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Caitlin Clerks (1994)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Caitlin Bree (Lisa Spoonhauer), who goes back to reignite her relationship with Dante (Brian O’Halloran), even though he’s still seeing Veronica (Marilyn Ghigliotti).
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: The insult of insults – Caitlin has sex with a corpse in a dark bathroom, mistaking it for Dante.
Doesn’t exactly say much about Dante’s bedroom prowess, does it?
Meredith Johnson Disclosure (1994)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Publishing company executive Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore), who gets a promotion at her company over former boyfriend Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas).
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Having beaten Tom professionally, Meredith attempts to reignite the flames of their former relationship.
When he refuses, she accuses him of sexual harassment…
Clementine Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Multi-coloured Clementine (Kate Winslet), the former girlfriend of Joel Barish (Jim Carrey).
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Finding it hard to cope with her messed-up feelings about Joel, Clementine has all her memories of their relationship erased from her brain.
Talk about harsh.
Linda The Wedding Singer (1998)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Linda (Angela Featherstone) is so evil that instead of letting her fiancé Robbie (Adam Sandler) down gently, she just leaves him at the altar.
Then turns up to rub the break-up in his face as he wallows on his doorstep.
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Having discovered the error of her ways, Linda decides to get Robbie back – and tells the lovely Julia (Drew Barrymore), Robbie’s new potential love, that they are back together.
Alex Fatal Attraction (1987)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Alexandra Forrest (Glenn Close), who had a fling with married attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas).
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: When Dan ends the fling, Alex turns into the scariest stalker you’ve ever seen.
She’s so evil that she even boils the family’s pet bunny.
Madison What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Madison (Amber Valetta) is about as ‘ex’ as they come – she’s dead, see.
Madison was having an affair with married man Dr Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford), but when Madison threatened to expose the sordid tryst, Norman killed her…
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Oh, you know, moaning and groaning and writing spooky messages in fogged up mirrors.
Madison gets her revenge in the end, too, which is why she’s on this list – she’s literally the worst thing that could’ve happened to Norman.
Stacy Waynes World (1992)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Stacy (Lara Flynn Boyle), who’s no longer going out with Wayne (Mike Myers) but remains besotted with him.
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Total stalker behaviour.
Stacy just can’t get over Wayne, and follows him everywhere he goes.
She even buys him a gun rack – even though he doesn’t own any guns. Is she mental?
Summer (500) Days Of Summer (2009)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Manic pixie dream girl Summer (Zooey Deschanel), who breaks poor Tom Hansen’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) heart when she turns out to be completely unattainable.
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: During an opportune meet-up at the park, Summer’s got a flashy ring on her finger – yes, she’s already married to somebody else.
ALREADY.
Nicole 40 Days & 40 Nights (2002)
The Ex-Girlfriend: The gorgeous but volatile Nicole (Vinessa Shaw), whom ex-boyfriend Matt Sullivan (Josh Hartnett) remains obsessed with – even though she’s engaged to somebody else.
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: When Nicole learns of Matt’s no-sex bet, she sabotages it by raping him while he sleeps…
Pure evil.
Asami Audition (1999)
The Ex-Girlfriend: Beautiful but tortured, Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) begins dating Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi).
But after they make love (and he professes his love for her) she vanishes, and Aoyama discovers that pretty much everything Asami told him was a lie.
Her Post-Break-Up-Behaviour: Asami flies into a rage when she discovers a photo of Aoyama’s (dead) ex-wife in his house.
She drugs him, feeds another ex a bowl of vomit, and then gets out her needles…
