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{{short description|1993 American drama film by Adrian Lyne}}
{{About|the film|the album by Timbaland & Magoo|Indecent Proposal (album)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Indecent Proposal
| image          = Indecent_proposal.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Adrian Lyne]]
| producer       = [[Sherry Lansing]]<br/>
[[Michael Tadross]]
| screenplay     = [[Amy Holden Jones]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Indecent Proposal (novel)|Indecent Proposal]]''|Jack Engelhard}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Robert Redford]]
* [[Demi Moore]]
* [[Woody Harrelson]]
* [[Oliver Platt]]
* [[Seymour Cassel]]}}
| music          = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| cinematography = [[Howard Atherton]]
| editing        = [[Joe Hutshing]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1993|04|07}}
| runtime        = 118 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $38 million<ref name=Forbes/>
| gross          = $266.6 million<ref name=Num/>
}}

'''''Indecent Proposal''''' is a 1993 American [[erotic film|erotic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Adrian Lyne]] and written by [[Amy Holden Jones]]. It is based on [[Indecent Proposal (novel)|the 1988 novel]] by Jack Engelhard, in which a couple's marriage is disrupted by a stranger's offer of a million dollars for the wife to spend the night with him. It stars [[Robert Redford]], [[Demi Moore]], and [[Woody Harrelson]].<ref name="Galbraith">{{cite news |last=Galbraith |first=Jane |date=1993-05-01 |title='Indecent' Debate Fuels Box Office : Movies |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-01-ca-29785-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2010-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511014421/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-01-ca-29785-story.html |archive-date=2023-05-11}}</ref>

The film received a mostly negative response from critics for the contrivances and implausibilities of its story. It also sparked controversy, with [[Feminism|feminists]] arguing the film's premise promotes [[prostitution]] and the treatment of women as property. Despite this, the film was a box office success and grossed nearly $267 million worldwide on a $38 million budget, becoming the [[1993 in film|sixth highest-grossing film of 1993]].