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Love is a many splendored thing, but it’s also the root of all things sexy. The deepest desires aren’t just about the physical flesh, but about the hypnotizing thrill of connecting with someone body and soul. Therefore, the best romances are sometimes also the sexiest ones.
With that in mind, we went through Netflix’s current film offerings and singled out the ten sexiest romances on the platform. Some of these are sensuous meditations on true love and others are down-and-dirty thrillers about the destructive power of lust. Still, all tackle romance with an emphasis on passion.
Here are the top 10 sexiest romances on Netflix — ranked from 1 to 10 in order of smuttiness. (You’re welcome.)
'A Room With A View'
We never get to see a single sordid sex scene, but A Room With A View serves tons of sex appeal. This is the sensuality of suggestion, of suppressed passions bursting forth in time with an opera aria. Not to mention the fact that this seemingly prim and proper period drama features full-frontal male nudity. [Watch A Room With A View on Netflix]
'Anna Karenina' (2012)
Director Joe Wright spiced up one of literature’s most famous doomed romances with lots of style and tons of orgasmic shots. We mean that in more ways than one. Anna Karenina features some spectacular cinematography as well as some randy close ups of Keira Knightley lost in ecstasy. [Watch Anna Karenina on Netflix]
'Beyond The Lights’
Beyond The Lights is an electrifying look at one songbird’s struggle to be free. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Noni, a brilliant singer whose stage mother has molded her into a sex object. A chance encounter puts her in the path of a handsome and earnest cop (Nate Parker) with political aspirations. The two fall in love (and make the sexiest entry into the Mile High Club). [Watch Beyond The Lights on Netflix]
'The English Patient’
This breathtaking Best Picture Oscar-winner brought old Hollywood romance to the Miramax age. In one storyline, Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas embark on a scandalous extra-marital affair against the backdrop of the African desert. The other focuses on a sweet romance between unlikely lovers: Juliette Binoche’s French nurse and Naveen Andrews’ Indian minesweeper. [Watch The English Patient on Netflix]
'Palm Trees In The Snow’
Spanish epic Palm Trees In The Snow is a love letter to the vistas of Africa, but it also opens and closes with a devastatingly sexy love scene. The, er, thrust of the story? One modern Spanish woman must travel to her family’s African plantation to uncover the truth of this tragic romance. She, in turn, falls for a local. [Watch Palm Trees In The Snow on Netflix]
'I Am Love'
I Am Love is an absolutely swoon worthy art house film about one Italian clans’ secret “amors.” This gorgeous film features romance at every angle: the fashion, the settings, the cinematography, and the sex scenes, are all primed to seduce you. [Watch I Am Love on Netflix]
'Queen Margot’
Queen Margot is a brilliant French film about one of the most legendary — and destructive — love affairs in history. Isabelle Adjani plays the titular ruler, a Catholic monarch with a penchant for sexy hookups and wanton abandon. She is wed to a Protestant ruler, but falls for a different Protestant lord. This story is full of intrigue, sex, and, yes, bloody violence. [Watch Queen Margot on Netflix]
'The Duke of Burgundy’
Think Fifty Shades of Grey is the height of tawdry romance? You need to get wise the The Duke of Burgundy. This lesbian BDSM thriller exposes the possessive nature of love and explores the seesaw of power between master and servant. [Watch The Duke of Burgundy on Netflix]
'Stranger By The Lake’
This French thriller might be centered on a murder, but it’s famous for its numerous explicit gay sex scenes. Franck falls for the mysterious Michel even after witnessing him killing his former lover. Hot crazy sex has never been so hot or so literally crazy. [Watch Stranger By The Lake on Netflix]
'Love'
Despite its name, Gaspar Noé’s Love is perhaps the least romantic film on our list. This mind-bending 3D porno boldly exposes one man’s desires and forces us to confront our own attitudes about sex. If you’re here for smut, this is the film for you. [Watch Love on Netflix]
