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Barefoot Women in Movies

by joecoceda • Created 5 years ago • Modified 1 month ago
My labor of love to those who share my fondness for female feet. Listed here are movies I've seen that tickle this particular fancy, either through an actress that spends the majority of a given film barefoot or through more brief but memorable barefoot scenes. Feel free to comment with suggestions for titles you think deserve to be here, and I'll add them as I watch them. Enjoy!
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  • Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz in Greta (2018)

    1. Greta

    20181h 38mR54Metascore
    6.1 (41K)
    A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsIsabelle HuppertChloë Grace MoretzMaika Monroe
    Chloe Grace Moretz is barefoot through much of this, both in her own apartment and in that of the titular character. Maika Monroe is also barefoot in several of her scenes, though she has significantly less screen time overall. Isabella Huppert is also shown dancing around in pantyhose.
  • Kelly Reilly and Luke Evans in 10x10 (2018)

    2. 10x10

    20181h 28m
    5.2 (13K)
    A man abducts a flower shop owner and holds her captive in a small, soundproof room in an effort to extract a dark secret from her past.
    DirectorSuzi EwingStarsKelly ReillyLuke EvansJill Winternitz
    Kelly Reilly is kidnapped in the opening moments of this and spends the entire running time barefoot in the home of her captor.
  • Maika Monroe in Tau (2018)

    3. Tau

    20181h 37mR43Metascore
    5.8 (36K)
    A woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house.
    DirectorFederico D'AlessandroStarsMaika MonroeEd SkreinGary Oldman
    Maika Monroe is barefoot throughout starting with her capture during the first few minutes. Even after her captor exchanges her futuristic prison jumpsuit for regular clothes, her feet remain bare.
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

    4. 10 Cloverfield Lane

    20161h 43mPG-1376Metascore
    7.2 (374K)
    A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
    DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead is barefoot in jeans right up to the climax. There are a few great close ups and mildly dirty sole shots as she crawls through the ventilation system.
  • Munro Chambers, Chris Gray, and Emily Tyra in Harpoon (2019)

    5. Harpoon

    20191h 23mNot Rated65Metascore
    5.9 (6.5K)
    Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival.
    DirectorRob GrantStarsMunro ChambersChris GrayEmily Tyra
    The movie takes place on a yacht, and as such all of the characters are barefoot for the duration including the lovely Emily Tyra.
  • Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place (2018)

    6. A Quiet Place

    20181h 30mPG-1382Metascore
    7.5 (635K)
    A family struggles for survival in a world invaded by blind alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.
    DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntJohn KrasinskiMillicent Simmonds
    All of the characters go barefoot as a plot point, and we get some good views of Emily Blunt's feet throughout.
  • Robbie Amell in ARQ (2016)

    7. ARQ

    20161h 28mTV-MA
    6.3 (43K)
    Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.
    DirectorTony ElliottStarsRobbie AmellRachael TaylorShaun Benson
    This movie is shown as a repeating time loop that always begins as our main protagonists are roused from their bed, so they're always in their pajamas. Plenty of views of Rachel Taylor's bare feet, including close ups of them bound to a chair.
  • Patricia Arquette in Beyond Rangoon (1995)

    8. Beyond Rangoon

    19951h 40mR
    6.5 (5.6K)
    An American tourist finds herself in the middle of a political uprising in Burma.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsPatricia ArquetteU Aung KoFrances McDormand
    Patricia Arquette's feet go through hell in this - she's barefoot for most of the movie - over rough terrain, jungle, unimproved roads, and even gravel.
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan (2006)

    9. Black Snake Moan

    20061h 56mR52Metascore
    6.9 (68K)
    A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
    DirectorCraig BrewerStarsChristina RicciSamuel L. JacksonJustin Timberlake
    Christina Ricci is barefoot throughout, and even wanders around outside barefoot. The one scene she does wear shoes into a supermarket, and she loses them before the scene ends and is once again barefoot by the time she leaves.
  • Maeve Dermody in Black Water (2007)

    10. Black Water

    20071h 30mR
    5.8 (17K)
    A boat tour of a mangrove swamp turns into a fight for survival when a group of people are attacked by a ferocious saltwater crocodile.
    DirectorsDavid NerlichAndrew TrauckiStarsDiana GlennMaeve DermodyAndy Rodoreda
    Most of this takes place in a tree that two women have climbed to escape a killer Crocodile. Both are barefoot from the time they leave the boat for the tree through the end of the movie. There are a handful of close-ups and clear shots.
  • Matt O'Leary and Maika Monroe in Bokeh (2017)

    11. Bokeh

    20171h 32mTV-MA56Metascore
    5.0 (8.1K)
    On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on earth has disappeared.
    DirectorsGeoffrey OrthweinAndrew SullivanStarsMaika MonroeMatt O'LearyArnar Jónsson
    Maika Monroe's third entry on this list. She absent-mindedly kicks her shoes off while riding around in a car, and isn't seen with footwear again. Great close-ups in the car scene when she first loses her slip-ons.
  • Tyler Labine and Lio Tipton in Broken Star (2018)

    12. Broken Star

    20181h 30mTV-14
    4.4 (694)
    Abandoned by her friends and family and with her career in jeopardy, starlet Markey Marlowe is sequestered in a duplex with a reclusive landlord who just may be more dangerous than she is.
    DirectorDave SchwepStarsLio TiptonTyler LabineLauren Bowles
    Analeigh Tipton is barefoot for the duration of this. Good thing, because there's not much to see in this movie otherwise.
  • Peter Sellers and Leigh Taylor-Young in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)

    13. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

    19681h 32mR
    6.2 (3.6K)
    A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.
    DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter SellersJo Van FleetLeigh Taylor-Young
    Leigh Taylor-Young plays the stereotypical barefoot hippie in this, and does so adorably. She's barefoot everywhere - in the street, working at a clothing shop, even in attendance at a funeral. Precious few focus shots but worth a watch anyway.
  • Kaya Scodelario in Crawl (2019)

    14. Crawl

    20191h 27mR60Metascore
    6.1 (100K)
    Gigantic alligators swarm around a young woman and her father as floodwaters engulf their home.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsKaya ScodelarioBarry PepperMorfydd Clark
    Kaya Scodelario wears thin flip-flops for the start of this and loses them within the first 15 minutes or so. She spends the rest of the movie barefoot as she alternates between swimming, climbing, and crawling around her father's destroyed house.
  • Darlin' (2019)

    15. Darlin'

    20191h 40m49Metascore
    4.9 (2.5K)
    A direct sequel to 2011's The Woman.
    DirectorPollyanna McIntoshStarsCooper AndrewsLauryn CannyKristina Arntz
    Polyanna McIntosh is barefoot in scenes before she is 'domesticated' by the convent, and shown barefoot in several flashback-type scenes after that.
  • Sarah Polley in Dawn of the Dead (2004)

    16. Dawn of the Dead

    20041h 41mR59Metascore
    7.2 (283K)
    A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi Phifer
    Classic barefoot scene featuring Sarah Polley, who is forced to escape her house dressed in her pajamas and barefoot. She finds a change of clothes and, sadly, a pair of tennis shoes later when the survivors meet up in the shopping mall.
  • Digging for Fire (2015)

    17. Digging for Fire

    20151h 25mR69Metascore
    5.8 (7K)
    The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
    DirectorJoe SwanbergStarsJake JohnsonRosemarie DeWittOrlando Bloom
    Almost every character in this movie is depicted barefoot at one point or another. Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, and Rosemarie DeWitt all have scenes.
  • Jane Levy in Don't Breathe (2016)

    18. Don't Breathe

    20161h 28mR71Metascore
    7.1 (320K)
    Three delinquents break into the house of a war veteran who is blind to steal his money. However, they discover that the man is not as defenseless as he seems.
    DirectorFede AlvarezStarsStephen LangJane LevyDylan Minnette
    There is a brief barefoot scene featuring a minor character bound in a basement, but adding to this list for Jane Levy's scenes. Though she's not barefoot, she instructs her companions to remove their shoes when breaking into a house to avoid making noise, and spends the rest of the movie running around in black socks. She even escapes the house and runs down the street like this in two separate scenes.
  • Doom Room (2013)

    19. Doom Room

    20131h 30m
    3.1 (363)
    A woman wakes up locked in a small room with no memory of how she arrived there. Unable to escape, and tormented by a series of paranormal entities, she must uncover the riddle of who she is and how she got here.
    DirectorJon KeeyesStarsJohanna StantonNicholas BallDebbie Rochon
    Johanna Stanton is barefoot throughout this trippy movie about a young woman confined in a room of horrors.
  • Sarah Butler in Free Fall (2014)

    20. Free Fall

    20141h 30mR
    4.5 (2.2K)
    An employee, working for Gault Capital in L.A, gets targeted by a ruthless assassin and locked in the elevator after she uncovers a chilling secret.
    DirectorMalek AkkadStarsD.B. SweeneySarah ButlerMalcolm McDowell
    Fairly unimaginative thriller about a woman trapped in an elevator while being pursued by her would-be killer. Thankfully for those of us who hold certain interests, she ditches her heels during her initial escape and spends the better part of this barefoot in the elevator.
  • Hardware (1990)

    21. Hardware

    19901h 34mR41Metascore
    5.9 (17K)
    The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
    DirectorRichard StanleyStarsDylan McDermottStacey TravisJohn Lynch
    Stacey Travis is barefoot in all but a few scenes, even when she's cutting and welding on a metal sculpture. A nice surprise given the post-apocalyptic setting.
  • Stephen Curry, Emma Booth, and Ashleigh Cummings in Hounds of Love (2016)

    22. Hounds of Love

    20161h 48mNot Rated73Metascore
    6.5 (14K)
    Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
    DirectorBen YoungStarsEmma BoothAshleigh CummingsStephen Curry
    This was full of bare feet, both for Emma Booth and Ashleigh Cummings. Ashleigh's character is asked to remove her shoes when entering the house she winds up being kept in, and neither of our lead actresses wear shoes again.
  • Jella Haase in Kidnapping Stella (2019)

    23. Kidnapping Stella

    20191h 29mTV-MA
    4.9 (6.9K)
    Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully-laid plans.
    DirectorThomas SiebenStarsMax von der GroebenJella HaaseClemens Schick
    Vastly inferior shot-for-shot remake of "The Disappearance of Alice Creed." Jella Hasse is barefoot for most of her kidnapping, but dons footwear for the climax once out of the room she's held in.
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

    24. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    20031h 51mR69Metascore
    8.2 (1.3M)
    After waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl Hannah
    A personal favorite of mine, and not just for the foot content which, given it's a Tarantino flick, is gratuitous. Uma Thurman has several scenes and several close-ups, and there are a few more shots at Lucy Liu's club.
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

    25. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    20042h 17mR83Metascore
    8.0 (843K)
    The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael Madsen
    From a standpoint of barefoot content, I actually prefer this one to the first. Uma Thurman is buried alive barefoot in jeans, and remains that way once she digs herself out and takes her revenge on those who have wronged her. A classic.

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