For the longest time, HBO has been home to movies, shows, and documentary series that push the boundaries and see just how much a premium cable can get away with on TV. Below is a list of just 14 of the more intense, sexually explicit movies on Max, including steamy erotic thrillers , X-rated romantic comedies, and cult classics from the 21st century.
Leaving Las Vegas follows screenwriter Ben Sanderson Nicolas Cage in an Oscar-winning performance as he is fired from his Hollywood job and decides to hit the Vegas Strip to drink himself to death. After a series of unfortunate events, Ben strikes up a tense and complicated relationship with Sera Elisabeth Shue , a street-smart sex-worker.
Though extreme, it never comes off as over-sensationalized or cheap. Stream Leaving Las Vegas on Max. Beautifully written and directed, Le Bonheur features tremendous performances from its cast, who participate in some artfully shot sex scenes. While there is nudity throughout most of these sequences, it is done with a certain eye and careful nature that makes it more like art than straight-up pornography.
Stream Le Bonheur on Max. Traveling to the desert to file for divorce, college professor Vivian Bell Helen Shaver is swept off her feet by the free-spirited and exciting Cay Rivers Patricia Charbonneau , who exposes her to a life and kind of love she never knew existed. This magical film about finding what it means to love and to be loved is a gem. Stream Desert Hearts on Max. The pair take two different directions after spending all their money and becoming stuck in Buenos Aires, which leads to some intense scenes, both in terms of drama and sexuality.
Bouncing between hope and hopelessness, this intense drama about broken people trying to endure a terrible situation and toxic relationships is a fascinating watch and explores the human experience. Stream Happy Together on Max. Je tu il Elle or, I You He She , follows a young woman named Julie Chantal Akerman, who also directs as she sets out to understand the world around her and her own place within it. Though an early sexual encounter is largely obscured by camera angles and low lighting, a nearly minute sex scene involving Julie and her ex-lover played by Claire Wauthion leaves very little to the imagination.
