Sensual or Erotic Films
This Sexual or Erotic Films compilation focuses on themes with either suggestive, erotic or sensual scenes or subjects, sometimes with depictions of human nudity and lovemaking, but not always of an extremely explicit, gratuitous or pornographic nature. These kinds of films often appeal to the emotions of the viewer, with their emphasis on pleasure, physical desire, and human companionship.
Right: Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider star in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris".
Sexual Intelligence (2006)
4.7/10
Director: Catherine Annau
Starring: Kim Cattrall
Ever wondered what turns people on, and why? Leave your inhibitions at the door for this tongue-in-cheek exploration, as 'Sex and the City' star Kim... Read more
Shortbus (2006)
6.5/10
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stic...
From the writer and director of cult film 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', this New York indie-style 'smart-porn' follows a group of largely non-actors, a... Read more
Showgirls (1995)
4.7/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon
Vegas, baby. Where the dreams and desires to make it big are as sharp as a stiletto heel. Enter Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley), a girl with the looks and dr... Read more
Siesta (1987)
5.6/10
Director: Mary Lambert
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones, Mar...
Compared with David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet', this features Ellen Barkin, Martin Sheen, Jodie Foster, Isabella Rossellini and Grace Jones, with a hot sou... Read more
Single White Female (1992)
6.3/10
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber
This erotic thriller stars Bridget Fonda as a young woman living in a New York apartment building who takes on a roommate when she learns her boyfrien... Read more
Sirens (1994)
5.8/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Kate Fischer
Hugh Grant, international supermodel Elle Macpherson and Sam Neil star in 'SIRENS'. The "sirens" are Sheela, Giddy and Pru - three tantalising models... Read more
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
5.3/10
Director: Julia Leigh
Starring: Chris Haywood, Rachael Blake, Emily Browning, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll
It's hardly a fairytale life for disaffected college student Lucy (Emily Browning). After taking a job as a "lingerie waitress" at an exclusive club c... Read more
Sliver (1993)
5/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Sharon Stone, Martin Landau
Sharon Stone scorches the screen with her supercharged erotic performance in this thriller, playing a New York book editor who finds herself caught up... Read more
The Balcony (1963)
6.1/10
Director: Joseph Strick
Starring: Lee Grant, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Falk, Ruby Dee, Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters is the madame of a house where customers play out their erotic fantasies, oblivious to a revolution which is sweeping the country. Whe... Read more
The Beast (1975)
5.8/10
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Starring: Guy Trejan, Lisabeth Hummel, Sirpa Lane, Elizabeth Kaza
AKA 'La Bete'. Passing New Zealand censors for the first time, Walerian Borowcyzyk's official director's cut of his controversial film can finally be... Read more