a figure like that.

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Sanoe Lake, Blue Crush

Pro surfer Lake, as Lena, was always my favorite of the group in this Hawaii-set movie.

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Penélope Cruz, Sahara

Shirtless Matthew McConaughey and bikini-clad Penélope Cruz were meant to be together.

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Jessica Simpson, The Dukes of Hazzard

Daisy Duke’s body is rockin’, and she shows it off in this bikini in addition to her namesake short-shorts.

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Barbra Streisand, The Owl and the Pussycat

Well hello, Babs!

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Alexandra Daddario, Baywatch

Who knew lifeguard suits could be so cute?

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Jane Fonda, Barbarella

Before she changed the ’80s workout game forever, Fonda showed skin in the cult classic Barbarella.

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Ursula Andress, Dr. No

Sexy Bond girl Ursula Andress has maybe the most iconic bikini moment of all time in this 1962 film.

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Brigitte Bardot, The Girl in the Bikini

The blond French bombshell defines ’50s sex appeal.

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Oona Chaplin, The Longest Ride

Oona Chaplin dons a retro suit in this blast from the past.

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Natalie Wood, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

How great is this two-piece?

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Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash

Dakota Johnson takes a break from the hot sun by dipping into the pool.

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Laurie Fortier and Claire Danes, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

High-cut bikini bottoms and plaid prints? So ’90s.

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Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, and Vanessa Hudgens in Spring Breakers

It’s all about the neon for this bikini-clad crew.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt, Heartbreakers

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Katharine McPhee, Shark Night 3D

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Ashley Benson in Spring Breakers

Thoughtful bikini time.

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Cameron Diaz, In Her Shoes

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Halle Berry, Dark Tide

Halle Berry still looks stupendous in a bikini. Can we get the number of her trainer?

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Raquel Welch, Fathom

The bikini queen of the ’60s strikes again!

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Darlanne Fluegel and Lisa Taylor, The Eyes of Laura Mars

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Alison Lohman, Matchstick Men

This little two-piece is deceivingly innocent, like Lohman’s character.

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Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

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