The Best NC-17 Romance Movies
This list of NC-17 romance movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. Top NC-17 movies are sexually explicit and erotic, but all of these films also have great plots that make them stand out from the rest. This list takes the best NC-17 romance movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest NC-17 romance movie of all time is. If you want to watch these flicks right away, you can find which of your favorite romance movies are streaming online on this Amazon Prime list and your favorite dramas on this Netflix Instant list.
This list of popular NC-17 romance movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think your personal favorite NC-17 romance movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great NC-17 romance films on this list.
If you're trying to find a specific NC-17 romance film, you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for. This list is made up of all the good NC-17 movies you'd want to see, including Blue Is the Warmest Color, Last Tango in Paris, and Lust, Caution. If you're trying to find out "What are the best NC-17 romance movies?" and "What are the most famous NC-17 romance movies?" then this free list is the perfect resource for you.
Use this list if you're looking for some new romance movies that are rated NC-17. Between Netflix, Hulu and other services there are thousands of great romance movies NC-17, so get out there and start watching.
Ang Lee and Pedro Almodóvar are among the directors that have worked on a Romance Film NC-17 film.
1Anupam Kher, Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu Wai- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Ang Lee
Lust, Caution is a 2007 espionage erotic thriller film directed by Ang Lee, based on the novella of the same name published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The story is mostly set in Hong ...more
2Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alma Jodorowsky- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a 2013 French romantic coming-of-age drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, based on the graphic novel by Julie Maroh. French teenager Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) ...more![Last Tango in Paris]()
3Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud- Released: 1972
- Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Distraught following his wife's suicide, American hotelier Paul (Marlon Brando) becomes transfixed by the beautiful younger Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider) when he meets her by chance at an ...more![Blue Valentine]()
4Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Derek Cianfrance
Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. To the casual observer, everything appears normal, if a bit subdued. But a closer examination reveals a ...more![Henry & June]()
5Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Philip Kaufman
A literary love triangle is explored in this film, which was the first to earn an NC-17 rating. While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), meet Anais ...more![Emmanuelle 2]()
6Sylvia Kristel, Laura Gemser, Umberto Orsini- Released: 1975
- Directed by: Francis Giacobetti
Emmanuelle 2 is a 1975 French softcore erotica film directed by Francis Giacobetti, and starring Sylvia Kristel. The screenplay was written by Bob Elia and Francis Giacobetti, based on novel ...more![Story of O]()
7Udo Kier, Corinne Cléry, Anthony Steel- Released: 1975
- Directed by: Just Jaeckin
Story of O is a 1975 Franco-German erotic drama film directed by Just Jaeckin. The screenplay is an adaptation of the erotic novel Story of O published in 1954 by Pauline Réage.![In the Realm of the Senses]()
8Taiji Tonoyama, Tatsuya Fuji, Meika Seri- Released: 1976
- Directed by: Nagisa Oshima
In the Realm of the Senses is a 1976 French-Japanese art film directed by Nagisa Oshima. It is a fictionalised and sexually explicit treatment of an incident from 1930s Japan, that of Sada Abe. It ...more![Wide Sargasso Sea]()
9Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward- Released: 1993
- Directed by: John Duigan
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway (Rachel Ward) falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason (Michael York). But when Annette's young son dies in a ...more![Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!]()
10Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Lolas León- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Newly released from a mental institution, Ricky (Antonio Banderas) heads straight for a reunion with the love of his life, B-movie actress Marina (Victoria Abril). The trouble is, Marina doesn't ...more![Delta of Venus]()
11Costas Mandylor, Marek Vašut, Audie England- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Zalman King
Delta of Venus is a 1994 American erotic drama film—though it was released in 1995—inspired by the erotic story collection of the same name by Anaïs Nin. The book is not autobiographical, nor does it ...more![Law of Desire]()
12Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
When porn director Pablo (Eusebio Poncela) reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan (Miguel Molina), he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually ...more![Ma Mère]()
13Isabelle Huppert, Joana Preiss, Louis Garrel- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Christophe Honoré
My Mother is a French-Austrian-Portuguese-Spanish 2004 film about the fictional story of an incestuous relationship between a 17-year-old boy and his attractive, promiscuous, 43-year-old mother. The ...more![Tropic of Cancer]()
14Rip Torn, James Callahan, Ellen Burstyn- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Joseph Strick
In this adaptation of Henry Miller's controversial 1934 novel, the film's backdrop is 1960s Paris. Expatriate American novelist Henry Miller (Rip Torn) spends his life womanizing and cavorting ...more![Inserts]()
15Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Hoskins, Veronica Cartwright- Released: 1974
- Directed by: John Byrum
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16Lois Maxwell, Earl Cameron, Folco Lulli- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Duilio Coletti
Originally titled La Grande Speranza, retitled Submarine Attack and Torpedo Zone in English, this low-key anti-war film is slow-moving and lacking in dramatic tension by action film standards, but ...more![In the Cold of the Night]()
17Tippi Hedren, Shannon Tweed, David Soul- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Nico Mastorakis
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18Shayna Ryan- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Rolfe Kanefsky
Sex Files: Alien Erotica is a 1998 sci-fi film written and directed by Rolfe Kanefsky.
