The Criterion Collection holds some of the greatest films ever created. We’ve collected the amazing ways these award-winning movies tackle sexuality and desire.
One Reddit reader asked the community to name the sexiest movies in the Criterion Collection, creating a long list of excellent movies to enjoy.
We rounded up descriptions and trailer for all the films suggested by readers? What did we miss? Share your suggestions in the comments…
Y Tu Mamá También
“In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.”
Persona
“A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.”
In the Realm of the Senses
“A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to a sexual obsession which then came to a violent end.”
Blue Is the Warmest Color
“Adèle’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult.”
The Double Life of Veronique
Crazed Fruit
“Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they bargained for.”
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
“An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.”
Weekend
“After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what’s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.”
Mulholland Dr.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.