The 20 Hottest Chicks In Leather From Movies

The phrase "chicks in leather" screams NSFW, but actually it's been a recurring motif throughout the history of cinema. And as motifs go, it happens to be one of our favorites—especially when the hides are worn by a gorgeous actress like Kate Beckinsale. In honor of the release of her new movie Underworld: Awakening this Friday, we share our picks for all-time 20 Hottest Chicks In Leather From Movies.

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Movie: Max Payne

Because you can't kill ghoulish bad guys in khaki, Mila Kunis brought out the leather when it was time to bring out the big guns.

Movie: Resident Evil: Afterlife

What do you have by way of a leather cat-suited samurai chick? Ah, this will do nicely.

Movie: Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!

Tell the truth. Your eyes went straight to the leather gloves, right?

Movie: Catwoman

Worst movie of all time? Possibly, but was great cinema really the point here?

Movie: Mortal Kombat

All hail Princess Kitana. A "finish him" joke would be way too cheap here.

Movie: Barb Wire

This is the role she was born to play, and thankfully not many more followed.

Movie: Sin City

We're not sure what to call this particular garment, but there is definitely leather involved.

Movie: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Vintage Liz Hurley makes us wish it was 1997 all over again.

Movie: Watchmen

Because wearing leather isn't really about subtlety, we love the yellow on Malin.

Movie: Daredevil

Mrs. Affleck was enough to make a blind man see in this one.

Movie: Reefer Madness

The obvious message here? Don't do drugs.

Movie: Terminator: Rise of the Machines

In the future, hot chicks will be clad entirely in red leather. And, apparently, they will want you dead.

Movie: Mean Girls

Who says leather can't be humorous? And who says the little girl from Party of Five can't turn out hot? Wow, we just learned a lot.

Movie: Mr. and Mrs. Smith

We heard a rumor that she wore this to bed during the entirety of her brief marriage to Billy Bob Thornton.

Movie: The Avengers

Uma is something of a catsuit queen (Kill Bill, that ridiculous Batman movie where she was Poison Ivy), but this remains one of the greats.

Movie: Foxy Brown

There is no question that if Pam Grier showed up on your doorstep in a leather jacket and matching pants, you would totally miss the fact she was carrying a gun.

Movie: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

In this film Sienna Miller plays the Baroness, which is some sort of royal title. We just refer to her as Queen of Looking Hot in a Leather Jumpsuit.

Movie: Underworld films

No, it's not just because her movie is about to drop. It's because her leather catsuit-corset combo fits her like a glove. Perhaps ironically, Kate's hands are the only part of her body below the neck not covered in skin-tight leather.

Movie: Batman Returns

Let's hear it for one of the great sex symbols of the '80s slinking into the '90s in one of the tightest, shiniest suits of cat we will ever see. Much respect here to Eartha Kitt from the old school, and whatever Anne Hathaway has in store for us later this year.

Movie: The Matrix

You don't always have to show skin to be sexy in leather. You just need to be handy with a variety of weapons and spout new-age philosophy from time to time. And so we come to Trinity: Sometimes she saved us, sometimes she confused us, but mostly she just aroused us.