The title of the film refers to the duration of a relationship between Wall Street arbitrageur and divorced SoHo art gallery employee. The two meet and conduct a volatile and sometimes violent sex life.

Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke tear up the screen in this iconic provocation from director Adrian Lyne. A box-office bomb since reclaimed as a cult classic—and one of the great New York movies—9½ Weeks marries superb location photography to MTV sizzle for a candid study in sex and power.