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Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo (2019) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 212-minute second installment of his Sète trilogy, screened in Competition at Cannes 2019, panned by critics, and never released commercially.
Melissa P. (film)
Melissa P. (2005) is Luca Guadagnino's Italian-Spanish drama adapted from Melissa Panarello's bestseller 'Cento colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire', starring María Valverde; the author distanced herself from the film.
Monamour
Monamour is a 2005 Italian erotic drama directed by Tinto Brass, starring Anna Jimskaia, Riccardo Marino, Max Parodi, and Nela Lucic, about a neglected wife's affair with a Frenchman during Mantua's Festivaletteratura.
Naked Killer (赤裸羔羊)
Naked Killer (赤裸羔羊, Chik loh go yeung) is a 1992 Hong Kong Category III action film directed by Clarence Fok, written and produced by Wong Jing, starring Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, and Carrie Ng as rival female assassins; it earned HK$9,678,959 and cult status.
Nasha (नशा) (film)
Nasha (नशा) is a 2013 Hindi coming-of-age drama directed by Amit Saxena, starring Poonam Pandey and Shivam Patil in their Bollywood debuts; released 26 July 2013, about a schoolboy infatuated with his drama teacher.
Nymphomaniac (film)
Nymphomaniac (Nymph()maniac) is Lars von Trier's 2013 two-part erotic drama starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård, released in four-hour and 5.5-hour cuts with unsimulated sex and contested censorship.
Of Freaks and Men (Про уродов и людей)
Of Freaks and Men (Про уродов и людей) is Alexei Balabanov's 1998 sepia-toned Russian drama about a St Petersburg pornographer who destroys two respectable families; it premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and won Nika Awards for Best Film and Director.
Passion (2012 film)
Passion (2012) is Brian De Palma's erotic thriller, a Franco-German remake of Alain Corneau's Love Crime, starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace as advertising rivals; premiered at Venice 2012, grossed $713,616 worldwide.
Querelle
Querelle (1982) is Rainer Werner Fassbinder's final film, adapted from Jean Genet's novel Querelle de Brest, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, and Jeanne Moreau; a stylized, homoerotic drama set in an artificial Brest, precursor to New Queer Cinema.
Romance (1999 film)
Romance (1999) is a French drama by Catherine Breillat starring Caroline Ducey and porn actor Rocco Siffredi, notorious for unsimulated sex, banned then R18+ in Australia, and Breillat's first major commercial success.
Room in Rome
Room in Rome (Habitación en Roma) is Julio Medem's 2010 Spanish erotic drama, a remake of En la cama, starring Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko as two women who spend one night together in a Rome hotel room.
Scorned (2013 film)
Scorned (2013) is an American revenge horror thriller directed by Mark Jones, written with Sadie Katz, starring Billy Zane, AnnaLynne McCord, and Viva Bianca; a woman torments her cheating boyfriend and best friend at a lake house.
Sex and Lucia
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo) is a 2001 Spanish erotic drama directed by Julio Medem, starring Paz Vega as a waitress who flees to Formentera.
Shame (2011 film)
Shame (2011) is a British drama by Steve McQueen, co-written with Abi Morgan, starring Michael Fassbender as sex-addicted New Yorker Brandon and Carey Mulligan as his sister Sissy; Venice Best Actor and FIPRESCI winner, NC-17 rated.
Showgirls
Showgirls (1995) is Paul Verhoeven's NC-17 drama written by Joe Eszterhas, starring Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi Malone, a Las Vegas stripper turned Stardust showgirl. A $45 million flop that won Razzies, it became a camp cult classic.
Sindhu Samaveli (சிந்து சமவெளி)
Sindhu Samaveli (சிந்து சமவெளி) is a 2010 Tamil drama thriller directed by Samy, starring Harish Kalyan, Amala Paul, and Ghajini, about a father-in-law and daughter-in-law affair; A-certified, box-office failure, inspired by Turgenev's First Love.
Single White Female
Single White Female is a 1992 Barbet Schroeder psychological thriller starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, adapted from John Lutz's novel S.W.F. Seeks Same, about a roommate who assumes another woman's identity; Columbia Pictures released it August 14, 1992.
Sleeping Beauty (2011 film)
Sleeping Beauty (2011) is Julia Leigh's Australian debut drama, In Competition at Cannes, starring Emily Browning as student Lucy, a drugged 'sleeping beauty' in an elite brothel; sources include Kawabata and García Márquez; Metascore 61.
Sliver (film)
Sliver is a 1993 American erotic thriller directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, and Tom Berenger, adapted from Ira Levin's 1991 novel.
Stranger by the Lake
Stranger by the Lake (L'inconnu du lac), Alain Guiraudie's 2013 French erotic thriller about Franck, Michel, and a witnessed murder at a gay cruising beach; Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director and Queer Palm winner.
The Boy Next Door (film)
The Boy Next Door (Obsesión) is a 2015 erotic thriller directed by Rob Cohen, starring Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman; made for $4 million by Blumhouse, it earned $52.4 million but scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Canyons (film)
The Canyons (2013) is a Paul Schrader erotic thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis, starring Lindsay Lohan and James Deen. A $250,000 Kickstarter-funded, day-and-date VOD release by IFC Films, it earned a 36 Metascore and 21% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Dreamers (2003 film)
The Dreamers (2003), Bernardo Bertolucci's drama adapted by Gilbert Adair from The Holy Innocents, follows Michael Pitt, Eva Green, and Louis Garrel as cinephiles in Paris during May 1968; NC-17 release, 4K restoration in 2023.
The Duke of Burgundy
The Duke of Burgundy is Peter Strickland's 2014 British-Hungarian erotic drama starring Sidse Babett Knudsen and Chiara D'Anna as entomologists Cynthia and Evelyn in a sadomasochistic relationship, set in an all-female world and pastiching 1970s Euro-erotic cinema.
The Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족)
The Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족) is a 2003 South Korean drama written and directed by Im Sang-soo, starring Moon So-ri, about a family full of affairs.
The Loft (film)
The Loft is Erik Van Looy's 2015 American remake of his 2008 Belgian hit Loft, about five married men sharing a secret affair penthouse until a dead woman appears; it flopped with $6M gross and 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Lover (1992 film)
The Lover (L'Amant) is Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1992 film adaptation of Marguerite Duras's novel, starring Jane March and Tony Leung Ka-fai, narrated by Jeanne Moreau. Shot in Vietnam, it drew over 3.5 million French admissions, won Gabriel Yared a César, and was disavowed by Duras.
The Peeping Tom
The Peeping Tom is a 1997 Hong Kong Category III crime horror thriller directed by Ivan Lai, starring Jade Leung, Mark Cheng, Miho Nomoto, and Michael Tse.
The Skin I Live In
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito), Pedro Almodóvar's 2011 Spanish body-horror thriller starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya, adapted from Thierry Jonquet's Mygale; Cannes 2011 competitor and 2012 BAFTA winner for Best Film Not in the English Language.
The Voyeurs
The Voyeurs is a 2021 erotic thriller directed by Michael Mohan, starring Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith as Montreal couple spying on neighbors; Prime Video debut, R rating, Metascore 54. Distinct from the 2007 Buddhadev Dasgupta film of the same name.