Regardless of social status, occupation or nationality, sex is one of the most important things for a person.
At a time when there was “no sex” in the USSR, erotic films were released in more liberated countries in more liberated countries.
Today we will talk about the 10 best paintings on this subject, remembering both the classics of the 70-80s and more recent works.
The debut picture of Stephen Soderbergh, who received the main prize of the Cannes film festival, is a drama about the relationship of people, through which the whole timing is traced to sexual overtones.
The plot tells about a group of people: John is a successful lawyer who has a beautiful wife, Anne and lover Cynthia, who is the sister of his wife.
College friend Graham comes to visit him, who at first simply envies John, and then starts an affair with his wife. As a result, this love ball of lies, cunning and passion entangles each of the heroes.
Despite the fact that this is an independent film, shot for only $ 1.2 million, at the box office “Sex, Falsehood and Video”, it collected 20 million in the United States alone.
9. Lady Chatterley's lover | 2015
The main character of this film from BBC is a young, charming girl who wants to enjoy her youth by giving and receiving love, but cannot do this because of her paralyzed husband.
Conscience and innate nobility do not allow her to brazenly change and she makes every effort to overcome her sexual desires, but as a result, she gives up under the pressure of a handsome man, played by Richard Madden (Robb Stark from Game of Thrones).
This picture clearly demonstrates that betrayal can not always be called a clearly bad act. Yes, the heroine can be judged from the moral side, but after watching you are unlikely to do so.
8. Eyes Wide Shut | 1999
The main roles in this film were played by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who at the time of filming were husband and wife. Thanks to this, they felt easy in each other's company, and bed scenes did not cause them much discomfort, as often happens.
The last picture of Stanley Kubrick is perceived by people in different ways: some idolize her, praising Kubrick's genius, while others complain about an overly long story with a bunch of Freudian subtexts. Be that as it may, the master is definitely worth a look at this work.
7. Feather of the Marquis de Sade | 2000
The real Marquis de Sade believed that the main thing in life is to quench one’s own aspirations, and religion, social morality and so on are secondary concepts. Now it would be called "live high", but a couple of centuries ago the world was different.
In the film "The Marquis de Sade's Feather", the main role is played by Jeffrey Rush, who perfectly embodied the image of an elderly libertine. Young Kate Winslett, as well as Joaquin Phoenix and Michael Kane perfectly complement him, showing the reverse side of the life of the aristocracy of the early XIX century.
6. Shame | 2011
The protagonist of the film named Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a sexologist and an erotomaniac, unable to cope with his problems. He regularly visits nightclubs, sits in sex chats, knows the addresses of the best strip bars in New York.
Thanks to his good looks and charisma, he manages to constantly find new girls for one night, but everything changes dramatically when his sister decides to visit him.
An unnatural connection is presented faceless here: director Steve McQueen does not try to show the disgust of incest, just as he does not try to whitewash such a relationship. He simply shows two people with deep internal trauma who are trying to somehow cope with everything.
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008
And again, the tape with an amazing cast: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz. The latter for her role even received an Oscar, albeit for a secondary role. Although, the main role here is assigned not to man at all, but to the feelings that the heroes experience for each other.
Two young girls come to Barcelona and get acquainted with an artist who does not hide his desire to sleep with both of them. One of them agrees to spend a weekend with him, and the second does not first take him to the spirit, then he hates it, then he admires it, then he longs for it.
The full gamut of feelings embodied by such talented actors is worth it to spend an hour and a half watching.
4. The pianist | 2001
The French drama about the strange love of a middle-aged teacher of a conservatory and a young musician, she took all 3 awards in Cannes, which is a kind of record.
Isabelle Huppert appears as a teacher, in whom the student falls in love: the story is banal, but only at first glance. A woman aged 40 is a virgin who prefers sadomasochism with elements of a fetish to classical sex, and even equipped a corresponding room at home.
At first, her young lover is not ready for this, and later she herself is not ready for violence and hard sex.
3. Nymphomaniac: Part 1 | 2013
Despite the fact that the film Lars von Trier was released recently, he already managed to acquire the status of a cult in his genre.
The story of growing up a nymphomaniac, which was first interested in her vagina as early as 2 years old, is shocking in places, but shocking in a good sense of the word.
This film is definitely not for everyone, but if you are a fan of paintings in this niche, then the game of Charlotte Gainsbourg, Uma Thurman and Stacy Martin should be appreciated.
2. Nymphomaniac: Part 2 | 2013
The second part of the film is not a sequel: the tape was simply shredded for greater effect. If in the first part most of the story is centered around the youth of the main character (Stacy Martin plays the character Gainsbourg until the age of 35), then the sequel shows a mature nympho with great experience, and also better reveals other characters.
1. The basic instinct | 1992
This is not to say that the thriller Paul Verhoeven is a film about sex. Sex, or rather its anticipation, dreams of him, are a driving force, but not the main character.
The characters themselves, brilliantly played by Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas, are only puppets and are completely in the grip of this power.
It is difficult to find a person who has not watched this masterpiece, because this is a real must have for any movie fan.