Best Sexually Explicit & Erotic movies of 1980s

Angel Heart(1987)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.



Against All Odds(1984)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.



The Hunger(1983)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist.



The Unbearable Lightness of Being(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 17

In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.



Betty Blue(1986)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.



Wild Orchid(1989)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.



The French Lieutenant's Woman(1981)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her ...



Henry & June(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June ...



The Draughtsman's Contract(1982)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.



Brainstorm(1983)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people. Once the capability of tapping into "higher ...



Crimes of Passion(1984)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day, prostitute by night, and accused of murder, is hounded by two men: a married father of two, and a sexually repressed preacher.



The Handmaid's Tale(1990)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.



Ju Dou(1990)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without ...



Out of the Blue(1980)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.



Personal Best(1982)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 20

The intertwined lives and loves of three highly-ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.



Perfect(1985)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.



Nekromantik(1987)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.



Monsieur Hire(1989)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.



The Comfort of Strangers(1990)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 14

An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them, and we also sense they are being watched. One evening, they lose their ...



Spetters(1980)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Three young Dutch amateur dirt bike motorcycle racers each fall in love with a young woman who, with her brother, works at a concession stand at the races. Everyone is looking for a better ...




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