The internet is full of sex. There are sexy pictures, sexy videos, and, of course, full-on porn. But sometimes you want to watch something provocative without seeing straight-up porn. Lucky for you, the world has been producing sexy-but-not- sex -y entertainment for even longer than the internet has been in existence. When you want to watch something that's definitively NSFW, but not quite PornHub, when you're looking for sexiness, but not just intercourse, there are certain mainstream movies that land right in that sweet-spot.

Gone are the days of overtly pornographic films masquerading as "dramas. Sex is a complicated action to depict on film because at its most passionate, it embodies so many more emotions than just being hornt up. So take a peek at this list, with sexiness depicted in all types of ways—kink, romance, escape, and thrill. The best is when it's a few of those things at once.

We can sometimes find it distasteful, a lazy way to generate buzz, or sometimes handled so inexplicably badly that it almost becomes a joke. Looking right at you, ' Fifty Shades of Grey '. In any case, we thought we'd give a quick rundown on some of the sauciest and sexiest movies ever made. Adrian Lyne made a career out of darkly erotic thrillers. You only have to look back over his filmography - 'Fatal Attraction', 'Indecent Proposal', 'Unfaithful' - to know that he's taken on the subject more than once.

And what could be more personal than sex? When these movies do show sex it is always in service of the story, and always in order to challenge, subvert, or celebrate contemporary beliefs about sexuality. Turn on and get turned on by our list of the 25 best sexy movies of the 21st century well, so far. You know you want to. With their partners, they both begin attending a weekly artist and sex salon, each hoping inspiration will strike.