Critically acclaimed 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.



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.



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.



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.



Disobedience(2017)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.



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.



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.



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 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.



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.



Pariah(2011)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.



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.



Professor Marston and the Wonder Women(2017)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and his mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.



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.



Palo Alto(2013)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 72

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



My Cousin Rachel(2017)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin's mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.



Novitiate(2017)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.



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.




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