Can't you see they're in LOVE?!!
by Art Snob | created - 27 Nov 2011 | updated - 10 Sep 2019 | PublicIf you've ever thought about making a music video for Nat King Cole's When I Fall in Love, Dean Martin's Everybody Loves Somebody, or Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Getting to Know You, these films should provide you with all of the footage you'll need!
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1. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 22,815
An affair to remember, even if the "souvenir" is a bit much.
2. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
R | 125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford
Votes: 335,874 | Gross: $166.17M
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan engage in idyllic puppy love in their extra-special playroom.
3. Antichrist (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Votes: 136,582 | Gross: $0.40M
Willem DaFoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg discover that a trip to their cabin getaway was just what the doctor ordered to revive their fading romance.
4. Lust, Caution (2007)
NC-17 | 157 min | Drama, History, Romance
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang
Votes: 45,540 | Gross: $4.60M
Ang Lee's follow-up love tale to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. When Tony Leung's 'in the mood for love' this time around, he means BUSINESS!
5. Turkish Delight (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
An aimless young artist learns to face his responsibilities when a former lover develops a terminal illness.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman, Wim van den Brink
Votes: 11,845
Paul Verhoeven's Dutch adaptation of LOVE STORY is the film that put both him and star Rutger Hauer on the map. Voted the best Dutch film of the 20th century.
6. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 20,017 | Gross: $0.10M
Another Verhoven-Hauer classic, with Rutger having a hot time in ye olde town with party girl Jennifer Jason Leigh.
7. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,854 | Gross: $1.90M
Michale Haneke's clever remake of TEACHER'S PET reverses the age gap of the student suitor while bringing the teacher's hidden desires to the surface.
8. Intimacy (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Susannah Harker, Alastair Galbraith
Votes: 13,160 | Gross: $0.10M
Patrice Chereau's update of David Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER, with Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox revealing what was REALLY going on between Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson back in '45.
9. Matador (1986)
NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.
Director: Pedro AlmodĂłvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho MartĂnez, Eva Cobo
Votes: 12,954 | Gross: $0.21M
Nacho Martinez and Assumpta Serna are truly an ideal match in Pedro Almodovar's variant on MADE FOR EACH OTHER.
10. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
NC-17 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Director: Pedro AlmodĂłvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles LeĂłn, Julieta Serrano
Votes: 31,962 | Gross: $4.09M
Antonio Banderas has a special bond with Victoria Abril in this later Almodovar classic.
11. Secretary (2002)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 98,645 | Gross: $4.06M
Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader surpass Tracy & Hepburn in DESK SET to achieve the silver screen's all-time office romance.
12. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
NC-17 | 129 min | Drama, Romance
A young Parisian woman meets a middle-aged American businessman who demands their clandestine relationship be based only on sex.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Giovanna Galletti
Votes: 58,377 | Gross: $36.14M
Marlon Brando's final 'stud' role ... his physique really went to hell after he developed a fondness for butter.
13. Basic Instinct (1992)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 219,250 | Gross: $117.73M
Will it be Nick or Roxy today, Catherine? Take your pick!
14. Bitter Moon (1992)
R | 139 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote
Votes: 42,703 | Gross: $1.86M
Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner like living on the edge when it comes to foreplay in this movie, the greatest of all Hugh Grant romantic comedies.
15. Wild Orchid (1989)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 12,935 | Gross: $11.06M
Carre Otis' ticket to superstardom was doing it 'for real' on-camera with superstud Mickey Rourke.
16. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,812 | Gross: $8.55M
It's a GAS when Dennis Hopper and Isabella Rossellini hit it off!
17. Crash (1996)
NC-17 | 100 min | Drama
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 66,403 | Gross: $2.04M
Only the most romantic vistas in all of Toronto will suffice for lovebirds Holly Hunter and James Spader.
18. JamĂłn, JamĂłn (1992)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a mother disapproves of her son's lover, she hires an underwear model and former bullfighter to seduce her away.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Stefania Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego
Votes: 15,094 | Gross: $0.94M
Penelope Cruz's "star is born" role was her meaty part in this Spanish movie.
19. Henry & June (1990)
NC-17 | 136 min | Biography, Drama
AnaĂŻs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 14,196 | Gross: $11.57M
Henry & June are hot, but Henry & Anais are hotter, and June & Anais are sizzling! This first NC-17-rated film sounded the death knell for the ratings category.
20. Sex and Zen (1991)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man marries a beautiful wife, but decides to go out and experience as many sexual conquests as possible, with unusual and often hilarious results. Meanwhile, his wife is forced to enter a brothel and work as a prostitute.
Director: Michael Mak | Stars: Lawrence Ng, Amy Yip, Kent Cheng, Elvis Tsui
Votes: 2,774 | Gross: $0.40M
The love scene between the silk shop owner and his wife may very well be the most tender and intimate one in movie history! (continued)
21. Payback (I) (1999)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a successful heist, Porter is left for dead. Once he recovers, he seeks vengeance and wants his share of the money.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 145,773 | Gross: $81.53M
Although the one between Gregg Henry and Lucy Liu in this film must surely rate a close second!
22. Damage (1992)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son's girlfriend despite the obvious dangers.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves
Votes: 20,548 | Gross: $7.53M
Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche recapture the magic of Rock Hudson and Doris Day.
23. Happiness (1998)
NC-17 | 134 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker
Votes: 74,455 | Gross: $2.81M
Ditto for Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Camryn Manheim in this film, Todd Solonz's homage to the classic TV series, LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE.
24. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
R | 159 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field, Sydney Pollack
Votes: 375,347 | Gross: $55.69M
Tom & Nicole enlist Stanley Kubrick's help in trying to put the rumors to rest. It almost works.
25. Quest for Fire (1981)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 24,136 | Gross: $20.96M
It's a giant leap for mankind when Rae Dawn Chong teaches Everett McGill the proper technique for going primeval!
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