The 30 Best Erotic Thrillers On Streaming
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![Basic-Instinct](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/basic-instinct.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Drug and sex addicted cop (Michael Douglas) interrogates drug and sex addicted blonde (Sharon Stone) about whether or not she murders her lovers with an ice pick.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 10/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 10/10
TOTAL SCORE: 20/20
[Where To Stream Basic Instinct]
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![Body-Double](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/body-double.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: This Hitchcock tribute from director Brian DePalma is about a struggling actor/Peeping Tom who may or may not have witnessed the brutal murder of his naked neighbor. Oh, did we mention Melanie Griffith also stars as a porn star?
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 9/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 9/10
TOTAL SCORE: 18/20
[Where To Stream Body Double]
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![Bound](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bound.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: The debut film from the Wachowskis twists the Mob caper into a sexual stew featuring some searing chemistry between Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 10/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 8/10
TOTAL SCORE: 18/20
[Where To Stream Bound]
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![Fatal-Attraction](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fatal-attraction.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: A one-night stand between (the very married) Michael Douglas and (the totally insane) Glenn Close goes awry. Bunnies are boiled.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 8/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 10/10
TOTAL SCORE: 18/20
[Where To Stream Fatal Attraction]
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![Body-Heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/body-heat1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: The only hotter than Florida in the summertime is the sexual chemistry between William Hurt and Kathleen Turner (here in her film debut). There's murder, double crosses, and triple crosses!
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 10/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 7/10
TOTAL SCORE: 17/20
[Where To Stream Body Heat]
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![Dressed-to-Kill](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dressed-to-kill1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: A sexually frustrated wife (Angie Dickinson) vents to her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) in the sexually liberated '70s. Be warned: This one gets DARK.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 10/10
TOTAL SCORE: 17/20
[Where To Stream Dressed To Kill]
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![Unfaithful](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/unfaithful.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Diane Lane is a wayward wife and Richard Gere is her suspicious husband in Adrian Lyne's film about adultery.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 9/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 8/10
TOTAL SCORE: 17/20
[Where To Stream Unfaithful]
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![Wild-At-Heart](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wild-at-heart.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Sailor (Nic Cage) and Lulu (Laura Dern) play a pair of lovers on the run in this sizzling, surreal masterpiece from director David Lynch.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 9/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 8/10
TOTAL SCORE: 17/20
[Where To Stream Wild At Heart]
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![Wild-Things](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wild-things.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Another Florida movie! This time around, a teen socialite (Denise Richards) gets involved with a high school classmate from the wrong side of the tracks (Neve Campbell) and their guidance counselor (Matt Dillon). Yes, there is a threesome.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 8/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 7/10
TOTAL SCORE: 15/20
[Where To Stream Wild Things]
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![Eyes-Wide-Shut](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/eyes-wide-shut.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Stanley Kubrick's final film stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a pair of wealthy but unhappy Manhattanites whose relationship unravels after a night of smoking reefer. Heads up -- orgies ahoy!
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 8/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 6/10
TOTAL SCORE: 14/20
[Where To Stream Eyes Wide Shut]
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![Fear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fear1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: NICOLE 4-EVA! What happens when your daughter (Reese Witherspoon) dates a local goon (Mark Wahlberg)? William Peterson wishes he never found out.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 7/10
TOTAL SCORE: 14/20
[Where To Stream Fear]
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![Lust-Caution](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/lust-caution1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Ang Lee's WWII era story is set in Shanghai and is chock full of political intrigue. That part is kind of slow, I'll admit, but pay attention and you'll see why this movie was rated NC-17.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 9/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 5/10
TOTAL SCORE: 14/20
[Where To Stream Lust/Caution]
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![Sea-of-Love](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sea-of-love1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Stop us if you've heard this one before. A detective (Al Pacino) gets involved with a woman (Ellen Barkin) who may or may not be the chief suspect in a series of murders. Peak Barkin!
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 7/10
TOTAL SCORE: 14/20
[Where To Stream Sea Of Love]
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![Angel-Heart](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/angel-heart1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: The plot has something to do with Satanic cults, but what you really need to know is that this movie was almost rated X thanks to the crazy town sex scene between Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet. Yes, that Lisa Bonet, the one from The Cosby Show.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 8/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 5/10
TOTAL SCORE: 13/20
[Where To Stream Angel Heart]
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![Bitter-Moon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bitter-moon.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Watch this movie! You should also totally read Olivia Armstrong's piece on this minor Roman Polanski masterpiece.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 8/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 4/10
TOTAL SCORE: 12/20
[Where To Stream Bitter Moon]
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![Killing-Me-Softly](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/killing-me-softly1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: No, this doesn't have anything to do with Roberta Flack. All you really need to know about this film is that it's got a Heather Graham/Joseph Fiennes sex scene in it that puts anything Rollergirl ever did on camera to shame.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 5/10
TOTAL SCORE: 12/20
[Where To Stream Killing Me Softly]
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![Single-White-Female](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/single-white-female1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: In this psychological thriller, a needy young woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) finds fulfillment by trying to literally become her successful roommate (Bridget Fonda).
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 5/10
TOTAL SCORE: 12/20
[Where To Stream Single White Female]
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![Enemy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/enemy.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Do you ever find yourself watching Jake Gyllenhaal movies and thinking "One Jake Gyllenhaal is not nearly enough"? If so, this is the film for you!
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 4/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 7/10
TOTAL SCORE: 11/20
[Where To Stream Enemy]
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![Jade](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jade1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Two words for you. David Caruso. Not sold yet? Here's two more. Linda Fiorentino. Sold yet?
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 5/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 6/10
TOTAL SCORE: 11/20
[Where To Stream Jade]
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![Original-Sin](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/original-sin1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely man's (Antonio Banderas) search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Oh, did we mention those erotically charged situations involve Angelina Jolie?
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 7/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 4/10
TOTAL SCORE: 11/20
[Where To Stream Original Sin]
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![Color-of-Night](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/color-of-night1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: This movie explores double-identities, death threats and Bruce Willis' peen. That's all you need to know.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 6/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 4/10
TOTAL SCORE: 10/20
[Where To Stream Color Of Night]
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![Femme-Fatale](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/femme-fatale1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Yes, yet ANOTHER Brian DePalma film. He is the master of the genre, after all! This one has a silly plot but features a stunning Rebecca Romijn as the titular (heh heh) femme fatale.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 6/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 4/10
TOTAL SCORE: 10/20
[Where To Stream Femme Fatale]
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![Quills](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quills.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: You know what's not sexy? Geoffrey Rush and 18th century insane asylums. That said, there are some great twists and turns in this story about the Marquis de Sade.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 3/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 6/10
TOTAL SCORE: 9/20
[Where To Stream Quills]
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![Sleeping-with-the-Enemy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sleeping-with-the-enemy.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Who would ever hurt poor little Julia Roberts? Don't they know she's America's Sweetheart?
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 4/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 5/10
TOTAL SCORE: 9/20
[Where To Stream Sleeping With The Enemy]
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![The-Boy-Next-Door](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-boy-next-door.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Props to J. Lo for trying to resurrect this genre; this film about J. Lo seducing the titular (heh) boy next door grossed a healthy $50MM worldwide against a budget of $4MM.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 5/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 3/10
TOTAL SCORE: 8/20
[Where To Stream The Boy Next Door]
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![Bad-Timing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bad-timing1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: You know who's even less sexy than Geoffrey Rush? Art Garfunkel, that's who! Still, this Nic Roeg movie is full of sexual intrigue and is TOTALLY worth watching. (If it helps convince you, this film is part of the Criterion Collection.)
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 3/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 4/10
TOTAL SCORE: 7/20
[Where To Stream Bad Timing]
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![The-Canyons](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-canyons.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Lindsay Lohan gets naked, and naked again, and naked some more in this Hollywood thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 4/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 3/10
TOTAL SCORE: 7/20
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![In-the-Cut](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/in-the-cut1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Jane Campion directs Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo in this erotic thriller based on the best-selling suspense novel by Susanna Moore.
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 4/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 3/10
TOTAL SCORE: 7/20
[Where To Stream In The Cut]
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![Obsessed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/obsessed1.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: Idris Elba and Beyonce (!) play a couple whose happy marriage is broken up by a Becky (Ali Larter).
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 3/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 3/10
TOTAL SCORE: 6/20
[Where To Stream Obsessed]
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![Fair-Game](https://cdn.statically.io/img/decider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fair-game.png?w=1024)
SYNOPSIS: This movie is really terrible and not at all erotic, but that said, it's worth watching just to see Cindy Crawford try to act. (Oh, and she gets topless at one point, too.)
HOW EROTIC WAS IT? 1/10
HOW THRILLING WAS IT? 2/10
TOTAL SCORE: 3/20
[Where To Stream Fair Game]
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