Best Classic French Erotica Films (1970s to 1990s)

This is a list of the most notable softcore erotic films and sex comedy films produced in France.

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Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Marianne Bouquet (1972)

Emmanuelle 4 (1984)
Immoral Tales (1973)
The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)

La Bête 1975 / The Beast

Bilitis 1977

Fascination 1979
Laura 1979
Tendres Cousines 1980
A Summer in St. Tropez 1981
Beau Pere  1981
First Desires or Premier Desirs 1984
Emmanuelle 4 1984
Emmanuelle 5 1987

Bitter Moon (1992)

The Lover (1992)

The perfume of Yvonne (1994)
Lila Says (2004)

The Exterminating Angels (2006)

Don’t Deliver Us from Evil, 1971


Last Tango in Paris (1972)


Immoral Tales (1973)


Contes immoraux, 1974

La grande bouffe, 1973

Histoire d’O, 1975

Cet obscur objet du désir, 1977

Emmanuelle 4 (1984)

Betty Blue (37.2 le matin), 1986

The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)

Bitter Moon (1992)

The Lover (1992)

aka L’amant

Damage (1992)


The perfume of Yvonne (1994)

Romance X, 1999