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Plot Summary:
A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4 month old daughter a good start in life, she ultimately fails to unite her dream of acting with a safe and loving environment for her child, culminating in a desperate act that has fatal consequences for Anna and her daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, psychological, rough, brutal, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, sexy, crying
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Hush Little Baby (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four girls in rehab is on tour from their treatment centers and it becomes their life stories. The girls run off in a stolen Volvo and soon learns to know the freedom of good and evil. Both the fantastic feeling to be master of its own destiny, but also the heavy feeling of responsibility when you have to figure out what to do with his life. Before long, the girls learn that they can not continue.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, road movie, psychological, emotional, deep, serious, suspenseful, disturbing
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Art History (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tension mounts between a director and his lead actress on the set of a sexually explicit low-budget film. As the actress and her co-star develop real feelings for each other, the director's jealousy erupts and he begins sabotaging his own production.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sensual, independent film
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Truly Human (2001)
Plot Summary:
P. is a little girl's imaginary friend who lives inside the wall of her room. But one day he magically materialises and so must learn to live in the world like everyone else - a world where he is met with suspicion and hate but also with wonder and love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 997
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, offbeat, realistic, gloomy
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Day and Night (2010)
Plot Summary:
An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hot
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Needle Boy (2016)
Plot Summary:
Life has become unbearable for 23 year old Nick who is convinced that he's an evil person. Consequently, he shows up at Aarhus University with a gun in his pocket wanting to shoot his fellow students.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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DAU. Katya Tanya (2020)
Plot Summary:
Katya, a young librarian, believes in love, but her ideals are crushed by reality. After a string of disappointing affairs, Katya finally finds tenderness and understanding in the arms of her colleague, a journalist called Tanya. But then the First Department interferes: the state security services see this relationship as unacceptable for a Soviet woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing
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Club Wild Side 2 (1998)
Plot Summary:
A guy looking for a place to stay gets a lot more than he bargained for when he finds himself living with a sexy stripper in this drama. After his girlfriend gives him his walking papers, Joe (Jason Schnuit), a naive young man from the Midwest, moves to Los Angeles with plans of attending film school. Life in the big city proves to be a bit more than Joe can handle, and he’s soon penniless, with no place to stay. Tina (Brande Roderick), a woman trying to make it as an actress, meets Joe and decides that the poor guy needs a break, so she lets him stay at her apartment. Joe soon discovers that Tina pays the bills with a job as an exotic dancer at a steamy night spot called Club Wild Side. Before long, Joe gets to be close — make that very close — friends with Tina, as well as a number of her fellow strippers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, sex comedy, sexual, independent film, sexploitation film
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Day and Night (2004)
Plot Summary:
DAY AND NIGHT is about people that love and want to be loved. It's the story of a father, his young son, his unfaithful wife, her secret lover, his young mistress, his lonely sister, his forgetful mother, a fanatic football coach, a pregnant whore and an angel disguised as an old man. They are all looking for the answer to the same question: "If love is the answer - what is the question?".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, gloomy
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Woman, Woman (1979)
Plot Summary:
Recently turned into a widow, Alice (Helena Ramos) goes to the country to think about her life. There, she's courted by Luis Carlos (Carlos Casan), but falls in love with Marta (Petty Pesce). However, Jumbo, a horse, also arouses strange feelings in her mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, sexy, serious, realistic, disturbing, controversial, sexual
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A Caretaker's Tale (2012)
Plot Summary:
A custodian in a housing project discovers that a naked, mute woman he found in one of his apartments has miraculous healing powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, realistic, offbeat, sexual, sexy
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Scarlet Diva (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, serious, erotic, sexy, captivating, cult classic, sexual, semi autobiographical, independent film
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Now & Later (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sex, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill, a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through passionate sex, soul-searching conversations ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview. As their affair heats up, the course of Bill's life begins to take an abrupt and unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, sexy, art house, explicit, sensual, gloomy
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Rebounce (2011)
Plot Summary:
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar Salim, and despite being only 16 years old she portrays toughness, charm, and vulnerability admirably. REBOUNCE is an intense drama. Louise's mother is just out of prison and in the eyes of a teenager she's cool, tough and enchanting. To win her love, Louise follows her lead and enters a world of partying, drugs, fast cash and men. Meanwhile, everyone seems to forget that she is just a teenager.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, captivating, emotional, psychological, tense, serious
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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
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Gift from Above (2003)
Plot Summary:
A story with a bit of despair: six or seven families who live in the same blocks that surround a parking lot. And they are all involved in each other’s lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: rough, semi serious, erotic, sexual, captivating, disturbing, offbeat, realistic, sexy
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The Story of Richard O (2007)
Plot Summary:
Not for the easily embarrassed, “The Story of Richard O.” is an explicit take on sex as a way to connect with other people. Richard feels cornered and takes some time off from his girlfriend in order to come to terms with his relationship to women and to find a better version of himself. During the last month of summer, he goes on an erotic exploration through the streets of Paris, where he has 13 encounters with 13 women.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, sexy
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The Diary of Lady M (1993)
Plot Summary:
She's a beautiful gifted performer, but her work is not the sort that invites popular acclaim. Despite the fact that she is unlikely to become famous, she enjoys her life as a performer who lives just outside the mainstream. Awaiting her backstage one evening is a Spanish painter who has seen her show and wants to make her acquaintance. They walk around Paris getting to know one another, and then the painter returns to Spain. Something about the man has moved Lady M to passion: she flies to meet him in Barcelona and he shows her his beloved Catalonia. This time, however, their relationship is as much about passionate lovemaking as it is about compatibility. So smitten is Lady M with her new man that when she discovers that the painter has a black wife and child, she is only a little bit taken aback and she invites his whole family to join her in Paris. Surprisingly, they do, and the number of people sharing their love and sexual appetites changes from two to three.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, France
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, erotic drama
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Hemel (2012)
Plot Summary:
Divided into chapters, the film first chronicles Hemel's many sexual conquests, but then takes on a different tone as it explores her complicated relationship with her father, Gijs. A dapper auctioneer, Gijs has dated a series of younger women since Hemel's mother's death. But when Gijs starts seeing the charming Sophie, for the first time Hemel feels that her special relationship with her father is threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sexy, atmospheric, realistic, disturbing, erotic, psychological, emotional, sentimental, eros, sincere
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Clip (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jasna, a beautiful teenager, leads a crude life in post-war Serbia. She goes on a spree of sex, drugs and partying until she finds love and tenderness in a harsh environment.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, erotic, sexy, sensual, rough, art house, disturbing, controversial, eros, sexual
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The Daughters of Fire (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three women meet by chance at the end of the world, in Argentinian Patagonia, and set out on a polyamorous journey, caught up in the search for new kinds of relationships, far from possession and pain. They become the Daughters of Fire, a band dedicated to helping those women who look for their own path to erotica.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, realistic, intense, visually appealing, queer cinema, hot
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Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, sexual, offbeat, serious, realistic, independent film, sexy, queer cinema
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Breaking the Surface (2006)
Plot Summary:
Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their intoxicating affair takes off, they seem like passionate soul mates. Soon, however, career demands and emotional intensity gradually put a strain on their rapport, and things turn even more complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, atmospheric, emotional, art house, sensual, sexy, tense, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Anatomy of Hell (2004)
Plot Summary:
A man rescues a woman from a suicide attempt in a gay nightclub. Walking the streets together, she propositions him: She'll pay him to visit her at her isolated house for four consecutive nights. There he will silently watch her. He's reluctant, but agrees. As the four nights progress, they become more intimate with each other, and a mutual fascination/revulsion develops. By the end of the four-day "contract", these two total strangers will have had a profound impact on each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, sexy, sexual, psychological, serious, contemplative, controversial, art house, cult classic
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Destricted (2006)
Plot Summary:
A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: erotic, anthology, thought provoking, serious, avant garde, controversial, underground film, realistic, experimental, contemplative
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Dangerous Game (1993)
Plot Summary:
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, melancholic, erotic, rough, art house, independent film, erotic drama, bleak, serious
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Suspicious River (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 852
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, rough, disturbing, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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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
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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
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The Ages of Lulu (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Ages of Lulu is a gruelling sensual odyssey from Spanish director Bigas Luna, made immediately prior to his popular trilogy Jamón, jamón (1992), Golden Balls (1993) and The Tit and the Moon (1994). Starting as the somewhat queasy story of the young Lulu's affair with the manipulative Pablo (Oscar Ladoire), the movie takes a much darker turn once they are wed. It is conventional cinematic wisdom that there's no such thing as sex after marriage, but here Lulu's husband incomprehensibly leads her into blindfolded relationships with others, then is heartbroken when she reacts with disgust.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, emotional, sensual, disturbing, sexual, serious, eros, psychological, controversial
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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