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Plot Summary:
A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: stylized, melancholic, art house, serious, sexy, clever, sexual, erotic, realistic, experimental
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Sex Sells: The Making of 'Touché' (2005)
Plot Summary:
A world record orgy, wild sex scenes, ninjas... just a typical day at the office when you happen to work on a porn set. Director Chuck Steak is making his last film and wants to go out with a bang. With the help of veteran actress Roxy Free and the outrageously endowed Lance Long, they concoct the biggest and most absurdly complicated porn film ever made. But along the way, everything that can possibly go wrong does go wrong. Tempers flare, secrets are revealed and a hidden past is exposed, as all hell breaks loose during the climactic orgy scene. It's a wild ride in this rowdy and heartwarming tale of life in the adult film industry. Written by HBFilmworks.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, mockumentary, sexual, erotic, sex comedy, sexy
Similar in 87%
Schoolgirl Report Part 9: Mature Before Graduation... (1975)
Plot Summary:
With them every class is sex education.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, sex comedy, fake documentary
Similar in 78%
Perfect Love (1996)
Plot Summary:
A teenage girl helps investigators reconstruct her mother's (Isabelle Renauld) murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: controversial, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual, sexy
Similar in 78%
Finding Bliss (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jody Balaban, an aspiring filmmaker, is fresh to L.A. with New York film school accolades and the dream of making her movie. Unable to get a job where she can use the skills she so finely honed, Jody must edit adult entertainment to make ends meet. The uncompromising desire to make her movie, leads Jody to secretly film in the porn studio facilities at night - until she is caught in the act.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, sex comedy, hot
Similar in 81%
Bedways (2010)
Plot Summary:
A huge, run-down apartment in Berlin Mitte. Two women and a man, rehearsals for a movie about love and sex, that will never be shot. Acting and reality mingle into a dangerous melange. Berlin is the shelter, love is impossible, flesh is the law.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: disturbing, experimental, touching, sentimental, captivating, melancholic, hot
Similar in 83%
The Fluffer (2001)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Rebel is a charismatic heterosexual man who makes his living acting in gay porn. His live in girlfriend Babylon is a stripper so she understands the reality of working in the sex industry. Sean McGinnis doesnt. He is a 22-year-old kid who comes to Los Angeles to get into movies and gets sidetracked when he sees a Johnny Rebel video and becomes instantly obsessed. Sean becomes further drawn into the porn scene when he becomes a cameraman for Johnnys company and triggers off a series of events that will change all their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, satirical, semi serious, sexual, humorous, realistic, crying, independent film, erotic
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Torremolinos 73 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, erotic, atmospheric, funny, semi serious, clever, sexual, realistic, crying, sex comedy
Similar in 75%
The Last Mistress (2007)
Plot Summary:
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, stylized, realistic, sensual, sexy, disturbing, erotic drama, sexual, crying
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Novo (2002)
Plot Summary:
After an injury, Graham suffers from short-term memory loss, which causes him to fall back into the abyss of amnesia every 10 minutes. Those around him both profit and suffer from his condition -- his sex-crazed boss, Sabine, tricks him into regular trysts, while his family tries to come to terms with the situation. But when temp Irene starts working at Graham's company, they fall into an affair that begins to make a mark on his memory.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized, erotic, sexual, sex comedy, freeze frame, hot
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About Last Night... (1986)
Plot Summary:
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: romantic, erotic, sentimental, talky, funny, retro, sensual, sincere, clever, touching
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My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
Plot Summary:
My Wife is an Actress is a French Romantic Comedy/Drama film starring real life couple Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: melancholic, disturbing, stylized, touching, semi serious, humorous, witty, erotic, romantic comedy, clever
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Easy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Quirky Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) has a big problem: She's a magnet for less-than-kind men as she hops beds. But things start to look up when she becomes the object of affection of two seemingly normal guys, Mick (Brian O'Byrne) and John (Naveen Andrews). Unfortunately, there's the immense problem of her self-imposed 90-day moratorium on sex. Emily Deschanel co-stars as Jamie's sister, Laura.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, witty, erotic, clever, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual
Similar in 82%
Fat Girl (2001)
Plot Summary:
Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is determined to seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence, conspiring with the lovers, but harboring jealousy and similar desires. Their actions, however, have unforeseen tragic consequences for the whole family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bleak, erotic, psychological, sexy, tense, controversial, disturbing, sensual, stylized, sexual
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Don't Look Down (2008)
Plot Summary:
A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, sensual, realistic, erotic, serious, humorous, sex comedy, art house, eros, explicit
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Little Lili (2003)
Plot Summary:
This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili (Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) --a sexy young local girl--to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, clever, touching, erotic, contemplative, sexual, crying, sexy
Similar in 76%
Emmanuelle 3 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, serious, realistic, hot
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Student Services (2010)
Plot Summary:
Laura is a 19-year-old university freshman who desperately wants to do well in school. She works a part-time job but cannot make ends meet. One evening in which she is short of funds, she answers a personal ad online by "Joe," 57, who seeks a female student for "tender moments." The pay is 100 euros per hour. Laura pledges to do this just once, and three days later, she goes to a hotel room with Joe. And then her spiral begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, sexy, erotic, romantic, sad, disturbing, crying, eros, sensual
Similar in 79%
Emmanuelle IV (1984)
Plot Summary:
In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, realistic, grindhouse, offbeat, serious, sexual, sexploitation film, exotic
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Secret Things (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, stylized, sensual, lyrical, psychological, controversial, art house, sex comedy
Similar in 76%
Wild Orchid (1989)
Plot Summary:
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, atmospheric, melancholic, stylized, psychological, romantic, serious
Similar in 81%
Intimacy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jay, a failed musician, walked out of his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day Jay follows her and finds out about the rest of her life (and that her name is Claire). This eventually disrupts their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Germany
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sexy, sexual, sensual, erotic, controversial, bleak, disturbing, enigmatic, artsy, depressing
Similar in 84%
Better Than Sex (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, emotional, erotic, humorous, witty, clever, talky, sexual, intense, realistic
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Homework (1991)
Plot Summary:
Virginia is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. She will secretly film herself and her ex-husband Marcelo with a candid camera while they make love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sensual, erotic drama, steamy, sex comedy, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 90%
Young People Fucking (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, humorous, erotic, teen sex comedy, sexy, light, entertaining, stylized, semi serious, controversial
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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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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
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Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on a German play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Tropfen auf heisse Steine. A 50-year-old business man Léopold arrives home with 20-year-old Franz, whom he has just met. Franz is not quite sure why he agreed to come home with Léopold as he is supposed to be meeting his fiancée Anna, but he accepts drinks from Léopold and they begin to get to know each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, serious, disturbing, romantic, controversial, art house, sex comedy, minimal cast, clever
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Shortbus (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn social/artistic/sexual salon "Shortbus", loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000's. Here, gay couple Jamie (P J DeBoy) and James (Paul Dawson) meet a young ex-model and aspiring singer Ceth (Jay Brannan).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexual, erotic, art house, sex comedy, sensual, sexy, disturbing, stylized, eros, indie film
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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