20 BDSM Movies More Provocative Than Fifty Shades Of Grey

18. The Notorious Bettie Page

After directing the big screen adaptation of American Psycho - a film which plays with elements of dominance and pain for horror effect - Mary Harron turned her attention to perhaps the first famous bondage model in her biopic The Notorious Bettie Page. Page's early life was marred with abuse and control - from a devoutly Christian background she was abused as a child and later gang raped, experiences which led her down her path as a model. Harron tackles the subject matter with sensitivity, while Gretchen Mol delivers one of the best performances of her career (which perhaps isn't saying a great deal).