However, your search is not a mistake. It is a symptom of a very specific era in cinema—the golden age of the erotic thriller (1988–1995). The keyword you’re using is likely a hybrid memory of several films that dominated late-night cable, video store shelves, and indeed, IMDb’s "most popular" charts of the early internet age.
A little-known Italian direct-to-video film directed by Joe D’Amato (under a pseudonym). This film exists primarily in European markets and was heavily traded on bootleg VHS tapes in the early 90s. It features a plot about a bored housewife who explores extramarital affairs. Due to poor distribution, it has no official IMDb top ranking (it usually sits below a 4.0/10). However, for collectors of erotic cinema, it is a cult item. If you saw a grainy VHS cover with a woman in a torn dress, you might remember the title as The Indecent Woman .
In this article, we will dissect exactly what you are probably looking for: the top-rated 1991 films featuring "indecent" or "indecent woman" themes, the movies people confuse with this title, and why 1991 was a watershed year for the genre. If you recall a film from 1991 involving a dangerous, sexually empowered woman, a thriller plot, and the word "Indecent" associated with it, you are almost certainly thinking of one of two landmark films. 1. The Indecent Woman (Misremembered Title for Indecent Proposal ? No—Wrong Year) The most famous "Indecent" title in cinema is Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal (1993) starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson. That film is about a millionaire who offers a desperate couple $1 million for one night with the wife. It is not from 1991 .
