Films with theme "BDSM in films", sorted by name

, 2h3
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, BDSM in films, Films about pornography, Films about psychiatry
Actors Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer

Private investigator Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) is contacted by Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald), attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. Christian (Myra Carter), whose husband has recently died. While clearing out her late husband's safe, she and Longdale found an 8mm film which appears to depict a real murder of a girl, but Mrs. Christian wants to know for certain.

, 1h52
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Erotic thriller films, Striptease
Actors Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Margaret Whitton, Christine Baranski, David Margulies, Karen Young

The title of the film refers to the duration of a relationship between Wall Street arbitrageur John Gray (Mickey Rourke) and divorced SoHo art gallery employee Elizabeth McGraw (Kim Basinger). John initiates and controls the various experimental sexual practices of this volatile relationship to push Elizabeth's boundaries. In doing so, Elizabeth experiences a gradual downward spiral toward emotional breakdown.

, 1h30
Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, Dorothée Sebbagh
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jocelyn Quivrin, Arnaud Binard, Lise Bellynck, Étienne Chicot, Carole Brana, Estelle Galarme

Sandrine, a young businesswoman, becomes dissatisfied with her ordinary life. She quits her job and leaves her boyfriend to embark on a number of erotic and bizarre adventures in hope of finding authenticity.

, 1h41
Directed by Mary Harron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Samantha Mathis

Patrick Bateman is a wealthy investment banker living in Manhattan in the late 1980s. His life revolves around dining at trendy restaurants while keeping up appearances for his fiancée, Evelyn, and for his circle of wealthy and shallow associates, most of whom he dislikes. Bateman describes the material accoutrements of his lifestyle: his daily morning exercise and beautification routine, his music collection including performers such as Huey Lewis and the News, Phil Collins, and Whitney Houston, his taste for expensive designer clothes, and the lavish couture of his apartment.

, 1h56
Directed by Damian Harris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, 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, Lesbian-related films, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ellen Barkin, Wendy Crewson, Peta Wilson, Julian Sands, Marshall Bell, Karen Young

Detective Cathy Palmer (Ellen Barkin) is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie (Peta Wilson), who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.

, 1h44
Directed by Lars von Trier
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, BDSM in films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg

A couple makes passionate love, as their toddler, Nick, climbs up to the bedroom window and falls to his death.

, 1h51
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Politic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal, Loles León, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano

Ricky, a 23-year-old psychiatric patient, has been deemed cured and is released from a mental institution. Until then he has been the lover of the woman director of the hospital. An orphan, free, and alone, his goal is to have a normal life with Marina Ozores, an actress, former porn star, and recovering drug addict, whom he once slept with during an escape from the asylum.

, 1h42
Directed by Renato Polselli
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Tano Cimarosa

Herbert Lyutak est un psychologue spécialisé dans le domaine de la criminologie, et de ce fait il collabore régulièrement avec la police. Mais ce dernier est également un tueur en série amateur de jeunes femmes. Il vient de commettre son septième crime en l'espace d'un an. Impuissant avec son épouse Marzia, il retrouve sa virilité à travers ses pulsions sadiques qui le poussent à commettre des crimes. Frigide et vierge, Marzia trouve du réconfort dans les bras de son amie lesbienne Joaquine et sa bonne. Pourtant, l'étau se resserre autour de son mari. En fouillant dans ses affaires, Marzia découvre un linge tâché de sang, confirmant ce qu'elle avait deviné : il est un meurtrier. Quant à lui, alors qu'il seconde la police sur les meurtres qu'il a lui-même commis, un témoin le met en danger. Le patron d'un rade au juke-box, dans lequel Lyutak a fait connaissance avec sa dernière victime avant de partir avec elle, vient témoigner et assure que le psychiatre lui a proposé de la conduire chez elle. Désormais suspect, il est serré par ses collègues policiers. Mais, très vite, un nouveau meurtre va le sortir de cette mauvaise posture. Une jeune femme est retrouvée étranglée dans une cabine téléphonique. Possédant un alibi en béton, puisqu'il était en compagnie des policiers au moment du meurtre, Lyutak décide de mener sa propre enquête pour démasquer le deuxième tueur qui s'inspire de son modus operandi pour assassiner ses victimes. Pendant ce temps, une indic de la police, Dorothée Heindrich, retrouve un couteau appartenant Lyutak mais elle est sauvagement tuée lors d'un jeu sado-masochiste.

, 1h31
Directed by Corrado Farina
Origin Italie
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Witches in film, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Carroll Baker, Isabelle de Funès, Ely Galleani, George Eastman, Franco Battiato

Valentina Rosselli (Isabelle De Funès) is a Milanese photographer. One night, on her way home, she meets a middle-aged blonde seductress who calls herself "Baba Yaga" (Carroll Baker). The following day, Baba Yaga visits Valentina, showing an ostensibly sexual interest in her. After a series of events, Valentina becomes suspicious of Baba Yaga's supernatural powers and goes to her house. Baba Yaga gives her a doll dressed in leather fetish wear. It is soon revealed that Baba Yaga has started to control Valentina through the doll.

, 1h41
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Francisco Rabal, Pierre Clémenti

Séverine Serizy (Catherine Deneuve), a young and beautiful housewife, is unable to share physical intimacy with her husband, Dr. Pierre Serizy (Jean Sorel), despite their love for each other. Her sexual life is restricted to elaborate fantasies involving domination, sadomasochism, and bondage. Although frustrated by his wife's frigidity toward him, he respects her wishes.

, 1h41
Directed by Mark Mori
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, Films about pornography, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Rebecca Romijn, Tempest Storm, Mamie Van Doren, Naomi Campbell, Perez Hilton, Laetitia Casta

En découvrant le film The Notorious Bettie Page, produit par la chaîne HBO en 2006, la principale intéressée avait réagi sans équivoque : "Mensonges ! Mensonges !" Dans une longue interview enregistrée peu avant sa mort, celle qui est entrée dans l'inconscient collectif comme la pin-up par excellence a livré sa version des faits au réalisateur Mark Mori. D'une voix rocailleuse, Bettie Page raconte sa propre histoire et lève le voile sur des zones souvent masquées par des images qui ont fait fantasmer tant d'hommes et de femmes depuis les années 1950 : son enfance maltraitée, une éclipse qui dura quarante ans, sa maladie mentale. À travers des témoignages et des archives inédites, ce documentaire fait revivre un corps et un visage déclinés à l'infini sous nos yeux, ainsi que Bettie le souhaitait : "Je voudrais que les gens se souviennent de moi comme j'étais sur les photos.

, 1h15
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Actors Dukey Flyswatter

, 1h45
Directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Actors Andi Vasluianu, Răzvan Vasilescu, Oana Pellea, Philip Philmar, Eszter Tompa, Dorel Vişan

, 2h
Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell

Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns to his logging home town of Lumberton, North Carolina from Oak Lake College after his father suffers a near-fatal stroke. While walking home from the hospital, he cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed ear. Jeffrey takes the ear to police detective John Williams (George Dickerson), through whom he reacquaints with the detective's daughter, Sandy (Laura Dern). She tells him details about the ear case and a suspicious woman, Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), who may be connected to the case. Increasingly curious, Jeffrey enters Dorothy's apartment by posing as an exterminator, and while Dorothy is distracted by a man dressed in a yellow suit at her door (whom Jeffrey later refers to as the Yellow Man), Jeffrey steals her spare key.

, 1h39
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Julianne Moore, Anne Archer, Michael Forest

An older man, Andrew Marsh, views a homemade pornographic tape. It is later revealed the man died from complications stemming from erotic asphyxiation. The main suspect is the woman who has sex with Marsh in the film, Rebecca Carlson, who after being charged with murder is represented by lawyer Frank Dulaney. The trial begins in Portland, Oregon, and it is not long before Carlson and Dulaney enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of Dulaney's unsuspecting wife.