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Plot Summary:
Sandra is a rich widow who wants to know the beach house her late husband has left her. She goes there with her lover Odilon, an unscrupulous young man whose studies she's supporting. Helping her with the red tape is dr. Carvalho, a very conservative and old-fashioned lawyer. In her way to the house, she meets a couple of hippies, looking for a place to stay. She hires them as temporary housekeepers.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic
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The Isle of Forbidden Pleasures (1979)
Plot Summary:
There's the continent ruled by a repressive government and there's an island where political activists of the continent take refuge on running away from the continent's police. This island is their last stand – there they live in a way not possible in the continent – free love, no possessions, brotherhood… In the continent, a killer is sent to the island to kill the revolutionary leaders. The killer is a woman , Ana (Neide Ribeiro). She will go there as a journalist sent there to interview the leaders of the movement. On arriving to the island, she will find out that things were much different from what she expected. Will Ana be involved by the "island of forbidden pleasures." Will she fulfill her mission?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy
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Urban Snap-Shots (2008)
Plot Summary:
Comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including overworked housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, psychoanalyst Paula and her troublesome daughter Melanie, and stage star in crisis Lise.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Romaine (1997)
Plot Summary:
First Adventure: Romaine goes on vacation by herself. Second Adventure: Romaine dones internships. Third Adventure: Romaine loses her memory ... Three stories of a girl without friends, without hope, without desire.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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The Sex is Crazy (1981)
Plot Summary:
Adult film actresses get abducted and impregnated by aliens after appearing in a sci-fi porno in this outrageous sex comedy from Jess Franco. Knocked up with high-powered extraterrestrial sperm that allows them to conceive and give birth in a matter of seconds, the starlets become human breeding machines for a race of ultra-horny invaders.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic, parody, sexploitation film
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Evil Thoughts (1976)
Plot Summary:
Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milano. He and his wonderful wife Francesca have an intense high social life. But Mario has a problem. He is obsessed by bad thoughts (cattivi pensieri); he is always concerned about his wife, thinking continuously to be betrayed by her. It is a nightmare, every time Mario sees Francesca talking to one of their friends immediately starts to see her and him in an hot affair. Jealousy and suspects increase and increase, till their life cross with a young man hidden inside their flat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sex comedy
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Maschio latino cercasi (1977)
Plot Summary:
t Happened in Naples . - A tourist, duped by Carmine thinks of buying a fourteen year old virgin and is sold at a homosexual. Tonight or Never - The rich ing. Bislecchi , rejected by Gigia maintained , it does " rejuvenated " by dr. Himler and becomes a robot. The amnesty . - Milcare , with the excuse to see a good lawyer , possesses under the eyes of her husband Colonel sure to enjoy then of an impending amnesty . Gennarino the emigrant . - In Germany with his wife Anna , Gennaro works as a stallion for the lowest category of porn movies . Only when he's in front of his wife as partner reaches record performance . Exchange made in Germany. - Nicola and Sisina , Sicilian barons , go to Germany for an "exchange of couples" , Sisina is reluctant ; Then , when her husband fails to disinibirla , beats him by far.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, anthology, erotic
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Slave Widow (1967)
Plot Summary:
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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The Peephole of Love (1982)
Plot Summary:
Innocent girl starts working as a secretary in an office. Soon she finds out a hole in the wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Il Solco di Pesca (1976)
Plot Summary:
A former priest has become bored to the point of impotence by the easy availability of beautiful women. He misses the shame of the priesthood which made sex more enjoyable, and this leads to his strange fascination with photographing asses. He gets involved with a sexy married woman, but he is more interested in her virginal maid.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, sexy
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Frente al mar (1978)
Plot Summary:
A group of people, both men and women, get together to exchange their points of view, practical and theoretical, about sexual life and the relations between couples.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Game of Seduction (1976)
Plot Summary:
In this modern retelling of the classic Dangerous Liaisons, a virtuous young woman becomes the target of the schemes of an amoral womanizer who is in the habit of wooing women and killing their lovers and husbands in duels. When she finally succumbs to him, she discovers his true nature, and her newly awakened joy in passion turns to dust.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Midnight Party (1976)
Plot Summary:
Sylvia is a girl working the shifts at a night club in Cannes.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Belgium, Spain, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, erotic, naughty, sexy, sexploitation film
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Thar She Blows! (1968)
Plot Summary:
A crazed sea captain goes on a bloody rampage after his vessel is commissioned by a sleazy film producer and a trio of vixens.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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Monkey King (2016)
Plot Summary:
Wolfi is in his mid-40s and wants to revisit the good old days with his three best buddies in the Provence, where life is good. Little does he realize that his old chums are in the middle of growing up for real, bringing their wives and kids and all their everyday family problems too.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Delinquent School Girls (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three mental patients escape their asylum and sexually assault their way into a girl's private school. The girls education includes wrestling and karate, so the three mad men will find stern opposition when they least expected.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sensual, independent film, grindhouse
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El periscopio (1979)
Plot Summary:
Gemser plays one of a pair of sexy bisexual nurses living in an apartment building one floor up from a middle-aged couple and their son Albert, who is only too happy to have the randy rug-munchers in the apartment above: whilst gorgeous Gemser is getting it on with her equally luscious lover, Albert is busy putting his new science project—a periscope—to good use by spying on the lingerie-wearing lovelies. Meanwhile, Albert’s mother is being even naughtier than her precious boy, sneaking off for some extra-marital sex while her hair-obsessed husband is at the salon, having his follicles tended to.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film
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Accidental Stripper (2003)
Plot Summary:
College girl Janie inherits a rundown strip club from her uncle. She tries to learn the business and turn it into a money maker.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sexploitation film
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The Bitches (1973)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy bourgeois, bored in her immense property, to pass the time engages a gigolo to answer all her wishes, from the most unfulfilled to the most hidden ... But when the young man takes an interest in the sister of his boss, the latter becomes very jealous.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic
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My Rabbit is the Best (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young girl interned in reformatory lives the lesbian relationship with another partner, which makes her an object of desire.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Lady on the Bus (1978)
Plot Summary:
Brazilian erotic drama film where Sonia Braga stars as a recently married wife whose wedding night did not end well. She lives through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on buses.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Summer Temptations (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a villa on an island (St. Peter) a little out of season, inhabit Vanessa, a young widow, and stepdaughters Kikki and alive. Vanessa had married their father above all because it was very rich. After her husband's death, Vanessa decided to keep him Alive and Kikki and also call Roberto, her former lover, now a professor with the aim of preparing the two girls to the maturity examination. Shortly after his arrival, he establishes an atmosphere heavy with half-empty Island the villa that seems almost a luxury prison do understand immediately that the stepmother and stepdaughters will hate and despise each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film
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A Fêmea do Mar (1981)
Plot Summary:
The lonely Jeruza lives in a simple isolated house by the seaside with the siblings Cassandra and Ulisses and the family survives by selling handicrafts for a local store. Her husband, Santiago, is a sailor who has been missing for many years. When the stranger Roque arrives at Jeruza's house late afternoon, he tells her that Santiago was murdered in a bar fight. Jeruza lodges Roque to spend the night and they have a one night stand. He then seduces Cassandra, who loses her virginity with him and he convinces Ulisses to have an incestuous relationship with his sister. Jeruza realizes that Roque, who has a dreadful secret, is a destructive being that is threatening her family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Os Sete Gatinhos (1980)
Plot Summary:
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic
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Inhibition (1976)
Plot Summary:
After years of sexual humiliation at the hands of her sadistic husband and his friends, a wealthy heiress struggles to regain her sense of identity. To that end, not only does she become ruthless in business, but also delights in sexually dominating her young secretary, Anna. When she attempts to exert her sexual power over a blythe traveler, Peter Smart, he turns the tables on her, and she finds herself at the mercy of an unfamiliar emotion: Love.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film
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China and Sex (1994)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy man falls for a woman who does not accept his courtship which forces him to enters a dangerous and erotic dream world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, captivating, suspense, sexploitation film
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The Sentimental Education of Eugénie (2005)
Plot Summary:
The clever and passionate Madame De Saint-Ange has taken into consideration the education of the young and illiterate Eugenie and at the same time wants to seduce Marquis Dolmance, a famous homosexual philosopher. In two days, with the help of her brother, the Cavalier de Mirvel and the young servant Augustin, Madame will bring the company to completion with more or less mischievous geniuses, put in place through a combination of sensuality, eroticism and feeling.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, captivating, erotic drama, entertaining
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Scandal in the Family (1975)
Plot Summary:
Carlo, sofferente di cuore, si riposa d'estate tre settimane nella sua tenuta di campagna dopo le fatiche di mandare avanti le sue tre fabbriche, cercando qualche nuovo amore, e sbirciando le bellezze femminili. Ma quest'anno vi è una novità: arriva il nipote Milo, rimasto orfano, timido e nullatenente. Milo fa colpo sulla figlia Francesca, sulla moglie Piera e perfino sulla cuoca Doris e cerca di approfittarne per migliorare il suo status, ma non ci riesce e quando racconta il tutto allo zio Carlo, fingendo si tratti della moglie e della figlia di un amico, si sente consigliare, scherzando, di far morire il padre e marito che è malato.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, sex comedy
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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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Palace of Venus (1980)
Plot Summary:
To satisfy her costumers, an owner of a luxurious bordello does whatever it takes. but the place’s efficiency is threatened when the most desirable of its ladies decides to quit. The owner set a diabolical plot to keep the girl working.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Cheeky (2000)
Plot Summary:
While scouting out apartments in London for her Venetian boyfriend, Carla rents an apartment that overlooks the Thames. There she meet the lesbian hyper-horny real estate agent Moira.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, sex comedy, sensual, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic, realistic