If you like Asian cinema and the erotic genre, you can’t miss our ranking of the best erotic Asian movies. We have some movies that you will surely know, but others that you are going to discover. Take a look at the ranking of the best Asian erotic movies.
Ranking of the best Asian erotic films
1. Samsara, 2001
Indian film where a Buddhist monk wakes up after a long trance and begins to feel the awakening of his sexuality. This experience happens during a trip where he meets a young woman with whom he falls in love.
2. Blind Beast, 1969
A blind sculptor obsessed with beauty kidnaps a model until she agrees to pose for him. His studio is filled with reproductions of women, but he lives in seclusion with his mother. Japanese film.
3. In the Realm of the Senses, 1976
A couple of lovers live a love story taken sexually to the limit. Sex is the only thing that matters to them and they use asphyxiation to reach climax in their sexual relations. It is, if not the best, one of the best Asian erotic films.
4. The Housemaid, 2010
A maid and the husband of a family have a relationship that creates a bad atmosphere in the house. Remake of one of the best South Korean films in history: “The Housemaid” by Kim Ki-young, 1960.
5. Gate of Flesh, 1964
Drama of high erotic content with remarkable sadomasochism and naturalness in the sex scenes. It tells the story of prostitutes who hide a criminal, for whom they all end up pining for.
6. Lust, Caution, 2007
In the 1940s, before World War II, Shanghai is occupied by the Japanese. The Chinese resistance organizes to assassinate high-ranking Japanese officials. A young woman agrees to seduce an important Japanese collaborator…
7. Empire of Passion, 1978
An old cab driver is married to a young girl. However, her young lover murders him and buries the body. Three years later the ghost of the deceased husband appears… One of the best Asian erotic movies.
8. Love in Between, 2010
The wife of a couple happily married for 10 years discovers that her husband is unfaithful with a girl much younger than her. Fidelity, trust and marital harmony are shattered.
9. Street of Joy, 1974
The day before a brothel is due to close a group of 5 prostitutes decide to celebrate, showing the story of each of them. Japanese film based on the novel by Ikko Shimizu.
10. Caterpillar, 2010
Intense drama where a soldier returns home with honors, but his limbs are amputated. His wife must honor the country by taking care, also intimately, of a husband she can barely recognize.
Other of the best erotic Asian movies
The Wayward Cloud, 2005
Taiwan is suffering from drought. On TV they give advice on how to save water and take advantage of watermelon juice, but everyone has their own means of finding water. One of the best Asian erotic movies.
Daughters of Eve, 1985
Philippine film where a teacher in a coastal town falls in love with a cruel man. The situation becomes even more complicated when the teacher’s sister arrives in town.
Underwater Love, 2011
Japanese softcore musical about a woman and her maid. The woman is in her thirties and is going to marry her boss, but one day she discovers that an aquatic creature is actually the reincarnation of a childhood friend.
Sex and Zen, 1991
Hong Kong erotic comedy. A young man decides to live life against the established norms, even after getting married. To do so, he will have to get a horse penis implanted in order to live up to it.
Man, Woman and the Wall, 2007
A man moves into a villa where the walls are so thin that he finds out everything that happens on the other side, where there is a beautiful woman. The man becomes so obsessed with her that he spies on her at all times…
The Concubine, 2012
A poor girl decides to offer herself as the king’s concubine and thus leave poverty behind. Inside the palace two men will become infatuated with her, even though if she is discovered they could lose everything.
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, 1972
A woman falls in love with a corrupt policeman and ends up infiltrating a yakuza clan that she wants to arrest. But when she succeeds, the cop forgets about her and she tries to kill him, ending up in jail and being sexually abused there.
A different kind of erotic cinema…
We must take into account that eroticism and sexuality is a topic that will always be in fashion. Everyone likes to see scenes where there is sexual tension or where sex is insinuated, always in good taste. However, not everywhere in the world sees eroticism in the same way we do. Let’s get to know other views of eroticism.
Mystical pleasure…
In Asia there are many movies oriented to mystical pleasure, thanks to The Kamasutra, that ancient Hindu text that deals with sexual behaviors. However, this is not the only theme on which the list of Asian erotic films is based.
Sex and terror
Another theme that we can find is the union between sex and terror. Although it is more widespread in South Korea and Japan. And these works, despite dealing with almost opposite themes, have the admiration of the world, as they are excellent.
Surrealistic eroticism
We can also highlight the surreal eroticism of Hong Kong films, with the famous Sex and Zen saga. Here we can find themes that seem to be taken from sexual fantasies or erotic dreams.
More topics…
This and more different themes can be found in the list of Asian erotic movies. It is a different look at conventional eroticism. Below you have the reviews of the movies we have published. Access them and discover each work in depth.
Asian erotic films: A different kind of cinema
As we publish more movies in this section, we will add them to the list of Asian erotic movies. To know the review of each particular movie, go to each one of them: best Japanese erotic movies, best Chinese erotic movies, best Korean erotic movies, best Russian erotic movies, best Chinese erotic movies…