List of erotic thriller films
An Erotic thriller is a film genre defined by a suspense thriller with a thematic basis in illicit romance or erotic fantasy.[1] Though most erotic thrillers contain scenes of softcore sex, the frequency and explicitness of those scenes varies.[2] If a film is a thriller with scenes of softcore sex or nudity, it is probably not an erotic thriller unless illicit romance or erotic fantasy is central to the dramatic conflict,[3] as in Body Heat, Fatal Attraction, and Night Eyes 3. Many crime thrillers, action films, and slasher films contain softcore sex and/or nudity but are not erotic thrillers. Likewise, if a film is not identifiably a thriller, it is probably not an erotic thriller but simply a work of softcore erotica[4] or perhaps even erotic melodrama.[5]
Precursors to the erotic thriller
The late 1980s to the mid-1990s are regarded as the "classic period" of the erotic thriller.[6] In his book Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir, Robert Barton Palmer claimed “perhaps the most popular genre in the 1990s, the so-called erotic thriller [...] is a direct descendant of the classic film noir”.[7] However, many films of the 1960s and 70s also provocatively mixed noir themes with softcore sex, erotic fantasy, and voyeurism.[8] Some of these films are so close to what are now defined as erotic thrillers, it is likely their video box covers, if they had them at the time of their release, would be indistinguishable alongside 1990s erotic thrillers on a shelf at Blockbuster Video.[9] When the word "erotic" began to adhere to "thriller" during the 1980s to describe a sudden boom in noir-like thriller films with sexually provocative content,[10] a new genre began to take shape.
1947
1958
1962
1966
1972
1976
- Obsession [a]
1978
1980s
1980
1981
1982
- Cat People
- Deadly Games
- Seduction, The
- Trance
- Vortex
1983
- 4th Man, The [a]
- American Nightmare
- Sole Survivor
- Through Naked Eyes
1984
1985
1986
- 52 Pick-Up
- 8 Million Ways To Die
- 9 1/2 Weeks [a]
- Devil In The Flesh
- Evil Senses
- Half Moon Street
- Ladies Of The Lotus
- Shadows Run Black
1987
- China Girl
- Coda
- Fatal Attraction
- Five Corners
- Kidnapped
- Lady Beware
- Open House [a]
- Siesta
- Slam Dance
- Stripped To Kill
- Summer Heat
- Wind, The
1988
- Backfire
- Bad Dreams
- Betrayed
- Blue Iguana, The
- Call Me
- Dangerous Love
- Dead Ringers [a]
- Dial Help
- Drifter, The
- Girl In A Swing, The
- Grievous Bodily Harm
- Killing Blue
- Last Rites
- Legend Of Wolf Lodge, The (aka Into the Fire)
- Masquerade
- Obsession A Taste For Fear
- Out Of The Dark
- Party Line
- Spellbinder
- Take Two
- Thrilled To Death
- Velvet Dreams
1989
- Angels Of The City
- Banker, The
- Bedroom Eyes 2
- Cold Comfort
- Deadly Breed
- Deadly Innocents
- Fatal Exposure [a]
- Fever
- Hider In The House
- High Stakes
- I Madman
- Kill Me Again [a]
- Last Exit To Brooklyn
- Mortal Passions
- Most Dangerous Woman Alive, The
- Murder Weapon
- Night Visitor
- Paint It Black
- Prime Suspect
- Sea of Love [a]
- Silk 2
- Stripped To Kill 2 Live Girls
- Third Degree Burn
- Trapped
1990s
1990
1991
- Adjuster, The
- Art of Dying, The
- Blackmail
- Carnal Crimes [a]
- Close My Eyes
- Deadly Desire
- Deadly Surveillance [a]
- Defenseless
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
- Fatal Bond
- Immortal Sins (aka Veil of Dreams)
- Intimate Stranger [a]
- Inner Sanctum
- Killer Instinct
- Kiss Before Dying, A [a]
- Kiss Me a Killer [a]
- Last Call
- Legal Tender [a]
- Liebestraum
- Liquid Dreams [a]
- Lower Level
- My Daughters Keeper
- Night Eyes 2 [a]
- Secret Friend
- Ultimate Desires
- Uncaged (aka Angel in Red)
- Victim of Love (aka Raw Heat)
- Whore
- Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue
- Write To Kill
- Zandalee
1992
- Animal Instincts [a]
- Basic Instinct [a]
- Bitter Moon [a]
- Blind Vision
- Body Chemistry 2: Voice of a Stranger [a]
- Dance With Death [a]
- Double Jeopardy [a]
- Eyes of the Beholder
- Eyes of the Prey
- Fatal Instinct (dir. John Dirlam) [a]
- Fear Inside, The
- Final Analysis [a]
- Final Embrace, The
- Finishing Touch, The
- Heart of Justice, The
- Illicit Behavior (aka Criminal Intent) [a]
- In the Heat of Passion
- Intimate Obsession
- Invasion of Privacy
- Light Sleeper
- Love Crimes [a]
- Mirror Images [a]
- Murderous Affair [a]
- Night Rhythms [a]
- Obsessed (dir. Jonathan Sanger) [a]
- Other Woman, The (dir. Jag Mundhra) [a]
- Over the Line
- Pamela Principle, The [a]
- Play Nice
- Poison Ivy [a]
- Prey of the Chameleon
- Quake
- Roots of Evil
- Ruby Cairo
- Secret Games [a]
- Sexual Response
- Silencer, The
- Sketch Artist
- Smile of the Fox, The
- Through the Eyes of a Killer
- Twin Sisters [a]
- Ultraviolet
- Woman's Secret
- Zipperface
1993
- Acting on Impulse
- Angel Eyes
- Baby Doll Murders, The
- Betrayal of the Dove
- Bitter Harvest
- Blown Away
- Body of Evidence [a]
- Body of Influence
- Boxing Helena
- Cold Sweat
- Cover Girl Murders, The
- Death Dancers
- Desire
- Die Watching [a]
- Double Threat
- Dream Lover
- Fatal Past [a]
- Gross Misconduct
- Hidden Obsession [a]
- A House in the Hills
- I Can Make You Love Me (aka Fatal Proposal aka Stalking Laura) [a]
- Indecent Behavior [a]
- A Kiss to Die For (aka Those Bedroom Eyes) [a]
- L.A. Goddess [a]
- Lake Consequence
- Laser Moon
- Love Cheat and Steal
- Love Matters
- Mirror Images 2 [a]
- Night Eyes 3 [a]
- Paint Job
- Secret Games 2: The Escort [a]
- Secret Sins
- Sexual Intent [a]
- Sins of Desire [a]
- Sins of the Night [a]
- Sliver [a]
- Snapdragon
- Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
- Tropical Heat [a]
- Under Investigation
- Wild Cactus [a]
- Wrong Man, The
1994
- Animal Instincts 2 [a]
- Bitter Vengeance
- Blindfold: Acts of Obsession [a]
- Blood Run
- Body Chemistry 3: Point of Seduction [a]
- Body Shot [a]
- Breaking Point
- A Brilliant Disguise
- Caroline at Midnight
- China Moon [a]
- Color of Night [a]
- Cool Surface, The [a]
- Criminal Passion [a]
- Dangerous Heart
- Dangerous Touch [a]
- Dark Tide
- Dead On
- Disclosure [a]
- Discretion Assured
- Double Cross
- Exotica [a]
- Every Breath
- Fleshtone
- Flinch
- Hard Drive [a]
- Hard Vice
- Illicit Dreams [a]
- Improper Conduct [a]
- In the Heat of Passion 2: Unfaithful (aka Behind Closed Doors)
- Indecent Behavior 2 [a]
- Inner Sanctum 2
- Judicial Consent
- Killer
- Killer Looks [a]
- Killing Obsession
- Lady in Waiting
- Last Seduction [a]
- Lipstick Camera [a]
- Love Is a Gun
- Midnight Confessions
- Midnight Tease [a]
- Mind Twister [a]
- Night Fire
- Object of Obsession [a]
- Playmaker
- Possessed by the Night
- Saturday Night Special
- Save Me
- Scorned (aka A Woman Scorned) [a]
- Secret Games 3 [a]
- Sensation
- Sexual Malice (aka The Other Man) [a]
- Sexual Outlaws
- Silk Degrees
- Temptation
- Tollbooth
- Tryst
- Unveiled
- Where Evil Lies
- Woman of Desire [a]
1995
- Above Suspicion
- Beyond Desire
- Bloodknot
- Bodily Harm [a]
- Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure [a]
- Body Language [a]
- Compelling Evidence
- Cover Me [a]
- Dangerous Affair
- Dangerous Indiscretion [a]
- Dark Dancer, The
- Deadly Past
- Deep Down
- Fatal Passion (aka Portrait in Red)
- Guns and Lipstick
- Hard Evidence
- Hourglass
- Illegal in Blue
- Indecent Behavior 3 [a]
- Jade [a]
- Killing for Love
- Killing Jar (aka Trapped)
- Lap Dancing [b]
- Last Gasp
- Malicious [a]
- Midnight Confessions (aka Voices Of Seduction)
- Midnight Tease 2 [a]
- Midnight Temptations
- Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
- Number One Fan
- Payback
- Payback in Vegas
- Perfect Alibi
- Private Obsession
- Scoring
- Seduced and Betrayed
- Separate Lives
- Serpents Lair
- Sex & the Other Man
- Showgirls [a]
- Sinful Intrigue
- Sorceress
- Stripteaser
- Target for Seduction (aka Mistress of Seduction 2)
- Temptress
- To the Limit
- Triplecross
- Undercover Heat
- Victim of Desire [a]
- Virtual Desire (aka Illicit Dreams 3) [a]
- Wild Side
1996
- Access Denied
- Animal Instincts: The Seductress (aka Animal Instincts 3) [a]
- Body of Influence 2 [a]
- Bound [a]
- Crash [a]
- Dead Heart
- Deadly Charades
- Depraved
- Diabolique [a]
- Electra
- Evil Obsession (aka Illegal Entry) [a]
- Exit
- Exit in Red [a]
- Fear [a]
- Female Perversions
- Flash Frame
- Friend of the Family 2
- Glass Cage, The
- Heaven's Prisoners
- Hindsight
- Hot Ticket
- Hungry For You
- Irresistible Impulse [a]
- Killer Inside, The
- Kissed [a]
- Kissing a Dream
- Ladykiller
- Little Death, The
- Masseuse [a]
- Mind Games
- Mischievous
- Naked Souls [a]
- Night Eyes 4: Fatal Passion [a]
- Night Shade [a]
- One Good Turn
- Over the Wire
- Playback
- Poison Ivy 2 [a]
- Profile for Murder
- Sexual Roulette [a]
- Showgirl Murders [a]
- Solitaire
- Stormy Nights
- Unforgettable
- Virtual Girl
- Walnut Creek
- White Cargo
- Widows Kiss
1997
- Another 9 1/2 Half Weeks [a]
- Blackout, The
- Business for Pleasure [a]
- Casualties
- Confessions of a Lap Dancer (aka Illicit Confessions) [a]
- Corporate Ladder, The
- Dark Secrets [a]
- Deadlock - A Passion for Murder
- Echo
- Erotic Boundaries (aka Boundaries)
- Escort, The
- Ex, The
- Exception to the Rule [a]
- Expose
- Face Down
- A Gun for Jennifer
- I'm Watching You
- Illusions of Sin
- In Dark Places
- Indecent Behavior 4 (aka Human Desires) [a]
- Intimate Deception
- Kiss of Death
- Lethal Seduction [a]
- Macon County Jail
- Midnight Blue
- Mutual Needs
- My Stepson, My Lover
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction [a]
- Passion and Romance: To the Manor Born
- Price of Desire, The
- Scorned 2 [a]
- Shades of Gray (aka Twisted Passion) [a]
- Striking Resemblance
- Teach Me Tonight
- This World, Then the Fireworks [a]
- Tricks
- Vicious Circles
1998
- Confessions of a Call Girl (aka Double Identity)
- Dangerous Invitation
- Dead by Dawn
- Devil in the Flesh
- Expose (aka Footsteps)
- Extramarital
- Fatal Pursuit [a]
- First 9 1/2 Weeks
- Illicit Dreams 2 [a]
- Intimate Nights
- Losing Control [a]
- Matter Of Trust
- Mistress of Seduction
- Naked Lies
- Powerplay [a]
- Psycho Sisters
- Rebecca's Secret
- Sheer Passion
- Tainted Love [a]
- Testing the Limits [a]
- Tribe, The
- Ultimate Love Games
- Virtual Seduction
- When Passions Collide
1999
- A Bold Affair
- Big Hustle, The
- Don't Sleep Alone
- Escort 3, The
- Eyes Wide Shut [a]
- Her Married Lover (aka Clean Kill)
- I Like To Play Games Too
- Last Seduction 2, The [a]
- Loser Love
- Monsoon (aka Tales of the Kama Sutra 2) [a]
- Powerplay
- Raw Nerve
- Singapore Sling (aka Scandalous Behavior)
- A Table for One
- Two Shades of Blue [b]
- Ultimate Deception
- Voyeur
- Web of Seduction
- Word of Mouth
2000s
2000
- Attraction
- Bare Deception
- Blacktop
- Cherry Falls
- Dangerous Attraction
- Deception (aka Starstruck)
- Hidden Passions
- Love Her Madly
- Perfumed Garden (aka Tales of the Kama Sutra) [a]
- Private Lies
- Trois [a]
- Warm Texas Rain [a]
2001
2002
2003
2004
- Eyes of Crystal
- Wicker Park
2005
- My Best Friend's Wife
2006
- Basic Instinct 2
- Last Sunset (aka Sex & Consequences)
2008
- Compulsion
- Impulse
- The Kreutzer Sonata
- Sex And Lies In Sin City
2009
- Chloe
- Strangers Online
2013
- The Canyons
- Plush
2015
- Knock Knock
- Lethal Seduction
2016
References
- ↑ Martin (2007), pg. 17-18
- ↑ Andrews (2006), pg. 136
- ↑ Karagiannidou (2006), p. 29.
- ↑ Karagiannidou (2005), p. 31.
- ↑ Williams (2006), p. 390.
- ↑ Williams (2005), p. 4.
- ↑ Palmer (1994), p. 168.
- ↑ Williams (2005), p. 79.
- ↑ Williams (2005), p. 79.
- ↑ Williams (2005), p. 15.
- ↑ "Trans-Europ Express and Successive Slidings of Pleasure Detailed". Blu-ray.com. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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- Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). "The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema". Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-253-21836-5.
- Martin, Nina K (2007). "Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller". Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. P. 000. ISBN 978-0-252-07437-0
- Keesy, Douglas (2001) "They Kill for Love: Defining the Erotic Thriller as a Film Genre". CineAction, Volume 56, Summer July 1, 2001, pages 44–53.
- Karagiannidou, Aneta (2006). "Getting Away With It: The Erotic Thriller and Its Fantasies" (Thesis). Aristotle University.
- Palmer, R. Barton. "Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir". New York: Twayne, 1994. ISBN 978-0805793246
- Andrews, David. "Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts". Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0814210222
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