# Good movies with a lot of sex and little or no violence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581 "2015-12-06T01:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/1 "2015-12-06T01:14:36Z")
Like the title says. Any recommendations? (Not porn. I already have plenty of that.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/2 "2015-12-06T03:43:46Z")
**sex, lies, and videotape** ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/3 "2015-12-06T04:11:01Z")
I think you’ll have to help us out with the ‘not porn’ part. Do you mean not porn in the sense that you don’t want a link to RedTube or do you mean not porn as in you don’t want any nudity? In the mean time, if you’re comfortable with some (well, a lot) of gay sex, [Shortbus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027/combined) is really good, but very graphic (the sex us uncensored and not simulated). It’s also a John Cameron Mitchell movie. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/4 "2015-12-06T04:41:35Z")
I don’t consider _Shortbus_ to be porn, because it has a real story and themes, and something to say. It’s got an artistic purpose other than sexually arousing the viewer. So yes, that’s a good example. But explicitness and nudity are not required! And yes, gay sex is totally OK! ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/5 "2015-12-06T04:59:26Z")
I’m also going to say that Catherine Breillat’s _Sex is Comedy_ counts, even though the story is really about actors pretending to have sex — very meta, but a good little movie. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/6 "2015-12-06T05:25:12Z")
Last Tango in Paris ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/7 "2015-12-06T05:32:07Z")
And Inserts staring Richard Dreyfuss as a 1920s porn director. Lots of Jessica Harper and Veronica Cartwright on display ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/8 "2015-12-06T11:51:34Z")
IIRC _The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover_ had a fair amount of sex in it. But also some disturbing violence. Don’t forget _9-1/2 Weeks_. Kim Basinger at her yummiest. And there’s _Unfaithful_ with the equally yummy Diane Lane, And the campy awful, but fun, _Showgirls_. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/9 "2015-12-06T12:03:27Z")
If you hadn’t specified “Good movies”, I’d suggest [_Exit to Eden_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_to_Eden_(film)), which had a whole lot of nudity and only a little bit of silly violence in an odd FBI/Jewel Thief subplot. But it was definitely not a good movie. _Definitely_ not a good movie. I’m trying to think of movies with “Libertine” type themes. **madsircool** suggested Bernardo Bertolucci’s _Last Tango in Paris_. Bertolucci also did [_Stealing Beauty_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing_Beauty) and [_The Dreamers_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamers_(film)) both of which featured some good nudity (and both of which are excellent films). All three films in Lars von Trier’s “Depression Trilogy” ([_Antichrist_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist_(film)), [_Melancholia_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia_(2011_film)), and [_Nymphomaniac_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphomaniac_(film))) all have a lot of nudity but also have quite a bit of violence. Actually, it’s been a while but I don’t think _Melancholia_ had much violence but I also think it had the least nudity of the three. Sarah Polley’s [_Take This Waltz_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_This_Waltz_(film)) has a whole lot of nudity and no violence and it’s also a wonderful film. The 1994 Australian film [_Sirens_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirens_(1994_film)) has quite a bit of nudity. ETA: **Boyo Jim** ’s mention of Diane Lane made me remember [_A Walk on the Moon_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Walk_on_the_Moon) …if Diane Lane is the kind of person you’d like to see naked. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/10 "2015-12-06T13:31:17Z")
Just want to mention/apologize: I was just scrolling down the Café Society page again, and I saw the Thread title **Good movies with a lot of sex and little or no violence** … …and I thought to myself, “Heh, didn’t I just post in a Thread titled **Good movies with a lot of _nudity_ and little or no violence**?” Well, no. I didn’t. I responded right here to this Thread that specifically asks for sex, not necessarily nudity. Sorry. Of the movies I mentioned: Really the only two that count for this Thread are _The Dreamers_ and _A Walk on the Moon_. _Antichrist_ and _Nymphomaniac_ fail the “little or no violence” test (although, I did mention this in my original post). _Exit to Eden_, _Stealing Beauty_, _Take This Waltz_, and _Sirens_, though they feature lots of nudity, do not feature much sex. I apologize for bringing so much nudity with so little sex. Please accept my suggestion of [_Room in Rome_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_in_Rome) as a peace offering. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/11 "2015-12-06T13:49:36Z")
**Antichrist** fails the “little or no violence” test, and it’s also - depending on which version you watch - very disturbing and dark. I watched it with some mates and some parts of it stayed with us for weeks after, and we aren’t exactly thin-skinned. I know you already mentioned it, **bienville** , but I must emphasise how fucked up that film is. Not saying it’s a _bad_ film, just that it would never qualify for a ‘Good movie with a lot of sex and little or no violence’ in anyone’s universe. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/12 "2015-12-06T14:22:28Z")
Yeah, I know enough about _Antichrist_ to know that I don’t want to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/13 "2015-12-06T16:48:32Z")
Sex and Lucia. Mmmmm Paz Vega. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/14 "2015-12-06T18:26:30Z")
[Starlet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlet_(film)), an indie drama about a young woman who does porn and befriends an old woman. Doesn’t necessarily have a “lot” of sex, nut it does have a hardcore scene, where real porn stars filled in for the “real” actors. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/15 "2015-12-06T19:34:00Z")
I haven’t seen **Cry Uncle** since it came out in 1971, but I don’t recall it having violence. There was plenty of sex – including inadvertent necrophilia and a woman with a gun forcing a man to give her a blowjob. It’s a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/16 "2015-12-06T21:20:36Z")
[_Body Heat_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Heat) has a bit of violence in it, but some of the steamiest sex everrrrr!! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/17 "2015-12-06T23:21:50Z")
> **[In Praise of Older Women (1978) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077728/)** > > In Praise of Older Women: Directed by George Kaczender. With Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Susan Strasberg, Helen Shaver. Andras Vajda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II.... In Praise of Older Women…hot hot hot ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/18 "2015-12-07T00:04:59Z")
Here’s one I just watched: > **[Come Undone (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Undone_(film))** > > Come Undone (Italian: Cosa voglio di più) is a 2010 film directed by Italian director Silvio Soldini. > Anna (Alba Rohrwacher) works at an insurance company and is married to Alessio (Giuseppe Battiston) who wants to have a baby. She then happens to meet Domenico (Pierfrancesco Favino), headwaiter at a local restaurant. The two start a passionate relationship, but their personal lives get in the way. And they won't happy each other. > > This article related to an Italian film of the 2010s is a stub... A sensitive Italian drama about an illicit affair. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/19 "2015-12-07T00:11:50Z")
It’s an odd movie for reasons unrelated to the sex so I don’t often recommend it unless I know the person’s tastes pretty well, but _[Velvet Goldmine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120879/)_ is IMHO a good movie, has little violence, and features a variety of sex scenes including man/woman, man/man, and a 1970s orgy. Edit: This movie stars the now much more famous Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale, if that’s a selling point. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581/20 "2015-12-07T00:14:30Z")
Bull Durham. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-with-a-lot-of-sex-and-little-or-no-violence/739581.md?page=2)