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Plot Summary:
Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her husband. Unfortunately, she learns this with a handsome lifeguard, who finally makes her succumb to his psycho-sexual games.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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A Winter Tan (1987)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her attitude of cultural and racial condescension toward Mexican men was to regard them as nothing more than beasts of burden for her own sexual pleasure, and her hedonistic pursuits of sex and drugs led to her death at the hands of one of her many boytoys.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Amarsi male (1969)
Plot Summary:
Anna plays the personal secretary of a rich industrialist who falls in love with her boss' daughter's leftist boyfriend, Carlo. Anna pretty much severs her ties with her boss (who she also had romantic moments with) and after she moves in with the college student Carlo she attempts to provide for both, but soon fails in finding job opportunities and sinks into the sleazy world of drugs and prostitution. Carlo's right wing brother demands Carlo begins his relationship with daughter of the powerful businessman in order to guarantee financial freedom for the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Impossibly Yours (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mit seiner pedantischen und verklemmten Art trieb Leonhard (Tobias Moretti) einst seine Gattin Marlene (Barbara Auer) geradewegs in die Arme seines besten Freundes Jan (Ulrich Thomsen). Nur mit Mühe gelang es dem Trio danach, die gemeinsame Freundschaft aufrecht zu erhalten. Inzwischen ist die Situation wieder einigermaßen stabil. Da heiratet Leonhard eine sehr viel jüngere Studentin. Und auch Anja (Jessica Schwarz) wird es in der Obhut Leonhards bald zu kalt und eng. Starke Darsteller in einer dramatischen Beziehungsgeschichte. Torsten C. Fischer inszenierte nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Dieter Wellershoff.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min
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The House of Doves (1972)
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The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love affair until Alexandra finds that he is being paid to be the companion of a rich older woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Golden Lotus (1974)
Plot Summary:
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min
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The Perfect Husband (1993)
Plot Summary:
Dostoevsky-inspired drama set in 1900s Prague about a bored arrogant playboy who spends time seducing other men's wives and dueling. He begins an affair with his friend's wife, but falls in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, UK, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Queen of the Blues (1979)
Plot Summary:
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Kanarifuglen (1973)
Plot Summary:
Together with colleagues Jan goes to a seminar on the Canary Islands. Already on the first day we starts an erotic relation to a stewardess, and during a swim with his boss his life changes dramatically.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Suburbia Confidential (1966)
Plot Summary:
In this '60s sexploitation double bill, director Stephen C. Apostolof proves that sex is sex -- whether it takes place in the wilds of suburbia or the confines of the workplace. In Suburbia Confidential, the housewives are horny -- and doing it with everyone from carpet salesmen to TV repairmen. In Office Love-In, Kathy Williams, Lynn Harris and Marsha Jordan star as Date-a-Mate employees who take their work seriously.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Love Merchant (1966)
Plot Summary:
Biker Click procures lovely willing young women for decadent millionaire playboy Kendall Harvey III. Kendall sets his sights on Peggy Johns as his next conquest, but the married and straight-laced Peggy turns down his proposal. However, after her husband's advertising business finds itself in a financial slump, Kendall offers to help out but only if Peggy agrees to be his intimate companion for two days.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Madame Bovary (1969)
Plot Summary:
Emma Bovary is bored by her country doctor husband and gives in to the affections of several rich suitors as well as the temptation of living beyond her husband's means.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexy
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Belle da morire (2002)
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Bruno is a cynical but attractive business man, owner of a strip-club. He has to replace his best dancer, Katy, after her suicide. Applicants would do anything to get this job, but only Damy, gorgeous and mysterious girl, catches his attention. What he doesn’t know is that she only has one thing on her mind: revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Slave Widow (1967)
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After her husband's suicide, young and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji feels alone and helpless -- until one of her husband's major creditors, Mr. Kito, offers a sympathetic ear and a cancellation of all debts. However, Mitsuko soon learns that Kito's intentions are anything but pure, as she's forced to become his personal concubine. Her only, improbable hope for redemption lies with her one true admirer: Kito's very own son.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Invitation to Pleasure (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags:
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The Divine Nymph (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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Madame and Her Niece (1969)
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Michelle De Winter lives the good life, wining and dining with only the richest men who are fortunate to cross her path. Her daughter Yvette, whom Michelle insists on introducing as her 'niece', is a fashion model. She is saving herself for the right man, despite the fact that she is part of the free love generation and lives with a group of promiscuous creative types. While Michelle is searching for a new millionaire playboy, Yvette falls for the handsome Peter Von Hallstein. She asks the fatherly Dr. Fink to help her come up with a scheme to get Peter to propose to he.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic
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Until the Night (2004)
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Filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka fashions a stunning film about love and excess. Robert (Norman Reedus) is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance with a married woman, Elizabeth (Kathleen Robertson). In spite of Elizabeth's marital status, Robert falls for her completely -- a commitment that just may blow up in his face, along with the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Threes, Menage a Trois (1968)
Plot Summary:
Meet a couple of hipster swingers addicted to love. He's a novelist and she's a leather fetishist who provides valuable and stimulating research for his lurid erotic adventure tales! Their open marriage allows the couple to travel a delirious, flesh-filled but barren human landscape where endless carnal thrills can take their toll on the soul!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: sensual
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Hindsight (1996)
Plot Summary:
Things heat up when a promising young actor begins an affair with a glamorous model in order to advance his career.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic
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Velvet Dreams (1988)
Plot Summary:
Laura, a young and successful writer of erotic novels, gets to know and love the player Paul. Not surprisingly, her new lover has not only fallen victim to the gambling but also to the sexual abysses. Her beguiling beauty is getting more and more into deep abysses. Soon she finds herself in a world of brutality and rape which could come from her own stories. For Laura, the world begins to blur out of reality and fiction. Will she succeed in escaping this nightmare?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film
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La storia di Lady Chatterley (1989)
Plot Summary:
An Italian film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic erotic novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Tradita a morte (1989)
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Unhappily married rich lady Emanuelle is fed up with her sleazy, disgusting and overbearing lout husband Michael and other men insensitively treating her like a piece of meat. So Emanuelle dumps Michael and gets involved in a torrid lesbian affair with enticing novelist Leona.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic
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When Love Is Lust (1973)
Plot Summary:
A decadent countess (Françoise Prévost), middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter (Agostina Belli) to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Young Lady Chatterley II (1985)
Plot Summary:
Cynthia, new lady of Chatterly, feels neglected by her husband. During his absences she tries to amuse herself with gardener Thomas, but always gets interrupted by new visitors. While she's busy her staff amuses itself. One of her guests is a professor who wants to do research in her land-seat. He's quite repressed, but she knows how to lighten him up.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, sexploitation film
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Young Casanova (1974)
Plot Summary:
Gerard Casanova is the man that all the rich and beautiful women call when they need a little more then the husbands to give them. He's always on call to satisfy their every sexual urge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Games of Desire (1991)
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Florentine is a young, beautiful and passionate woman with a desire for love. Feeling abandoned by her husband's impotency, she searches for outside affection and seduction within brief, but often passionate encounters. During this web of desire she encounters Dorothy. Unknown to Florentine she is her husband's accomplice. In this twisted, frenzied fantasy her husband Jake becomes excited and aroused by the seduction of his wife. With his secret darkrooms and two-way mirrors he begins to desire his wife once more. Florentine, with the help of their adopted son, discovers his world of distorted fantasy. Amazed, but realising that Jake still loves her, she must act.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min
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Kreola (1993)
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Kreola arrives in Santa Domingo to join her photographer husband Andy. Although Andy is initially jealous of Marco, who is in town looking for his missing girlfriend who did not return from Santa Domingo with her coworkers after a girls getaway. When Kreola and Andy site the missing girl Iris in the company of their gruff, dominating sea captain Leon, Andy suggests Kreola distract him so that Marco has a chance of getting Iris back. Kreola scoffs at this but eventually does fall under Leon's spell. Andy's writer friend Jo Ann blames the island atmosphere for the tendency for puritanical Westerners to reject their inhibitions. When Andy and Marco cannot free their women from Leon's influence, things get drastic.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy
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Eros, the God of Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Boy (2011)
Plot Summary:
18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-year old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his acquaintance with Sanne turns into an intense love affair which forces Christian to deal with his newly discovered sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, exciting, hot
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Lover Boy (1989)
Plot Summary:
Explores the conflicting worlds of a teenager and a mature woman as they discover the full force of their sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: independent film