A Dangerous Woman is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.

[1] The screenplay was written by his wife Naomi Foner, loosely based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris.

Debra Winger was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance[2] and also won Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Depressed, Martha returns to Aunt Frances' home and discovers that a handyman, Mackey, has been hired to fix the porch of the main house.

Mackey plans to leave as soon as he finishes the porch job, feeling guilty about being unfaithful to Martha, but she urges him stay and tries to seduce him.

Frances and Mackey seek Martha at the police station where they are informed that she is pregnant and will likely be charged with murder and spend the rest of her life in jail.

Later, he again urges her to lie to save her life, but Martha instead insists that Mackey must take care of their child.

A final scene set in the near future reveals that Martha was remanded to a care facility where she is allowed to have day visits.