Best Sexually Explicit & Erotic movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Evan Welch, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem,
Directors : Woody Allen,

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Actors : Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Anthony Minghella,

At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Stephen Daldry,

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Actors : Anna Paquin, Sam Neill, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter,
Directors : Jane Campion,

A mute woman is sent to 1850s New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.

Actors : Joel Grey, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Liza Minnelli,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Actors : John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Swoosie Kurtz, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Actors : Pat Hingle, Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Audrey Christie,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in ...

Actors : Meryl Streep, Hilton McRae, Jeremy Irons, Emily Morgan,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

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 ...

Actors : Estelle Parsons, Joanne Woodward, Kate Harrington, James Olson,
Directors : Paul Newman,

Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.