Spring is in the air, and these sexually explicit movies on Netflix have already started heating things up. Watching these movies, all of which are available with a Netflix subscription, will certainly liven things up, but if you don’t want to spend most of your night scrolling through a seemingly endless list, then you’ve come to the right place…
Take a look at more than two dozen racy, hot-n-heavy, and incredibly romantic films, from new Netflix movies to outrageous sex comedies to erotic thrillers and just about anything and everything in between.
Vladimir (2026)
Created By: Julia May Jonas
Article continues belowThe Cast: Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall, Jessica Henwick
Based On: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
What It’s About: A college professor in a tough spot in her life (both personally and professionally) is reinvigorated after meeting and falling for a younger colleague.
What To Expect: Though this is technically a limited series and not a movie, Vladimir is just too popular (and sexy) to skip. It’s intense, it’s darkly funny, and like its poster, it’s extremely horny.
Casino (1995)
The Director: Martin Scorsese
The Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone
Based On: Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi
What It’s About: After being given the keys to a Las Vegas casino, a mobster struggles with keeping the business and his personal life in order, while also keeping his best friend and wife out of trouble.
What To Expect: Like the other great Martin Scorsese movies, Casino is an epic tale of crime, power, lust, and control, all told with the backdrop of “Sin City.” This one is as violent as it is sexy.
The Green Knight (2021)
The Director: David Lowery
The Cast: Dev Patel, Ralph Ineson, Alicia Vikander
Based On: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
What It’s About: One year after decapitating a mysterious knight, King Arthur’s nephew sets off to find the seemingly eternal giant and prove his bravery and virtues.
What To Expect: David Lowery’s The Green Knight is a fantastical and eye-popping take on one of literature’s most well-known tales. That said, it’s full of violence, sexuality, and one mystery after another.
The Fifty Shades Movies (2015 - 2019)
The Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson, James Foley
The Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan
Based On: The Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L. James
What It’s About: A college student has no idea that her life is about to change (in more ways than one) when she agrees to stand in for a friend during an interview with a young billionaire.
What To Expect: Much like the books on which they are based, the Fifty Shades movies are stylish, sexy, and absolutely outrageous at times. They leave little to the imagination, for better or worse.
- Stream Fifty Shades of Grey on Netflix.
- Stream Fifty Shades Darker on Netflix.
- Stream Fifty Shades Freed on Netflix.
The Paperboy (2012)
The Director: Lee Daniels
The Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman
Based On: The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
What It’s About: Tasked with writing a story about a man on death row, a reporter returns to his hometown and winds up getting in a mess of trouble after meeting a woman who’ll stop at nothing to prove the man’s innocence.
What To Expect: Lee Daniels’ 2012 thriller is full of twists, turns, revelations, and its fair share of racy moments that’ll make just about everyone blush.
Your Monster (2024)
The Director: Caroline Lindy
The Cast: Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan
Based On: Your Monster by Caroline Lindy
What It’s About: Following a bitter breakup and series of professional setbacks, a young actress meets and falls in love with… the monster living in her closet.
What To Expect: With a dark sense of humor, some great horror elements, and a whole lot of love, Your Monster is a wild, chaotic, and sexy rom-com like no other.
Red Rocket (2021)
The Director: Sean Baker
The Cast: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son
What It’s About: A retired adult film star leaves Los Angeles and returns to his hometown, where he attempts to get his life back in order.
What To Expect: Much like Sean Baker’s other movies, Red Rocket finds the balance of drama, humor, and eccentric characters. Considering this one is about a former porn star, it should be expected that this one goes to some extreme places.
All My Friends Are Dead (2020)
The Director: Jan Belci
The Cast: Michal Meyer, Adam Woronowicz, Julia Wieniawa
What It’s About: A New Year’s Eve party gets out of hand as a group of friends begins exposing secrets (and themselves) for everyone to see and hear.
What To Expect: In the mood for comedy, romance, violence, and a party of the century? Well, All My Friends Are Dead is going to do the trick.
Bliss (1997)
The Director: Lance Young
The Cast: Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp
What It’s About: When a recently married couple begins to have complications in the bedroom, the wife seeks the help of an unorthodox and morally ambiguous therapist, which further complicates the situation.
What To Expect: Any movie involving a sex therapist and a young and attractive couple is going to be intense, and Bliss is no different. Featuring an unforgettable performance from the late Terence Stamp, some highly sexualized scenes, and more drama than we know what to do with, there’s a lot going on.
Take This Waltz (2011)
The Director: Sarah Polley
The Cast: Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby
What It’s About: With her marriage having lost its flame and magic, a woman struggles to come to terms with the relationship while also falling in with a handsome and mysterious artist who lives nearby.
What To Expect: Take This Waltz has romance, it has comedy, and it has nudity. This one will make you laugh while also breaking your heart into a million little pieces.
Eden (2025)
The Director: Ron Howard
The Cast: Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney
What It’s About: After fleeing Germany during the rise of the Nazis, a group of settlers attempts to survive the unforgiving conditions of an isolated island. However, it isn’t just the deadly flora and fauna they have to contend with.
What To Expect: A historical drama, a survival story, and an erotic thriller all woven into one, Eden is a story of intense situations, dangerous dynamics, and all kinds of temptations.
All I See Is You (2016)
The Director: Marc Forster
The Cast: Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O’Reilly
What It’s About: The relationship between a married couple takes a turn after the wife undergoes an experimental surgery to regain her vision.
What To Expect: All I See Is You is steamy, thrilling, and dramatic, to say the least. Though it doesn’t push things as far as other movies on this list, this doesn’t mean it’s for the faint of heart.
Caught Stealing (2025)
The Director: Darren Aronofsky
The Cast: Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith
Based On: Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston
What It’s About: A former baseball player-turned-bartender finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when rival gangs come looking for his friend, who’s conveniently out of town.
What To Expect: Caught Stealing is unlike most Darren Aronofsky movies in that it’s not a cerebral exploration of the psyche or complex subject matter, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a bite. This ferociously funny, violent, and action-packed crime story in ‘90s NYC is just so much fun.
Wild Things (1998)
The Director: John McNaughton
The Cast: Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards
What It’s About: After being accused of a heinous crime by two students, a guidance counselor finds himself in a web of deceit where no one gets out unscathed by the time of that wild ending.
What To Expect: Wild Things is one of those movies that you have to see to believe, and even then, you don’t really know what to trust.
Joy Ride (2023)
The Director: Adele Lim
The Cast: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu
What It’s About: When traveling to China on a high-stakes business trip, a lawyer takes it as an opportunity to find her biological mother and reconnect with a childhood friend.
What To Expect: Though Joy Ride seems like a wholesome comedy about finding your roots, it’s anything but.
Babylon (2022)
The Director: Damien Chazelle
The Cast: Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva
What It’s About: During one of Hollywood’s most transformative and turbulent eras, established stars, up-and-coming actors, and dreamers in the City of Angels search for redemption and purpose.
What To Expect: Damien Chazelle’s epic period drama is full of depraved characters, decadent locations, and depressing falls from grace.
Tonight You’re Sleeping With Me (2023)
The Director: Robert Wichrowski
The Cast: Roma Gasiorowska, Wojciech Zielinski, Maciej Musial
What It’s About: Caught between continuing her strained relationship with her distant husband and rekindling the flames of passion with an ex-boyfriend, a writer finds herself in a tough spot.
What To Expect: Steamy, dreamy, dramatic, and sexy as can be, Tonight You’re Sleeping with Me offers a complex look at love, relationships, and happiness in a maddening world.
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
The Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
The Cast: Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer
Based On: All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage
What It’s About: After moving into a beautiful and seemingly normal farmhouse in upstate New York, an art restorer begins to uncover dark and distressing mysteries.
What To Expect: Things Heard & Seen is a terrifying and unsettling supernatural horror film that’ll test you in more ways than one.
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
The Director: Spike Lee
The Cast: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell
What It’s About: An indecisive woman with trouble determining who she wants to be with takes an unorthodox approach to dating by seeing three men at the same time.
What To Expect: One of Spike Lee’s earliest joints, She’s Gotta Have It is a hilarious and honest view of dating, compromise, and finding yourself in a maddening world.
Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013)
The Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
The Cast: Lea Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche
Based On: Blue Is the Warmest Color by Jul Maroh
What It’s About: After meeting at a bar one night, two young women kick off a beautiful yet tumultuous relationship that’ll test them in more ways than one.
What To Expect: Blue Is the Warmest Color is an NC-17 movie, so those who can’t handle a great deal of sexually explicit scenes, intense drama, and long runtimes better watch out.
Ibiza: Love Drunk (2018)
The Director: Alex Richanbach
The Cast: Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, Richard Madden
What It’s About: A business trip to Barcelona becomes a life-changing and wildly romantic experience for a 30-year-old public relations manager after having a chance encounter with a famous DJ.
What To Expect: On top of having a wild, raucous, and unpredictable story, Ibiza: Love Drunk also has its fair share of nudity and romance along the way.
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 with Megan Fox playing a robot that cooks, cleans, and commits murder, then Subservience is for you!
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.
Lust Stories (2018)
The Director: Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar
The Cast: Radhika Apte, Bhumi Pednekar
What It’s About: Released in 2018, this anthology film from Indian directors Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Karan Johar explores 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.
Burning Betrayal (2023)
The Director: Diego Freitas
The Cast: Giovanna Lancellotti, Leandro Lima
What It’s About: A soon-to-be bride named Babi (Giovanna Lancellotti) discovers that her loving and supposedly faithful fiancé 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.
Through My Window (2022)
The Director: Marcal Fores
The Cast: Clara Galle, Julio Pena Fernandez
Based On: The Through My Window novels by Ariana Godoy
What It’s About: A young woman’s obsession with her uber-wealthy neighbor turns into a swirling romance when she discovers he has the same feelings.
What To Expect: There are multiple sex scenes, including some in wild places like a Ferris wheel and a helicopter. However, 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.
Fair Play (2023)
The Director: Chloe Domont
The Cast: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich
What It’s About: Two coworkers attempt to keep their passionate relationship a secret at the office, only for things to get out of hand.
What To Expect: Fair Play doesn’t 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.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)
The Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
The Cast: Emma Corrin, Jack O’Connell
Based On: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
What It’s About: 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 were a ranking of the steam level of these movies, the thermometer would explode for this one.
The 365 Days Franchise (2020-2022)
The Director: Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes
The Cast: Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone
What It’s About: 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.
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: The After novels by Anna Todd
What They’re About: The After franchise tells 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.
- 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.
With so many movies coming and going all the time, it wouldn’t be the worst idea to keep checking back as we continue to update this collection of hot-and-heavy streaming titles…
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