Fifty Shades Freed
Universal PicturesThe Fifty Shades trilogy comes to a titillating close in the final film in the series, which sees newlyweds Christian and Anastasia Grey balancing their usual troubles (corporate intrigue and unhinged stalkers) with their ongoing BDSM playtime.
16Book Club
Paramount PicturesSpeaking of Fifty Shades, this charming rom-com follows four lifelong friends (Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, and Mary Steenburgen) who find a late-in-life spark after reading E. L. James's racy romance book—which soon turns each of their lives into romantic whirlwinds.
15How to Talk to Girls at Parties
A24John Cameron Mitchell directs this wackadoo sci-fi/comedy period piece based on a Neil Gaiman short story, in which a beautiful alien named Zan (Elle Fanning) explores the confounding world of late '70s London, where she meets a handsome punk named Enn (Alex Sharp).
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14Mary Shelley
IFC FilmsElle Fanning's sexy year continues with this moody biopic about the woman who would change English literature forever with her novel, Frankenstein. But before she was an acclaimed writer, she was just a young goth losing her virginity to poet Percy Shelley on her mother's grave.
13Blockers
Universal PicturesTeen sex comedies are a dime a dozen, but director Kay Cannon puts a feminist spin on this raucous film about three high school girls who vow to lose their virginity on prom night—much to the dismay of their parents, who band together to stop their kids from hooking up.
12On Chesil Beach
Paramount PicturesSaoirse Ronan and Billy Howle play young newlyweds who are completely unprepared for their wedding night, reminding us all that the first time can be extremely awkward and confusing.
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11Ismael's Ghosts
Magnolia PicturesA French filmmaker is about to start a new movie, but his life is turned upside-down when his wife (Marion Cotillard)—who disappeared 20 years earlier—unexpectedly returns to his life.
10Lizzie
Roadside AttractionsChloe Sevigny stars as the infamous Lizzie Borden, who accused (but acquitted) of brutally murdering her father and stepmother. But this film also suggests she had a torrid affair with her family's maid (played by Kristen Stewart).
9Cam
NetflixThis Netflix original is a horror movie for the Internet age; it follows a camgirl who discovers that her identity is being replicated in videos uploaded to her website without her knowledge.
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8Duck Butter
The OrchardDirector Miguel Arteta co-wrote the screenplay for this comedy with Alia Shawkat, who stars as one half of a couple (alongside Laia Costa) that meets at a club and discovers intimacy through frequent sex.
7Outlaw King
NetflixChris Pine does indeed go full-frontal in this bloody historical epic about Scottish king Robert the Bruce. But the real goods happen in a love scene between Pine and his co-star Florence Pugh, which proves that Scots knew how to have a good time in the 1300s.
6Colette
Bleecker StreetKeira Knightley stars as the famed French novelist whose work challenged traditional notions of sex and gender—as she did in her personal life, as she and her husband both had an affair with the same woman.
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5Disobedience
Bleecker StreetThe sexiest attractions can be the kind that are forbidden. Rachel Weisz plays a woman who returns to the Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her—and restarts a forbidden romance with her former best friend (Rachel McAdams).
4Hot Summer Nights
A24The current king of the coming-of-age film, Timothée Chalamet plays a teenage drug dealer who gets caught in over his head during a scorching hot summer—and he also finds himself romantically involved with his partner's hot sister.
3A Simple Favor
LionsgatePaul Feig's stylish post-modern noir stars Blake Lively as an accomplished woman who suddenly vanishes—leaving her sexy husband (played by Henry Golding) and her friend (Anna Kendrick) falling for each other as they investigate the disappearance.
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2Red Sparrow
20th Century FoxAfter an injury derails her ballet career, Dominika (Jennifer Lawrence) is recruited by the Russian government to be a spy. Tasked with seducing a handsome CIA agent played by Joel Edgerton, Dominika sees her chance for freedom from the state that is controller her—and her body.
1A Star Is Born
Warner Bros.Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga fall in love through song in the latest update to the classic Hollywood romance. The duo's chemistry is off-the-charts, and Gaga exposes herself in ways that Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand ever did.
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