Boxing Helena is a 1993 American avant-garde thriller film directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands, and Bill Paxton.

[6] Nick Cavanaugh, an Atlanta surgeon, begins moving into his recently deceased mother's lavish home with his girlfriend, Anne.

After Helena suffers a high-grade tibial fracture in a hit-and-run accident as she attempts to leave on foot, Nick kidnaps her and covertly provides her with illicit medical care in the confines of his home.

Despite Helena being the victim of Nick's kidnapping and mutilation, she dominates the dialogue with constant ridicule of his shortcomings and continues rejecting his affections despite being dependent on him for care.

So this idea of a damaged boy who was in an obsessive situation who would try to recreate from his own view the one thing that didn't hit him or abandon him was this armless, beautiful woman.

Basinger agreed, but closer to the new filming date she began requesting what The New York Times called "major script revisions", which according to producer Mazzocone amounted to making Helena "less of a bitch".

"[9] The score heard during the scene where Helena showers in a fountain while a party crowd watches was originally composed by Graeme Revell and based on the "Love Theme" used sparsely elsewhere in the film, with vocals by Bobbi Page.

At the producers' request, "The Fountain Song", written and performed by Wendy Levy, replaced Revell's score in the DVD and subsequent releases.

[4] The film received largely negative reviews from critics upon release and was widely considered to be of poor quality,[16] despite garnering praise at Sundance.

The website's consensus reads: "A disturbing concept marred by graceless execution, Boxing Helena is a psychosexual drama that proves more tedious than provocative.