33 Netflix Movies and Sex Scenes That Are Better Than Porn

Raquel has a huge (okay, borderline stalker-y, but not in a Joe Goldberg way) crush on her next door neighbor Ares, one of three sons of a successful businessman. She’s always watching him through her window but never really talks to him until one fateful day when Ares hacks into her computer to steal her Wi-Fi password, leading him to discover her true feelings for him. The sexual tension is wild, y’all, and when they finally do it? Phew! Turn the AC way up.

The Hottest Part: 35 minutes in when Ares and Raquel have sex for the first time—Raquel’s first time ever.

Obviously there’s a part two to this love story, in which Raquel and Ares reunite on a beach vacation after being long-distance for a year. But things between them don’t feel the same, and the chemistry between them goes through a few hiccups. Still extremely sexy, Across the Sea features steamy scenes between more characters this time around, so worry not—there’s no shortage of spice.

It’s a trilogy, folks! Raquel and Ares might not be together anymore, but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped thinking about each other. Seriously, the hottest sex scene in this movie is a fantasy scene where Raquel’s hooking up with another guy but imagining it’s Ares in her arms.

The Hottest Part: The aforementioned fantasy scene! Poor guy.

This much beloved-show starring Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, and Jeremy Allen White (pre The Bear) is all about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago and struggling to make ends meet. Not outrightly sexy in plot, but trust when we say the characters have sex pretty much, well, everywhere. The final season aired in 2020, but there are 11 of them entirely on Netflix, so if you need a new hyper-fixation show, it’s this one.

The Hottest Part: There’s a lot to choose from, but the A+ sex scene between Fiona and Jimmy/Steve in the pilot episode that starts at minute 16 is a good place to start.

Based on the 1928 novel by D.H. Lawrence, this is actually not the first time Lady Chatterley’s Lover has been made into a movie—several erotic films based on the book have been released since 1955. It follows Lady Chatterley as she begins an affair with the gamekeeper of her husband’s estate, after her husband becomes paralyzed during World War I and suggests she should ~discreetly~ get pregnant by another man so she can give him an heir. Flirty banter, stolen glances, sexual tension—this movie has it all.

The Hottest Part: The first time Connie (Lady Chatterley) and Oliver (the gamekeeper) finally have sex. Outside. On a barnyard floor. Next to a fireplace.

Sense8 is about a group of eight people who are telepathically connected and can experience each other’s lives. Even though it was cancelled after two seasons, fans loved it so much that Netflix brought it back with a two-hour series finale movie (!) that ends with none other than a 14-person orgy.

The Hottest Part: Said orgy (at the 2:21-ish mark).

This indie is about two women who decide to spend 24 hours together and have sex every hour. Naturally, it comes with several extremely hot, can’t-miss sex scenes.

The Hottest Part: There’s a lot to choose from, but the hottest scene is probably the longest and the most drawn out—the first time the two main characters have sex, at around the 15-minute mark.

The After series follows on-again, off-again college-age couple Tessa and Hardin (aka Hessa) through the ups and downs of young love and steamy sex. The first movie (which is unfortunately no longer on Netflix, but you can still rent it on Amazon!) explores how the couple meets and how they *ahem* get to know each other. It’s a bit more “tease” than “in-your-face sex,” but it sets up the heated nature of the whole series.

The second installment of the After series, however, is on Netflix. In it, Hessa is...not great at communication and holding down a healthy relationship (so don’t watch for a love story to emulate, pls), but they sure are dynamite in the bedroom. And shower. And desk. We’re talking lots of sex that’ll have you pausing, rewinding, and taking breaks to splash cold water on your face.

The Hottest Part: An illicit hookup someplace your parents/boss can walk in is basically the bread and butter of the sequel film, but the best scene has to be when Tessa and Hardin go at it in her office 55 minutes in. Clear your desk, because this will definitely give you a few ideas for your next WFH day….

The third movie in the After series is one hundred percent the hottest thus far, which makes it a must-watch from start to finish. Hessa is officially ~established~, which means we’ve moved past hesitant touching and sexual-tension territory and officially entered “sex so scandy, it’ll be seared in your brain forever” land. Love that for us.

The Hottest Part: There are legit five-plus scenes that’ll turn you on here, so you really can’t go wrong anywhere in the third After installment. My favorite, though, is one hour in when Tessa finds Hardin working out in a home gym. The two hook up on the bench, watching themselves in the mirror between thrusts.

The Hessa saga continues! In the fourth installment of the series, Tessa and Hardin spend time apart, but that doesn’t mean there’s any less drama...or any less sex.

The Hottest Part: 1:15, when Tessa and Hardin sexually ~rekindle~ their romance.

This modern-day remake of Spike Lee’s seminal 1986 film of the same name follows a Brooklyn-based artist, Nola Darling, as she confronts the challenges of gentrification in her beloved Fort Greene neighborhood and the challenges of balancing open relationships with three different men and a woman. It’s got all of Lee’s signature personality plus mind-blowing—some would say “revolutionary”—sex scenes.

The Hottest Part: Within the first 10 minutes of the season 2 premiere, there’s a 2.5-minute love scene between Nola and Opal, a love interest that we initially meet in season 1. It’s beautifully done and incredibly hot.

This 2016 comedy anthology series has three seasons, all of them jam-packed with sexy scenes and storylines. It’s got a great ensemble cast that takes you on many different journeys through a changing Chicago, analyzing modern love from a spate of different perspectives. The show has an episodic anthology format, meaning you don’t need to watch previous episodes to understand what’s going on at any given time. Easy offers a super-candid look at sex and relationships, leading to some of the sexiest and most authentic-feeling moments available on Netflix right now.

The Hottest Part: Where to start? Because this show weaves in so many different relationships, it’s hard to pick one moment that’s decisively the hottest. There’s an awkward-hot threesome in season 1, episode 6 between Malin Akerman, Kate Micucci, and Orlando Bloom. (Yes, that’s right, the Orlando Bloom.) In “Vegan Cinderella,” the second episode of the first season, Kiersey Clemons and Jacqueline Toboni fall for each other in one of the best (and hottest) onscreen portrayals of lesbian desire.

This soap, which takes place in 1920s Madrid, is one of Netflix’s first Spanish Originals. It’s got all the great costuming of the era with plenty of modern-day romantic twists that will keep you coming back for more.

The Hottest Part: In season 1, Sara, Carlota, and Miguel begin a polyamorous triad relationship that leads to plenty of frothy scenes with the three of them.

This Mexican political drama is rife with infidelity, mischief, and loads of desire.

The Hottest Part: In season 1, episode 4, there’s a sultry scene between Ana (Eréndira Ibarra) and President Diego (Erik Hayser) that’s sure to wow you. Also worth your consideration: season 2, episode 7, where Maria and Rosa finally share their secret love.

Odds are you’ve already ~enjoyed~ Netflix’s Sex/Life, but if not, this is a series you def don’t want to miss. The story might be whatever, but as the title suggests, the sex is outta-control hot.

The Hottest Part: From pool sex to elevator sex to the coital alignment technique (CAT), the sex scenes in this series are plentiful. While you can’t go wrong with any of them, my personal fave is during episode 5 when the main character explains mind-blowing CAT.

So, Deadly Illusions isn’t technically good (it got a 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, lol), but it’s still a really fun, sexy watch. Kristin Davis (yup, that Kristin Davis from Sex and the City) plays a retired author who fantasizes about her nanny. As the “plot” progresses, the line between fact and fiction blurs as the pair grow—ahem—closer.

The Hottest Part: It’s hard to top when the Sex and the City alumnus gets eaten out by the nanny in the kitchen, but I’m also partial to the soapy bathtub scene….

What you need to know going into this limited series is that things get real confusing. But before you’re left blinking at the finale in absolute shock, there’s a whole lotta illicit sex to enjoy. Basically, a woman gets involved with her married boss at the same time as secretly befriending his wife, which makes for one very intriguing love triangle.

The Hottest Part: Episode 3. There’s a major sex montage involving the main characters—who get it on alllll over her apartment—that’s raw and graphic and majorly hot. Even more taboo is the fact that it’s edited with scenes of her hanging out with her lover’s wife, which is like a whole other type of taboo.

Another tantalizing thriller, Cam (which stars The Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer) follows an extreme cam girl who discovers an impostor after she takes her act to the next level.

The Hottest Part: Without giving away too much here, the entire film is creepy and seductive in all the right ways. In fact, the very first scene—when Madeline’s character puts on a scary show—will cue you into what sort of ’tent you’re in for.

If you haven’t jumped on the Bridgerton bandwagon, now’s the time. Despite the show starting off as the PG version of basically every period piece ever, it actually offers nonstop ~action~ after the first season’s two main characters, Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset, tie the knot. Season 2 is more of a slow burn following lead couple Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma, but when the pair finally succumb to the tension, it’s scorching.

The Hottest Part: There are plenty of season 1 sex scenes to pick from, but the most tantalizing is in episode 6 when Daphne and Simon literally have a sex montage in a bed, in an open field, in the rain, and while on a ladder. For season 2, head to the end of episode 7 to see Anthony and Kate’s epic, basically Tantric hookup.

Ginny and Georgia gives us one of the most realistic sex scenes on Netflix, as Ginny experiences her first time with her neighbor without really telling him it was her first time. Despite it being this clumsy mess of arms and legs, the anticipation and buildup are enough to get anyone watching all hot and bothered.

The Hottest Part: Season 1, episode 1. But you can keep watching to peep some more action between the two—and for the plot, of course.