Best Sexually Explicit & Erotic movies of 2010s

Carol(2015)

Combined Rating:
94
Combined Critics Rating: 94

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.



Blue Is the Warmest Colour(2013)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.



Blue Valentine(2010)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.



Under the Skin(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.



The Handmaiden(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.



Shame(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A man's carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.



The Beguiled(2017)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.



The Diary of a Teenage Girl(2015)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.



Nymphomaniac: Vol. I(2013)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.



Fifty Shades of Grey(2015)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.



A Bigger Splash(2015)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker in Italy is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.



Nymphomaniac: Vol. II(2013)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's care.



Palo Alto(2013)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The life and struggles of a group of adolescents living in Palo Alto.



Stone(2010)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path.



The Duke of Burgundy(2014)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.



Fifty Shades Darker(2017)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her.



Venus in Fur(2013)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.



Indignation(2016)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 77

In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.



Red State(2011)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.



Lady Macbeth(2016)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.




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