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Crash (1996)
, 1h40Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Biehn
Film producer James Ballard (James Spader) and his wife, Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger), are in an open marriage. The couple engage in various infidelities, but between them have only unenthusiastic sex. Their arousal is heightened by discussing the intimate details of their extramarital sex.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
, 1h44Directed by Bo Arne Vibenius
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller, Martial arts
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, Rape and revenge films, Erotic thriller films, Auto-justice, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Christina Lindberg, Per-Axel Arosenius, Bo Arne Vibenius
A quiet girl, Madeleine (Christina Lindberg), is sexually assaulted during her childhood, and the trauma makes her mute. One day when she is older she accepts a ride from a man, Tony (Heinz Hopf), who makes her a heroin addict, and then becomes her pimp. To hide the fact that she was kidnapped, the Pimp writes hateful letters to the parents who become so distraught they commit suicide. At one point, she is stabbed in the eye for refusing a client. Madeleine then begins saving money to purchase a car to escape and take lessons in driving, shooting, and martial arts in order to take revenge.
Cruising (1980)
, 1h42Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Randy Jurgensen
In New York City during the middle of a hot summer, body parts of men are showing up in the Hudson River. The police suspect it to be the work of a serial killer who is picking up homosexual men at West Village bars like the Eagle's Nest, the Ramrod, and the Cock Pit, then taking them to cheap rooming houses or motels, tying them up and stabbing them to death.
Crush (2009)
, 1h22Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Christopher Egan, Emma Lung, Brooke Harman, Christian Clark, Gemma Pranita
An international architecture student at University of Western Australia and martial arts champ, Julian finds work as a house sitter for the wealthy owners of a luxury home in Perth. His new job causes friction with his girlfriend Clare, who he was supposed to live with. The house and wealth it exudes opens up a realm of opportunities for Julian, and he is seduced by the mysterious and attractive Anna. Subsequently, his relationship with Clare falls apart, and he struggles to regain momentum in a martial arts championship. His academic life is threatened when his final university assignment disappears. He begins to connect Anna with this series of catastrophes and struggles to end their relationship, when he does the consequences are lethal.
The Lady Killer (1992)
, 1h7Genres Comedy, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bata Živojinović, Boro Stjepanović, Dragomir Bojanić, Kole Angelovski, Ratko Tankosić
Zebra Lounge (2001)
, 1h33Directed by Kari Skogland
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, Cameron Daddo, Daniel Magder, Vince Corazza
Alan and Wendy Barnet are stuck in a marital rut and decide to answer an ad they find in a Swinging magazine. The couple meets with Jack and Louise Bauer at the Zebra Lounge. The Bauers are a pair of experienced swingers who help the Barnets fulfill their sexual fantasies. However, Alan and Wendy soon realize that the Bauers are not who they seem to be.
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Hur Jin-ho
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Lisa Lu
Shanghai, September 1931: Wealthy businessman and serial seducer Xie Yifan (Jang Dong-gun) is introduced to his uncle's granddaughter, Du Fenyu (Zhang Ziyi), when his maternal grandmother, Du Ruixue (Lisa Lu), arrives at his apartment one day. Fenyu, a young widow who's just arrived from Northeast China (aka Manchuria) where the Japanese are making incursions, is staying at the country home of Madam Du, her grand-aunt.
The Indecent Woman (1991)
, 1h35Directed by Ben Verbong
Genres Drama, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Coen van Vrijberghe de Coning, Huub Stapel, Peter Bolhuis, Jack Wouterse
Demonlover (2002)
, 2h9Directed by Olivier Assayas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, La mondialisation, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Erotic films, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films
Actors Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, Dominique Reymond, Jean-Baptiste Malartre
Diane de Monx (Nielsen) is an executive trying to negotiate a deal to acquire the rights to the productions of a Japanese anime studio, which will soon include three-dimensional hentai, for the Volf Corporation. To facilitate the acquisition, she eliminates her superior, Karen (Dominique Reymond), and assumes control of her portfolio, her business partner Hervé (Berling), and her assistant Elise (Sevigny). Elise, however, despises Diane and works to frustrate her negotiations at every opportunity. Diane and Hervé travel to Japan to close the deal, and they enjoy a sexual flirtation which is unfulfilled at that time and seem to grow to like one another.
The Crush (1993)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Alicia Silverstone, Cary Elwes, Kurtwood Smith, Jennifer Rubin, Amber Benson, Gwynyth Walsh
Arriving in Seattle, Washington, writer Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) secures a job at Pique magazine and lodging in a guest house belonging to Cliff and Liv Forrester (Kurtwood Smith and Gwynyth Walsh). The handsome Nick soon makes the acquaintance of the Forrester's 14-year-old daughter Adrian (Alicia Silverstone), a precocious girl who develops an intense attraction to him. She secretly helps Nick by sneaking into his room and rewriting one of his Pique stories, which subsequently wins a rave from his editor/boss, Michael (Matthew Walker). At a party thrown by the Forresters, Nick agrees to accompany the lonely girl on a nighttime drive to a romantic spot, where she kisses him.
Disturbed (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Charles Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Geoffrey Lewis, Priscilla Pointer, Pamela Gidley, Clint Howard, Irwin Keyes
Dr. Derrick Russell (Malcolm McDowell) rapes one of the patients in his care. When she throws herself from the roof shortly afterward, he describes her suicide as a consequence of her depression. Ten years later, he plans to rape another patient, Sandy Ramirez (Pamela Gidley). What Russell does not know is that Sandy is the daughter of his previous victim, and that she is bent on revenge. A post-credit sequence depicts a man kissing the camera before he laughs.
Deep Water (2022)
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Rachel Blanchard, Jacob Elordi, Dash Mihok
Victor Van Allen et sa femme Melinda vivent un mariage absolument désastreux et sans amour. Ils décident de pimenter les choses en s'autorisant à prendre d'autres amants. Mais leurs jeux vont rapidement virer au cauchemar lorsque les gens autour d'eux commencent à mourir.
Ek Tho Chance (2009)
Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Genres Drama, Thriller, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Purab Kohli, Amrita Arora Ladak, Vijay Raaz, Pavan Malhotra, Ali Fazal, Ashwini Kalsekar
The film tells the tale of Mumbai city and the millions who get off the train at VT station at every second of the day, hoping to latch on to the magic of Mumbai.
Live Flesh (1997)
, 1h41Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, José Sancho or Pepe Sancho, Ángela Molina, Penélope Cruz, Pilar Bardem
Madrid, Christmas 1970: with the nation under a state of emergency ordered by the Franco regime, a young prostitute, Isabel Plaza Caballero (Penélope Cruz), gives birth on a bus to a son she names Victor. Twenty years later, Victor Plaza (Liberto Rabal) shows up for a date he made with Elena (Francesca Neri), a junkie with whom he had sex a week earlier. Waiting for her dealer to arrive, Elena is not interested in seeing Victor and tells him to leave. Finally she gets a gun and orders him out of the flat. Enraged, Victor wrestles the gun from her; in the process Elena gets knocked out, and the gun goes off.
In Secret (2013)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Tom Felton, Elizabeth Olsen, Mackenzie Crook, Lily Laight, Jessica Lange, Shirley Henderson
In the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Thérèse Raquin is a sexually repressed beautiful young woman trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille, having been forced into it by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. Thérèse spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband's alluring friend Laurent LeClaire, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Camille soon dies during an outing on the lake with Laurent and Therese, which is revealed to be their doing as Laurent physically beat Camille while he was in the water, causing him to drown. Madame Raquin finds it difficult to come to terms with her son's death and is incapacitated by a stroke. To escape being sentenced for murder, Laurent and Therese choose to take their own lives and they drink poison mixed with champagne, dying in front of Madame Raquin.