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".
The Story of Richard O (2007)
4.8/10
Director: Damien Odoul
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Rhizlaine El Cohen, Stephane Terpereau, Alexandra Sollogoub
Driven by lust and determined to explore his erotic obsessions, Richard O. (Mathieu Amalric) wanders the sun-soaked streets of Paris, indulging in eve... Read more
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Series 1 (2007)
7.4/10
Starring: Iddo Goldberg, Cherie Lunghi, Billie Piper, Toyah Wilcox
The complete first series of the ITV drama starring Billie Piper as a beautiful prostitute who leads the ultimate double life. To her parents she's Ha... Read more
Lust, Caution (2007)
7.6/10
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Wei Tang, Joan Chen
Ang Lee's sensual espionage drama is set in Japanese-occupied China in the late 1930s and concerns the transgressive affair between collaborating busi... Read more
Indie Sex: A Revealing Look At Sex In Cinema (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg
This revealing four-part documentary series explores the most controversial, complicated subject in film - sex. Each episode examines a different topi... Read more
Destricted (2006)
4.5/10
Director: Gaspar Noe, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Matthew Barney, Sam Taylor-Johnson
Shorts by eight directors examine the boundary between Eros and porn. A feral man masturbates with the aid of a whirling crankshaft; a sunbathing woma... Read more
Lady Chatterley (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Pascale Ferran
Starring: Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Marina Hands, Hippolyte Girardot
The erotic D.H. Lawrence novel reaches the screen once more in this lush Belgian-French adaptation. The title heroine (Marina Hands), a beautiful 18th... Read more
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
Masters of Horror: Dance of the Dead / Fair Haired Child (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Tobe Hooper, William Malone
Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Jessica Lowndes, Ryan McDonald, Marilyn Norry, Lucie Guest, Rob...
Tobe Hooper's contribution to the 'Masters of Horror' series, 'Dance of the Dead', is set in a nuclear, post-apocalyptic America where a naive young t... Read more
Kama Sutra: The Sensual Art of Lovemaking (2006)
6.6/10
Four hour-long documentaries with tasteful portrayals of couples exploring the positions described in the erotic text, the Kama Sutra, and handy tips... Read more