Films about sexuality
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1. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,211,450 | Gross: $130.10M
2. Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
R | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Stan Collymore
Votes: 41,604 | Gross: $5.97M
3. Fear (1996)
R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman
Votes: 54,931 | Gross: $20.75M
4. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 670,015 | Gross: $25.57M
5. In the Cut (2003)
R | 119 min | Mystery, Thriller
New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Nuccio
Votes: 26,476 | Gross: $4.75M
6. Rihaee (1988)
158 min | Drama
The men in this town are away to work, leaving the women to fend for themselves and their respective children, until they return. While the men patronize various courtesans and prostitutes ... See full summary »
Director: Aruna Raje | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini, Naseeruddin Shah, Neena Gupta
Votes: 90
7. Sliver (1993)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building that she soon discovers houses tenants with all manner of shocking secrets.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker
Votes: 34,054 | Gross: $36.30M
8. The Tribe (2014)
Unrated | 126 min | Crime, Drama
A deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Stars: Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Oleksandr Dsiadevych
Votes: 12,008 | Gross: $0.15M
9. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco
Votes: 467,336 | Gross: $109.45M
10. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,289
11. The Acid House (1998)
Unrated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities, and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Jenny McCrindle
Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $0.14M
12. Afternoon Delight (2013)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Rachel tries to spice up her marriage with a trip to a strip club. She befriends McKenna, who gave her a lapdance. McKenna moves in with Rachel's family and becomes a nanny for the son.
Director: Joey Soloway | Stars: Kathryn Hahn, Link Ruiz, Cesar Garcia, Jane Lynch
Votes: 11,479 | Gross: $0.17M
13. Agra (2023)
132 min | Drama
A family and an exploration of space in an increasingly crowded world. It follows the quest for a sexual odyssey of an individual.
Director: Kanu Behl | Stars: Mohit Agarwal, Priyanka Bose, Vibha Chhibber, Rahul Roy
Votes: 429
14. L'ange (1982)
64 min | Animation, Fantasy
A surreal, nightmarish collection of imagery.
Director: Patrick Bokanowski | Stars: Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture, Jacques Faure
Votes: 635
15. Double Lover (2017)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer
Votes: 13,669 | Gross: $0.17M
16. Anita (1973)
X | 95 min | Drama
Anita, a young woman with a troubled childhood and a hunger for love, finds a soul mate in Erik, a kindly college student.
Director: Torgny Wickman | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Stellan Skarsgård, Danièle Vlaminck, Michel David
Votes: 1,766
17. Endless Love (1981)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Parental disapproval of a passionate romance between two teenagers leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray
Votes: 9,581 | Gross: $31.18M
18. Elementarteilchen (2006)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Two half brothers in Berlin, 30+, one an introverted scientist, the other a sexually frustrated teacher, have no love life. That's about to change.
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Franka Potente, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 8,307
19. Autumn Lights (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Mystery
An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.
Director: Angad Aulakh | Stars: Guy Kent, Marta Gastini, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Thora Bjorg Helga
Votes: 6,681 | Gross: $0.21M
20. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
Votes: 7,772 | Gross: $0.11M
21. Blown Away (1992 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Megan, the seventeen year old daughter of a strict but wealthy businessman, falls for Rich who works at his ski resort. Megan's mother has recently died in a car accident, which she blames ... See full summary »
Director: Brenton Spencer | Stars: Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert, Corey Feldman, Jean Leclerc
Votes: 4,744
22. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,193 | Gross: $26.40M
23. Body of Evidence (1992)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer
Votes: 16,399 | Gross: $13.28M
24. Breaking the Waves (1996)
R | 159 min | Drama
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
Votes: 71,593 | Gross: $4.04M
25. Broken Side of Time (2013)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
Over a million women have modeling portfolios online. BROKEN SIDE OF TIME is the story of Dolce, one of the models who've made a career of it. But now 30, and tired of competing with 18-... See full summary »
Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Lynn Mancinelli, Audria Ayers, Olivia Whelan, Jessica O'Brien
Votes: 180
26. The Chapman Report (1962)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom
Votes: 1,045
27. Color of Night (1994)
R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A color-blind psychoanalyst is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that he begins having intense sexual encounters with.
Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 25,759 | Gross: $19.72M
28. The Murdered Young Girl (1974)
X | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This movie is about a woman, Charlotte, who goes in search of the ultimate sexual experience.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Sirpa Lane, Michel Duchaussoy, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Vadim
Votes: 122
29. Desire (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lucía and Ofelia, two sisters, finally meet after 7 years at Lucia's wedding. But when Juan, Lucia's husband, and Ofelia meet, they feel like a disruptive fantasy have enchanted their minds and bodies...
Director: Diego Kaplan | Stars: Carolina Ardohain, Mónica Antonópulos, Guilherme Winter, Juan Sorini
Votes: 1,750
30. Dead Ringers (1988)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon
Votes: 53,614 | Gross: $9.13M
31. Wild Orchid (1989)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 12,935 | Gross: $11.06M
32. Die Watching (1993)
R | 88 min | Romance, Thriller
A serial killer who makes his living as an adult video maker/editor, becomes involved with an artist neighbour. He tries to keep his secret from her, but the police are slowly closing in on him.
Director: Charles Davis | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Vali Ashton, Mike Jacobs Jr., Tim Thomerson
Votes: 294
33. Different Strokes (1998 Video)
R | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A Los Angeles fashion model falls in love with a female art director during a photo shoot which puts their newfound romance at odds with the model's photographer boyfriend.
Director: Michael Paul Girard | Stars: Dana Plato, Bentley Mitchum, Landon Hall, David Millbern
Votes: 601
34. Diversion (1979)
39 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Gary is a happily married man, devoted to his wife, their kid and the family dog. A weekend without the presence of his wife presents to him a chance of getting involved in a casual ... See full summary »
Director: James Dearden | Stars: Stephen Moore, Cherie Lunghi, Morag Hood, Ned Vukovic
Votes: 68
35. 9 Songs (2004)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Robert Levon Been, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Votes: 23,999 | Gross: $0.05M
36. Three Days to Eternity (2007)
TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Ambar and her cousin Yusuf get drunk, miss a flight, and decide to drive to the family wedding they are in danger of missing. They encounter bizarre people along the way while avoiding the sexual tension growing between them.
Director: Riri Riza | Stars: Inong Ayu, Bowie Budianto, Chichi Kadijono, Tutie Kirana
Votes: 479
37. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 95,872 | Gross: $17.19M
38. Arabian Nights (1974)
X | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Franco Merli, Tessa Bouché
Votes: 9,049
39. Paap (2003)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kaya lives in a Buddhist village of Monks with her father who wants Kaya to devote her self to god and not live a normal like other females.The village head monk Lamha asks Kaya to travel ... See full summary »
Director: Pooja Bhatt | Stars: John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Mohan Agashe, Gulshan Grover
Votes: 912
40. Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.
Directors: Randy Moore, Ben Wheatley | Stars: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez, Jack Dalton
Votes: 10,096 | Gross: $0.17M
41. #Female Pleasure (2018)
101 min | Documentary
#FEMALE PLEASURE embarks on a journey to discover the remaining obstacles that stand in the way of female sexuality in the 21st century.
Director: Barbara Miller | Stars: Deborah Feldman, Leyla Hussein, Rokudenashiko, Doris Wagner
Votes: 681
42. Happening (2021)
R | 100 min | Drama
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
Director: Audrey Diwan | Stars: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro
Votes: 11,585
43. Tove Lo: Fairy Dust (2016 Music Video)
4 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A never-ending tale about sex, drugs and heartache of two best girlfriends.
Director: Tim Erem | Stars: Tove Lo, Lina Esco, Josuè De La Vega
Votes: 146
44. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,186
45. Hope Springs (2012)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Director: David Frankel | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart
Votes: 44,332 | Gross: $63.54M
46. In Secret (2013)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Thérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris and that her son and Thérèse get married. The joy- and loveless life changes when her husband brings a friend home. The affair turns ugly for all.
Director: Charlie Stratton | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 9,674 | Gross: $0.42M
47. The Insatiable Widow (1984)
R | 86 min | Drama
Isabel Sarli as a nymphomaniac wife who can't remain faithful to her husband so he seeks help from a psychologist to find out why his wife is always cheating on him with both men and women.
Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Isabel Sarli, Jorge Barreiro, Armando Bo, Santiago Gómez Cou
Votes: 78
48. Invisible Adversaries (1977)
109 min | Drama
Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Her schizophrenia is reflected in the juxtapositions of long movie camera takes with violently ... See full summary »
Director: Valie Export | Stars: Susanne Widl, Peter Weibel, Josef Plavec, Monica Helfer-Friedrich
Votes: 166
49. Jason's Lyric (1994)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two brothers, survivors of family tragedy, take different life paths: one falls for a high-spirited waitress and dreams of success, the other follows a life of petty crime. Their lives reconnect in shattering fashion.
Director: Doug McHenry | Stars: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Anthony 'Treach' Criss
Votes: 4,691 | Gross: $20.85M
50. Jolene (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.
Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 5,151
51. Kadhal Kadhai (2009)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Three women become victims of lust and lose out on morality as they comply with the sexual urges of their lovers and get involved in extra-marital affairs.
Director: Velu Prabhakaran | Stars: Shirley Das, Velu Prabhakaran, Saakshi Siva
Votes: 11
52. Killing Me Softly (2002)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young American woman living in London begins a passionate and kinky affair with a handsome stranger who may have a dark and dangerous past.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen
Votes: 19,338
53. Kiss Me Again (2006)
R | 103 min | Romance, Drama
A married couple decides to test the boundaries of their relationship with a seductive Spanish woman. When an unlikely relationship ensues, all three are forced to rethink their definition of love.
Director: William Tyler Smith | Stars: Jeremy London, Katheryn Winnick, Mirelly Taylor, Elisa Donovan
Votes: 1,166
54. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti
Votes: 58,386 | Gross: $36.14M
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