42 sexy movies that are horny, steamy, and available for streaming
Looking for something horny but not porny? Step right this way. Sexy movies may not be as prevalent as they were in, say, the Fatal Attraction ’80s, but Hollywood still makes them. In fact, several recently released movies could be classified as smutty. (And yes, they made this list.) Plus, thanks to streaming, you can also still get the erotic movies of yore anytime, any place.
The sexiest movies, in my esteemed (and steamy) opinion, are those that let the tension build up between the leads for a while. However, if you’re looking for gratification of the more instant variety, I’ve also included hot movies where the characters bang the whole way through (ahem, Fifty Shades).
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If you’re looking for sexual scenes on Netflix, you’ve probably skimmed your way through Outlander and Bridgerton more than once, and good on you. But have your attention spans really shortened so much? The sexiest movies on Netflix are just as hot. The dancing is dirty for a reason. Sexy movies will never die.
And don’t forget romantic movies! Moulin Rouge! is a true love story above all, even if Ewan McGregor’s smile did spark a number of smutty sexual awakenings. Our selections below are the cinematic equivalent of a bottle of red wine and chocolate-covered strawberries. Bon appétit.
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Babygirl (2024)
Finally, a movie about sex and power dynamics in which the woman is the one in a higher position. Nicole Kidman plays a CEO who puts everything on the line when she has a BDSM-heavy affair with her intern (Harris Dickinson).
“I know we accomplished one thing, and that is that we made a really hot movie,” director Halina Reijn has said of the erotic thriller. “I don’t know about good, bad — that’s up to everybody — but I’m sure of that.”
©Netflix/Courtesy Everett CollectionA Family Affair (2024)
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©MGM/Courtesy Everett CollectionChallengers (2024)
Zendaya plays a young woman who loses her chance at becoming a major tennis star after an injury in this romantic drama from Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. But let’s be real: We’re really here to watch the very enviable love triangle — that, sadly, never results in a threesome — between her and the two BFFs turned tennis rivals played by Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
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Jonathan PrimeRed, White & Royal Blue (2023)
To the surprise of absolutely no one, erotic fiction makes great source material for movies with sex scenes. One of the best examples of this: Red, White & Royal Blue, a delightful and steamy romantic comedy, based on Casey McQuiston’s hit book, about an English prince falling for the son of the president of the United States.
Courtesy Everett CollectionSanctuary (2023)
©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett CollectionMagic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
If we’re being honest, all you really need/want to see in Magic Mike's Last Dance can be found in the very first scene between Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault. It’s one of Magic Mike’s best dances in the whole movie series, which is saying a lot.
© 2022 Netflix, Inc.Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022)
The novel, about an affair between a young married woman and her gameskeeper, was literally banned in several countries for being too sexy. So yeah, the film worth the watch. This version, which stars Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell, is certainly the sexiest movie based on a book you can find.
Bertrand Calmeau/© Amazon Content Services LLCThe Voyeurs (2021)
This erotic drama stars Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith as a young couple who become obsessed with spying on their (very sexy, very in need of window blinds) neighbors. One movie review described The Voyeurs as “indulgent horniness” and “primarily engineered for provocative rushes.” It was meant in a snarky way, but honestly? Sign me up.
Copyright © Everett Collection / Everett CollectionDisobedience (2017)
©Focus Features/Courtesy Everett CollectionFifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Whatever you think of the messaging or the filmmaking in this franchise, you can’t deny that Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson helped normalize conversations about BDSM and put it all on the line to bring Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele to life. They get up to every act under the sun, and even if it’s not graphic, it’s at least thorough. They do be banging.
©Focus Features/Courtesy Everett CollectionAtonement (2007)
Tragic, horrifying, swoon-worthy. Everything in the fountain, and oh God, everything in the library. If you get turned on by the Hand Flex in Pride & Prejudice, you’ll simply combust watching Atonement.
©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett CollectionTake the Lead (2006)
This tale of an inner-city dance instructor who combines ballroom and hip-hop had the misfortunate to premiere the same year as Step Up, which made 10 times as much and basically guaranteed that no one would remember Take the Lead. But it’s a solid and sexy little movie, perfect if you’re in the mood for a Banderas more than a Tatum. (And yes, Jenna Dewan is in both movies.)
©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett CollectionMr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
©Universal/Courtesy Everett CollectionMulholland Drive (2001)
David Lynch’s twisty thriller gets a shout-out in Chappell Roan’s song “Naked in Manhattan”: “Oh, I’ve never done it, let’s make it cinematic / Like that one sex scene that’s in Mulholland Drive.” Need we
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Copyright © ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett CollectionEyes Wide Shut (1999)
One of our favourite mystery movies, then married couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star in this psychological thriller about a New York City doctor who becomes unmoored after learning his wife once considered being unfaithful. He then embarks on a night-long adventure that ultimately culminates at a mysterious orgy.
©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett CollectionThe Bridges of Madison County (1995)
©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett CollectionWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
©Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionDirty Dancing (1987)
