<b>Angelina Jolie in Hackers (1995)</b><br><br>Angelina has come a <i>very</i> long way since her role as a teenage computer hacker, but we’ll never forget the iconic ’90s film—or, more importantly, the deep purple color she wore on those equally iconic pillowy lips. So ’90s, so good.
<b>Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)</b><br><br>As freaked out as we were by the ending of the movie, it wasn’t nearly enough to distract us from this feat of makeup mastery. We’ve been looking for the perfect dark reddish-brown shade ever since.
<b>Missy Elliott’s <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcyJPTTn9w”>”The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”</a> Video Look</b><br><br>And all of the rest of her black lipstick looks (this one’s from 2013). Nobody wears it quite like Missy Elliott.
<b>Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)</b><br><br>Talk about female empowerment: Foxy Brown was one bad bitch, and she had the perfect rich mahogany lipstick to go along with her attitude. OK, so we might have been the only ones actually focusing on her lip color … but still.
<b>Fairuza Balk in The Craft (1996)</b><br><br>Nancy Downs’s lipstick application wasn’t all that good, but neither was The Craft, and we love it anyway. Using a darker lip liner to outline is a look that puts you on the fast track to freakshow—which isn’t always a bad thing.
<b>Lorde at the 2014 American Music Awards</b><br><br>In a move most mainstream singers wouldn’t dare pull, Lorde swiped her dark purple lipstick across her cheek during her performance. We wonder how her makeup artist felt about that one.
<b>Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)</b><br><br>Dr. Frank N. Furter’s dark lipstick game was almost as on point as his pelvic thrusts.
<b>Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)</b><br><br>Because if Mia Wallace’s affection for Chanel Vamp nail polish and lips to match isn’t iconic, then what is?
<b>Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel (1930)</b><br><br>Dietrich is iconic in so many ways, but the dark lip she wore as Lola Lola was dramatic even in black-and-white.
<b>Marilyn Manson</b><br><br>We wouldn’t exactly call him beauty inspiration, but you’ve got to give it to the man for spending the majority of the past two decades decked out in a bold, dark lip. Slow clap.