The movie is based on EL James’ best-selling book, dubbed “mommy porn,” about the courtship between a handsome, wealthy CEO (Jamie Dornan) who has a proclivity for BDSM and a mild-mannered English major (Dakota Johnson) who works at the local hardware store. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Paul Verhoeven’s neo-noir erotic thriller follows a bisexual novelist, played by Sharon Stone, who is the prime suspect in the investigation of a brutal murder of a rock star. The film was considered groundbreaking for its depictions of sexuality in contemporary Hollywood film. Then there is also Stone’s infamous leg-crossing that leaves zero to the imagination. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Before The Matrix trilogy, the Wachowski siblings made Bound, a con movie about a lesbian couple with a scheme to steal millions from the mob. Starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon, the movie was praised for its realistic portrayal of a lesbian sexual relationship. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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The erotic thriller stars Julianne Moore as a doctor who suspects her husband (Liam Neeson) of cheating and decides to hire a call girl (Amanda Seyfried) to test his loyalty, but the two end up embarking on a romantic relationship of their own. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director (James Spader) uncovers a underground world of omnisexual car crash victims who use their near-death experiences to inspire their sexual affairs. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger play a Wall Street trader and a divorced art gallery worker, respectively. After a short courtship, they start to incorporate sadomasochistic elements into their sex life, after which Basinger’s character becomes caught in an emotional tailspin. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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The thing best remembered about this movie is a young Tom Cruise, still on the precipice of stardom, dancing around in his underwear to “Old Time Rock and Roll.” The movie centers on a brothel run for one night by a high school senior (Joel) under the tutelage of a prostitute, Lana (Rebecca De Mornay). Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a girl recently released from a mental hospital who gets a job at a law office as a secretary, where her relationship with her eccentric boss (James Spader) turns from professional to sexual, with the two partaking in in-office dominant-submissive behavior. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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An early-aughts coming-of-age tale about a poetry-writing honor student with a bad home life who falls in with the rough crowd at her middle school. The movie, which deals with drugs, alcohol abuse, self-harm and adolescent sexual behavior, was co-written by director Catherine Hardwicke and co-star Nikki Reed. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Denise Richards and Neve Campbell play high schoolers who accuse their guidance counselor (Matt Dillon) of rape. The movie features double-crosses, multiple murders, threesomes and pool coitus. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Two listless teen boys embark on a road trip, during which they both become intimate with the same older woman. The Alfonso Cuaron-directed Spanish-language movie was criticized for sexual content involving teens. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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In post-Cold War Vienna, a young American woman named Milena (Theresa Russell) is brought to a hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. Inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel) suspects foul play and interrogates Milena’s lover, Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel), and, through a series of flashbacks, the story of Milena’s sexual promiscuity and Dr. Linden’s overbearing attempt to control Milena develops. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
High school student Adele’s (Adele Exarchopoulos) life is changed when she meets a blue-haired young woman named Emma (Lea Seydoux) who helps her discover her sexuality. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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A married couple (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) travel to Venice shortly after the death of their young daughter. They encounter a clairvoyant elderly woman who claims their daughter is trying to contact them, which leads to a thrilling mystery as the couple copes with the vision. The film was met with controversy upon its release in 1973 due to an explicitly graphic sex scene between Sutherland and Christie. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Loosely based on author Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Dream Story, this Stanley Kubrick-directed film focuses on Dr. William Harford’s (Tom Cruise) obsession with having a sexual affair after his wife (Nicole Kidman) admits to having sexual fantasies about another man. The movie featured bizarre underground sexual rituals, erotic imagery and, of course, plenty of Venetian masks. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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A look into the world of real-life biologist Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson), who pioneered research into the field of human sexuality by conducting a massive sex survey at Indiana University. The film also stars Laura Linney, Chris O’Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, John Lithgow, Tim Curry and Timothy Hutton. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Jeremy Irons plays a French literature professor who marries his landlady (Melanie Griffith) in the hopes of sleeping with her adolescent daughter, Lolita (Dominique Swain). Adapted from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel once before (in Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 version), the story always manages to stir up contention due to its controversial subject matter. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
This psychological thriller from director David Lynch made a star of Naomi Watts, who plays aspiring actress Betty Elms, who befriends and falls in love with an amnesiac woman (Laura Harring) hiding in Betty’s aunt’s apartment. The film focused on the growing lesbian feelings between the two women and featured a steamy love scene between Watts and Harring. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Writer-director Lars von Trier’s two-volume avant-garde drama features an all-star cast (Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen and Jamie Bell) and focuses on Joe (Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who relates her sordid past to a man (Skarsgard) who has just rescued her after a severe beating left her unconscious in an alley. The film was steeped in controversy from its inception, including LaBeouf’s comments to MTV in August 2012 that all the sex scenes in the film were not shot as simulations. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
New York City detectives Frank Keller (Al Pacino) and Sherman Touhey (John Goodman) attempt to catch a murderer who has been killing men responding to rhyming ads in the “Lonely Hearts” column of the paper. When Keller begins a romance with one of the suspects (Ellen Barkin) he jeopardizes the case and puts himself and his partner in potential danger. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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In his feature directorial debut, Steven Soderbergh tells the story of an unhappily married woman, Ann (Andy MacDowell), whose husband (Peter Gallagher) is having an affair with her sister, Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). When John’s old college friend Graham (James Spader), a man who videotapes women speaking openly about their sexual desires and fantasies, comes to town, Ann discovers her own sexual identity. The movie is a landmark for independent filmmaking as its low budget saw unprecedented box-office success and launched the careers of both Soderbergh and MacDowell. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Michael Fassbender plays a sex addict whose promiscuous private lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival of his depressed, suicidal sister (Carey Mulligan). The Steve McQueen-directed film received an NC-17 rating due to its graphic sexual content. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Elizabeth Berkley broke away from her wholesome image on Saved by the Bell in Paul Verhoeven’s film about a young drifter who travels to Las Vegas in the hopes of becoming a showgirl. The film also starred Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon and was the first NC-17 film to receive a wide release in mainstream theaters. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
Demi Moore bares it all as a single mom who takes a job as an exotic dancer to support her daughter. Things go awry, however, when she crosses paths with U.S. Congressman David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds) and finds herself “exposed,” for lack of a better term. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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A drifter (Jack Nicholson) begins a sordid affair with a worker in a roadside diner (Jessica Lange) and the two conspire to murder her much older husband (John Calicos) in this adaptation of James M. Cain’s 1934 novel. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Inspired by a true story, the movie focuses on Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), a 38-year-old man in an iron lung who aims to lose his virginity with a professional sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) and ultimately develops romantic feelings for her. The film was celebrated by critics for its honest take on societal and religious stigmas that surround sexual issues. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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Diane Lane earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a suburban housewife who begins an affair with a handsome young stranger (Olivier Martinez) whose life begins to unravel when her husband (Richard Gere) discovers her infidelity. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
When young, successful advertising executive Max Baron (James Spader) begins a sultry tryst with 40-something waitress Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), they must navigate through the relationship problems and peer judgments confronting the difference in their age and social standing. The film was originally titled White Castle, but the restaurant chain refused the rights to its name. One can only imagine the merchandising that could have been. Back to Hollywood & Sex (What's Hot)
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