All-Time Top 15 Catsuits in Movies

With "Ironman 2" scheduled to be released in the spring of 2010 there is already anticipation to see actress Scarlett Johansson in her Black Widow catsuit costume. The hype began with a twitter from director Jon Favreau who mentioned how mind blowing Scarlett looked on the set in the catsuit. While it waits to be seen if Johansson's outfit can live up to the hype it does bring to question what are the most memorable movies to feature actresses wearing catsuits? The following are the top 15 movies to feature scenes with catsuits.

#15. Kelly Lynch in "Mr Magoo" ( 1997 )
A live action version of the famous cartoon about Mr Magoo ( as portrayed by Leslie Nielsen ), an old man with extremely poor eyesight. Magoo ends up in a museum after closing time and because of his limited vision and over active imagination winds up taking the same jewel that some thieves were after. Kelly Lynch is a jewel thief who wears both a black latex and later in the movie a silver catsuit.

#14. Denise Richards in "Undercover Brother" ( 2002 )
In this spoof of Blaxploitation films Denise Richards plays the character White She-Devil who wears various white leather and vinyl outfits including white vinyl catsuit

#13. Uma Thurman in "The Avengers" ( 1998 )
What would be a remake of the 60's television series without Mrs Peel wearing a black leather catsuit? In this case it is Uma Thurman who plays the role. Uma had previously worn a green latex catsuit as Poison Ivy in the movie "Batman and Robin"

#12. Lacey Chabert in "Mean Girls" ( 2004 )
Lindsey Lohan moves to a new town and in her new school ends up being accepted by a group of popular girls who go by the name "the plastics" which includes Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried. It is during a Halloween party that Lacey Chabert dresses in a tight black PVC catsuit as her costume.

#11. Linda Cardellini in "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" ( 2004 )
Linda Cardellini plays the character Velma who in one scene wears a tight orange leather catsuit in an attempt to seduce her love interest ( Seth Green ). The scene is played more for laughs with jokes about how impossible it is to walk around in such a tight outfit, and how it makes fart like noises whenever she sits in it. But the transformation of Velma from frumpy to sexy is quite memorable.

#10. Sienna Miller in "G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra" ( 2009 )
Cobra has stolen warheads capable of destroying cities and it is up to the G.I. Joe team to get them back. Sienna Miller is Baroness Cobra who wears a black leather catsuit.

#9. Sophie B Hawkins in "Beyond the City Limits" a.k.a. "Rip it Off" ( 2001 )
Sophie B Hawkins is a barmaid/pole dancer in a club who wears a black latex catsuit.

#8. Looney Tunes: Back In Action ( 2003 )
Heather Locklear is secret agent Dusty Tails who wears a tight black PVC catsuit.

#7. Angelina Joli in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life" ( 2003 )
The Tomb Raiders video game series usually dressed it's hero Lara Croft in tight latex catsuits, a costume that has yet to appear during the movie versions of the game. However, in the second movie "...Cradle of Life" Angelina Joli does dress in a tight grey bodysuit when exploring an underwater tomb.

#6. Carrie-Anne Moss in "The Matrix" ( 1999 )
A group of rebels fight inside a computer generated program. Carrie-Anne Moss plays the character Trinity wears a variety of vinyl outfits, one which is a black catsuit. Not exactly one of the best catsuit movies but still a fan favorite.

#5. Michelle Pfeiffer in "Batman Returns" ( 1992 )
In this sequel to Tim Burton's first Batman movie Michelle Pfeiffer plays Selina Kyle, a secretary who uncovers evidence of a crime her boss is committing and is thrown out of a window. Instead of dying she is revived by some alley cats and becomes the Catwoman. Pfeiffer's Catwoman costume was memorable. Tim Burton insisted on his characters looking odd, and rather than giving Catwoman the standard catsuit he had one designed that looked deliberately homemade. After Selina survives the attempt on her life and returns to her apartment to begin her new life as the Catwoman she takes her vinyl raincoat, cuts it up, and stitches it together to form a perfect form fitting catsuit complete with cowl. What was memorable was the visible stitching all over the costume. Plans were made for a Catwoman spin-off movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer but no movie was made until 2004 nearly 12 years later. By then Pfeiffer was considered too old for the role which was given to Halle Berry. In the spin-off Catwoman does not wear a catsuit.

#4. N'Bushe Wright in "Widows" ( 2002 )
Originally released as a three part television mini-series ( a remake of the British 6 part series ) and later edited into a DVD movie. Four women ( Mercedes Ruehls, Rosie Perez, Brooke Shields and N'Bushe Wright ) all find out the same day that their husbands were killed while planning the heist of a painting. Banding together the widows decide the only way to seek vengeance against the men who had their husbands killed is for them to pull off the heist that their husbands were planning. N'Bushe Wright dresses up in a tight black latex catsuit, oiled up by Mercedes, and lowered down through an air duct to the vault where the painting is stored.

#3. Kate Beckinsale in "Undeworld" ( 2003 )
The first of three Underworld movies where Kate Beckinsale plays Selena, a vampire known as a "death dealer" who specializes in hunting werewolf like creatures known as Lycans. In all three movies ( Bekinsale only has a brief cameo in the third movie ) Selena's costume is a tight PVC catsuit with black corset.

#2. Maggie Cheung in "Irma Vep" ( 1996 )
A film director attempts to remake the classic 1916 silent film serial "Les Vampires". Asian film star Maggie Cheung is hired to play the lead character Irma Vep and is fitted in a tight black latex catsuit. While Maggie wears this catsuit for much of the film, the one standout scene has her inexplicably deciding to burgle another room in her hotel. Sneaking into the room behind the maid she is able to snatch a jeweled necklace off a table while it's owner is on the phone. More amazing is that no one seems to hear her even though her catsuit makes all sorts of rubbery sounds as she moves around. Maggie then runs to the roof with her stolen booty and winds up outside in the rain.

#1. Shannon Elizabeth/Eliza Dushku/Ali Larter/Jennifer Schwaldbach in "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" ( 2001 )
Jay and Silent Bob are on their way to Hollywood to stop a film based on their lives from being made. They wind up traveling with four girls ( Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter and Jennifer Schwaldbach ) who are activists on their way to free some animals from a lab. They as Jay and Silent Bob to break into the lab for them, but once both of them are gone the girls reveal their real plans, to rob a diamond from the building next door while the police are too preoccupied with the lab break in. The girls dress up in tight black latex catsuits and then proceed to break into the building. What really makes this scene memorable is that director Kevin Smith's direction. After donning the catsuits the girls deliberately pose showing off every one of their curves.