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Plot Summary:
Based on a famous Thai erotic novel, the film tells the story of Jan, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched father, Luang Wisnan. Set in the 1930′s the story recounts the growing pains of Jan, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who’s intensely hated by his father. Jan grows up with Aunt Wad, his stepmother, and he struggles to reconcile his guilt and longing with different women in his life, including a girl called Hyacinth, whom he adores, and later Madame Boonleung, his father’s lover who becomes a key to Jan’s sexual awakening.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, captivating, suspense, romantic, erotic drama
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Jan Dara: The Finale (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on a famous Thai erotic novel, the film tells the story of Jan, a boy who grows up in a house lorded over by his sadistic and debauched father, Luang Wisnan. Set in the 1930′s the story recounts the growing pains of Jan, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who’s intensely hated by his father. Jan grows up with Aunt Wad, his stepmother, and he struggles to reconcile his guilt and longing with different women in his life, including a girl called Hyacinth, whom he adores, and later Madame Boonleung, his father’s lover who becomes a key to Jan’s sexual awakening.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, psychological, suspense, disturbing, romantic
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The Diary (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gorgeous Anna's (Lila Baumann) boyfriend leaves her and tells her to forget him. She is confused over him and eventually marries a rich man whose family oppose this marriage. She is happy but her ex-lover returns and wants her back.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Simona (1974)
Plot Summary:
While at a bullfight Simona begins flashing back to a torrid sexual relationship she had with George. Her relationship with George was one of open sexual discoveries which eventually led to revenge and murder.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, romantic, sexy
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Different Strokes (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Los Angeles fashion model falls in love with a female art director during a photo shoot which puts their newfound romance at odds with the model's photographer boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, erotic drama, independent film
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Love Affair (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ga-hee appeared in front of Seong-min who was bored running a book store after retiring. Ga-hee runs a ballet school and wasn"t on very good terms with her husband, which led to her and Seong-min falling madly in love together. They know they shouldn"t be together, but that"s what makes everything even better. Later on, their love reaches the point of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, erotic, sexy
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Affair (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yoon-hee is one of the best curators who has everything. She meets a celebrated photographer named Hyeong-seok while preparing for an exhibit. She feels attracted towards him at first sight and suggests 100 days of sex games. The Korean version of "Nine and A Half Weeks", only instincts control their love! No rules exist between them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, dramatic, emotional, intense
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The Concubine (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan). She schemes to replace him on the throne with his stepbrother and her submissive young son Seong-won (Kim Dong-wook). Indifferent to his mother’s plans, the timid prince falls in love at first sight with Hwa-yeon (Jo Yeo-jeong), an aristocrat’s daughter, who has already found love with Kwon-yoo (Kim Min-joon), a commoner. The king is eventually poisoned to death by the queen mother, who is desperate to be in power. Hwa-yeon is moved to a closely watched humble residence, with the queen mother planning to assassinate Hwa-yeon and her son to secure her position in the palace.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, touching, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark, sensual, erotic, period drama
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A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003)
Plot Summary:
A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: disturbing, erotic, sexy, psychological, controversial, eros, pink cinema
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Ardor (2002)
Plot Summary:
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, erotic
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Simple Passion (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman are brought together by chance for several months. He is younger than she is, married, Russian, officially a diplomat stationed in Paris. She is a beautiful teacher and researcher, with her feet firmly on the ground. The film follows the evolution of their love, from the beginning to end.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: lyrical, romantic, captivating, erotic, entertaining
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Sinful Temptations (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this steamy erotic thriller, Nicole is a woman whose significant other Brad wants her to stay home and take care of the house. But Nicole soon grows bored with this routine, and begins taking assignments as a nude model for men's magazines. Nicole is soon lured into a number of sexual liaisons with models and photographers she's been working with, and her relationship with Brad is strained to the breaking point. But things become even more difficult when a photographer Nicole had worked with turns up murdered, and Nicole has reason to believe she may be next in line. Sinful Temptations stars Mia, Marie West, Tom Fry, and Richard Moses.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexy, sexual, sexploitation film
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Perfectly Legal (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Kinky Sex Club (2004)
Plot Summary:
Three couples show up at a vacation house expecting to be alone for the weekend, but find out the place has been triple booked. Softcore actress Jenny and her boyfriend Chance are agreeable with sharing the place, as are Jake and Faye, a married couple with a healthy relationship. Rose, an uptight woman who wants everything planned out to detail, is not happy with the arrangement and tries to convince her husband Gregory to leave, especially after witnessing some wild behavior by Jenny and Chance. The other two couples help Rose and Gregory improve their relationship, while the maid and cook fool around a bit.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, captivating, disturbing, sexploitation film
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Black Tie Nights (2004)
Plot Summary:
Black Tie Nights was a softcore drama anthology series which aired on Cinemax in the United States from 2004 to 2005. This anthology show revolved around the adventures of Olivia Hartley and Cooper Snow who ran Black Tie dating service. They were assisted by their geeky sidekick, Ryan Lundy. Each week they would encounter new or returning customers and try to play matchmaker. The first season had two main subplots that continued in each episode. The first was the budding romance between Ryan and Cooper. The second was Olivia getting over the loss of her husband and dating again. In the second season, the show was retooled. The anthology series was renamed Hollywood Sexcapades and the characters of Olivia and Cooper were said to be out of the country opening a new branch. Candi Hicks, a recurring customer in the first season, became the new employee of Black Tie dating service. She and Ryan partnered to run the company, and the continuing subplot was the budding romance between these two characters. Each week they would continue to try to play matchmaker to that episode's guest stars.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, captivating, anthology
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Loving (2017)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, explicit, sexy, erotic, touching, disturbing, hispanic
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The Temptation of Kimono (2009)
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Mikage will get married to Youiti next year, she agrees to live with Youiti's parents. One day, Youiti's father disrobed Mikage's Kimono and raped her. To her astonishment, her fiancé Youiti whom Mikage considers true love has an affair with his young stepmother. Shocked and devastated, what will Mikage do?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, erotic
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Venetian Caprice (2002)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful American music teacher arrives in Venice and encounters a licentious artist who leads her into the squalid underbelly of the ancient city into a dangerous world of sexual promiscuity. Their experimentation becomes more and more dangerous and our heroine must decide whether to continue down this path or break away before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, disturbing
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The Affair (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young woman named Jennifer is propositioned by an older woman to have sex with her husband for money. Jennifer has trouble with this decision as it is morally wrong to her but she really needs the money to help her fiancee out of debt so they can get married. There may be more to the situation than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, independent film, eros
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Lover (2005)
Plot Summary:
Having first met today, the man and woman dash towards a one-day-long intimacy... Maybe it was just an accident to accept a proposal from a total stranger to go out for just one day for this "woman" who's been dating one man for 7 years and who will get married next month. However, feeling relief and excitement from the intimate ways this "man" touches and looks at her, she feels confused and stirred for the first time in her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic comedy, erotic
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Purpose of Reunion (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dongchul, who is managing a small bar, is always enthusiastic about his school reunions. One day, Yujin, who has never showed up to a reunion, shows up at his bar. Her baby face and vitality make her unlike other married women and all the men fall for her, especially Dongchul. They start a relationship but it abruptly flames out due to the sudden arrival of Dongchul’s wife. As they get to know each other's secrets, will their love be allowed to grow?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspense, rough, captivating, realistic, talky, sensual
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365 Days: This Day (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Massimo are back and hotter than ever. But the reunited couple's new beginning is complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust, at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, feel good, disgusting
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Young Mother 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty year-old Ki-chan lives alone with his father. One day Yoon-seo (Kim Jeong-ah), his stepmother comes to live with them. She tries to be friendly with Ki-chan but he appraoches her as a woman and starts showing her that. Yoon-seo strongly rejects him but he knows that she wants him too. Their relationship turns into something dangerous. Then one day, Min-jeong, who has had a crush on Ki-chan for a long time, finds out what is going on between the two. The young stepmother fools her husband and falls in love with his son and the son falls in love with his father's woman. They make a deal with Min-jeong to make sure she doesn't say anything.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Black Panther: The Story of Emilie and Jacob (2014)
Plot Summary:
After many years apart, Emilie (26) meets her brother Jakob (22) again. She not only shares her sadness about the loss of their parents with him, but also a secret... It is Emilie's wish to arrange the sale of their jointly inherited holiday house in the Swiss Alps.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, captivating, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Kissing My Sister (2000)
Plot Summary:
Teen brother and sister who rarely get to see each other fall in love with one another one summer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, eros
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Buddy's Mom (2015)
Plot Summary:
20-year-old Kyeong-soo is a man who's full of assumptions. He learned about sex from Internet porn, but nothing about the real thing. He's only had crushes and has never even kissed before. He got embarrassed when he confessed his feelings to Ji-yeon, his crush. He comforted himself from the shame with Japanese girls in his room with his right hand. One day, he has a fight with his father and remembers his friend Baek-hyeon had invited him over to Gangwon-do. There he falls in love with his friends' mother. Written by lament.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, light, romantic, sexy, captivating, realistic, intense
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Green Chair (2005)
Plot Summary:
When an ordinary housewife is convicted for seducing a minor, reckless love leads to obsession and creeping doubt. Mun-hee (Seo Jung), a married woman in her thirties, has been arrested and convicted for having sex with an underage, Hyun. After being sentenced for 100 hours os social work, Mun-hee is released only to find reporters hungry to sell her story to the press, and among them, Hyun is standing alone. Leaving those hyenas, the two head for nowhere and stop at a small hotel. Day and night they indulge into each other through endless sex. After 5 days of sex and enjoyment, Mun-hee undergoes extreme changes of emotion, and suddenly says goodbye to Hyun. However, Moon-hee finds herself still lingering on to Hyun.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, romantic, sensual, sexual
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Jan Dara (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jan Dara grows up in a house lacking in love but abundant in lust. He quickly picks up the sinful way of life of the man who married his mother after she became pregnant from being raped. His 'father's' mistress welcomes the young boy into her literal bosom. Wanting badly to know his real father, Jan leaves the house, only coming back after Khun Luang's daughter falls pregnant out of wedlock. Jan does a favor to his 'father' by marrying her, even though he is deeply in love with the mistress. The truth about his birth, as Jan will later learn, is as confusing and messed up as his present life and the lives of those around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, romantic, offbeat, disturbing, sensual, sincere
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Private (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tinto Brass - The maestro of Italian erotica is back! Lies, subterfuge, betrayal and mischief. Fallo! is a collection of six stories based on the joys of sexuality and the eroticism of a new generation of women.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic, anthology
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3some (2009)
Plot Summary:
In an attempt to help his friend with his impotence, Jaime sets up two friends together. But after the failure, he comes in to help. What first appeared to be just a sexual experience evolves to a full romantic relationship of three people.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, eros, explicit, crying
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White Palace (1990)
Plot Summary:
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, romantic, sensual, sentimental, touching, spiritual, romantic drama, steamy