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French erotic thriller films

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Basic Instinct
1992 film directed by Paul Verhoeven
Enemy
2013 film directed by Denis Villeneuve
Bitter Moon
1992 film by Roman Polanski
Chloe
2009 film directed by Atom Egoyan
Swimming Pool
2003 film by François Ozon
L'Amant double
2017 film by François Ozon
Baise-moi
Baise-moi is a 2000 French erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an example of the "New French Extremity".
Stranger by the Lake
2013 film by Alain Guiraudie
Passion
2012 film by Brian De Palma
Motel Destino
2024 film by Karim Aïnouz
Demonlover
Demonlover is a 2002 French neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, and Gina Gershon. The plot focuses on the entanglement between various corporations vying for the financial control of an interactive 3-D hentai company, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Szamanka
Szamanka () is a 1996 erotic drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and adapted from a screenplay by Manuela Gretkowska. The film, which was controversial upon its release in Poland, follows the obsessive relationship between an anthropology professor and a strange young woman only known as the "Italian". The title is the feminine form of the word "shaman" in Polish.
Trouble Every Day
2001 film directed by Claire Denis
Twisted Obsession
1989 film by Fernando Trueba
On ne meurt que deux fois
1985 film by Jacques Deray
Trans-Europ-Express
1966 film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Boarding Gate
2007 film by Olivier Assayas
Bluebeard
2009 film by Catherine Breillat