Complete nudity, hot threesomes, unplayable sex - these films crossed the line of decency, but still managed to sneak into cinemas around the world.
Here are some movies that are very close to the border with pornography, but were still shown in cinemas all over the world.
Henry and June (Henry & June, 1990)
The film adaptation of the memoirs of the French writer Anaïs Nin is the first "mainstream" film to earn the NC-17 label (entry under 17 prohibited). It tells the story of a love triangle between Anaïs Nin, writer Henry Miller and his wife June. It is one of only three NC-17 films to earn an Academy Award nomination.
Caligula (Caligula, 1979)
The biopic focuses on the rise and fall of the decadent Roman emperor Caligula. The high-budget film combines hard erotica and explicit violence, and the controversial film is labeled as the most expensive pornographic blockbuster of all time.
Crash (1996)
The film is based on JG Ballard's novel of the same name, and David Cronenberg brought this psychological thriller to the big screen. The mysteries of the cult are aroused by car accidents, which means that they get the greatest pleasure precisely in broken sheet metal.
The Center of the World (2001)
He is a computer genius who earned a fabulous sum working in Silicon Valley, she is an exotic dancer who pays her to spend 3 days and 3 nights with him.
Nymphomaniac – Part 1 (Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, 2013)
The erotic narrative of the nymphomaniac Joe takes us to her youth, full of sexual temptation, seduction and love adventures. The chaotic vortex of uncontrolled erotic needs forces her to increasingly risky and irrational behavior, which gradually blurs her emotional awareness and rational thinking.
Ken Park (2002)
The film depicts the life of lower-middle-class teenagers in the suburbs and their complex relationships with their parents. There is no shortage of sex, threesomes, bondage, incest and shocking violence.
9 Orgasms (9 Songs, 2004)
British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom has refreshed the arthouse erotica of the 1970s and portrayed the gritty romantic story as a mixture of modern indie rock and explicit penetrative sex.
Love (2015)
A worried call from his ex-girlfriend's mother brings back to young Murphy memories of his love affair with the beautiful Electra. Although their association was characterized by drugs and wild sex, they also discovered a world of sincere experiences of tender affection, and Murphy's infidelity and resulting pregnancy caused emotional chaos with disastrous consequences.
