15 of This Year's Movies So Sexy, You'll Hope the AC Is On in the Theater
2019 is going to be one sizzling hot year at the box office! While it might be tempting to stream sexy flicks alone at home with a big glass of wine, why not treat yourself to longing stares, soft caresses, and sensual kisses in front of the big screen? From Taraji P. Henson's wacky romp What Men Want to Keira Knightley's lustful thriller The Aftermath, we've rounded up a collection of films so steamy, they'll make you blush. Whether you're in the mood for something raunchy or intimate, you'll find a movie on this list that will satisfy your deepest sexy pangs.
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Matthew McConaughey plays a man tasked by his ex-wife (Anne Hathaway) with killing her current husband in this sexy neo-noir thriller. It'll give you a lot to think about, boasting one of the wildest endings in recent movie history.
Release date: Jan. 25
This bonkers Netflix film is literally an arthouse thriller about art. Velvet Buzzsaw might be scary and campy above all else, but there's a sexy moment here and there with fan service for lovers of Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays an angsty art critic.
Release date: Feb. 1
In Miss Bala, Gina Rodriguez from Jane the Virgin plays Gloria, a makeup artist who ends up in the world of cross-border crime. She takes on a new badass persona that's equally sexy and gritty.
Release date: Feb. 1
Berlin, I Love You takes a romantic cue from Paris, je t'aime and New York, I Love You. Starring A-listers such as Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Luke Wilson, the film consists of ten different stories about love, which involves, of course, some strong intimacy.
Release date: Feb. 8
What Men Want is a laugh-out-loud romp that features Taraji P. Henson as a hardworking sports agent named Ali who gets passed up for a promotion and seeks a psychic's help. After she downs a sketchy drink from said psychic, Ali gains the ability to hear what men think — hilarity and sexy moments ensue, of course.
Release date: Feb. 8
In Isn't It Romantic, Rebel Wilson plays a cynical architect whose life becomes a romantic comedy when she gets into an accident. Liam Hemsworth plays her dashing rom-com love interest whose bones she jumps, obviously.
Release date: Feb. 13
Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse play two cystic-fibrosis-afflicted teenagers who must stay six feet apart at all times. Hailing from the legacies of A Walk to Remember and The Fault in Our Stars, Five Feet Apart intimately reminds us that distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Release date: March 15
In The Aftermath, a film set in postwar Germany in 1946, Rachel (Keira Knightley) and Lewis Morgan (Jason Clarke), a reunited couple, arrive in Hamburg and share a house with a German widower (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. As betrayal and passion unravel, sexual tension deepens between Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård in this big screen adaptation of Rhidian Brook's novel.
Release date: March 15
Stepping out of his First Order reign, Adam Driver plays a jaded advertising director named Toby who goes back to a place in rural Spain where he shot a movie as an idealistic film student. Walking down memory lane whirls Toby into an unexpected adventure that involves navigating a sultry encounter with his boss' wife and reuniting with an actress from his earlier work.
Release date: April 10
This steamy film adaptation of Anna Todd's new adult novel features Josephine Langford as a college student who begins a whirlwind relationship with a bad boy who's played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (aka tween Voldemort). You'll also catch seasoned Hollywood names such as Selma Blair and Peter Gallagher in After.
Release date: April 12
Elisabeth Moss has taken a break from Gilead to star in Her Smell as a self-destructive punk rocker balancing motherhood and her waning influence as a musician. The film looks grungy and steamy, already receiving high praise from critics at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
Release date: April 12
In this sexy thriller, a young married couple moves to a house in the country in Napa Valley. This real estate investment takes a twisted turn when the previous owner (Dennis Quaid) hatches deadly plans to get his home back.
Release date: May 3
Sexual tension sizzles between Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron — is a sentence that you'd never thought you'd hear. Long Shot tells the story of a freewheeling journalist named Fred (Rogen) who reunites with Charlotte (Theron), his former babysitter and a current presidential candidate. When Fred becomes Charlotte's speechwriter, a romance forms between them, much to the chagrin of her advisers.
Release date: May 3
Another book to film adaptation, The Sun Is Also a Star features lead performances from Riverdale's Charles Melton and Black-ish's Yara Shihidi. Based on Nicola Yoon's book, the story is about a boy and a girl who fall in love on a crowded New York City street. Drama ensues when we learn that the girl's family is getting deported to Jamaica, intensifying the sparks between two young lovers.
Release date: May 17
Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie Usher, and Regina Hall star in this sexy and sleek comedy action film about an FBI cybersecurity expert who gets in touch with his estranged infamous father when his best friend dies. It will be the fifth film in the blaxploitation action series about Detective John Shaft.
Release date: June 14