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List of taboo movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
Adapted from HOU Wen-yong’s novel Adrift in Love, this series weaves two contrasting tales of passion, desire, and struggle. One story explores a forbidden relationship that blurs the boundaries of morality and longing, while the other follows an ...
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden romance, moral ambiguity, desire, longing, passion, illicit affair, taboo, sexual tension, secrets, class differences, loneliness, second chance ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
19-year-old Meru is a sorceress lost in a forest of unsavory characters. But these lustful beasts had better watch out! When Meru attains the state of ultimate ecstasy, she unleashes explosive power from within herself!
Style:
anime, erotic, explicit, adult animation, dark ...
Plot:
raped by monster, supernatural power, sensuality, mature, sexual content, magical girl, taboo, voyeurism, transformation, victimization, peril, isolation ...
Time:
90s, medieval times
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this '60s sexploitation double bill, director Stephen C. Apostolof proves that sex is sex -- whether it takes place in the wilds of suburbia or the confines of the workplace. In Suburbia Confidential, the housewives are horny -- and doing it ...
Style:
erotic, noir, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bondage, lesbianism, sexploitation, suburbs, repression, sexual frustration, transvestite, infidelity, sexual identity, voyeur, taboo, sexual exploration ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nami is a photographer on the set of a porn film. When photographing a rape scene between a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes uncomfortable, having remembered a similar incident in her own past. Muraki, the editor, notices her discomfort and ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, intense, neo noir, art house ...
Plot:
sexploitation, teacher student relationship, sexual abuse, mature, taboo, loss of innocence, voyeurism, female protagonist, porn industry, moral ambiguity, guilt, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki ...
Style:
sadistic, transgressive, erotic, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
fetish, bodybuilding, sadomasochism, male nudity, obsession, sexual abuse, taboo, manipulation, sexual obsession, guilt, violence, transgression ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. he knows that the groom was impotent. Later he realizes that impotence is becoming an epidemic that spreads among all men. However, no one wants to declare that out of shame. A ...
Style:
detective, psychological, tense, political drama
Plot:
arab, investigation, sexual dysfunction, taboo, social commentary, cover up, journalism, realism, political satire, investigative journalism, corruption, marriage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A world-class pianist (Seymour) becomes romantically and sexually involved with her young protege (Gartin).
Style:
romantic drama, erotic
Plot:
teacher student relationship, teacher student sex, pianist, classical music, forbidden romance, lovers, music teacher, piano teacher, small town, taboo, coming of age, love ...
Place:
vermont
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Camille is a vulnerable and a strong-willed seductress- she chooses, she takes, she leaves; she can go very far in her desire for freedom. She is the daughter of disunited parents, Armand, a professor and Colette, an intellectual ...
Style:
controversial, erotic drama, intense, tense, art house ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, seduction, coming of age, loss of innocence, taboo, sexual awakening, manipulation, character study, moral ambiguity, obsession, jealousy, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
80s
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Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This episode starts with a request for a pop-star to be raped into humility by her personal-assistant, who the star had treated like crap. The pop-star get's hers when Rapeman shows her that she ain't always the boss. From there the story ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, black comedy, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
rape, sexploitation, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, revenge, misogyny, brainwashing, taboo, exploitation, moral ambiguity, corrupt politician, male protagonist ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Noboru Tanaka returned to direct the third of Nikkatsu's pinku eiga melodramas examining prostitution in various Japanese cities. This one focuses on modern-day Osaka, and although it is still a softcore film, is the most outrageous of the lot. ...
Style:
bleak, controversial, dark, period piece, independent film ...
Plot:
prostitution, exploitation, incest, street prostitution, pimp, sexploitation, survival, sexuality, taboo, character study, mother daughter conflict, poverty ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.
Style:
erotic, romantic comedy, humorous, black comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
mother in law son in law relationship, mother in law, making love, sex scene, forbidden love, love triangle, wedding, taboo, marriage, seduction, passion, family drama ...
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108
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Madrid at the time of the Inquisition, the monk Ambrosio is renowned for his faith and his strength of will, a saint in the eyes of the populace. But when he discovers the beautiful Matilda hidden in his own monastery, all his repressed passions ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, art house, period drama
Plot:
temptation, monastery, inquisition, lust, taboo, moral ambiguity, religious, hypocrisy, sin, seduction, corruption, obsession ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century
Place:
madrid, spain
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Whilst researching an article about rape for a magazine article, Nami starts having fantasies of rape as she comes closer to a fate that could be worse than death.
Style:
controversial, disturbing, dark, psychological thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
rape, exploitation, violent, rape and revenge, obsession, sexual abuse, sexualized violence, investigation, trauma, taboo, sexual obsession, reporter ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A noble businessman who has a sexual affair with a prostitute. Some thugs are trying to blackmail him and making him agree to pay a large sum of money. They viciously rape his sexy wife too. Of course the woman becomes sexually aroused by the act of ...
Style:
controversial, erotic drama, tense, dramatic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
cuckold, older man younger woman sex, infidelity, rape, pink film, sexual abuse, forced sex, wife, sexual content, blackmail, coercion, murder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A psycho sex-fiend keeps his infantile girlfriend Vicky in Submission with candy bars, toys and, yes, hot wax. But when they plan on killing a wealthy lesbian, Vicky discovers she likes a woman's touch and plans a nasty surprise for her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, controversial, disturbing, erotic drama, intense ...
Plot:
sexploitation, exploitation, taboo, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, manipulation, obsession, psychopath, sadism, revenge, physical torture, violent ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, costume drama, tragic ending, dark ...
Plot:
erotica, adultery, mature, murder, betrayal, lust, fatal attraction, forbidden love, taboo, literary, sexploitation, obsession ...
Place:
ancient china
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Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Jennifer (Anna Travers) enjoys the simple things in life, like long contemplative walks in the park and filling a bathtub full of milk and climbing in for a good Vitamin A enriched soak. OK, scratch that. She's a freak. In fact, she loves ...
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, controversial, transgressive, dark ...
Plot:
degradation, sexual abuse, exploitation, sexploitation, taboo, sexual obsession, female protagonist, trauma, promiscuity, depravity, sadism, female masturbation ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.
Style:
anthology, sitcom, offbeat, situational comedy, period piece ...
Plot:
satire, homosexuality, societal hypocrisy, mature, taboo, sexual identity, social commentary, irony, moral dilemma, humanism, realism, character study ...
Time:
80s
Place:
milan italy, rome italy
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story is about Rapeman and his Uncle who are a tag-team of sorts and created a company together where their motto is "Righting Wrongs Through Penetration". People want revenge Rapeman style, they go to the Uncle, and if it's rape ...
Style:
controversial, dark, black comedy, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
sexploitation, rape and revenge, revenge, sexual abuse, sexual content, violent, taboo, organ trafficking, mature, vigilante, corruption, vigilante justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Playboy does to softcore sex films what HBO's Tales from the Crypt did for horror. Contains the stories: "Mis-apprehended"; "I've Got A Crush On You"; "The Freak"; "There's This Travelling Salesman, ...
Style:
anthology, erotic, sensual, erotic drama, retro ...
Plot:
phone sex, lust, desire, hitchhiker, nudity, sexploitation, taboo, sexual tension, infidelity, voyeurism, temptation, intimate ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
490
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.
Style:
absurd, transgressive, black comedy, surreal, independent film ...
Plot:
dark humor, addiction, satire, taboo, transformation, absurd violence, entrapment, body horror, body transformation, toxic relationship, mutation, supernatural ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Suburban housewife Liz discovers that husband Stephen is abusing their daughter. She confronts him and reports him to the authorities, but also decides to try to help him recover from what must be "a sickness". Stephen is tried and ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, dark, intense
Plot:
sexual abuse, therapy, child abuse, family drama, forgiveness, domestic drama, rehabilitation, guilt, redemption, ethical dilemma, taboo, shame ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Dirty Lines starts in 1987's Amsterdam, at a time when Dutch society was changing rapidly. Psychology student Marly Salomon takes on a side job working for a brand new firm: Teledutch - a company started by two brothers, Frank and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, period piece, historical drama, sensual ...
Plot:
phone sex, job, business, sexual exploration, sexually liberated, phone ringing, workplace situations, workplace, telephone call, sexploitation, ecstasy, taboo ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Starring by Miho Nakayama! Amy Yamada's high impact love-hate drama is now draw a curtain. A woman has trained her ex-best friend's son to be her sexual slave for 20 years. Because her best friend stole her first love. What was meant to be ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
mature, revenge, age difference, neighbor, house, betrayal, sexual abuse, manipulation, sexual manipulation, love and romance, couple relations, forbidden love ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Jin Haiba, the physics teacher known for ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, romantic drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
high school, suicide attempt, teacher student romance, teacher student relationship, opposites attract, flirting, dark humor, male female relationship, problem, relationships, relationship problems, love affair ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
CEO Seung-tae is in an affair with his sister-in-law So-young who works for him. One day, a rookie named Young-chul finds out about them and threatenens So-young that he'll tell the CEO's wife about them and spends anight with her. He ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tension, erotic ...
Plot:
affair, infidelity, blackmail, sister in law, relationships, male female relationship, problem, workplace intrigue, employer employee relationship, couple relations, family relations, family problems ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An erotic film that depicts the dangerous relationship between a man and a co-worker's wife.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, captivating, steamy, sensual ...
Plot:
seduction, attempted seduction, sex scene, sexual tension, sexual desire, sexual relations, eroticism, male female relationship, sexploitation, relationship problems, seductress, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A lonely young man is in dire straits, but his friend's mothers don't see him as a boy, but as a man, and take extra interest in him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, sensual, erotic drama ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, sexual content, mature woman, relationships, affair, relationship problems, sexual relations, love affair, seduction, sexual awakening, sexual tension, taboo ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eating, Talking, Faucking consists of 18 episodes. Some of which include a story of a 70's old man and 14-year-old kids talking candidly, a story of a soldier who is about to die and a serial killer, a story of men and women who have a blind ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, experimental, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
sexuality, female protagonist, sexual relations, social problems, sexploitation, satire, lifestyle, sexy woman, sexual attraction, seductress, intimate, taboo ...
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345
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Erotic behaviour of a man leads to female deflowerment, which chronically was a disease in ancient zones.
Style:
erotic, teen sex comedy, explicit, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
sexploitation, sex, nightmare, death, erotic fantasy, seduction, erotica, attempted seduction, eroticism, post apocalyptic, taboo, dystopia ...
Time:
future
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