Editing Sharon Stone (section)

===Leading lady status (1993–1999)===
In 1993, Stone played a [[femme fatale]] in the erotic thriller ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]'', based on [[Ira Levin]]'s [[Sliver (novel)|eponymous novel]] about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York City high-rise apartment building. The film was heavily panned by critics and earned Stone a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]] but became a commercial success, grossing US$116.3&nbsp;million at the international box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sliver.htm|title=Sliver (1993)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233153/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sliver.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She also made a cameo appearance in the action film ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' (1993), reuniting with Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1994, Stone appeared as the wife of an architect opposite [[Richard Gere]] in the drama ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]'', and as a woman who entices a bomb expert she is involved with into destroying the criminal gang that killed her family, alongside [[Sylvester Stallone]], in the action thriller ''[[The Specialist]]''. While ''Intersection'' found limited success, ''The Specialist'' made US$170.3&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=specialist.htm|title=The Specialist (1994)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011034419/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=specialist.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> For her work in both films, she won a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] and a [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Award]] for Worst Actress, but was nominated for the [[MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female]] for ''The Specialist''.

In ''[[The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)|The Quick and the Dead]]'' (1995), Stone took on the role of a gunfighter who returns to a frontier town in an effort to avenge her father's death. She served as a producer on the film and had some creative control over the production;<ref name=first>Muir, pp. 171-179</ref> she chose director [[Sam Raimi]], after being impressed by his work on ''[[Army of Darkness]]'', and co-star [[Russell Crowe]] after watching ''[[Romper Stomper]]''.<ref name=first/> She paid [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s salary herself after a reluctance from Sony, the film's studio, over his casting. ''The Quick and the Dead'' was a modest profit and earned Stone a [[Saturn Awards|Saturn Award]] nomination for [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html|title=Past Saturn Awards|date=February 7, 2008|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207072429/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html|archive-date=February 7, 2008}}</ref> Stone starred opposite [[Robert De Niro]] in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s epic crime drama ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'' (1995), where she took on the role of Ginger McKenna, the scheming, self-absorbed wife of a top gambling handicapper (De Niro). The film, based on the non-fiction book ''[[Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas]]'' by [[Nicholas Pileggi]], received widespread critical acclaim, made US$116.1&nbsp;million globally,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=casino.htm|title=Casino (1995)website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201164641/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=casino.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref name=tca/> During an interview with ''[[The Observer]]'', published on January 28, 1996, Stone said of the response: "Thank God. I mean just finally, wow [...] I am not getting any younger. It couldn't have happened at a better time".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/22/sharon-stone-interview-basic-instinct|title=Interview 1996: Sharon Stone|date=March 22, 2009|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044552/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/22/sharon-stone-interview-basic-instinct|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, she received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, and was awarded the [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards|Women in Film]] [[Crystal Award]].<ref name="WIF">{{cite web|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |title=Past Recipients |website=Women in Film |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Stone portrayed the mistress of a cruel school master in the psychological thriller ''[[Diabolique (1996 film)|Diabolique]]'' (1996), a woman waiting on death row for a brutal double murder in the drama ''[[Last Dance (1996 film)|Last Dance]]'' (1996), and a biologist  in the suspense film ''[[Sphere (1998 film)|Sphere]]'' (1998). The three aforementioned films were panned by critics and failed to find an audience in theaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1071413_last_dance|title=Last Dance|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126191120/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1071413_last_dance|archive-date=November 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/22/movies/film-review-forget-the-cerebral-just-kill-him.html |title=Movie Review : Forget the Cerebral. Just Kill Him|work=The New York Times|date=March 22, 1996 |access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731144951/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9a04e0d71739f931a15750c0a960958260|archive-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=live|last1=Maslin |first1=Janet }}</ref> In 1998, Stone also lent her voice for the successful animated film ''[[Antz]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm|title=Antz (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918112522/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm|archive-date=September 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and played the mother of a 13-year-old boy suffering from [[Morquio syndrome]] in the drama ''[[The Mighty]]'', which garnered a positive critical response.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty/|title=The Mighty|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127043923/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mighty|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mighty.htm|title=The Mighty (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233106/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mighty.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Stone was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance in the lattermost<!--uh???-->.

Her turn as a street-wise, middle-aged moll in ''[[Gloria (1999 American film)|Gloria]]'' (1999), a remake of the 1980 [[Gloria (1980 film)|film of the same name]], proved to be a critical and commercial misfire.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,63876,00.html |title=Gloria Review &#124; Movie Reviews and News |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 5, 1999 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224203154/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,63876,00.html |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-25-ca-1541-story.html |title=Remake of Cassavetes' 'Gloria' Is Mostly an Acting Exercise |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 27, 2004 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |first=Jack |last=Mathews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306163244/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/25/entertainment/ca-1541 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Van |first=Lawrence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/23/movies/film-review-tough-moll-with-heart-of-mush.html |title=Movie Review – Gloria – FILM REVIEW; Tough Moll With Heart of Mush |work=The New York Times |date=January 23, 1999 |access-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310215509/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E7D91F30F930A15752C0A96F958260 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> A titular role followed in 1999 with the comedy ''[[The Muse (film)|The Muse]]'', playing the inspiration of an esteemed screenwriter. Wade Major, a critic for ''Boxoffice'', found her portrayal of a "dizzy Muse" to be "the film's most delightful surprise",<ref>Major, Wade. Boxoffice, August 1, 1999: 52.</ref> but most reviews were ultimately lukewarm. Helmut Voss, then president of the [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]], which gave the annual [[Golden Globe Awards]], ordered all 82 of its members to return gift luxury watches sent by either Stone or [[October Films]] (now merged into [[Focus Features]]) as these were considered to be promotions for a nomination for Stone's performance in the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wolk |first=Josh |title=Bribe, She Said |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84878,00.html |date=December 21, 1999 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120113233/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84878,00.html |archive-date=January 20, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> She ultimately received the nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]].