Feelings to the maximum: 10 main films of the "zero" about love

Any movie is important for horizons. Even “Fifty Shades of Grey” teaches the viewer something. Through the prism of this film, you can see how the attitude of the public toward erotic dramas has changed. Previously, they were made more complicated and deeper, but now the directors deliberately leave all the most secret on the surface.

We have collected the top 10 most explicit films about love and not only that have been filmed over the past 20 years. Here and about life with a maniac, and about finding oneself in the world of passions, and about bright feelings disguised as hatred. Everyone will find the work that, in the most understandable language, is able to explain the essence of love to the beholder.

10 PHOTOS

1. "Kill Me Softly", 2002

The first English-language film by Chinese director Chen Kaige is a story about co-dependent love and Stockholm syndrome. We can say that the creator romanticizes the thriller too much, adding frank scenes to it. The life of the main character Alice (Heather Graham) will not be the same after she meets Adam (Joseph Fiennes). The girl is so blinded by the passion that she does not notice the main thing: her boyfriend is a maniac.

2. "Dreamers", 2003

Bernardo Bertolucci knows how to make sensual films. This tape is one of the most famous. The focus is on the love triangle between an American student and a French couple. The director wanted to show the mood of the youth after the sexual revolution as accurately as possible. Well, the debutante Eva Green after this role became a real star.

3. “Shame”, 2011

Drama Steve McQueen with Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in the lead roles - the sensation of the "tenths". The protagonist named Brandon does not know how to emotionally attach himself to women, because he is addicted to adult films. In an attempt to get rid of her, he agrees to the most unpredictable experiments but does not fully understand that the problem lies elsewhere.

4. “Chloe”, 2009

Psychological drama by Atom Egoyan is a remake of the French film “Natalie”, filmed by Anne Fontaine in 2003. One of the main characters is trying to prove her husband's infidelity with a young student, but she herself falls into a cycle of passion. The film surprises you with its provocative nature and keeps you in suspense until the very last minute.

5. “Kuriosa”, 2019

A story about a love triangle in bohemian Paris at the end of the 19th century. Two men are in love with one woman, and she is in love with one, but she is forced to marry another. Lou Genet's film allows the viewer to look into a world full of eroticism and mixed feelings.

6. “In the realm of beauty”, 2014

In Denis Arcana's film, there is an exemplary husband - an illustrious architect, budding. He has a wife, Stephanie, with whom he is calm and comfortable. But a woman suddenly bursts into the life of the protagonist, who brings only chaos. The director managed to combine despair and passion, reason and feelings.

7. "Fifty Shades of Grey", 2015

The film is scolded and criticized to the nines, but it is worth mentioning because it is a symbol of the era. The story of Mr. Gray and student Anastacia shows that erotic dramas have become simpler and banaler over time. Such are the demands of the public: more frankness, less sense.

8. “365 days”, 2020

A Sicilian mobster and an ordinary girl make a deal: you can't fall in love with each other in 365 days. The drama was shot by Polish directors Barbara Bialowons and Tomasz Mendes and based on the bestselling novel of the same name and was recognized as one of the most provocative films of recent times.

9. “Venus in furs”, 2013

The protagonist is looking for an actress for the main role in the play, and among the many contenders, he singles out Wanda - cheeky, vulgar, and eccentric. Roman Polanski clearly showed that hating a woman to obsessing with her is just one step.

10. “Love”, 2015

One of the most shameless and honest directors of our time is Gaspard Noe. His love is both drama and adult film rolled into one. In the center of the plot is a man rushing between two fires, who, by his own example, shows how destructive and at the same time saving the highest feeling can be.