Jade is a 1995 erotic thriller film written by Joe Eszterhas, produced by Robert Evans, directed by William Friedkin and starring David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna and Michael Biehn. The original music score was composed by James Horner. The film was marketed with the tagline "Some fantasies go too far."

An unrated version featuring additional scenes and more explicit sexual footage with an extra 12 minutes was later released to VHS, though it is now out of print; the theatrical cut was utilized for the DVD and Blu-ray editions. The unrated versions for DVD, LaserDisc and Blu-Ray were cancelled due to poor sales of the unrated VHS version.

According to Eszterhas' autobiography, Friedkin changed the script so much that Eszterhas threatened to remove his name from the credits. He claimed Paramount settled by giving him a "blind script deal" worth two to four million dollars.

In an interview in Linda Ruth Williams' book The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema, Friedkin admitted that he had virtually rewritten the script. But Friedkin also said that Jade was the favorite of all the films he had made.

Just prior to the film's release, David Caruso's career was red-hot. So hot, that he felt that his popularity as star of the hit ABC TV series NYPD Blue would provide enough momentum to successfully make the risky jump from television leading man, to feature film leading man. Unfortunately, Caruso's role in the film was a huge departure from the traditionally heroic role that had made him a hit with American TV viewers. Despite a large marketing campaign, moviegoers did not accept Caruso's drastic change of character, or the dark and overly sexual themes of the film. Jade was a huge failure at the box office and with movie critics. This, combined with a starring role in a second box office flop released the same year -- ironically, entitled Kiss of Death -- killed Caruso's movie career. (Comeback roles in television failed until he landed the lead role in CBS' 2002 spinoff series, CSI: Miami). Jade scored a 16% "rotten" rating from Rotten Tomatoes, and grossed less than $9 million domestically while in theaters. It also earned two Golden Raspberry Award nominations for Worst Screenplay and Worst New Star (Caruso, twice -- also, for Kiss of Death).