# Recommend Erotic/Softcore films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929 "2005-09-28T22:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/21 "2005-09-29T15:00:53Z")
How about some actual softcore porn then? \*Key to Sex \* is a lighthearted bedroom farce about a young would-be writer who is working as an office droid at a publishing firm. When his boss gives him the key to his posh seaside home so he can watch over it while boss goes on vacation, all his friends and office mates start wangling to get the key from him so they can have trysts there. It’s unusual among porn films in that it really does achieve a lighthearted feel despite the wooden acting, though it isn’t really rib-tickling funny. _Vicious Circles_ stars a red-hot Carolyn Lowery as a woman who’s living in Paris with her half-brother, apparently her lover (very sophisticated when it’s done in Paris, instead of, say, Tennessee). He gets involved in a drug-smuggling enterprise but doesn’t learn that his role in said enterprise is “patsy” until too late. (Actually, he’s been set up by the French wine-making industry, believe it or don’t). So Carolyn needs to make big bucks to get a lawyer good enough to get her brother out of jail. She learns about a group of millionaires called The Circle who pay women $2000 a day to be their sex slaves for hire. Meanwhile, the cops are on the trail of a Circle sex slave for hire found floating face down in the Seine River. Things occur. The key line in the movie is when Lowery says to an investigator she’s seducing: “Sometimes in chess, a pawn can become a queen.” _Passion Network_ is another story about wealthy people who contract to get sex partners by paying them large amounts of money. In this case, the targets are a young couple who have been spied on and nothing for their sexy abilities. They’re invited to a posh retreat where they have all sorts of sex, then are offered the position of paid havers-of-sex with attractive wealthy people. Hubby’s all for it (smart guy) but the wife is against it. The movie is in the form of flashbacks as the wife explains what happens as a result. A very twisty little plotline for a softcore story. Now if you’re wanting vigorous sex scenes without penetration without all that slo-mo stuff softcore is infamous for, a lot of the more recent softcore stuff uses hardcore actresses and actors. Along those lines I’d recommend “I Dream of Genie” which is a softcore parody of the old TV series. It has some hardcore performers who know how to look like they are really doing it on camera, and it’s a fun little flick, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/22 "2005-09-29T15:33:33Z")
Any vampire film directed by Jean Rollin, though the oldest ones are best. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/23 "2005-09-29T16:13:37Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Misty Mundae in [Spiderbabe](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000AOV6X/qid=1127950457/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5838705-5472941?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846). TRUST ME. That’s what I came in here to say. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/24 "2005-09-29T16:18:37Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > …I’d recommend “I Dream of Genie” which is a softcore parody of the old TV series. It has some hardcore performers who know how to look like they are really doing it on camera, and it’s a fun little flick, too. Do you mean _I Dream of Jenna_, with Jenna Jameson, the hottest pornstar on the planet? I heard that movie sucked ass, and not in a literal sense. Wasn’t it widely panned? Jenna herself disparaged it on her _E! True Hollywood Story_ or whatever. It was apparently a longtime dream of her husband’s, so she relented and agreed to do it to keep him happy. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/25 "2005-09-29T16:26:06Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > Do you mean _I Dream of Jenna_, with Jenna Jameson, the hottest pornstar on the planet? > > I heard that movie sucked ass, and not in a literal sense. Wasn’t it widely panned? Jenna herself disparaged it on her _E! True Hollywood Story_ or whatever. It was apparently a longtime dream of her husband’s, so she relented and agreed to do it to keep him happy. No, I do not. I said softcore, and I meant softcore. But I did flub the title. It’s [Genie in a String Bikini](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446132/) Haven’t seen the Jenna Jameson one. She’s apparently doing a sequel though… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/26 "2005-09-29T16:37:56Z")
[_Betty Blue_ (aka _37°2 le matin_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090563/). Lots of sex, but more. It’s an engaging story of an emotionally unstable girl and a happy-go-luck guy that ranges from comedy to tragedy. Find the U.S. theatrical release if you can. The Director’s Cut offers some insight as to why certain things happen and why things that don’t happen don’t; but it’s overly-long (I think about 50% longer than the theatrical release) and can get tedious. AFAIK the theatrical release is only available on OOP VHS. This is one of my favourite foreign films. [_Sex And Lucia_ (aka _Lucía y el sexo_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254455/) is a Spanish film about a young waitress who seeks refuge on a quiet island after the death of her boyfriend. Good erotic scenes, and a story that bears mutliple viewings. By all means avoid [_A Real Young Girl_ (aka _Une vraie jeune fille_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135024/). Reviewers on IMDB liked it seven-to-one. But I thought it was dull, and I don’t see anything attractive about baby doll pyjamas covered in vomit or piss-shots. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/27 "2005-09-29T17:02:58Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Misty Mundae in [Spiderbabe](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000AOV6X/qid=1127950457/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5838705-5472941?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846). TRUST ME. “Its true what they say. With great power comes great responsibility. From now on I will only use my powers to fight crime. And to get laid.” ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/28 "2005-09-29T17:09:25Z")
Heh. I can just imagine the “XXX-Men” and their “mutant powers”. Who am I kidding? Someone simply _must_ have already used this idea… ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/29 "2005-09-29T17:38:54Z")
You folks have contributed greatly to my netflix queue. Keep 'em coming! …umm… Keep recommending! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/30 "2005-09-29T17:54:30Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [_Betty Blue_ (aka _37°2 le matin_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090563/). Lots of sex, but more. It’s an engaging story of an emotionally unstable girl and a happy-go-luck guy that ranges from comedy to tragedy. Find the U.S. theatrical release if you can. The Director’s Cut offers some insight as to why certain things happen and why things that don’t happen don’t; but it’s overly-long (I think about 50% longer than the theatrical release) and can get tedious. AFAIK the theatrical release is only available on OOP VHS. This is one of my favourite foreign films. Oh, it’s also available on OOP LaserDisc. (I have a bootleg VHS I made from a rental yonks ago, the DVD Director’s Cut, and the LaserDisc.) Again, since you mentioned netflix, the theatrical release is better than the Director’s Cut. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/31 "2005-09-29T19:06:56Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [_Sex And Lucia_ (aka _Lucía y el sexo_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254455/) is a Spanish film about a young waitress who seeks refuge on a quiet island after the death of her boyfriend. Good erotic scenes, and a story that bears mutliple viewings. I was checking back into this thread because I remembered this film. It’s both excellent and hot, which makes it all the hotter. And I’ll third(?) _Secretary_.Wowzers. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/32 "2005-09-29T19:38:38Z")
The first time I saw _Secretary_, I was repulsed and uncomfortable, because it seemed like she was emotionally unstable, and he was taking advantage of her and she didn’t even realize it. The more I thought about it later, I realized it was all kind of sweet, because they both really needed each other. It would still be MUCH hotter if the roles were reversed, though. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/33 "2005-09-29T21:08:04Z")
I always thought [Forbidden](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347014/) was damn good for Cinemax quality. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/34 "2005-09-29T23:34:09Z")
Good luck trying to find it, but [Catch Your Dreams](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085311/) was pretty spiffy, caught it a bazillion years ago and nobody believes it actually exists. Wish they’d bring it out in DVD, sigh… And another thumbs up for **Secretary** as well. The characters are such profoundly damaged people who heal each other in a way that no “normal” relationship could manage. The cinematography is lovely too. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/35 "2005-09-29T23:39:04Z")
Ooh, almost forgot [The Dreamers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309987/) , Bernardo Bertolucci flick, very nice, quite scenic, big thumbs up for this one! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/36 "2005-09-30T00:09:13Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Not to say the acting’s particularly good, but [**Play Time**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110846/) stands out as being particularly hot and fairly uninhibited without being overtly graphic. Plus, Jennifer Burton is absolutely smokin’ (though the rest of the cast isn’t bad either). (shudder) If only she’d done a movie with Kira Reed and Jacquelline Lovell I could have probably died happy. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/37 "2005-09-30T00:13:22Z")
\*\* Romeo is Bleeding \*\* is pretty hot at times, if you’re not repulsed by Gary Oldman. [slight hijack] Has anyone seen \*\* The Center of the World \*\* with Peter Sarsgaard as a dotcom millionaire and Parker Posey as a hooker? Any good? [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/38 "2005-09-30T00:35:01Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > If only she’d done a movie with Kira Reed and Jacquelline Lovell I could have probably died happy. [Here you go](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254835/) (no Kira, alas). ---
**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:** [September 30, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/39 "2005-09-30T02:02:10Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > By all means avoid [_A Real Young Girl_ (aka _Une vraie jeune fille_)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135024/). Reviewers on IMDB liked it seven-to-one. But I thought it was dull, and I don’t see anything attractive about baby doll pyjamas covered in vomit or piss-shots. (Emphasis mine) Gggh. I remember that one. _Schindler’s List_ was sexier than that movie, and only slightly grosser. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929/40 "2005-09-30T02:32:08Z")
Not a lot of grab-ass but if you like incredibly fit women in tight clothes using automatic weapons then Andy Sidaris is your man, especially [Day of the Warrior,](http://imdb.com/title/tt0116039/) featuring Raye Hollitt! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-erotic-softcore-films/323929.md?page=3)