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".
In the Cut (2003)
5.3/10
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Ruffalo, Meg Ryan, Nick Damici, Sharrieff Pugh
This steamy thriller from director Jane Campion ("The Piano") offers star Meg Ryan in revealing nude and sex scenes, as she plays a lonely teacher inv... Read more
Sex is Comedy (2002)
5.7/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger
Catherine Breillat's "Sex is Comedy" was inspired by her own experiences shooting a sex scene in her controversial feature "A Ma Soeur". Anne Parillau... Read more
Unfaithful (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Margaret Colin, Kate Burton
In this ultra-steamy romantic drama, Diane Lane and Richard Gere are a seemingly happily married couple with a young son who live in an upper middle c... Read more
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Blu-Ray) (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
The lives of Julio and Tenoch, like those of 17-year old boys everywhere, are ruled by raging hormones, intense friendships, and a headlong rush into... Read more
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
6.9/10
Director: Shohei Imamura
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu
Giving a touch of Asian-flavoured 'magic realism' to a premise that almost sounds like adult cinema, Japanese filmmaker Shohei Imamura ('The Eel') tel... Read more
The Isle (2001)
7/10
Director: Kim Ki-duk
Starring: Jung Suh, Kim Yoo-Seok, Park Sung-Hee
'The Isle' tells the tale of a beautiful woman living on an eerie, remote lake selling food to fisherman by day, and her body by night. When the woman... Read more
Sex and Lucia (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara,...
Lucia is a young waitress who lives and works in Madrid. When she hears of the death of her long-time writer boyfriend Lorenzo, she seeks refuge on a... Read more
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
Aka "And Your Mother Too". A raunchy, yet emotionally layered and keenly observed coming-of-age tale in which two Mexican teens - wealthy Tenoch and w... Read more
Monster's Ball (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Sean Combs, Peter Boyle
Acclaimed performances by Best Actress Oscar-winner Halle Berry, as the estranged wife of southern death row inmate Sean Combs, and Billy Bob Thornton... Read more
Mulholland Drive (2001)
8/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Ann Miller, Laura Harring, Robert Forster, Dan Heda...
David Lynch pulls out all the stops, upends all expectations, and, well, goes all Lynchian in this maniacal, mind-bending mix of Hollywood satire, fil... Read more