SEXY FILMS WITHOUT THE PORN... well almost
Here are some films that deal with sex sensibly without making it hardcore porn... (well, some do come close to porn!).
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- DirectorTom TykwerStarsSophie RoisSebastian SchipperDevid StriesowA Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.A sex triangle, but this time it's not the usual 2 gals & a guy scenario!
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsKieran O'BrienMargo StilleyRobert Levon BeenIn London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.Came very close to being porn...
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMickey RourkeKim BasingerMargaret WhittonA woman becomes involved with a man she barely knows. Complications develop during their sexual escapades.80's Hollywood stylistic sex!
- DirectorFlóra Anna BudaStarsNatasa StorkÁdám FeketeFranciska FarkasAlice lives at her parents' place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it's time to move out.Creative short animation piece with a slice of eroticism in its misery...
- DirectorJan GassmannStarsValentina Di PaceDominik FellmannDanny ExnarBigna and Frank are two people of different thoughts. When their different worlds collide they become obsessively entwined in a passionate affair.An erotic lust story that begins with a fetish encounter in a public car park and over many moons we observe a relationship attempting to come together as love gets in the way...
- DirectorFrédéric FonteyneStarsNathalie BayeSergi LópezJacques VialaA woman puts an ad in a magazine looking for a man to fulfill her fantasy of a stringless, anonymous pornographic affair.There is only one real sensitive love scene in this film, and it's worth a look.
- DirectorBrigitte RoüanStarsBrigitte RoüanPatrick ChesnaisBoris TerralThe end of an affair from the woman's point of view.A busy housewife high on love and lust, but not with her husband.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona RyderA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.The passion of love without the sex...
- DirectorRené FéretStarsPhilippe VuilleminValérie StrohVéronique SilverIn 1856, fresh from life with nuns in an orphanage school, Alexina Barbin comes to a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach the village girls. She is deeply religious. She shares the classroom and a bedroom with the young and vivacious Sara, with whom she falls in love. Alexina has another secret: her gender is mysterious. She and Sara begin a scandalous love affair, but Alexina seeks marriage and social acceptance. She discloses her secrets to the village priest, to her mother, to the bishop, and to the bishop's physician. After the church and court rule on her petition, marriage to Sara becomes Alexina's sole purpose and hope.Mystery of hermaphrodite...
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsAndrew ScottPaul MescalCarter John GroutA screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.Convincing and intimate moments between the characters portrayed by Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal...
- DirectorFrancis LeeStarsKate WinsletSaoirse RonanGemma Jones1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.Winslet and Ronan have this amazing steamy love making scene that is worth the price of admission...
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsAmira CasarRocco SiffrediAlexandre BelinA woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".When it gets wicked and weird...
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.An emotional thought provoking sexy film.
- DirectorGilles MimouniStarsRomane BohringerVincent CasselJean-Philippe ÉcoffeyA recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.Doesn't get any steamier than this...
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsNinetto DavoliFranco CittiFranco MerliIn ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.Pasolini and eroticism in Aladdin times...
- DirectorIsao YukisadaStarsSumire AshinaItsuji ItaoShô NishinoCommissioned by Japan's Nikkatsu Studio to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its 'roman porno' period, the piece focuses on the has-been director who gets a variety of loose women of different means and ages to share a bed with him in order to make him feel better about himself. At the same time, his lead actress has walked out and his latest means of income is in jeopardy.A week in the life of a washed up director and his journey through misery and meaningless sex (Japanese style)...
- DirectorJoe SwanbergAdam WingardStarsAmy SeimetzLane HughesMegan MercierFollow four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration.The many sexual hang-ups handled with tongue firmly placed in cheek...
- DirectorEva HussonStarsFinnegan OldfieldMarilyn LimaLorenzo LefèbvreIn the well-to-do suburbs of a small town, a group of pretty average, well-adjusted sixteen and seventeen year olds are ordinary adolescents who take a singular path.Teenagers gone wild with orgies creating STDs like its going out of fashion, and based on a true story which makes it even crazier...
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsMichel PiccoliJane BirkinEmmanuelle BéartThe former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.No sex, but the torment of creating the naked beauty on canvas!
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykStarsSirpa LaneLisbeth HummelElisabeth KazaIn order to inherit a fortune a young woman agrees to marry a young man. She soon discovers that his family harbours a dark past involving a monstrous beast.The R rated arty version of the Beauty & The Beast fable
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsVirginie EfiraCharlotte RamplingDaphné PatakiaA 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.Take thee to a Verhoeven nunnery where all is blasphemy in this absurd take on the life of a wicked twisted nun, but better for us viewers...
- DirectorJonathan TeplitzkyStarsDavid WenhamSusie PorterKris McQuadeAfter a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.This is how the Aussies do it.
- DirectorJean-Jacques BeineixStarsJean-Hugues AngladeBéatrice DalleGérard DarmonA lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.Just the opening scene is enough...
- DirectorRuss MeyerStarsDolly ReadCynthia MyersMarcia McBroomThree girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs, and sleaze.The best of Russ Meyer with some sensual love scenes thrown into this wild campy soap opera.
- DirectorDavid HamiltonStarsPatti D'ArbanvilleMona KristensenBernard GiraudeauA coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.Classic Seventies trashy lesbo flic