List of erotic thriller films

An Erotic thriller is a film genre defined by a 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.

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1980s

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1988

1989

  • Angels Of The City
  • Bedroom Eyes 2
  • Cold Comfort
  • Deadly Innocents
  • Fatal Exposure [a]
  • Fever
  • Hider In The House
  • High Stakes
  • I Madman
  • Kill Me Again [a]
  • Last Exit To Brooklyn
  • Lethal Women
  • Murder Weapon
  • Night Visitor
  • Paint It Black
  • Prime Suspect
  • Sea of Love [a]
  • Silk 2
  • Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls
  • The Banker
  • Third Degree Burn
  • Trapped
  • Wild Orchid

1990s

1990

  • Body Chemistry [a]
  • Deceptions [a]
  • Fatal Charm
  • Hard to Die
  • Haunting Fear
  • The Hot Spot [a]
  • I'm Dangerous Tonight
  • Impulse [a]
  • In the Cold of the Night
  • Jezebel’s Kiss
  • Madonna: A Case of Blood Ambition
  • Meridian: Kiss of the Beast
  • Mortal Passions
  • Naked Obsession [a]
  • Night Angel
  • Night Eyes [a]

1991

  • A Kiss Before Dying
  • Blackmail
  • Carnal Crimes [a]
  • Close My Eyes
  • Deadly Desire
  • Deadly Surveillance [a]
  • Defenseless
  • Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
  • Fatal Bond
  • Hunting
  • Immortal Sins (a.k.a. Veil of Dreams)
  • Intimate Stranger [a]
  • Inner Sanctum
  • Killer Instinct
  • Kiss Me a Killer [a]
  • Last Call [a]
  • Legal Tender [a]
  • Liebestraum
  • Liquid Dreams [a]
  • Lower Level
  • My Daughters Keeper
  • Night Eyes 2 [a]
  • Secret Friend
  • The Adjucter
  • The Art of Dying
  • Ultimate Desires
  • Uncaged (a.k.a. Angel in Red)
  • Victim of Love (a.k.a. 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 [a]
  • Final Analysis [a]
  • Final Embrace
  • Illicit Behavior [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 [a]
  • Over the Line
  • Play Nice
  • Poison Ivy
  • Prey of the Chameleon
  • Quake
  • Roots of Evil
  • Ruby Cairo
  • Secret Games [a]
  • Sexual Response
  • Sketch Artist
  • The Fear Inside
  • The Finishing Tough
  • The Heart of Justice
  • The Silencer
  • The Smile of the Fox
  • The Other Woman
  • Through the Eyes of a Killer
  • Twin Sisters [a]
  • Ultraviolet
  • Woman's Secret
  • Zipperface

1993

  • Acting on Impulse
  • Angel Eyes
  • Betrayal of the Dove
  • Bitter Harvest
  • Blown Away
  • Body of Evidence [a]
  • Body of Influence
  • Boxing Helena
  • Cold Sweat
  • 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 (a.k.a. Fatal Proposal a.k.a. Stalking Laura) [a]
  • Indecent Behavior [a]
  • A Kiss to Die For (a.k.a. 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]
  • Sexual Intent [a]
  • Sins of Desire [a]
  • Sins of the Night [a]
  • Sliver [a]
  • Snapdragon
  • The Baby Doll Murders
  • The Cold Girl Murders
  • The Wrong Man
  • Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
  • Tropical Heat [a]
  • Under Investigation
  • Wild Cactus [a]

1994

  • A Brilliant Disguise
  • 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
  • Caroline at Midnight
  • China Moon [a]
  • Color of Night [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 (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. A Woman Scorned) [a]
  • Secret Games 3 [a]
  • Sensation
  • Sexual Malice (a.k.a. The Other Man) [a]
  • Sexual Outlaws
  • Silk Degrees
  • Temptation
  • The Cool Surface
  • 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]
  • Deadly Past
  • Deep Down
  • Fatal Passion (a.k.a. Portrait in Red)
  • Guns and Lipstick
  • Hard Evidence
  • Hourglass
  • Illegal in Blue
  • Indecent Behavior 3 [a]
  • Jade [a]
  • Killing for Love
  • Killing Jar (a.k.a. Trapped)
  • Lap Dancing [b]
  • Last Gasp
  • The Maddening
  • Malicious [a]
  • Midnight Confessions (a.k.a. Voices Of Seduction)
  • Midnight Tease 2 [a]
  • Midnight Temptations
  • Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
  • Never Talk to Strangers
  • Number One Fan
  • Payback
  • Payback in Vegas
  • Perfect Alibi
  • Private Obsession
  • Scoring
  • Secret Sins
  • Seduced and Betrayed
  • Separate Lives
  • Serpents Lair
  • Sex & the Other Man
  • Showgirls [a]
  • Sinful Intrigue
  • Sorceress
  • Stripteaser
  • Target for Seduction (a.k.a. Mistress of Seduction 2)
  • Temptress
  • The Dark Dancer
  • To the Limit
  • Triplecross
  • Undercover Heat
  • Vicious Kiss
  • Victim of Desire [a]
  • Virtual Desire (a.k.a. Illicit Dreams 3) [a]
  • Wild Side

1996

  • Access Denied
  • Animal Instincts: The Seductress (a.k.a. Animal Instincts 3) [a]
  • Body of Influence 2 [a]
  • Bound [a]
  • Crash [a]
  • Dead Heart
  • Deadly Charades
  • Depraved
  • Diabolique [a]
  • Electra
  • Evil Obsession (a.k.a. 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(a.k.a. Illicit Confessions) [a]
  • Corporate Ladder, The
  • Dark Secrets [a]
  • Deadlock - A Passion for Murder
  • Echo
  • Erotic Boundaries (a.k.a. Boundaries)
  • Escort, The
  • Ex, The
  • Exception to the Rule [a]
  • Exposé
  • Face Down
  • A Gun for Jennifer
  • I'm Watching You
  • Illusions of Sin
  • In Dark Places
  • Indecent Behavior 4 (a.k.a. Human Desires) [a]
  • Intimate Deception
  • Kiss of Death
  • Lethal Seduction [a]
  • Macon County Jail
  • Midnight Blue
  • Mutual Needs
  • Poison Ivy: The New Seduction [a]
  • Passion and Romance: To the Manor Born
  • Price of Desire, The
  • Scorned 2 [a]
  • Shades of Gray (a.k.a. Twisted Passion) [a]
  • Striking Resemblance
  • Teach Me Tonight
  • This World, Then the Fireworks [a]
  • Tricks
  • Vicious Circles

1998

  • Confessions of a Call Girl (a.k.a. Double Identity)
  • Dangerous Invitation
  • Dead by Dawn
  • Devil in the Flesh
  • Exposé (a.k.a. Footsteps)
  • Extramarital
  • Fatal Pursuit [a]
  • First 9 1/2 Weeks
  • Illicit Dreams 2 (a.k.a. Death and Desire) [a]
  • Interlocked: Thrilled to Death (a.k.a. A Bold Affair)
  • Intimate Nights
  • Losing Control [a]
  • Matter Of Trust
  • Mistress of Seduction
  • Naked Lies
  • Psycho Sisters
  • Rebecca's Secret
  • Sheer Passion
  • Tainted Love [a]
  • Testing the Limits [a]
  • Tribe, The
  • Ultimate Love Games
  • Virtual Seduction
  • When Passions Collide
  • Wild Things

1999

  • Big Hustle, The
  • Don't Sleep Alone
  • Escort 3, The
  • Eyes Wide Shut [a]
  • Her Married Lover (a.k.a. Clean Kill)
  • I Like To Play Games Too
  • Last Seduction 2, The [a]
  • Loser Love
  • Monsoon (a.k.a. Tales of the Kama Sutra 2) [a]
  • Powerplay [a]
  • Raw Nerve
  • Singapore Sling (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. Starstruck)
  • Hidden Passions
  • Love Her Madly
  • Perfumed Garden (a.k.a. Tales of the Kama Sutra) [a]
  • Private Lies
  • Trois [a]
  • Warm Texas Rain [a]

2001

  • Dead Sexy
  • Facing the Enemy
  • Heart of Stone
  • Kept
  • Lantana
  • Mulholland Drive [a]
  • Night Class (a.k.a. Seduced by a Thief) [a]
  • Original Sin [a]
  • Sexual Predator (a.k.a. Last Cry)
  • Tell Me No Lies
  • Thy Neighbor's Wife (a.k.a. Poison)
  • Women of the Night
  • Zebra Lounge

2002

2003

  • Dangerous Passions
  • Final Examination
  • In the Cut [a]
  • Killer Inside Me
  • Love Object
  • Poet
  • Trail Of Passion
  • Unfaithful
  • Wicked Minds

2004

2005

  • My Best Friend's Wife

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References

  1. ↑ Martin (2007), pg. 17-18
  2. ↑ Andrews (2006), pg. 136
  3. ↑ Karagiannidou (2006), p. 29.
  4. ↑ Karagiannidou (2005), p. 31.
  5. ↑ Williams (2006), p. 390.
  6. ↑ Williams (2005), p. 4.
  7. ↑ Palmer (1994), p. 168.
  8. ↑ Williams (2005), p. 79.
  9. ↑ Williams (2005), p. 79.
  10. ↑ Williams (2005), p. 15.
  11. ↑ "Trans-Europ Express and Successive Slidings of Pleasure Detailed". Blu-ray.com. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  1. Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). "The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema". Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-253-21836-5.
  2. Martin, Nina K (2007). "Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller". Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. P. 000. ISBN 978-0-252-07437-0
  3. 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.
  4. Karagiannidou, Aneta (2006). "Getting Away With It: The Erotic Thriller and Its Fantasies" (Thesis). Aristotle University.
  5. Palmer, R. Barton. "Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir". New York: Twayne, 1994. ISBN 978-0805793246
  6. 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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