Best Steamy Romantic Films on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Steamy Romantic Films on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 54 titles in category code 35800. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 59m. Determined to fall in love, 15-year-old Adele is focused on boys.
2. Bliss (1997)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 1997, 1h 43m. Two young newlyweds seek out the help of unlicensed sex therapist Baltazar, who initiates the couple into the mysteries of tantric sex.
3. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 1988, 1h 59m. Two privileged and bored French aristocrats make a bet focusing on the corruption of virginal Cécile de Volanges and the virtuous Madame de Tourvel.
4. Frida (2002)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2002, 2h 02m. This Oscar-winning biopic focuses on painter Frida Kahlo's relationship with her husband and her controversial political and sexual reputation.
5. Live Flesh (1997)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 1997, 1h 40m. While visiting drug addict Elena, troubled teen Victor shoots a cop and goes to prison.
6. Closer (2004)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 43m. A photographer seems content with her boyfriend, and a writer adores his quirky beloved.
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 1h 36m. Two girlfriends on holiday in Spain become smitten with the same artist, unaware that his insanely jealous ex-wife is about to re-enter the picture.
8. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Rated 7/10 on IMDb, from 1990, 1h 41m. When a disturbed young man kidnaps and ties up a porn queen, a psychological power play ensues, with both serious sex and offbeat laughs.
9. Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (2017)
Rated 7/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 1h 48m. In this remake of the 1976 classic, a widow marries a staid doctor but misses her late husband, a virile gambler, until his ghost suddenly appears.
10. Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
Rated 6.9/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 35m. Paul Hanganu is in love with two women.