Top 10 Hottest Goth Girls in Movies

Gotta love those beautiful women who look like they just came from a funeral, right? Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 hottest goth chicks in movies.

For this list, we’re taking a look at the ladies in film who embody the “gothic” subculture and have the attitude to match: dark, mysterious, a little moody, and definitely clad in black. However, we won’t be including any actresses under 18 at the time of their role, like Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice.

Played by Clea DuVall, Stokely Mitchell’s life is turned upside down when she and her classmates suspect that their teachers may have been body-snatched and replaced by a race of aliens. Stokes is your run-of-the-mill high school goth gal – like, doesn’t she just bring up memories of that mysterious and talented artist who smoked by herself before class? In this film, Stokes has got the gear down: unkempt dyed hair? Check. A sneer that succeeds in being a little cute and mysterious? Check. Oh, and don’t forget her signature choker chain. Stokely understands that it takes a lot of effort to look like you don’t care, even though she makes it look totally effortless.

She’s a trendsetter with sinister style… the OG-Goth, if you will.  Morticia Addams is one of the innovators of the goth look, with her slinky black dress and funeral parlour complexion, the classic character was brought to life by Anjelica Huston in the movies. Created by Charles Addams, the maternal head of the sallow and ghoulish Addams clan was reportedly inspired by his first wife.  A lover of pruning the buds off her roses and taking care of her carnivorous plant, her hobbies seem to match her macabre appearance. As her hubby Gomez famously said: when he met her at a funeral, she was so pale and mysterious, no one even looked at the corpse.

Leelee Sobieski plays Jennifer, a gothic teen who only comes out of the stockroom to make fun of her stuffy boss Randall, but soon, they learn to trust each other and share their experiences of estrangement from their respective families.  Leelee’s take on the goth-punk look is a bit sharper, with numerous piercings, half-purple hair and tattoos here and there.  Despite her general “keep away” vibe, there’s a soulful nature in her eyes. Deep down, ‘J,’ as she prefers to be called, eventually drops the moody outfits and self-imposed distance from others and through her efforts, reunites her Randall with his estranged son.

Danielle Harris plays Tosh the goth, a late 90’s representative of the gothic subculture on a bit more of a Victorian trip. With her dark lipstick and alluring black corset, what freshman wouldn’t want to have a dorm room on her floor?  That is, except for the whole bit about the serial killer prowling a university campus and slaying students according to famous urban legends.  She missed a big warning sign in the movie, and being the main character’s roommate and all, poor, poor Goth-Tosh was pretty doomed from the start. Well, at least she looked good.

An interesting anomaly on our list played by Alison Lohman, Astrid doesn’t seem to initially fit the prototypical gothic standard– blond hair and all. That is, until we see Astrid’s pain and hardship manifest itself in her outward appearance as she goes from blond and sunny, to black and complicated in her hair color and clothing choices. She faces a family crisis and bounces from one foster home to another until she visits her long-absent and murderous mother in jail, intent on finding out what really happened to her family.  Watching her journey gives us a deeper representation of her character, making Astrid seem more attractive and real. 

This sequel to the successful flick “The Blair Witch Project” gives us the cynical goth-psychic Kim. After she decides the location of the original film’s mysterious goings-on would be a perfect road-trip destination with her friends, she gets a bit more than she bargained for when her gang is beset with hallucinations. Kim’s more of the drama-school goth type: well-read and cynical, and with eyebrows made up in a permanent arch of irony. She’s not averse to wearing crushed-velvet dresses, or lying behind a tombstone to “feel the energy.” She may be terrifying, but she’s not afraid to tell it like it is, making her that much more attractive.

Ginger Fitzgerald is a dark soul if there ever was one. Along with her sister, she has a fascination with death, and sports a look that falls somewhere between early 80’s Madonna and suburban rebel. Of course, that was all until she was bit by what she thought was a strange dog one moonlit night.  Soon, after some bizarre behaviour and unwanted body hair pop up, Ginger realises it was no stray dog but rather a werewolf who infected her with its werewolf curse.  Nothing like a real dance with the occult to build up your Goth cred!  Her subsequent possession gives her that real edge as she’s pushed along by her darker urges, making her all the more dangerous, and certainly hotter in the process.

Fairuza Balk (fye-rooza) has a face that was made to rep the Goth look, with her dark-rimmed, arresting eyes. She plays Nancy, the alpha-female of a high school coven of witches who has a hunger for power and the dark arts.  Her black makeup and pale skin set off by her pearly whites and maroon lipstick make Nancy a bit more rock and roll than your average high school goth chick. Plus she’s got a smile that manages to somehow be both gleeful and murderous. This rebellious teen has got that “will-ruin-your-life-as-you-love-every-minute-of-it” kind of vibe and is not afraid to get into trouble, making her a great example of a badass babe.

Lisbeth Salander leaped off the pages of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, and she’s more than just a woman in black. Portrayed by the beautiful Rooney Mara in the film, she’s a dangerous and well-trained woman on a mission who can hack a main frame one minute, and display her jiu-jitsu skills the next.  She’s pierced, has a spiked necklace and of course, sports the film’s titular tattoo. The thing about Lisbeth is that she’s not just trying out different fashion choices; she’s communicating that she’s a person who has seen some serious stuff, and is not afraid to let her appearance convey her complications. Her tragic, rebellious spirit makes her all the more alluring.

Before we get to the top goth, here are a few honourable mentions:

Alicia Browning
“Home Room” (2002)

Janis Ian
“Mean Girls” (2004)

And finally, who could our number one pick be, but the queen of all goth chicks: Elvira, mistress of the dark?  Born with the unassuming name of Cassandra Peterson, Elvira is an iconic late-night movie hostess who quickly caught our attention due to her enticingly macabre makeup and cleavage-y funeral garb. She’s been spun off into movies, comic books and even a pinball machine game.  She’s eminently recognizable with her black beehive hairdo and beauty mark. She was doing the vampy goth look earlier than most on this list of ghoulish and good-looking gals, and nobody in the movies does it better.

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