r/sex • • 15h ago

Inspiration and Ideas Erotic films with a plot?

I'm on a mission to find a porn movie with a plot .My wife, level 37, has never watched adult films. I've been trying to convince and I finally succeeded. I just need to find a film with a normal plot.So all the "oh my stepbrother, why are you masturbating? Give me a hand and I'll help you" movies are out.

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u/sluke1090 11h ago

The Handmaiden (2016) is the best combination of awesome plot and scheming characters mixed with really sensual scenes. It doesn't hurt that it's gorgeously shot and paced.

Excellent movie. Can't recommend enough.

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u/BabyTeethJohnson 10h ago edited 7h ago

Waaaaay to far down in the thread. Hamdmaiden might be the queen of this genre. I'd add:

  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

  • The Devils

  • Shortbus (less high art, more sex but still very good)

  • y tu mama tambien

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u/DConstructed 7h ago

NO to this The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

It’s not worth the ice pick scene.

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u/BabyTeethJohnson 7h ago

I don't remember that scene, but it is violent and dark and dark movie. Eroticism isn't the main focus.

Immaculately shot and hot enough to count though imo. Extremely physical movie overall. The food themes pair incredibly. Now I'm just rambling, but it's so fucking good

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u/DConstructed 6h ago

The color shifts and setting are very interesting and beautiful.

But it’s not the movie you want to watch with someone you hope will be happily aroused at the end. It’s gruesome.

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u/lintamacar 1h ago

You may be thinking of Basic Instinct.

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u/pikeymobile 13m ago

y tu mama tambien awakened something in 13 year old me when I saw it randomly on late night TV when I couldn't sleep. I've only seen it once but it was quite important for the development of my sexual identity.

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u/Fine_Persnickety 10h ago

The book it’s based on, Fingersmith, is also dope as hell (and features one more plot twist than the movie)

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u/pikeymobile 2m ago

I can't imagine even more plot twists. It features more than any other Park Chan-Wook films already.

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u/pikeymobile 16m ago

Incredible recommendation. It's wild how erotic this film is despite still being a masterpiece story of endlessly deep schemes.

I've watched this film with 2 different girls who I was FWB with and it led to sex during or after. The first time I saw it was due to a recommendation from 1 of the girls. I was a massive fan of Park Chan-Wook films but I was a couple of years late to seeing The Handmaiden.

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u/Suspicious_Escape276 12h ago

My girlfriend says Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the most erotic film she has ever watched. It’s a go-to if I need to get her in the mood.

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u/PoisonsInMyPride 9h ago

This. We were walking out of the theater afterwards when my then-girlfriend casually mentioned how turned on the scenes with the Brides had gotten her. It's been a long time, but still a great memory.

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u/ToulouseMaster 10h ago

Your girlfriend might like heated rivalry. Just saying.

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u/angelerulastiel 5h ago

See, I’m too annoyed by the drastic deviation from the book to enjoy it.

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u/pikeymobile 0m ago

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu is weirdly and disgustingly erotic in certain parts. I'd be curious if that gets anyone going.

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u/Average_40s_Guy 11h ago

Debbie Does Dallas is all about cheerleaders doing fundraising.

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u/PNWCatDad 11h ago

And saving the Hotel!

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u/BaconAllDay2 7h ago

Did you know nobody knows who Debbie actually is? Her identity is unknown and has resumed a private life after the filming of this movie and it's sequels.

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u/SirJefferE 3h ago

Plenty of people know who she really is. It's just not public knowledge. I found an article as recent as 2023 from people who managed to track it down. They provided a bit of evidence and more details about her career, but didn't disclose her name in order to keep her privacy.

Apparently she was still alive when the article was posted.

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u/sharklee88 12h ago

Erotic films and "porn movie" can mean very different things.

Unfaithful and 365 days are hot Erotic films.

Anal gangbang 6 is a porn movie.

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u/No_Step_8629 11h ago

Is that the same movie Stan, Kyle, Eric, Kenny and Token watched?

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u/PureStruggle2455 11h ago

That was Backdoor sluts 9

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u/mdsoccerdude 11h ago

My wife would consider The Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce Bronson porn. She’s as wet and horny as she gets from any movie/porn after that one sex scene, but it’s the whole buildup in the movie to that scene that really gets her going.

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u/Owy2001 9h ago

Friend, you aren't ready for Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy. It's a 70s porno. It's a musical. It's a comedy. And yes, it is a full retelling of Alice in Wonderland.

Everyone should see this movie at least once.

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u/big_ringer 9h ago

What's a girl like you doing on a (k)night like this!?

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u/Tobes_macgobes 8h ago

I’ll never understand why The Voyeurs doesn’t get more attention. The plot isn’t great, but it keeps you entertained, and Sydney Sweeney has the hottest sex scene I’ve ever seen. Way hotter than anything in Euphoria or the housemaid

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u/Owy2001 9h ago

On a thing like that!?

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u/rodr3357 7h ago

Any idea where I can find it? Quick google is looking like buy a dvd on eBay… or I’ll have to dust off the old pirate ship

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u/Owy2001 7h ago

I pirated it a long while back. You might need your ship, matey.

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u/Historical_Class_605 12h ago

We just watched 'I like to watch' (1982) with my wife last Sunday. She absolutely loved it!
I have a few more downloaded and planned for this weekend:

  • Taboo (1980)
  • Insatiable (1980)
  • Night Dreams (1981)

There are a few from the newer eras too, for example:

  • Slaughter Disc (2005)
  • Baise Moi (not exactly porn but has visible, real penetration/sex)

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u/blackcompy 12h ago

Baise Moi is not what I would call erotic. Probably one of the least sexy sex movies I've ever seen.

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u/Historical_Class_605 12h ago

Yeah, true and that's why I kept it as the last one. But at least it has pornographic elements, I thought maybe it could be interesting for OP, he'll decide.

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u/Mwroobel 10h ago

Taboo (and II). Kay Parker…… definitely thumbs up!

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u/TKJ 12h ago

Taboo is definitely a choice. If you're going in blind, I won't spoil it for you.

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u/Historical_Class_605 11h ago

I know the story, I saw it ~20 years ago 😆

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u/weggaan_weggaat 3h ago

I'm going in with my eyes wide shut.

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u/jammaslide 1h ago

Is it the 1988 Taboo?

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u/CGADragon 12h ago

Gaspar Noe's Love... if you can find it. It was on Netflix once upon a time but I haven't been able to find a decent way to get it in the US for a few years. There are some dodgy sites you cab steam it in 720p.

Also, Basic Instinct was quite racy in it's day and has definite plot.

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u/zozurr 1h ago

Just remember that Gapar Noe's movies are depressing.

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u/fictionfan 11h ago

Pirates 1 and 2. I remember them being long movies although the plot is more of a parody.

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u/BertandErnieforever 8h ago

These are so much fun, but the sex is as much of a parody as the plot is. If I had to be convinced to give porn a chance only to be presented with these I'd probably just feel vindicated.

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u/toebob 11h ago

Look up Erika Lust. Ethically created porn in longer and shorter formats with people who actually seem to be enjoying themselves. It’s much more appealing to women than typical porn.

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u/zozurr 58m ago

But not too much interesting plot.

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u/Fine_Persnickety 10h ago

The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Secretary both played a significant role in our courting process.

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u/Fine_Persnickety 6h ago

ok, will recommend one more, a little reluctantly: Lust, Caution. Reluctant because it’s slow at first, and is very bleak as well.

but it’s a great movie: gorgeously shot, incredible chemistry between the leads, a real and suspenseful plot, and the spicy scenes are *hot* (and taught us at least one new position)

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u/DeadMansPizzaParty 12h ago

Rochelle Rochelle, or Les Cousins Dangereux

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u/WhiskeyAlphaRomeo 5h ago

Each of these are a cinematic masterpiece. Bravo, Sir/Ma'am.

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u/ToulouseMaster 10h ago

Flesh Gordon has surprisingly good puppet work.

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u/NYFireFighter69 8h ago

"Must be some species of penisaurus!"

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u/SpicyPoffin 11h ago

Lady Chatterly’s Lover

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u/Sibilantka 8h ago

This is a really good one. Recent one on Netflix.

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u/BigCommunication306 8h ago

Horrível. O bom mesmo é o de 2006.

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u/Sibilantka 8h ago

I didn’t find it terrible but I will have to see that one too!

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u/SpicyPoffin 8h ago

Yesss, love that one

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u/excruiseshipdealer 9h ago

9 1/2 Weeks (Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger)

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 6h ago

2nd this! And many of Zalman King's movies. Wild Orchid is 💋

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u/Sactown2005 11h ago

Rochelle Rochelle-“a young lady’s erotic journey from Milan to Minsk”

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u/drfc82 11h ago

Almost anything from Erika Lust. And two series directed by Casey Calvert- Going Up and Primary (favorite)

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u/CompetitiveBobcat221 6h ago

This OP! Erika Lust films are so beautifully shot and come from actors real life sexual fantasies.

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u/zozurr 1h ago

Cinematography is good, but I find the plots boring.

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u/GACyberCool 9h ago

Is Caligula too hardcore?

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u/frank_mania 5h ago

FFS, the goal is to turn her on, not turn her off permanently.

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u/mhorock 6h ago

Caligula was going to be my recommendation!

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u/bluskywanderer 8h ago

I came to suggest this. It was a remarkable show with an incredible production budget!

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u/Fearless-North-1200 11h ago

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 & Volume 2

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u/shrivel 5h ago

The end of those films kinda kills the mood, though.

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u/for_the_naughty 5h ago

Be advised: Nymphomaniac may sound ideal, but it's simultaneously the most explicit and least erotic movie I've seen.

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u/jajangmien 12h ago

Nymphomaniac parts 1 and 2

Wife and me loved it. A little warning, Lars Von Trier's has a pretty intense film style and rough endings lol. It's still a fantastic movie(s) though.

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u/Various-Row2742 12h ago

Embrace of the vampire (1995)
Animal instincts (1992)

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u/deeneendo 12h ago

the old french movies by alpha france from the 70s and 80s used to have plots and nice cameratakes, if you don't mind hairy genitals

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u/kermit-t-frogster 10h ago

I mean does it need to be actual sex or just simulated sex? Many a women has gotten off quite successfully to Outlander. Bridgerton also has some fairly explicit scenes. Generally speaking, porn acting is bad, and I suspect that's going to be the real sticking point, not the lack of plot.

Also, Sex/Life had many a steamy scene and many visible dicks. No actual penetration though. It has a lot of plot, but it's basically a soap opera on some level.

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u/pumpboy 11h ago

I always recommend Y tu mama tambien

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u/picturethis714 10h ago

I’ll reiterate Sex/Life on Netflix. That was really good. Ik there’s the typical Fifty Shades and 365 Days. There’s this French film called Milf that had lots of plot but definitely lots of sex

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u/boojombi451 8h ago

The X-rated cut of Caligula might count. It’s got a plot, with talented actors, and also explicit sex scenes interpolated. Those talented actors were a bit annoyed when they found out.

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u/IllBlacksmith8712 8h ago

Showgirls! Not a porn film but definitely erotic with nudity and sex scenes with erotic dancing as well. The main actress is just gorgeous. The plot is she wants to dance and perform and is very sensual. One of my favourite movies

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u/slaeryx 12h ago

Hard to find a 7 minute movie with a plot.

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u/zozurr 58m ago

There are old full lenght feature porn movies with great plot!

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u/Sirena93 11h ago

I would go with Turkish Delight (1973), it's a Dutch erotic romantic drama directed by Paul Verhoeven. It's pretty good.

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u/Sullen_Sigh 10h ago

A friend of mine insists that something called "Star Whores" exists and its like star wars but a lot of sex scenes. cant find much about it online so i feel he's pulling my third leg.

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u/cherenk0v_blue 10h ago

There are a million porn parody movies.

I laughed all the way through "The Bare Wench Project" - not very sexy, but intentionally and often unintentionally hilarious.

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u/CoShroom-hunter 8h ago

Japanese porn films with subtitles. Some are bad, some are good, but they are very plot driven on average.

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u/forwhenimdrunk 7h ago

The first film I ever saw was called Soaking Wet. If you google it, you can find it streaming for free on sites like Porn Tube Classic and stuff. It was made in 1985. I found it on a VHS tape in my dad’s sock/underwear drawer when I was about eight years old.

I didn’t understand that the plot isn’t super relevant for what the purpose of porn was for at the time, and wasn’t really all that interested in the sex scenes anyway, so I thought I should probably pay attention to the story.

It’s about these three girls that wanted to start a nudie magazine, but they didn’t have any money, so they go to the bank to get a loan but the banker doesn’t really think they have enough collateral for the loan, so they have sex with him and get the loan. But they have to come back every week and pay interest on the loan, and they won’t have enough money for all the photographers, article writers, editors, models, and everything else, so they just keep having sex with all these people to convince them to do the job for cheap or free for the first few issues and then use the money they saved to pay off the interest on the loan.

When I finished the movie I remember wondering why they called it “Soaking Wet”. There was maybe one sex scene in the whole film that took place in a big hot tub, which was pretty much the only time I would consider anyone soaking wet. The rest of the time they were all pretty much dry. Just having sex on the floor, or on a couch, in a big bed, and even on a desk at a bank. Not really around any water at all for 95% of the film. I thought the title would have been better if it had some sort of reference to getting a bank loan or starting a magazine. Really lazy title effort.

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u/billbobb1 10h ago

Babygirl just came out with Nicole Kidman. It’s a pretty good and my wife LOVED it.

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u/DontClickTheUpArrow 11h ago

This is a good topic! Keep them coming!

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u/bzdelta 10h ago

I remember watching a porn parody of The Seventh Seal years ago on a bootleg DVD, I'll have to try and find the name

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u/my-follies 9h ago

I wasn't even 18 and my older friends snuck me into a theater playing Caligula (1979). That was both plot and more than enough sex. That got seared into my immature brain and I still remember the contraptions they had in that movie (both for sex and to execute).

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u/IntelligentWar5335 8h ago

Anything Tinto brass but def caters more to male audiences lol.

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u/Affectionatealways 8h ago

There's a movie called 9 Songs that is VERY explicit and erotic. And it's actually a pretty decent movie. It's a "real" movie but the sex is definitely NOT simulated. Very sexy.

There's also the more recent movie of Lady Chatterley's Lover and that's extremely spicy, too, but not with the close-ups of 9 Songs

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u/blackcompy 12h ago

Bound is not really porn, pretty violent in a few places, but has one of the better sex scenes in mainstream cinema. If you're looking for the opposite thing, All About Anna is basically a series of sex scenes loosely connected by threads of plot

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u/Casus125 10h ago

Oh, you absolutely must watch 1979's Caligula in that case.

It has famous actors with a plot, and a run time of a 156 minutes. It also has, genuine Bob Guccione (of Penthouse fame) hardcore porn.

It's like a dumpster fire next to another dumpster filled with fireworks. You watch it, just to see what's going to happen.

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u/GACyberCool 9h ago

A young Helen Miren is in it.

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u/Casus125 9h ago

A young Malcom McDowell.

And Pete O'toole.

And 70's MUFF.

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u/tomkilo 10h ago

My wife loves to do this as well! But with the classic vintage porn. Not only do we love the sex but the outfits, music but the old locations as well. Some of our favourites are Talk Dirty to Me, Never so Deep (her favourite), Sexual Heights, California Valley Girls, Candy Does Hollywood, Every Woman Has a Fantasy - also a favourite.

Enjoy the time together!

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u/xer0fox 10h ago

A while back I had a FWB show me this film called “Wasteland.” Absolutely has a plot, actually isn’t a bad movie on its own, and it is 100% a porn flick.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2504910

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u/big_ringer 9h ago

Please Baby Please is trippy as fuck, but it's also a solid movie.

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u/TellYouWheniKnow 9h ago

Emanuelle and Emanuelle 2

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u/GoodWifeSlutLife 7h ago

Bull Durham is very sexy

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u/DancilB 7h ago

Memories within Miss Aggie. Alfred Hitchcock ending.

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u/Hungry-Resident4525 5h ago

Tarzan x shame of jane

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u/zozurr 55m ago

Actors that play Tarzan and Jane are married in real life.

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u/stork1992 4h ago

The Pirate movie it had a plot and was actually a movie not just random sex scenes edited together

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u/theycallmeMrPotter 6h ago

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ass-cabin

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u/pepsiaf 12h ago

I know alot of sleaze horror if thats interesting

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u/SirApropos13 11h ago

Flesh Gordon

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u/ohmahglawb_smut 10h ago

There are good options on Bellesa

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u/Reptilesblade 8h ago

The Lord of the G-Strings

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323108/

And if you want to blow her mind:

HK: Forbidden Super Hero Original title: HK: Hentai Kamen

Came out in 2013.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2708764/

You're welcome.

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u/Ruy_Lopez_DeV 8h ago

I've seen quite a bit of erotic movies a long time ago when VHS was still a thing. 😂😂 I've seen a couple which starred Diane Lane. I just don't recall the titles though. These were movies in the 90s (the straight to video variety) 😂

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u/Tanak1 7h ago

Try this site plenty of erotic movies with plots there https://eroticmv.com/

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u/TexTaylor1 7h ago

Savages 2012, Taylor Kitsch, Aron Taylor Johnson, Blake Lively with a killer MFM scene and other sexy sex. Also Benicio, Travolta, Salma etc great flick. Gets fairly violent after midway.

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u/bowlofcantaloupe 6h ago

Technically Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" fits this description.

Do not recommend actually watching with your wife for a romantic/erotic evening though.

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u/so_bold_of_you 6h ago

REVENGED LOVE. It's on YouTube. Find one with English subtitles.

(You can thank me later.)

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u/hamster_13 6h ago

Pirates 1 & 2. 2 is worth watching, 1 not so much.

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u/ready2xxxperiment 6h ago

The Devil in Mrs. Jones. Very dark theme but some good scenes.

Be prepared for lots of pubic hair.

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u/zozurr 57m ago

Psychological porn movie!

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u/ronearc 5h ago

My brain is never going to allow me to forget A Girl's Best Friend. This one is old school (early 80s) and features initially reluctant but eventually enthusiastic mother/son incest.

Ron Jeremy, Juliet Anderson, Veronica Hart...

There's a genuinely satisfying plot revolving around diamond heists. Ron Jeremy is young enough that you don't go ...ewwww.

And, it features some of the best disco songs you've never heard.

https://youtu.be/htPUcwHHZuY?si=icGg21eHG1nHU7g6

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u/Yayhoo0978 5h ago

Any of the movies with spoof names of real movies. Laughs and lust is a good combo

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u/Slice9998 5h ago

The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik Yak

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u/DragonfruitFew7875 5h ago

When I was a teenager, I lived with a friend and his single mom. One day, we found a porno movie with a pirate theme. It was hilarious. I cranked my hog to it like 30 times lol

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u/cablife 5h ago

Pirates. The porn parody movie of Pirates of the Caribbean. Actually a good movie.

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u/Maleficus_doom 5h ago

In the Realm of the Senses

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u/Fit-Examination5063 4h ago

Zazel: The Scent Of Love
Zazel approaches various erotic scenes to collect the ultimate 'scent of love'. Never saw any other porn-movie that tastefully stimulating

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u/RogueTk 3h ago

Escape from pleasure planet

The hills have thighs

Pearl necklace series

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u/Gracchus1848 3h ago

Broken Butterfly: The Perfect Shade of Blu

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u/chbwit 3h ago

I was on the same mission for my wife: a porn movie (not simply erotic, but porn) with a plot (FWIW, I like them better too). Aside from Erika Lust, who's already been mentioned and that I recommend too, I discovered Kay Brandt and all the movies based on her stories and then, in some cases, directed by her too. Absolutely amazing, movies with a plot that my wife can identify in and a nice production, direction and, yes, acting too. You won't be disappointed. Some titles: "Unfolding", Babysitting the Baumgartners", "The Invitation", "The Lustful Wife". Let me know! ;)

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u/EpicCeltic09 3h ago

The dreamers & Species

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u/Used-Pin-997 3h ago

Seriously, what's the point?

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u/zozurr 1h ago

Sex is normal parts of human life, and some vintage porn plots are really good. What's the point to watch horror or comedy?

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u/Ordinary-Map-2908 2h ago

Also go to internet archive and go to community video and search there and where can I download erika lust or dorcel movies?

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u/SupportAdorable7595 2h ago edited 2h ago

Lady Chatterley Lover: a very sensual but not porn movie. The story of a woman married to a disabled officer who finds love and pleasure in the arms of her gardener. Lady Chatterley Lover : un film tres sensuel mais pas porno. L'histoire d'une femme mariée à un officier handicapé et qui trouve l'amour et le plaisir dans les bras de son jardinier

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u/alrun 2h ago

Adult movies / Series * Chinese Ghost Story I, II, III * 9 1/2 Weeks * In the Realm of the Senses * Story of O * Bonding (Series) * Love and Leashes (Series) * Basic Instinct * Secretary (2002) * Eyes Wide Shut

Porn Production companies: * Private! * Erika Lust * Kink

U can apply rule 34 and search for a popular movie/franchise to find a XXX parody with varying production quality. Star Wars, Star Trek, Adams Family, Flint Stones, ...

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u/PureHedonist 2h ago

There's a movie from 2011 called Lost and Found. The plot is kind of basic, but it's an actual plot about a guy who meets his neighbor while trying to help her find her lost dog, and then they hit it off. Just, in this case, when they hit it off, the sex is not implied. It's the closest thing I've found to the genre of "I wish this otherwise legitimate movie had sex scenes where the sex was porn."

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u/Engineering-Western 2h ago

I watched a John Holmes film years ago that had quite a good storyline

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u/Acrobatic_Attempt_83 2h ago

wow this is such gem of list, thanks for sharing this...70s were the golden period

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u/Tea_Eighteen 1h ago

It’s not really porn, but I liked The Secretary.

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u/ProfessorM_102 1h ago

Try French films. Any by Ovidie might fit the bill.

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u/zozurr 1h ago

Erotic or porn? New or vintage? There are many good erotic and porn movies from 1970's and 1980's, comedies, dramas, horrors, psychological movies, or even experimental movies. So all depends on your taste. Many great movies are on rarelust site (you can Google it), many have great quality (4k or full HD blue Ray rips, with another track with director or actor comments). If you like "historical" costume dramas one of the best is "Sensational Janine" 1976 german movie with good English dubbing and plot based on novel. Another good example is "V the hot one" (1978), porn version of Belle de jour (1967). If you like more erotic, not porn movies you can try some movies by Tinto Brass - for example Monamour (2006).

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u/False_Jackfruit_6576 53m ago

Bellesa’s porn films are quite good for this.

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u/Hairy-Leading-7894 4m ago

I was gonna suggest Bellesa!! I feel like their films are a good option if you're looking for something with a bit more of a storyline instead of jumping straight into everything like the slower pacing and chemistry make it feel more like an actual scene.

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u/NationalBee511 8m ago

Bound is not a porn movie but is pretty hot

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u/Ristridin1337 3m ago

Erika Lust - the intern

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u/nsfdrag 10h ago

I enjoy pirates 2 stagnettis revenge.

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u/cannedpeaches 8h ago

Possession. The '80s one with Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani. It turns into horror, but before it's horror, it's two lovers really taking bites out of each other, conflict laced with erotic tension.