Lists of erotic films

This chronological list of erotic films is organized by decade. There may be considerable overlap between erotica and other genres including drama, horror and comedy. The list attempts to document films which are more closely related to erotica, even if it bends genres. Erotic thrillers are listed on a separate page.

1950s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre
1950
Caged	John Cromwell	Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead	USA	Women in prison film
1956
Crazed Fruit	Kō Nakahira	Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara	Japan	Drama

1960s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Citation
1962
Flesh Market	Satoru Kobayashi	Tamaki Katori, Hiroshi Asami	Japan	Drama
Lolita	Stanley Kubrick	Sue Lyon, James Mason	United Kingdom USA	Comedy drama
1964
Daydream	Tetsuji Takechi	Kanako Michi, Akira Ishihama	Japan	Drama
1966
The Embryo Hunts in Secret	Kōji Wakamatsu	Hatsuo Yamaya, Miharu Shima	Japan	Drama
Trans-Europ-Express	Alain Robbe-Grillet	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier	France Belgium	Drama
1967
I Am Curious (Yellow)	Vilgot Sjöman	Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt	Sweden	Drama
The Graduate	Mike Nichols	Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman	USA	Comedy drama
Violated Angels	Kōji Wakamatsu	Jūrō Kara, Keiko Koyanagi	Japan	Drama
1968
I Am Curious (Blue)	Vilgot Sjöman	Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt	Sweden	Drama
I See Naked	Dino Risi	Nino Manfredi, Sylva Koscina	Italy	Comedy
Inga	Joseph W. Sarno	Marie Liljedahl, Thomas Ungewitter	Sweden	Sexploitation film
The Seduction of Inga	Joseph W. Sarno	Marie Liljedahl, Tommy Blom	Sweden	Sexploitation film	^[1]
1969
Go, Go, Second Time Virgin	Kōji Wakamatsu	Mimi Kozakura, Michio Akiyama	Japan	Drama
The Lady of Monza	Eriprando Visconti	Anne Heywood, Hardy Krüger	Italy	Nunsploitation Historical drama
Venus in Furs	Massimo Dallamano	Laura Antonelli, Régis Vallée	Italy	Drama

1970s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Citation
1970
Mujo	Akio Jissoji	Ryō Tamura, Michiko Tsukasa	Japan	Drama	^[2]
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls	Russ Meyer	Dolly Reed, Cynthia Meyers, Marcia McBroom	USA	Satire, Musical, Melodrama
Portraits of Women	Jörn Donner	Jörn Donner, Ritva Vepsä	Finland	Comedy	^[3]
1971
Vampyros Lesbos	Jesús Franco	Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Andrea Montchal	Germany, Spain	Horror
Il Decameron	Pier Paolo Pasolini	Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli	Italy France West Germany	Anthology film
Pretty Maids All in a Row	Roger Vadim	Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas	USA	Comedy
The Devils	Ken Russell	Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave	United Kingdom	Historical drama
1972
Ecstasy of the Angels	Kōji Wakamatsu	Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama	Japan	Drama
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable	Shunya Itō	Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita	Japan	Women in prison film
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41	Shunya Itō	Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe	Japan	Women in prison film
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion	Shunya Itō	Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama	Japan	Women in prison film
Ichijo's Wet Lust	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Sayuri Ichijō, Hiroko Isayama	Japan	Sexploitation film
Last Tango in Paris	Bernardo Bertolucci	Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider	Italy France	Drama
1973
Les Démons	Jesús Franco	Anne Libert, Britt Nichols	France Portugal	Nunsploitation
Malicious	Salvatore Samperi	Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro	Italy	Comedy drama
Sensuela	Teuvo Tulio	Marianne Mardi, Mauritz Åkerman	Finland	Drama	^[4]^[5]
Story of a Cloistered Nun	Domenico Paolella	Catherine Spaak, Eleonora Giorgi	Italy France West Germany	Nunsploitation
The Cheerleaders	Paul Glickler	Enid Finnbogason, Denise Dillaway	USA	Comedy
1974
Emmanuelle	Just Jaeckin	Sylvia Kristel, Alain Cuny	France	Drama
Flavia the Heretic	Gianfranco Mingozzi	Florinda Bolkan, María Casares	Italy France	Nunsploitation
School of the Holy Beast	Norifumi Suzuki	Yumi Takigawa, Emiko Yamauchi	Japan	Nunsploitation
The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine	Sergio Grieco	Françoise Prévost, Jenny Tamburi	Italy	Nunsploitation
The Swinging Cheerleaders	Jack Hill	Rainbeaux Smith, Jo Johnston	USA	Comedy
1975
Black Emanuelle	Bitto Albertini	Laura Gemser, Karin Schubert	Italy Spain	Sexploitation film
Cooley High	Michael Schultz	Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs	USA	Teen film Comedy drama
Emmanuelle 2	Francis Giacobetti	Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini	France	Drama
Frauengefängnis	Jesús Franco	Lina Romay, Monica Swinn	Switzerland West Germany	Women in prison film
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS	Don Edmonds	Dyanne Thorne, Gregory Knoph	Canada	Nazi exploitation
Private Lessons	Vittorio De Sisti	Carroll Baker, Rosalino Cellamare	Italy	Comedy
The Nun and the Devil	Domenico Paolella	Anne Heywood, Ornella Muti	Italy	Nunsploitation
1976
Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession	Masaru Konuma	Luna Takamura, Aoi Nakajima	Japan	Nunsploitation
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks	Don Edmonds	Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer	Canada	Women in prison film
Salon Kitty	Tinto Brass	Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin	Italy West Germany France	War film Drama
The Pom Pom Girls	Joseph Ruben	Robert Carradine, Jennifer Ashley	USA	Comedy
1977
Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia	Jesús Franco	Dyanne Thorne, Michel Morin	Canada	Sexploitation film
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden	Jesús Franco	Dyanne Thorne, Tania Busselier	Canada Switzerland West Germany	Sexploitation film
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun	Jesús Franco	Susan Hemingway, William Berger	West Germany Switzerland	Nunsploitation
Sister Emanuelle	Giuseppe Vari	Laura Gemser, Mónica Zanchi	Italy	Nunsploitation
The Chicken Chronicles	Frank Simon	Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg	USA	Comedy
1978
Lemon Popsicle	Boaz Davidson	Jonathan Sagall, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy	Israel West Germany	Teen film Comedy drama
National Lampoon's Animal House	John Landis	Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller	USA	Comedy
1979
Going Steady	Boaz Davidson	Jonathan Sagall, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy	Israel West Germany	Teen film Comedy drama
Images in a Convent	Joe D'Amato	Paola Senatore, Marina Hedman	Italy	Nunsploitation
Killer Nun	Giulio Berruti	Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro	Italy	Nunsploitation
Malabimba – The Malicious Whore	Andrea Bianchi	Katell Laennec, Patrizia Webley	Italy	Sexploitation film

1980s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre
1980
Little Darlings	Ronald F. Maxwell	Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol	USA	Teen film Comedy drama
1981
Taxi zum Klo	Frank Ripploh	Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup	Germany	Dark comedy
Hot Bubblegum	Boaz Davidson	Jonathan Sagall, Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy	Israel West Germany	Teen film Comedy drama
Private Lessons	Alan Myerson	Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman	USA	Teen film Comedy
Something Like It	Yoshimitsu Morita	Kumiko Akiyoshi, Katsunobu Itō	Japan	Comedy
1982
The Concrete Jungle	Tom DeSimone	Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman	USA	Women in prison film
The Last American Virgin	Boaz Davidson	Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin	USA	Teen film Comedy drama
1983
Chained Heat	Paul Nicholas	Linda Blair, John Vernon	USA West Germany	Women in prison film
Class	Lewis John Carlino	Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy	USA	Comedy
Private School	Noel Black	Phoebe Cates, Matthew Modine	USA	Teen film Comedy
Risky Business	Paul Brickman	Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay	USA	Teen film Comedy
1984
Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride	Masayuki Suo	Kaoru Kaze, Miki Yamaji	Japan	Comedy
1985
Private Resort	George Bowers	Emily Longstreth, Karyn O'Bryan	USA	Comedy
1986
9½ Weeks	Adrian Lyne	Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke	USA	Romance film Drama
Call Me Tonight	Tatsuya Okamoto	Katsumi Toriumi, Sakiko Tamagawa	Japan	Anime Comedy horror
Convent of Sinners	Joe D'Amato	Eva Grimaldi, Karin Well	Italy	Nunsploitation
1987
A Taxing Woman	Juzo Itami	Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki	Japan	Comedy
1988
A Taxing Woman's Return	Juzo Itami	Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni	Japan	Comedy

1990s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Citation
1991
Malizia 2000	Salvatore Samperi	Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro	Italy	Comedy drama	^[6]
The Rapture	Michael Tolkin	Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny	USA	Drama
1992
Naked Killer	Clarence Fok	Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam	Hong Kong	Action Thriller
Tokyo Decadence	Ryū Murakami	Miho Nikaidō, Sayoko Amano	Japan	Drama
1993
Dangerous Game	Abel Ferrara	Madonna, Harvey Keitel, James Russo	USA	Drama
1994
Threesome	Andrew Fleming	Lara Flynn Boyle, Stephen Baldwin, Josh Charles	USA	Dramedy
1995
Kids	Larry Clark	Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson	USA	Coming-of-age drama
Getting Any?	Takeshi Kitano	Dankan, Hideo Higashikokubaru	Japan	Comedy
1996
Crash	David Cronenburg	James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter	Canada	Drama
1997
Lolita	Adrian Lyne	Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain	USA France	Drama
1998
The Idiots	Lars Von Trier	Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing	Black comedy, Drama	Denmark
Joshi pro shigan: Chichi gatame manji kuzushi	Minoru Kunizawa	Momiji Nanatsuki, Tomomi Aizawa	Japan	Romance film	^[7]
There's Something About Mary	Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly	Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz	USA	Romantic comedy
1999
American Pie	Paul Weitz	Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott	USA	Teen film Comedy
American Beauty	Sam Mendes	Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari	USA	Drama
Sacred Flesh	Nigel Wingrove	Sally Tremaine, Moyna Cope	United Kingdom	Nunsploitation

2000s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre
2000
Malèna	Giuseppe Tornatore	Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro	Italy	Romance
Quills	Philip Kaufman	Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet	USA	Drama
Road Trip	Todd Phillips	Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott	USA	Comedy
Water Drops on Burning Rocks	François Ozon	Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi	France	Drama
2001
Sex and Lucia	Julio Medem	Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri	Spain	Drama
The Piano Teacher	Michael Haneke	Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel	France	Psychological drama
American Pie 2	J. B. Rogers	Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott	USA	Teen film Comedy
2002
Ken Park	Larry Clark	James Ransone, Tiffany Limos, James Bullard	USA	Drama
2003
The Brown Bunny	Vincent Gallo	Vincent Gallo, Chloë Sevingy	USA	Experimental, Road drama
The Dreamers	Bernando Bertolucci	Louis Garrel, Michael Pitt, Eva Green	France	Romance, Drama
American Wedding	Jesse Dylan	Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott	USA	Comedy
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai	Mitsuru Meike	Emi Kuroda, Takeshi Ito	Japan	Satire
2004
Closer	Mike Nichols	Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts	USA	Romance, Drama
Ma Mère	Christophe Honoré	Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes	France	Drama
2005
American Pie Presents: Band Camp	Steve Rash	Tad Hilgenbrink, Arielle Kebbel	USA	Teen film Comedy
2006
Destricted	Marina Abramović, Matthew Barney Marco Brambilla Larry Clark Gaspar Noé Richard Prince Sam Taylor-Wood Marilyn Minter Cecily Brown Sante D'Orazio Tunga	Impaled: Daniel, August, Jasmine Byrne, House Call: Kora Reed, John Saint John Hoist: Vincente Pinho Neto Death Valley: Chris Raines We Fuck Alone: Manuel Ferrara, Katsuni	UK	Anthology, Art film
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile	Joe Nussbaum	John White, Steve Talley	USA	Teen film Comedy
Shortbus	John Cameron Mitchell	Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beam	USA	Comedy Drama
2007
Viva	Anna Biller	Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno	USA	Comedy
Lust, Caution	Ang Lee	Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Anupam Kher	China	Period, Espionage, Romance, Mystery
American Pie Presents: Beta House	Andrew Waller	John White, Steve Talley	USA	Teen film Comedy
2009
Enter the Void	Gaspar Noé	Nathaniel Brown, Paz Da La Huerta, Cyril Roy	France, Japan	Art Film
Dogtooth	Yorgos Lanthimos	Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley,Angeliki Papoulia,Christos Passalis	Greek	Absurdist psychological drama
Amer	Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani	Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos	France	Experimental, Psychological Horror, Drama
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	John Putch	Bug Hall, Brandon Hardesty	USA	Teen film Comedy
Sugar Boxx	Cody Jarrett	Geneviere Anderson, Tura Satana	USA	Women in prison film

2010s

2020s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Citation
2020
PVT Chat	Ben Hozie	Julia Fox, Peter Vack	USA	Drama
Possessor	Brandon Cronenburg	Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland	Canada, UK	Science fiction, psychological horror
Dry Wind	Daniel Nolasco	Leandro Faria Lelo, Allan Jacinto Santana, Renata Carvalho	Brazil	Drama
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules	Mike Elliott		USA	Teen film Comedy
2021
Titane	Julia Ducournau	Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier	France	Body horror, psychological drama
2022
Serve the People	Jang Cheol-soo	Yeon Woo-jin, Ji An, Jo Sung-ha	South Korea	Romantic drama	^[8]
X	Ti West	Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell	USA	Slasher
Lonesome	Craig Boreham	Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Ian Roberts	Australia	Drama
2023
No Hard Feelings	Gene Stupnisky	Jennifer Lawrence,Andrew Barth Feldman,Laura Benanti	USA	Comedy
Infinity Pool	Brandon Cronenburg	Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård, Cleopatra Coleman	Canada, Croatia, Hungary	Science fiction, Horror

References

^ Sarno, Joseph W. (1971-11-27), Någon att älska (Drama, Romance), Ejve-Film, Filmmakarna, Unicorn Enterprises, retrieved 2021-11-15
^ Jissôji, Akio (1971-03-22), Mujô (Drama), Art Theatre Guild (ATG), Jissôji Productions, retrieved 2021-11-14
^ "Naisenkuvia". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ Sundholm, John (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780810855243.
^ Stevenson, Jack (2010). Scandinavian Blue. McFarland & Company. pp. 124–128. ISBN 9780786444885.
^ Samperi, Salvatore (1991-11-01), Malizia 2mila (Drama), Clesi Cinematografica, retrieved 2021-11-15
^ Kunizawa, Minoru (1998-09-05), Joshi pro shigan: Chichi gatame manji kuzushi, Kunizawa Pro, retrieved 2021-11-15
^ Kim Na-yeon (January 27, 2022). ""단순히 야한 영화 NO"..'인민을 위해 복무하라', 파격 로맨스의 끝 [종합]" ["Simply a naughty movie NO"..'Serve the people', the end of an unconventional romance [Comprehensive]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

This article includes a film-related list of lists.

[1] Sarno, Joseph W. (1971-11-27), Någon att älska (Drama, Romance), Ejve-Film, Filmmakarna, Unicorn Enterprises, retrieved 2021-11-15

[2] Jissôji, Akio (1971-03-22), Mujô (Drama), Art Theatre Guild (ATG), Jissôji Productions, retrieved 2021-11-14

[3] "Naisenkuvia". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[4] Sundholm, John (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780810855243.

[5] Stevenson, Jack (2010). Scandinavian Blue. McFarland & Company. pp. 124–128. ISBN 9780786444885.

[6] Samperi, Salvatore (1991-11-01), Malizia 2mila (Drama), Clesi Cinematografica, retrieved 2021-11-15

[7] Kunizawa, Minoru (1998-09-05), Joshi pro shigan: Chichi gatame manji kuzushi, Kunizawa Pro, retrieved 2021-11-15

[8] Kim Na-yeon (January 27, 2022). ""단순히 야한 영화 NO"..'인민을 위해 복무하라', 파격 로맨스의 끝 [종합]" ["Simply a naughty movie NO"..'Serve the people', the end of an unconventional romance [Comprehensive]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

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