Introduction & Background 365 Days: This Day is a Polish erotic romantic thriller that debuted on Netflix on April 27, 2022. Co-directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes, the film serves as a follow-up to the divisive 2020 original and picks up where that story left off, tracking Laura and Massimo through their tumultuous blend […]
Overview & Context Released in 2001, Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo) is a Spanish romantic drama written and directed by Julio Médem. Widely regarded as one of the most sensual and emotionally powerful films of its decade, it intertwines themes of love, loss, fantasy, and narrative complexity. The plot unfolds through overlapping timelines
The Ages of Lulu (Las edades de Lulú), a Spanish erotic drama from 1990, debuted under Bigas Luna’s direction and draws its story from Almudena Grandes’s 1989 novel. With Spain’s post-Franco society shifting quickly, the film pushes into taboo territory, examining sex, freedom, and obsession. Francesca Neri stars as Lulu, joined by Óscar Ladoire, María
Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 U.S. teen comedy directed by Joel Gallen. Written by Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, and David Sheffield, the movie crowds-shares high school clichés inside a single story. It sends-up dramas and comedies alike, swiping scenes from She’s All That, American Pie, 10 Things I Hate About
Adore (2013), marketed as Two Mothers in some territories, is an erotic drama directed by Anne Fontaine and based on Doris Lessings novella Apres. Set in a sun-bleached Australian seaside town, the film confronts taboo emotions and blurred boundaries as two lifelong friends and their teenage sons wrestle with desire, loyalty, and the reorder-ing of
9 Songs (2004) is a British art-house romantic drama from director Michael Winterbottom. Kieran OBrien stars as Matt and Margo Stilley as Lisa, their on-screen bond charted through nine gigs and a series of unsimulated sex scenes. Celebrated-and condemned-for its daring honesty, the film hinges on minimal story and raw imagery. At just seventy minutes,
Room in Rome (2010) is a Spanish erotic-romantic drama written and directed by Julio Medem. Set almost entirely inside a single hotel room, the film follows a night-long encounter between two women from very different backgrounds. Starring Elena Anaya and Natasha Yarovenko, it examines themes of identity, vulnerability, and fleeting desire through a blend of
Little Deaths (2011) is a daring British horror anthology that takes a hard look at how sex, violence, and power collide. helmed by Sean Hogan, Andrew Parkinson, and Simon Rumley, the film is split into three linked yet self-contained stories-House & Home, Mutant Tool, and Bitch-each probing sexual obsession, dominance, revenge, and bodily change. At
Bitter Moon (1992) is a daring erotic psychological drama from Roman Polanski, drawn from Pascal Bruckners novel Lunes de fiel (Moons of Bile). Set mostly aboard a Mediterranean cruise ship toward Istanbul, the story dives into obsessive love, shifting power, emotional wounds, and the fine line between pleasure and pain in intimacy. Synopsis Nigel and
Synopsis & Overview Shortbus is an ensemble film with a character-centric approach set in New York City. It features a salon-bar, shortbus, which functions as a sex positive haven. Shortbus serves both as refuge and intersectional ground for diverse people to connect on several levels—physical, emotional or artistic. The protagonists are several flawed and isolated
