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Plot Summary:
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexual, psychological, sexy, surreal, bleak, art house, atmospheric, serious
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I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse (1973)
Plot Summary:
Running away from the police, Aden goes to the desert where he meets an uncivilized man who has a special link with Mother-Earth. He ends up by convincing the hermit to come along with him into another desert... the big town!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, mind bending, experimental, controversial, avant garde, art house, psychotronic, deep
Similar in 75%
Beauty of the Day (1967)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sexual, psycho sexual, sexy, surreal, art house, ambiguous ending, sensual, erotic, visual, psychological thriller
Similar in 87%
Whore (1991)
Plot Summary:
This melodrama investigates the life of a prostitute in a pseudo-documentary style.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, harsh, sincere, serious, bleak, sexy, controversial, stylized, sexual, independent film
Similar in 75%
Exotica (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's owner, Zoe. Meanwhile Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives. Gradually, connections between the traumatic pasts of these characters are revealed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sensual, cerebral, psychological, non-linear, philosophical, neo noir, erotic drama, sexy
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Baise-moi (2000)
Plot Summary:
Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip. They choose to have sex when they please and kill when they need. Leaving a trail of mischief and dead bodies in their wake. Generating a media blitz and manhunt, soon everyone is out to capture the young fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, disturbing, bleak, road movie, sexy, stylized, intense, sensual, brutal
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Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Plot Summary:
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, tense, surreal, sexy, serious, realistic, controversial, psychological, captivating
Similar in 90%
The Story of O (1975)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, West Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, controversial, grindhouse, disturbing, romantic, thought provoking, intellectual
Similar in 87%
We (2018)
Plot Summary:
During a scorching summer in a Belgian-Dutch border village, eight teenagers play games of discovery to break the listless monotony. They challenge each other and themselves and pretty soon, their sexual curiosity starts to blur the lines between right and wrong. As innocence is crushed in depraved games and sexual exploitation, the teenagers soon turn into ruthless predators.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, light, sexy, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, avant garde, cult classic, twisted
Similar in 81%
Emmanuelle (1974)
Plot Summary:
Emmanuelle, a svelte, naive young woman, is en route to Bangkok where she'll join her new husband. He works for the French Embassy and has a lovely home, several dedicated servants, and an expensive car at his disposal. Once Emmanuelle arrives, her husband and a few friends introduce her to a realm of sexual ecstasy she'd never imagined.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, controversial, cult classic, romantic, grindhouse, eros, erotic drama
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Bitter Moon (1992)
Plot Summary:
An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. The stranger would like to escape, but cannot. For one thing he grows fascinated by the story. For another he is mesmerized by the man's wife, who has perfected that trick of looking a man boldly in the eye until, by looking away, he concedes sexual supremacy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, psychological, sexual, breathtaking, clever, controversial, art house, sensual, suspense
Similar in 81%
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young Parisian woman begins a sordid affair with a middle-aged American businessman who lays out ground rules that their clandestine relationship will be based only on sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexy, art house, controversial, dark, surreal, cynical, psychological, atmospheric
Similar in 87%
The Night Porter (1974)
Plot Summary:
In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, The Night Porter deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, controversial, disturbing, art house, sexy, bleak, sexual, erotic, cult classic
Similar in 78%
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Plot Summary:
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, sexy, disturbing, serious, surreal, bleak, realistic, controversial, visually appealing
Similar in 87%
Lie with Me (2005)
Plot Summary:
Happily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional consequences. But that all changes when she meets an artist looking for a deeper commitment.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, sexual, serious, romantic, sincere, bleak, realistic, eros
Similar in 81%
Live Flesh (1997)
Plot Summary:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, intense, atmospheric, emotional, erotic, serious, realistic, visual, neo noir
Similar in 84%
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Plot Summary:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 366000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychological, sexy, artsy, neo noir, atmospheric, psychological thriller, disturbing, surreal, suspense
Similar in 76%
Little Lips (1978)
Plot Summary:
A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, atmospheric, serious, melancholic, romantic, sexy, sexual, erotic, art house
Similar in 81%
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Plot Summary:
A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, sensual, controversial, art house, psychological, witty, talky, postmodern, mumblecore, black comedy
Similar in 88%
Antichrist (2009)
Plot Summary:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller, bleak, art house, minimal cast, sexy, dark
Similar in 83%
Possession (1981)
Plot Summary:
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, mind bending, art house, scary, creepy, grindhouse, controversial
Similar in 89%
Shame (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, sexy, thought provoking, sensual, psychological, emotional, disturbing, controversial, art house
Similar in 86%
Showgirls (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young drifter named Nomi arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become a top showgirl.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, realistic, sensual, cynical, controversial, satirical, psychological, retro
Similar in 87%
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
Plot Summary:
A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, disturbing, art house, psychological, sexy, controversial, sensual, philosophical, surreal
Similar in 89%
9½ Weeks (1986)
Plot Summary:
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, sensual, controversial, psychological, visual, visually stunning, eros
Similar in 84%
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, controversial, disturbing, art house, psychological, sensual, transgressive, surreal
Similar in 84%
Monamour (2005)
Plot Summary:
Marta is a young housewife, married to Dario, a successful book publisher. Although she still loves her husband, Marta hasn't been able to achieve sexual satisfaction for months due to their dull and predictable love life. While staying in Mantua for the Festivaletteratura, a book fair, Marta follows the advice of her scheming friend Sylvia and pursues an affair with a handsome and mysterious artist named Leon, which leads to surprising results regarding her failing marriage with Dario.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic, controversial, art house, sex comedy, sensual, erotic drama
Similar in 86%
Henry & June (1990)
Plot Summary:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, controversial, erotic, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized, serious, realistic, intellectual
Similar in 80%
Desire (2011)
Plot Summary:
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, erotic drama, sexual, sexy, eros, psychological, captivating, serious, art house, independent film
Similar in 77%
Secretary (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, psychological, sex comedy, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy, disturbing, controversial
Similar in 78%
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
Plot Summary:
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexual, sexy, psychological, art house, controversial, philosophical, surreal, sensual