If you’re looking for sexually explicit movies on Netflix, then you’re in for a real treat. In addition to being able to watch all of the best movies on Netflix, which makes the platform one of the best streaming services, anyone with a Netflix subscription can check out all kinds of racy and steamy stories with a few clicks. Looking for a movie that will add a little steam to your stream? Well, the granddaddy of the streaming format can provide just that, with several films that push the envelope in terms of their sexually explicit nature and nudity.
Below, we’ve listed several movies that subscribers can watch to expand their viewing horizons so that they can investigate some of the more hot-n-heavy options on the streamer. Part the beaded curtain, and follow along as we list the most sexually explicit Netflix titles we could find.
Subservience (2024)
The Director: S.K. Dale
The Cast: Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima
What It’s About: After bringing home a state-of-the-art robot to help out when his wife gets sick, a man’s life is thrown into disarray as the android becomes attracted to him.
What To Expect: If you want to see a movie where Megan Fox plays a robot that cleans, strips, and commits murder, then Subservience will do the trick. With violence, a shower sex scene, and a wild plot about a different kind of wild robot, there’s a lot going on.
Mea Culpa (2024)
The Director: Tyler Perry
The Cast: Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Nick Sagar
What It’s About: A Chicago defense attorney takes on the case of an artist accused of murdering his girlfriend, only to find herself caught in a steamy and dangerous relationship.
What To Expect: Not your standard Tyler Perry movie, Mea Culpa is an intense erotic thriller that doesn’t hold back. With multiple sex scenes (including one involving paint), intensity, and twists and turns along the way, you get a little bit of everything here.
Sea Of Love (1989)
The Director: Harold Becker
The Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman
What It’s About: A New York City detective finds himself in a delicate (and desperate) situation after kicking off an affair with the prime suspect in a serial killer investigation.
What To Expect: In addition to having all the tropes of the serial killer crime thriller, Sea of Love also has some spicy sex scenes sprinkled throughout. An erotic thriller that doesn’t get brought up a lot, Sea of Love is intense, to say the least.
Happy Ending (2023)
The Director: Joosje Duk
The Cast: Gaite Jansen, Martijn Lakemeier, Joy Delima
What It’s About: When a couple decides to spice up their love life, they have no idea the journey they’re about to take will lead to some major complications.
What To Expect: Though not as intense as other sexually explicit movies on Netflix, Happy Ending isn’t necessarily a PG (or PG-13) movie at all. There’s some nudity, sex scenes, and a whole lot of awkwardness in this one.
Deadly Illusions (2021)
The Director: Anna Elizabeth James
The Cast: Kristin Davis, Dermot Mulroney
What It’s About: A successful novelist finds herself seeking a new way to deal with a spell of writer’s block after hiring a nanny to watch her young children.
What To Expect: This movie goes into some wild places as the intricate story unfolds, making it not only a great erotic thriller but also a tremendous psychological drama with all kinds of twists and turns.
Lust Stories (2018)
The Director: Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar
The Cast: Radhika Apte, Bhumi Pednekar
What It’s About: Lust Stories consists of four short films that are all connected by one common theme: human sexuality. Released in 2018, this anthology film from Indian directors Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar explores both love and sex in modern-day India.
What To Expect: You’ll find a little bit of everything here, but if you want more, there’s a follow-up film, Lust Stories 2, that should do the trick if you’re looking for even more emotional, romantic, and yes, steamy stories.
The Girl Next Door (2004)
The Director: Luke Greenfield
The Cast: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert
What It’s About: What happens when a mild-mannered high school student falls in love with his attractive neighbor only to discover she’s an adult film star? Well, watch The Girl Next Door, Luke Greenfield’s 2004 romantic comedy about that very subject.
What To Expect: There’s a lot of heart and soul in this comedy, and there’s just as much skin and racy scenes, mostly because The Girl Next Door takes a deep dive into the world of adult films around the turn of the 21st century.
The Boy Next Door (2015)
The Director: Rob Cohen
The Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman
What It’s About: With a movie romance that ends up in a bad place, The Boy Next Door dissects the steamy and increasingly dark relationship between Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) and Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman). What starts as a flirtatious relationship between a woman and her son’s friend quickly morphs into something more intense as Claire attempts to cut things off with her younger lover.
What To Expect: Rob Cohen’s 2015 erotic thriller will take you to some wild, racy, and unbelievable places as the good, the bad, and the ugly of Claire and Noah’s relationship unfolds. If you’re in the mood for something in the vein of Fatal Attraction but from a different point of view, this is the way to go.
Friends with Benefits
The Director: Will Gluck
The Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis
What It’s About: Not to be confused with No Strings Attached, a movie with a similar plot and release date, Friends with Benefits follows two young professionals (played by Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis) as they try and fail to add casual sex to their friendship.
What To Expect: Similar to other friends-to-lovers romantic comedies, this movie shows just how difficult it can be to keep things simple and what happens when those plans blow up in your face. Though not the most intense romance movie you’ll find on Netflix, Friends with Benefits has some raunchy scenes and a handful of raucous moments that’ll leave you in stitches.
Anne+: The Film (2021)
The Director: Valerie Bisscheroux
The Cast: Hanna van Vliet, Jouman Fattal
What It’s About: A continuation of the Dutch drama series of the same name, Anne+: The Film follows Anne (Hanna van Vliet) as she prepares to make one of the biggest decisions of her life: uproot from Amsterdam and move halfway across the world to Montreal. But as she contemplates her past, present, and future, the young and confused woman begins to look deep inside to figure out what she really wants out of life.
What To Expect: In addition to focusing on love, new beginnings, and the tying up of loose ends, Anne+: The Film also has multiple sex scenes that are passionate to say the least. Nothing too extreme, but things do get hot, heavy, and bare by the time this one is finished.
The Year I Started Masturbating (2022)
The Director: Erika Wasserman
The Cast: Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag
Based On: Sandra Dahlén’s Hallongrottan
What It’s About: Looking for a raunchy Swedish film that blurs the lines between comedy and drama, or love and lust? Well, look no further than The Year I Started Masturbating, a daring exploration of new beginnings in more than one way. After being dumped shortly before her 40th birthday, Hanna (Katia Winter) is forced to reevaluate her wishes and desires in life, which results in her embarking on a journey of self-discovery.
What To Expect: With a title like The Year I Started Masturbating, it shouldn’t be all that shocking that this dramedy has all kinds of sex scenes throughout its runtime, some of which get extremely hot and heavy.
A Simple Favor
The Director: Paul Feig
The Cast: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding
Based On: Darcey Bell’s A Simple Favor
What It’s About: Though there is not as much nudity as in other movies on this list, A Simple Favor is still an extremely sexy experience. A daring whodunnit with numerous twists, turns, and tense situations, the movie follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), a widow who starts looking into her best friend’s (played by Blake Lively) life after she goes missing. But the deeper she looks, less and less makes sense.
What To Expect: Passionate sex scenes, graphic conversations, and a particular painting make this movie a mystery that’ll leave you guessing (and blushing) at every turn.
Anyone But You (2023)
The Director: Will Gluck
The Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell
Based On: William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
What It’s About: One of the best romantic comedies in recent memory, Anyone But You has a rather simple yet effective premise: two people who can’t stand each other decide to act like a couple to prevent a wedding from becoming a complete disaster. Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben’s (Glen Powell) story is up there with some of the great enemies-to-lovers movies from over the years, but unlike Pride and Prejudice, you have a lot, like A LOT, more skin in this raunchy rom-com.
What To Expect: The on-screen pairing, which started a series of rumors before the film’s release, is electric, to say the least, and adds a lot of sexual tension to the film. This also means you can expect to catch a decent amount of nudity (both male and female) as well as a passionate sex scene, but we’ll leave the rest to your imagination
Burning Betrayal (2023)
The Director: Diego Freitas
The Cast: Giovanna Lancellotti, Leandro Lima
What It’s About: The 2023 Brazilian Netflix film, Burning Betrayal follows a soon-to-be bride named Babi (Giovanna Lancellotti) as she discovers that her loving, and supposedly faithful fiance has been cheating on her.
What To Expect: With elements of erotic dramas and revenge-driven thrillers, this film adaptation of Sue Hecker’s O Lado Bom de Ser Traida (The Good Side of Being Betrayed) pushes things to the extreme, both with its sensual scenes of sexuality and action-packed scenes. Those latter sequences will surely hold your attention between the film’s various sex scenes.d) pushes things to the extreme, both with its sensual scenes of sexuality and action-packed scenes. Those latter sequences will surely hold your attention between the film’s various sex scenes.
Dry Martina (2018)
The Director: Che Sandoval
The Cast: Antonella Costa, Patricio Contreras
What It’s About: Che Sandoval’s 2018 film, Dry Martina, follows popular singer Martina Andrade (Antonella Costa) as she makes two discoveries. First, she finds out that she has a long-lost half-sister, and then she discovers she has a great deal of romantic chemistry with her newfound sibling’s boyfriend.
What To Expect: With a blend of side-splitting comedy, powerful human drama, and some steamy sex scenes mixed throughout, Dry Martina is a fun, charming, and sometimes intense romantic comedy that offers a little something for everyone.
Through My Window (2022)
The Director: Marcal Fores
The Cast: Clara Galle, Julio Pena Fernandez
Based On: Ariana Godoy’s Through My Window novels
What It’s About: Through My Window centers on Raquel Mendoza (Clara Galle), a young woman whose obsession with her uber-wealthy neighbor, Ares Hidalgo (Julio Pena Fernandez) turns into a swirling romance when she discovers he has the same feelings.
What To Expect: There are multiple sex scenes throughout Through My Window, including some in wild places like a Ferris wheel and a helicopter. But at the same time, the movie also features several of the most sensual sequences on Netflix
- Stream Through My Window on Netflix.
- Also try: Through My Window: Across the Sea on Netflix.
- Also try: Through My Window 3: Looking At You on Netflix.
No Hard Feelings (2023)
The Director: Gene Stupnitsky
The Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman
What It’s About: Part sex comedy, part buddy comedy, and part romantic comedy, No Hard Feelings centers around the cash-strapped Maddie Barker (Jennifer Lawrence) as she responds to an odd Craigslist ad from the parents of the shy and awkward Percy Becker (Andrew Barth Feldman), who are looking for someone to date their son to help him open up socially before college.
What To Expect: You’ve probably heard about J-Law’s hilarious nude scene that involves a fight on a moonlit beach, but that is just part of the raunchiness in Gene Stupnitsky's over-the-top yet heartfelt comedy. Multiple sex scenes, several instances of nudity, and probably the most painful accident involving a Chinese finger trap await in this movie that earned its R-rating.
Fair Play (2023)
The Director: Chloe Domont
The Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich
What It’s About: Fair Play primarily focuses on Emily Meyers (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke Edmunds (Alden Ehrenreich), two coworkers at the center of its cast who attempt to keep their passionate relationship a secret at the office. But when Emily is given a promotion over Luke, things get out of hand.
What To Expect: Fair Play doesn’t really hold back when it comes to sexually explicit content, and its various sex scenes put it in the same category as other erotic thrillers like Basic Instinct, Indecent Proposal, and Disclosure, especially when the drama is ticked up as the story progresses. However, things do get dark, so make sure to go into this movie with that in mind.
Ride Or Die (2021)
The Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
The Cast: Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Sato
Based On: Ching Nakamura’s Gunjō
What It’s About: The Japanese psychological thriller, Ride or Die, follows Rei Nagasawa (Kiko Mizuhara) a young woman who leaves her partner and career as a talented plastic surgeon behind to help her former crush, Nanae Shinoda (Honami Sato), who is being tormented physically and mentally by her abusive husband.
What To Expect: There’s plenty of drama, steamy sex scenes, and murder to go around, which makes for a rather peculiar combination of tones and emotions for the viewer. This is an intense romance road-trip film like no other.
No Limit (2022)
The Director: David M. Rosenthal
The Cast: Camille Rowe, Sofiane Zermani
What It’s About: David M. Rosenthal’s 2022 French-language film, No Limit (Sous Emprise) centers on the relationship shared by young free-diver Roxana (Camille Rowe) and her coach, Pascal (Sofiane Zermani), one that is as intense in the bedroom as it is in the depths of the ocean.
What To Expect: Physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting, No Limit paints an intimate picture of two determined individuals who are drawn together, for better or worse.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)
The Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
The Cast: Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell
Based On: D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover
What It’s About: Based on the famed 1929 novel by D.H. Lawrence (which was banned for obscenity in several countries for quite some time), Lady Chatterley’s Lover follows Constance (Emma Corrin), whose husband is paralyzed in WWI and requests that his wife find someone to impregnate her so that he can have an heir.
What To Expect: If there was a ranking of the steam level of these movies, the thermometer would get so hot it exploded for this one.
Madame Claude (2021)
The Director: Sylvie Verheyde
The Cast: Karole Rocher, Garance Marillier
What It’s About: Anyone looking for hotness that’s rooted in reality should check out Madame Claude, as it’s a biographical drama based on the life of the infamous brothel owner who rose to prominence in late 1960s Paris. Her sex workers plied their trade in an area of the city favored by many of the town’s elite, which gave her quite a bit of power over politicians and criminal figures, but that power didn’t last for very long.
What To Expect: In watching the successes and eventual downfall of the madam, viewers will be treated to several scenes befitting the profession that’s being investigated, but be warned, there are a few such scenes that are likely to make one uncomfortable.
High Society (2018)
The Director: Byun Hyuk
The Cast: Park Hae-il, Soo Ae
What It’s About: This Korean drama comes from director Byun Hyuk (who also wrote the film), and focuses on a young married couple (Park Hae-il and Soo Ae) who are already on an incredibly high rung on the ladder when it comes to social standing, but still seek to make it to an even more elite standing in their community, and how they will do and risk anything to get there.
What To Expect: With a story about people going to great lengths to reach the upper echelon of society comes all kinds of explicit scenes, including one that is one of the steamiest stretches on Netflix.
The 365 Days Franchise (2020-2022)
The Director: Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes
The Cast: Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone
What It’s About: This trilogy of Netflix original films is probably one of the things that brought you to this list. No one could really blame you, either, as the first movie, 365 Days, hit the streaming giant in the summer of 2020 and quickly became one of the biggest sensations to get users excited and keep everyone talking for a long time. For the uninitiated, the film franchise is based on the Polish novels of the same name by author Blanka Lipińska, telling the story of mafioso Don Massimo (Michele Morrone) and his captive love interest Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka).
What To Expect: With exceedingly realistic sex scenes, all kinds of drama, and so many stories to unfold, the 365 franchise has given audiences hours of naughty, naked entertainment.
- Stream 365 Days on Netflix.
- Stream 365 Days: This Day on Netflix.
- Stream The Next 365 Days on Netflix.
Elisa & Marcela (2019)
The Director: Isabel Coixet
The Cast: Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernandez
What It’s About: Elisa & Marcela is based on a true story, and follows two women (Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández) who meet in the late 1800s and form a strong friendship. But, that bond soon turns into something much deeper, and one of them begins posing as a man so that they can legally marry.
What To Expect: This romantic drama will tug on those old heartstrings while delivering some very steamy scenes, which help make it one of the best movies on Netflix with lesbian characters, and make it one of many Netflix movies and shows with great LGBTQ+ representation.
The After Movies (2020-2022)
The Director: Jenny Gage (After), Roger Kumble (After We Collided), Castille Landon (After We Fell, After Ever Happy, After Everything)
The Cast: Anna Todd, Brian Pitt, Aron Levitz
Based On: Anna Todd’s After novels
What They’re About: The After franchise shows us a slice of the complicated romantic life of two college students. These racy titles tell the story of Tessa Young (Josephine Langford) as she meets and falls for bad boy Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) during her freshman year, as well as everything that unfolds after.
What To Expect: If you want to start an extensive saga, or maybe revisit it after all these years, you can do that right now, as the entire series is streaming on Netflix right now. Prepare to lose yourself in this story of young love and lust.
- Stream After on Netflix.
- Stream After We Collided on Netflix.
- Stream After We Fell on Netflix.
- Stream After Ever Happy on Netflix.
- Stream After Everything on Netflix.
As you can see from this list, there's no lack of sensual thrills to be had here, if you know where to find them. Be sure to stream responsibly, however. If need be, make sure any young ones are either watching some of the best family-friendly movies on Netflix or are asleep before embarking on any of these explicit viewing escapades.
