In this film written and directed by Paul Schrader, Gere plays a sex worker named Julian who is generally enjoying the high life thanks to the compensation from his very satisfied clients. Richard Gere had already been cutting a handsome figure in crime thrillers for years before 1980, but American Gigolo helped cement him as a sex symbol for erotic-thriller connoisseur. So whether you’re an experienced collector in the field of film erotics or you’re just now starting to dip your toe in the water, light a candle for Linda Fiorentino and burn a small offering for Adrian Lyne: It’s time to watch some movies that require you to close the shades.
We’ve compiled a list of 15 movies you can watch right now with various streaming subscriptions, plus a little bonus at the end for the ones you shouldn’t need anyone to tell you about.
(Trust me: I’m on the asexual spectrum, and even I can’t resist this hot and bothered section at the video store.) The notion of “guilty pleasures” is a waste of time - love what you love and shout it out loud - but if there’s one class of movies that easily slides into that folder, wrapped in black paper to protect the sensitive eyes of passersby, it’s this one.Īnd while we may not get as many new erotic thrillers as we’d like (or deserve!), there’s a lurid and sweaty archive waiting for you to access it at any time.
It’s the movie theater in old Times Square where any shade of person could go to watch something sexy, transgressive, and built for pure satisfaction. It is the handshake between film snobs and trash collectors.
It is the bridge between the high and the low. A subgenre that wasn’t necessarily invented but flew its closest to the sun in the 1990s is the grand unifying experience of cinema in so many ways. We all feel it, that emptiness in our souls where the erotic thriller should be. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photo by Amazon Prime Video Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith in The Voyeurs.
Or try iTunes, which allows you to download series, films and TV shows. Sky is home to shows like Big Little Lies and the big HBO series. Sky customers can get Entertainment packages from £22 a month. Amazon Prime Video also includes TV shows like Chernobyl and quite a few movie options too - we've broken them down in our best Amazon Prime movies guide. You can sign up to Disney+ for £7.99 a month or £79.90 a year - check out our guide to the best Disney Plus shows or best Disney Plus movies. If you don't find what you want to watch there, there's always the other streaming platforms along with our guides to find the best TV show or movie to watch right now.
'Tis (well, in December) the season to be jolly and watch all the Netflix movies, so the streaming site has also added these secret codes to help you find your festive viewing content.
Remember if it doesn't work it may be because of your location or IP address. With all that extra time you save you could even get another film in. If you want to narrow your search down even more then you can do too.Įasy, peasy. So, for example, your final URL will look something like this: