Marquise Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the notorious playboy Valmont (John Malkovich) are two friends who rival each other in love, using sex as a weapon to discredit each other's reputation and status. One day, Merteuil proposed that Valmont seduce the 16-year-old noble girl Cecile (Uma Thurman) to make her lose her virginity and thus ruin her reputation. But Valmont thought this was too lacking in challenges, so he not only seduced the pure Cecile. He also added a bet to seduce Madame de Duville (Michelle Pfeiffer), who was pious, beautiful and known for her chastity. In the end, Madame de Duville fell into his arms, and Valmont gradually fell in love with Duville sincerely. Merteuil was jealous and asked her music teacher and new lover Donsney (Keanu Reeves) to avenge her. As a result, Valmont died under the sword in a duel with Donsney, Duville died of grief, and Merteuil's reputation was ruined.