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Erotic thrillers and dramas

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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!) is Pedro Almodóvar's 1989 Spanish dark comedy in which ex-psychiatric patient Ricky (Antonio Banderas) kidnaps actress Marina (Victoria Abril). Its US X-rating lawsuit helped create NC-17.

Two Moon Junction

Two Moon Junction, 1988 American erotic drama, Zalman King's directorial debut, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson; Alabama debutante's affair with a carnival worker before her wedding.

Unfaithful (2002 film)

Unfaithful is a 2002 American erotic thriller directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and Olivier Martinez, and a remake of Claude Chabrol's La Femme infidèle.

Venus in Fur (film)

Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure) is Roman Polanski's 2013 French-Polish film adapting David Ives's play and Sacher-Masoch's 1870 novella, starring Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric in a two-hander audition drama, in Competition at Cannes 2013.

Viva Erotica (色情男女)

Viva Erotica (色情男女, Sik ching nam lui) is a 1996 Hong Kong Category III comedy-drama by Derek Yee and Lo Chi-leung, starring Leslie Cheung as a director forced to make a softcore film; Shu Qi won two 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards for it.

Young & Beautiful

Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie) is François Ozon's 2013 French drama, in Cannes competition, about 17-year-old Isabelle (Marine Vacth), who secretly takes paid lovers across four seasons scored by Françoise Hardy songs.