A little while ago a close friend asked my advice on how to initiate a discussion with her husband about some of her erotic fantasies - without completely shocking him. Now I've always been a big movie fan, and without thinking I rattled off the names of about 20 or 30 mainstream movies that I have found arousing or stimulating in some way, and suggested they try watching one together.
Watching a movie with erotic undertones can be a great way to 'test the waters' if you've been having secret fantasies. It allows you to quietly observe your lover's reaction, provides a perfect context to begin a discussion, and, if the 'water' is warm enough, who knows where it may lead ... |
Erotic Films and Sensual Cinema
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When brooding novelist Maurice Bendrix (The English Patient star Ralph Fiennes) meets Mrs Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore from Boogie Nights) in 1939 war-torn London, their attraction is instant and the two begin a passionate, illicit affair. Their love seems as powerful as the bombs exploding around them, until the day Sarah suddenly and mysteriously walks out of Maurice's life. Years later, when a chance encounter with Sarah's husband rekindles his obsession for her, Maurice begins a quest to solve the mystery and uncover the truth behind the end of their affair.
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A steamy and sexy thriller that you cannot resist, Unfaithful is charged with sizzling love scenes and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Edward and Connie Sumner (Gere, Lane) have the perfect life - a happy marriage, an eight-year-old son, and a beautiful house in the suburbs. But when Connie's chance encounter with a seductive stranger (Oliver Martinez) erupts into a full-blown affair, passion becomes obsession and the true price of betrayal takes a shattering toll.
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| The game of conquest is underway. Anything goes when a predatory, wealthy widow (Glen Close) challenges a notorious rake (John Malkovich) to seduce a beautiful young newlywed (Michelle Pfeiffer). But this time, a cardinal rule will be broken: two players will fall in love – with tragic results. |
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In a world of make believe Stella is about to discover the difference between true love... and real life. Stella leaves the doldrums of Liverpool and looks for life in the theatre. She soon meets the heartless director, Meredith Potter, and falls in love. She also charms the rest of the cast and observes their sordid lives...
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| Written by Herman Raucher. Summer of '42 is one of the screen's most haunting romances. A nation is caught up in a war that will forever change it. At a New England beach colony, 15 year old Hermie is caught up in a passion that will forever change him: he's infatuated with 22 year old Dorothy whose solder/husband is away at war. |
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It is the fall of 1957. The Whitakers make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existences are characterized by carefully-observed family etiquette, social events and an overall desire to keep up with the Joneses. Cathy Whitaker (Moore) is the homemaker, wife and mother. Frank (Quaid) is the breadwinner, husband and father. They have two pre-teen children, a boy and a girl. As the story unfolds, Cathy's pristine world is transformed. |
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| The moment young Finn sets eyes on Estella, she becomes his inspiration... and his obsession. Despite being warned, "she'll only break your heart," he vows to win her love. Years later, thanks to a mysterious benefactor, aspiring artist Finn is off to New York, where he is reunited with the icy and beautiful Estella. When she agrees to model for him, Finn's dearest hopes may at last be realised - along with his darkest fears! |
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| In 19th-century England a peasant named John Durbeyfield discovers he descends from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles. He sends his eldest daughter Tess to live with Alec d'Urberville, a rich cousin. It soon emerges that the illustrious name was purchased by Alec's father. Tess is seduced by Alec and gives birth to a child that dies in infancy. Whilst attempting to escape from her destiny, she meets a pastor's son named Angel Clare. He falls in love with her and they get married. On their wedding night, Tess reveals her past to him. He cannot forgive her and deserting her, goes off to Brazil... |
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When two neighbouring couples grow too close, one of the husbands is lured into a shocking web of sexual obsession, betrayal and murder! Academy Award® winner Kevin Kline (1988 Best Supporting Actor - A Fish Called Wanda) and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves) heat up the screen in this erotic thriller. |
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Sarah's prim and steely English reserve is jarred by Julie's reckless, sexually charged lifestyle. Their interaction sets off an increasingly unsettling series of events, which not only changes Sarah's creative process but her life as well. |
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Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang).
Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day ... but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach. |
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| Stephen Fleming is a respected Member of Parliament, living a comfortable if uneventful life as he approaches his fiftieth birthday. Secure in his work and his marriage, he has no idea of the drama that is to follow when he is drawn to an attractive woman at an embassy cocktail party.As their affair develops, they pursue each other with desperate, obsessive abandon and Fleming finds himself willing to give up everything he has just to be with her. |
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Books, letters, artifacts, journals. They're the tools of a special group of detectives: literary scholars. Two such sleuths, Maud Bailey and Roland Mitchell, are on the trail of a mystery that will rewrite history's understanding of a pair of famed Victorian poets - and may also awaken Maud and Roland's feelings for each other. |
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For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (Heath Ledger) is about to meet his match with the alluring Venetian beauty Francesca (Sienna Miller), who does the one thing he never thought possible - refuses him.
Through a series of clever disguises and scheming ruses, he manages to get closer to Francesca. But he is playing the most dangerous dame he has ever encountered - a woman who may threaten not only his life and reputation but his only chance at true passion. |
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Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson are Diana and David Murphy, a financially strapped couple who are betting on a quick trip to Las Vegas to deal them a lucky hand. But the odds are suddenly even more attractive when billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford) ups the ante - complete financial freedom. The price? One night of passion with Diana. The payoff? A cool $1 million.
But what seems to be a quick and simple solution to their money problems creates more friction than the couple bargained for as the high stakes of trust, love and attraction come into play as part of Gage's compelling proposal.
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