Today Alice in Wonderland—Tim Burton's film adaption of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass—will hit theaters and we're actually pretty excited about it. Yeah, we know it's based on a children's book, but we're willing to check it out based on Tim Burton's participation alone. Even if you forget that Burton has gotten Johnny Depp to deliver some of his best performances, and you forget that Burton has a visual style worthy of being called "Burtonesque," you must remember that Burton has cast some pretty fine ladies in his films. So consider this a reminder: Tim Burton's 10 Hottest Leading Ladies...
#10: Miranda Richardson
FILM: Sleepy Hollow (1999)
ROLE: Lady Van Tassel/Crone
• There's nothing like a sexy villain (see our #3 spot) so you know we had to show Lady Van Tassel some love. To top it off, throughout the film she's controlling the head of the Headless Horseman. We could make a joke about head here, but it's just too easy.
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#9: Anne Hathaway
FILM: Alice In Wonderland (2010)
ROLE: The White Queen
• We haven't even seen Alice yet, but we've always loved Hathaway, even if she doesn't really...you know. Plus, we'd love to introduce the White Queen to the King of White Girls.
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#8: Helena Bonham Carter
FILM: Big Fish (2003)
ROLE: Jenny (Young)/Jenny (Senior)/The Witch
• Helena Bonham Carter has been dating Burton since 2001 and has had a role in Burton's last six films. But Burton must be a cruel lover since he's made his wifey look freakin' awful in most of her roles. However, this film is a happy exception.
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#7: Elizabeth Daily
FILM: Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
ROLE: Dottie
• Daily plays a childish bike mechanic who has a major crush on Pee Wee (Paul Reubens). Yes, you read that correctly. But Pee Wee won't go out with her because he says he's a "a loner, a rebel." Really Pee Wee? We had no idea wacking off in a movie theater was "rebellious".
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#6: Sarah Jessica Parker
FILM: Ed Wood (1994)
ROLE: Dolores Fuller
• In Burton's biopic of Edward D. Wood Jr—a man once voted the Worst Director of All Time—he cast a pre-Sex and The City Sarah Jessica Parker to play Wood's girlfriend. In the film, Fuller breaks up with Wood because she considers him a freak for being a cross dresser. We're just amazed she didn't break up with Woods after watching one of his films.
#5: Geena Davis
FILM: Beetle Juice (1988)
ROLE: Barbara Maitland
• Davis' character is married to Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin), both of whom die in a car crash early in the film. The deceased couple turn into ghosts who must haunt their old house. No wonder she had to enlist the help of Beetle Juice. Ghost or no ghost Geena Davis can come over to our house anytime.
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#4: Estella Warren
FILM: Planet of The Apes (2001)
ROLE: Daena
• After astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Whalberg) lands in the year 3002 on a planet where apes use humans as slaves, Davidson leads a human resistance against the apes while maintaining a love triangle between Daena and a female chimpanzee named Ari (Helena Bonham Carter). We won't ruin the ending, but just so you know, Davidson kisses Daena (who's played by a former swimsuit model) and then proceeds to kiss Ari...who's a chimp. Making that scene the biggest Mark Whalberg FAIL since The Funky Bunch.
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#3: Michelle Pfeiffer
FILM: Batman Returns (1992)
ROLE: Catwoman/Selina Kyle
• It seems like we can't do a leading ladies post without mentioning Complex Wifey Hall of Famer Michelle Pfeiffer. What can we say? She was sexy as a trophy wife in Scarface, she was sexy as a 1870s countess in The Age of Innocence, and she was sexy as Catwoman in Burton's Batman Returns. That woman is just sexy all over.
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#2: Kim Basinger
FILM: Batman (1989)
ROLE: Vicki Vale
• In the film, Basinger plays a photojournalist who gets romantically involved with Bruce Wayne (Micheal Keaton) but is later kidnapped by The Joker (Jack Nicholson) only to be rescued by Batman (Micheal Keaton). Yeah, we know Nicholson's Joker and Burton's Batman is corny in comparison to Heath Ledger's Joker and Chris Nolan's Dark Knight, but you can't tell us Kim Basinger isn't hotter than Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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#1: Winona Ryder
FILM: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
ROLE: Kim
• Kim is Edward Scissorhand's (Johnny Depp) love interest in the film, but she dates an obnoxious jock named Jim who hates Edward for being a freak. To impress Kim, Ed goes chop chop on her waterbed and after offing Jim, they lived happily ever after (more or less).
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