Sure, on face value, ‘shoes’ and ‘movies’ don’t exactly go together. But can you imagine The Wizard of Oz without Dorothy’s red sequinned pumps? Or Forrest Gump without his Nikes?
Or, Kill Bill without those iconic yellow sneakers, adorned with the embossed blink-and-you’ll-miss-it ‘Fuck You’ on the sole? Besides, don’t even get us started on a Sex And The City movie without Carrie’s iconic crystal-adorned Manolo Blahniks.
The truth is, the history of cinema is riddled with iconic shoe moments—and seeing as we love footwear and great films in equal measure, we want to celebrate them.
From Jane Fonda’s black-and-white knee-high boots in Barbarella, to the legendary leather Chanel boots in The Devil Wears Prada, scroll down for the most major shoe moments in film history.
Dorothy’s red sequinned pumps in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Barbarella’s silver boots in Barbarella (1968)
Andy Sachs’ Chanel leather boots in The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Vivian Ward’s thigh-high boots in Pretty Woman (1990)
Forrest Gump’s Nike ‘Cortez’ sneakers in Forrest Gump (1994)
Cinderella’s glass slipper in Cinderella (1950)
Sandy’s red mules in Grease (1978)
Elle Woods’ buckled pink sandals in Legally Blonde (2001).
Cher’s white T-bars in Clueless (1995).
The Bride’s Onitsuka Tigers in Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Marie Antoinette’s embellished slippers in Marie Antoinette (2006)
Baby’s white sneakers in Dirty Dancing (1987).
Naomi’s Mary-Jane pumps in Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
Marty McFly’s self-lacing sneakers in Back to the Future (1985).
Cinderella’s slippers from Cinderella (2015).
These chunky-heeled leather boots in the opening scene of The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Sharon’s go-go boots in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Rosa Klebb’s lethal shoes in From Russia with Love (1963).
Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolo Blahnik Hangisi 105s in Sex And The City (2008)
Jo Stockton’s ballet flats in Funny Face (1957)
Cher Horowitz’s silver pumps in Clueless (1995)
Sharon Tate’s white boots in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Iris’s red flatforms in Taxi Driver (1976)
Jenna’s crossed sandals in 13 Going on 30 (2004).
Ramona’s peak-2000s Giuseppe Zanotti sneaker boots in Hustlers (2019)
