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9 1/2 Weeks: In her prime, Kim Basinger explores her sexuality with a young Mickey Rourke. The film single handedly made Mickey Rourke a sex symbol, at least until he got heavy into boxing and plastic surgery. American. 1986. R.
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9 Songs: This is just
porn dressed up as an indie film. The story follows a couple through the course of their relationship, which lasts roughly nine songs. Basically all the couple does is go out to concerts and come home to have sex. 2004. NR.
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Anatomy of Hell: French director Catherine Breillat explores
female sexuality and men's darkest fears about women's sexual power. French. 2004. NR.
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Antares: An exploration of the lives of three couples living in the same high-rise apartment. Surprise, these couples often have
kinky sex behind closed doors. Austrian. 2004 NR.
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Antichrist: A
graphic horror movie with plenty of explicit sex between body doubles. Danish. 2009. NR.
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Bedways: A filmmaker enrolls attractive young people to help her make new forms of skinema. She wants to capture actual couples' sex lives, which requires lots of rehearsal and the pushing of sexual boundaries. German. 2010. NR.
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Battle in Heaven: A sexually explicit drama in which actress Anapola Mushkadiz, plays a wealthy woman who works as a
prostitute just for the thrill of it. Mexican. 2005. NR.
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Caligula: Written by Gore Vidal, produced by
Penthouse editor Bob Guccione, and starring Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, and Malcolm McDowell—this film is the predecessor of all art-house adult films. Unfortunately the Netflix version cuts some of the more provocative scenes, including an extended roman orgy featuring a midget. But there is enough of
Helen Mirren's magical boobs to keep you entertained. It also features such classic lines as, "Take my horse to his own bed." 1979. UR.
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Come Undone: A young Italian woman starts having an affair with an office lover, but as is always the case in these films,
great sex is confused for something more. 2010. Italian. NR.
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Eight Mile High: Natalia Avelon plays Munich's 1960s "It girl" Uschi Obermaier, who rises from humble beginnings to sleep with people like the Rolling Stones. 2007. German. NR.
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Exterminating Angels: A movie about a director making a movie about young, French women masturbating. French. 2006. NR.
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Fiona: Fiona grew up in abusive foster homes and now lives as a crack-addicted prostitute. 1998. NR.
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Inside Deep Throat: This documentary explores the iconic
porn, Deep Throat, featuring plenty of nude scenes from the movie, including a slow motion shot of Linda Lovelace demonstrating her oral abilities. 2005. NC-17.
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Intimacy: Two strangers meet once a week for frenzied, sex. Unfortunately emotions get involved. It reportedly includes a scene of actual fellatio. German. 2001. UR.
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The Last Mistress: A 10-year affair is ruined by a marriage for money. French. 2007. NR
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Last Tango in Paris: Renowned filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci basically gives
Marlon Brando an empty apartment to improvise sexual encounters with the voluptuous Maria Schneider. What results are such classic lines as, "Get the butter." Italian. 1972. NC-17.
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Now & Later: A bail jumping, white-collar criminal falls for a sultry undocumented immigrant played by Shari Solanis. Through sex, Solanis shows the criminal how his paper crimes are impacting her world. 2009. NR.
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The Pigkeeper's Daughter: Sexy Moonbeam Swiner lives on a farm where there's nothing to do except play with her pet piglet and roll in the hay with the locals. So when a traveling salesman comes to town, Moonbeam's mother seizes the chance to marry the girl off. Of course, Mrs. Swiner will have to sample his wares first. A voluptuous virgin and a hitchhiking hooker add to the fun in this 1970s sexploitation romp. 1972. NR.
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Princesas: Although she's the product of an average, middle-class Spanish family, Caye works as a prostitute, spending her days hanging out at a hair salon, complaining about her low-class, immigrant competition. That is, until she meets Zulema, a recent arrival from the Dominican Republic who prompts Caye to reconsider her attitude toward her sister streetwalkers. 2005. Spanish. NR.
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Sassy Sue: Farmer Pa Willard worries about his son's taste in females when he sees Junior gazing at a cow named Sassy Sue, so he tries to tempt the boy with a series of
human hotties in this 1970s sexploitation flick. 1973. NR.
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Scrapbook: A low-budget horror film with plenty of disturbingly graphic scenes that follow actress Emily Haack through her naked captivity by a serial killer. 2000. NC-17.
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Spetters: A motorcycle gang of man-boys race, drink beer, and have sex. After the main character becomes paralyzed from the waist down, his girlfriend does her best to breathe life back into his penis. Netherlands. 1980. NR.
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The Sentiment of the Flesh: A drawing student and radiologist are brought together by a shared passion for human anatomy. An intense affair and obsession ensues. 2010. French. NR.
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Sex is Comedy: Filmmaker Catherine Breillat's semiautobiographical tale captures the making of a cinematic sex scene in all its awkwardness. The situation is further complicated by the director's sexual relationship with one of the actors. French. 2002. R.
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The Wayward Cloud: In drought-stricken Taiwan, Hsiao-Kang tries to hide his identity as a porn star while pursuing quiet girl Shiang-chyi. Featuring shocking musical numbers and explicit sex scenes, this surreal film follows the pair's adventures in love and lust. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ming-liang Tsai, the film is startling for both its relentless nudity and its almost complete absence of dialogue. Chinese. 2005. NR.
