Some of the best movies about love, or lack thereof, have a powerful, manipulative mistress and/or regretful husband (or vice versa) as the source of emotional climax. Kerry Washington does a phenomenal job playing the mistress of the White House in ABC's hit series Scandal.

While Olive Pope is in a mutual relationship with the President, things can get sticky when a woman attaches emotion to something that is purely physical. These delusional affairs make for salacious watching. Kerry Washington isn't the first mistress to move America out of their seats and she won't be the last.

Check out our list for the best movies about infidelity and share any we may have missed below.