Single White Female is a 1992 American psychological erotic thriller film based on John Lutz's 1990 novel SWF Seeks Same.

It follows recently estranged Allison Jones (Fonda), who begins to rent an apartment room to Hedra Carlson (Leigh).

After the meeting, Mitchell tries to coerce Allie into performing sexual act on him upon completing their deal, threatening to warn off future clients and not pay her, but she fights back and escapes.

Allie, disturbed by Hedy's increasing attempts to copy her and by the discoveries in the shoebox, goes to Graham's apartment to seek advice.

When Sam returns the following night, Hedy goes to his hotel room, impersonates Allie, and performs oral sex on him.

He finds her bound and gagged with duct tape, but while he attempts to free Allie, Hedy shoots and kills him.

The site's critics consensus states "Single White Female benefits from a pair of outstanding leads, neither of whom are well served by a storyline that wavers between thrillingly tense and utterly ridiculous.

"[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

"[13] Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote "Though Schroeder consciously evokes Hitchcock's Vertigo and Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, the movie conjures up less noble precursors as well, in particular The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Basic Instinct and other recent psycho femme thrillers.

"[14] Jack Garner of Gannett News Service praised the films visual appeal, writing "The cinematography of Luciano Tovoli plays evocatively with shadows and light, and the production design of Milena Canonero adds an important element to the mix – the large somewhat spooky New York apartment building that is as much a part of Single White Female as the Dakota was in Rosemary's Baby.

[17] The film was followed by a 2005 direct to video sequel, Single White Female 2: The Psycho, starring Kristen Miller, Allison Lange and Brooke Burns.

Single White Female was released on VHS and LaserDisc in January 1993 from Columbia TriStar Home Video, and eventually on DVD in February 1998.

The film was released on Blu-ray from Scream Factory on November 13, 2018, featuring new interviews with director Barbet Schroeder, actors Steven Weber and Peter Friedman and screenwriter Don Roos, an audio commentary from Schroeder, editor Lee Percy and associate producer Susan Hoffman, and a theatrical trailer.