Body Heat

Body Heat (1981) is a neo-noir thriller you can watch online on iFILM. It marks Lawrence Kasdan's debut as a director and stars William Hurt and Kathleen Turner. During a punishing Florida heatwave, drifting lawyer Ned Racine falls hard for Matty Walker, a married woman who knows exactly what she's doing.

The heat never breaks, and the affair curdles into a plan: kill Matty's wealthy husband and take the money. Ned thinks he has every angle covered. He doesn't. The further the scheme goes, the clearer it becomes that someone has been a step ahead the whole time, and the line between predator and prey keeps shifting under his feet.

Kasdan rebuilt the 1940s noir template for a steamier era, and the picture became a genre benchmark almost overnight. It was Turner's first major role, and her Matty ranks among the deadliest femmes fatales ever put on screen. Watch closely and you'll spot a young Mickey Rourke. Slow, sweaty and coldly calculated, it rewards anyone who likes a plot that tightens the noose by inches. Stream Body Heat (1981) online on iFILM.