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The sexiest movies and shows to watch with your partner

If you're feeling romantic and a little frisky, then you need some sexy scenes on top of the romance to really make your movie pick perfect

Written by
Izza Sofia
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The perfect date doesn’t necessarily involve a fancy date at a romantic restaurant. You can have as much fun snuggling up with your partner, best friend, or even flying solo, while having a night of binge-watching flicks. We have rounded up a collection of movies that’s sure to evoke certain feelings in you. Yup, it looks like your Friday night in just got a whole lot sexier.

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Magic Mike XXL (2015)
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Magic Mike XXL (2015)

Better than its predecessor, Magic Mike XXL rejoins with Mike (Channing Tatum) trying to build up his construction business after leaving the stripper life three years ago. With his business nosediving and his long-term relationship ending quickly, Mike reunites with his male stripper for one last hurrah at a stripper convention in Myrtle Beach.

With well-timed dance moves and chiselled abs, Magic Mike XXL becomes a heartwarming and saucy road trip comedy adventure for those who love hyper-masculine men with hearts of gold. Sequences like Mike’s friend Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) performing a racy dance to Backstreet Boys’ I Want It That Way to make a gas attendant look up from her phone is instantly iconic and sexy. 

Call Me By Your Name (2017)
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Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Perhaps you will feel a shiver run through you every time you eat a peach after watching this movie. Adapted from Andre Aciman’s novel of the same name, the movie shows a powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy, Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and his parents’ summer guest, Oliver (Armie Hammer). Elio spends his summer with his professor father and mother in Italy, and is joined by Oliver, his father’s assistant, who spends the next few months with his family intending to do some research.

Elio and Oliver are curious about each other and they find themselves flirting, gazing and gracing each other to see if their attraction is shared. The camera captures every pleasured look on these actors’ faces as they pursue each other, each scene so hot you can practically feel the heat of the Italian summer radiating through the screen.

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God’s Own Country (2017)
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God’s Own Country (2017)

Francis Lee’s 2017 drama sees Josh O’ Connor playing Johnny, a young man living at home and helping his father and grandmother with their small farm. Most of his days are mundane, but that immediately changes when Romanian immigrant Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu) arrives in the spring to help out. His arrival awakens a curiosity in Johnny and the pair spend their days out in the field, till they grow fond of each other.

The first half of the movie sees the duo acting on their feelings and you can feel the electricity between them when they have to spend the night in a secluded barn after spending a day out in a field rebuilding a wall. Johnny and Gheorghe spend the night making sense of their attraction, using intimacy and sex to open themselves up to each other.

Malcom & Marie (2021)
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Malcom & Marie (2021)

Directed by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, the movie shows Zendaya and Washington riding through the highs and lows together. Dubbed “the story of love,” the film depicts the filmmaker fresh off a successful premiere of a new film running into trouble with his girlfriend as issues in their relationship begin to surface, testing the strength of their love. Malcolm & Marie is beautifully shot in black-and-white, and wrapped with superficial elegance to match the characters’ insecurities on how they are perceived.

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the film explores one Manhattan couple’s journey through moral territory and forbidden sexual desire. It follows the events in Dr. Bill Harford’s life after he is stunned upon learning his wife, Alice, contemplated having an affair. Bill finds himself on a wandering journey and his encounters with sex workers, a secret society and their mass orgy at a country estate. He also found out that one of his patients may be harbouring a deadly secret.

Mr & Mrs Smith (2005)
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Mr & Mrs Smith (2005)

Even though Brangelina is no more, this movie still retains its sizzle. The playful film sees Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in a stagnating marriage, but both of them hide a secret from each other: They are assassins working for adversarial agencies. They are both assigned to kill the same target, Benjamin Danz, before discovering that they have to kill each other, sparking a series of explosive attacks.

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The Handmaiden (2016)
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The Handmaiden (2016)

Basically the definition of erotic in every imaginable way, this movie follows Sook-Hee (Tae-ri Kim), a young woman who is a maid to Lady Hideko (Min-hee Kim), a Japanese heiress living with her uncle at a country estate. Sook-Hee happens to be a thief who tries to swindle her new boss out of her fortune. However, things take a turn for the better when Sook-Hee and Hideko discover their desires for one another. The Handmaiden is also successful at making the most banal task, sensual. Aside from the blatant sex scenes, watch the movie and your dental health may just improve. 

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)

The love story between rodeo cowboy Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch hand Ennis (Heath Ledger) is something else. Hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid), Jack made a drunken pass at Ennis one night on Brokeback Mountain, which is reciprocated. Although Ennis married his longtime sweetheart Alma, and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, the two men keep up with their affair over the course of 20 years.

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Sex Education (2019)
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Sex Education (2019)

Forward-thinking, diverse and fun, you’ll find yourself emotionally invested in each and every character in this quirky series. This popular British comedy-drama primarily focuses on the discomfort of teenage sexuality, and it follows a group of students who create an “underground” sex therapy clinic to help other kids with their relationship woes.

Now in its third season, you’ll find that the portrayal of sex in this show is utterly realistic in a way that you’ll find yourself cringeing and laughing. Some parts of it can also be pretty hot. An excellent choice for a date night pick: you’ll chuckle and maybe, become a little bit aroused. 

American Pie (1999)
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American Pie (1999)

We probably won't see a phenomenon like American Pie again. The raunchy sex comedy gives a hysterical look at obnoxious high schoolers making an ultimate pact: losing their virginity by prom night. Watch as they manipulate their way into the hearts of some girls, and fail spectacularly. One manages to score with a hot foreign exchange student, and then ditches her at the end with a band member who knows her way with the flute. Another guy desperately hires someone to make up rumours about him, building himself a “reputation” among schoolmates. Sit back and enjoy this hit comedy and, oh, you’ll also never look at warm apple pie the same way again.

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The Naked Director (2019)
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The Naked Director (2019)

This raunchy drama is about one of the most innovative Japanese porn directors of all time. Based on Nobuhiro Motohashi’s non-fiction novel Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den, it tells the story of Toru Muranishi, a failed English textbook salesman turned into a provocative director of adult videos who revolutionised the adult entertainment industry during the 1980s Japan.

Filled with sex, money, and attention from the authorities and crime syndicates, The Naked Director is a balance between sex comedy and action-packed underworld narrative combined with pornographic revolution. You will find yourself laughing at ridiculous porn shoots before watching the characters tangling with the Yakuza in love hotels, sex shops and drunken karaoke bars.

The Witcher (2019)
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The Witcher (2019)

Full of fantastic beasts and epic battle scenes, this Netflix show is shot beautifully and packed with hot characters. And an orgy or two. It follows the story of Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a mutant with special powers who kills monsters for money. Expect dragons, sorcerers, beheadings and hot and heavy beddings.

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Euphoria (2019)
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Euphoria (2019)

This gritty series gives an insight at the complex teenage life that Generation Z must navigate, including exploring sexual relationships from a wide array of perspectives. In the show, Zendaya plays Rue, a high school student who self-medicates herself with drugs and alcohol to numb her emotional pain. Among other teens, the show does have a lot of sex and drugs. The premiere episode itself depicts an overdose, and a sex scene involving choking. One scene in the second episode reportedly shows 30 penises!

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
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Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

We all know that the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise is basically low-key softcore porn. This modern-day erotic drama is great to watch during Valentine’s Day, together with your significant other. The film follows a straight-laced student, Anastasia (Dakota Johnson), interviewing the handsome and wealthy Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), and it’s attraction at first sight for them both. They find themselves entangled in a toxic yet extremely intense and passionate affair. She finds herself being controlled by Grey, but when he introduces her to the dark world and kinky tastes, she begins to explore her own desires for the first time. 

This show may certainly give you a few ideas on how to spice up your bedroom activities by trying out new moves, just to bring that extra bit of passion back into your relationship. 

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Sleeping With Other People (2015)
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Sleeping With Other People (2015)

This 2015 romcom is a great pick, if you are looking for a film that has likeable leads and also happens to have a lot of sex in it. Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie star as two sex addicts who fall in love, and it’s full of sexual tension, easy-going chemistry and charm. Written and directed by the creator of Netflix’s Russian Doll, the cute comedy is a mix of sophistication and unabashed raunch.

Sex/Life (2021)
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Sex/Life (2021)

From pool to elevator sex, the raunchy scenes in this Netflix series are plentiful. An adaptation of BB Easton’s novel 44 Chapters About 4 Men, Sex/Life sees Billie Connely (Sarah Shahi)  a woman with two small children, who lives in a big house in the suburbs with her husband, Cooper. Unsatisfied with her sexual life, she starts to dream about her former life, and the private romantic rendezvous with her ex-boyfriend, Brad. The episodes cut between her two lives: hot and heavy rendezvous with Brad, or staying solid with Cooper. Who will she choose?

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Bridgerton (2020)
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Bridgerton (2020)

If you haven’t jumped on the Bridgerton bandwagon, now is the time. A fresh perspective on historical romance, the series is based on Julia Quinn’s epic eight-part romance novel series of the same name. Taking place in the early part of the 19th century, the film is concerned with the romantic entanglements of society’s upper crust. The Netflix drama is addictive to watch, and it is full of stolen glances and whispered rumours, scandals and seductions, wounded pride and star-crossed love, lavish balls and string quartet renditions of songs.

It starts with PG scenes of many period pieces until the two main characters Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Bassett tie the knot. Now that they are free to consummate, viewers get a tasty treat when the couple cannot get their hands off of each other as they have sex in the open field, in the rain and even on a ladder.

The Blue Lagoon (1980)
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The Blue Lagoon (1980)

Marooned on a tropical island, Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins, a gleaming, golden teen couple live in an innocent idyll until their hormones take over. In handmade beachwear, they become a sun-bleached Adam and Eve… without the apple.

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9½ weeks (1986)
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9½ weeks (1986)

Full of erotic and steamy scenes, this film will certainly get both your juices flowing. Wall Street trader John and art gallery assistant, Elizabeth find themselves in a courtship that becomes highly sexual. Their steamy love affair involves more daring and kinky scenarios including striptease and bondage. One, in particular, has them exploring all the uses for milk and honey on the kitchen floor. Food for thought, seriously.

 

Love & Other Drugs (2010)
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Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a pushy salesman for Pfizer, who struggles to get doctors to prescribe Zoloft, his company’s medication for depression. He bamboozles his way into hospitals and seduces receptionists to get his products on sale. Jamie becomes a big hitter after Pfizer launches the wildly popular Viagra. At the same time, he fell for Maggie (Anne Hathaway), a smart and vulnerable woman who has stage one Parkinson’s. The condition, unfortunately, has no drug remedies. Solid if not spectacular, Love & Other Drugs is a sharp, yet sensitive and sexily romantic tale that's a cut above the usual cookie-cutter affairs. 

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Moulin Rouge (2001)
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Moulin Rouge (2001)

This breathtaking baroque film stars Nicole Kidman as Satine, a star dancer at the notorious Moulin Rouge who has a deadly secret; she is dying of tuberculosis. Romantic poet Christian falls madly in love on the first glimpse of the club's star. She returns his feelings and they both battle with her deteriorating health and a jealous Duke, who is set on separating them. The film beautifully marries theatre and opera, while giving you sexy, sensual and seductive scenes all in one.

No Strings Attached (2011)
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No Strings Attached (2011)

Anyone who’s secretly wanted something more from their hookup buddy will swoon over this one. Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher play two close friends who decide to start sleeping together, “no strings attached.” However, after some birthday party and workplace shenanigans, their time together turns into something more. With Portman and Kutcher making out at different parts of the show, this romantic comedy can just get you a little hot under the collar. 

Netflix and chill, anyone?

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