# Erotic movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218 "2002-08-23T11:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/1 "2002-08-23T11:46:13Z")
[Ths thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131901) got me wondering: What’s your favorite erotic yet _non-pornographic_ (what ever that means to you) movie. My vote goes to “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/2 "2002-08-23T13:47:30Z")
Wasn’t that movie called ‘The Unbearable length of this movie’? Just kidding you but man that movie is long. Movies that made me long Body Double Body Heat Bye Bye Birdie (it’s a personal thing) Crash (though some might say it is pornographic) ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/3 "2002-08-23T14:28:10Z")
Bound - On Video or DVD, it loses alot on Network TV, with being edited for Television. 9 1/2 Weeks - One Video or DVD, also loses alot on Network TV, with being edited for TV. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/4 "2002-08-23T16:16:38Z")
Do soft-core movies count? If so, I nominate _Emmanuelle_ and _Young Lady Chatterley_). Erotic without being too adolescent or silly. Or are you looking for more mainstream/studio releases? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/5 "2002-08-23T16:41:40Z")
Okay, I’ll weigh in - Lake Consequence Two-Moon Junction and Return to Two Moon Junction I think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![CMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/6 "2002-08-23T17:15:15Z")
Actually, I am really interested in hearing other people’s opinions on this, since I have been looking for some of the genre for myself. I’d have to second the Unbearable Lightness of Being as my fav, though, (and yes I know board members my disagree) but I also love Fall, (Eric Schaeffer). ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/7 "2002-08-23T22:06:17Z")
Ok I’ll limit it to movies with no nudity or really overt sex. Yet, somehow I will be very tasteless. _Double Indemnity_…Fred MacMurray in something _erotic_?? Well he had to get those three sons somehow… Anyway I think we all know there was something more to that ankle bracelet than met his eye. _Naked Gun_…say what? Well to me seeing Priscilla Presley’s ‘beaver’ and later watching her in a body condom made my year. _To Have and Have not_ …when Lauren Bacall tells Bogie how to whistle. Whoa! - The Outsiders \* A teenage Diane Lane as “Cherry” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMC)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/8 "2002-08-24T01:05:16Z")
I completely forgot about “To Have or Have Not” I second that wholeheatedly! ---
**Author:** ![CMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMC)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/9 "2002-08-24T01:05:16Z")
I completely forgot about “To Have or Have Not” I second that wholeheartedly! ---
**Author:** ![CMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMC)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/10 "2002-08-24T01:05:16Z")
I completely forgot about “To Have or Have Not” I second that wholeheartedly! ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/11 "2002-08-24T01:13:59Z")
and third it. and fourth it! ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/12 "2002-08-24T07:25:38Z")
I love erotic movies. Hell, I’ll take one any day over standard porn, which I feel is too graphic and overindulgent. If I wanted to see close-ups of genitals I could look at an anatomy book (or examine my own personal specimen). Give me some plot! Some maturity, intrigue, and passion! Sex is more than just plumbing! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by divemaster \* > \*\*I nominate _Emmanuelle_ and _Young Lady Chatterley_). Erotic without being too adolescent or silly. \*\* I’ll have to agree. Those movies introduced me to the mystique and beauty of the female form when I was an adolescent. Back then I used to sneak downstairs into the living room to watch Showtime or Cinemax at 2 AM when my parents were sleeping. I remember stumbling across Emmanuelle for the first time – I couldn’t have been more than eleven or twelve at the time – and seeing her and another woman getting it on in some exotic locale like Bangkok or Singapore. My eyes just about popped out of my head. I had _no_ idea women could do such… amazing things. Coincidentally I think that’s about the time I truly got a handle on the art self-pleasuring. Now, of course, I’m an expert. But I have to thank Emmanuelle for giving me a head start. ---
**Author:** ![furr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@furr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furr)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/13 "2002-08-24T07:33:08Z")
im going to have to go with the 1992 ken russell version of ‘lady chatterleys lover’ starring sean bean and joely richardson. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/14 "2002-08-24T17:28:29Z")
_The Rainbow_; another Ken Russell movie. _Sirens_. Kind of a silly movie, but very sensuous. _Vertigo_. Kim Novak is unforgettable. Of course, it’s not exactly a _healthy_ sort of eroticism, but Jimmy Stewart’s obsession is very well communicated. _The Seven Year Itch_. Marilyn Monroe at her good-natured, artlessly sensuous best. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/15 "2002-08-24T19:16:46Z")
_Henry and June_ _The Lover_ ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/16 "2002-08-25T09:32:34Z")
_Wild Side_. The love scene with Ann Heche and Joan Chen was _scorching_… ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/17 "2002-08-25T15:00:03Z")
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human. No nudity, but some definite “interesting” moments. ---
**Author:** ![Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michele_in_SoCal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/18 "2002-08-25T17:36:28Z")
The love scene in **Don’t Look Now** with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie - WOW! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/19 "2002-08-26T06:40:36Z")
Well, having almost no access to true “porn” movies during my formative years, I’ve seen quite a few “Classy” erotic films. (Not that I wouldn’t have appreciated an occasional _Lesbian Cyborg Slumber Party_ type film, but budget limitations are budget limitations. Damn it.) Anyway, _Bound_, _When Night is Falling_, and _Firelight_ have all stuck with me because, even aside from the “erotic” angle, they’re actually pretty good movies by themselves. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218/20 "2002-08-26T22:19:27Z")
Hmmm. Got to chime in on Young Lady Chatterley. Sirens Wifemistress Carnal Knowledge. All fond memories. Mind you, I was always fond of some of the Bond girls, especially some of the earlier ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erotic-movies/125218.md?page=2)