Shopping List: Hard 18s

9 Songs

• Nine Songs

More real sex than most 18's on this list. Uncut in the UK and US.

Summary Review: Tenderness

In London, England, love blooms between an American college student, named Lisa, and a British glaciologist, named Matt, where over the next few months in between attending rock concerts, the two lovers have intense sexual encounters.

First and foremost, yes, there is a lot of explicit sex and it is as explicit, but fortunately not nearly as unrelenting, as many pornographic films. The pair fondle each other's genitals, masturbate, there is a footjob in the tub, there is vibrator action, penetrative vaginal sex as well as fellatio and cunnilingus. Matt wears a condom in the vagina penetration scene but he has the distinction of being the first man in a mainstream British film to be shown ejaculating.

But hey, I expected the explicit sex. What I did not expect was the tenderness with which those scenes were directed and played out. They had a sincerity and depth of feeling that is rarely if ever seen in pornos, and whilst I know the actors are only doing their job and were not a couple in real life at the time, both seem completely at ease with the raw intimacy involved and even display significant on-screen chemistry. Neither O'Brien nor Stilley are typically attractive in the Hollywood, plastic, overly-made-up artificial sense of the word; rather they are real and human, and beautifully imperfect. And so the sex (despite it being so truly believable that at times I almost thought I was watching myself!) is undeniably hot.

Unrated

• 2009 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2005 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 Vivendi RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2005 Tartan R2 DVD at US Amazon

1900

• Novecento

Summary Notes

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock (Depardieu), the other born to a land owner (de Niro). The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.

Unrated

• 2009 20th Century Fox R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2007 20th Century Fox R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 Olive RA Blu-ray at UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2006 Paramount R1 DVD at US Amazon

From cuts details on IMDb :

This version is uncut and includes the scenes with the main characters as young boys examining each other's genitals (this scene is much less graphic than many believe), and the prostitute masturbating Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu.

• 2002 Meridian DVD

American Translation

Uncut in the UK (18) and US (Unrated)

Summary Review: Ambiguously Weird

A sexually ambiguous Frenchman tours his native countryside with his naive American lover in pursuit of the ultimate thrill. From the moment they meet, brooding Chris (Pierre Perrier) and the beautiful Aurore (Lizzie Brochere') fall instantly and passionately in love but it s not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris s dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual journey filled with seduction and destruction of young gay hustlers. Hard-hitting, intensely sexy and wildly controversial, American Translation is a twisted Bonnie and Clyde for a new generation.

This movie shows a lot of skin and is a disturbing drama. A movie that does not care if you like it's main character but has an interesting journey to follow.

Not to everyone's taste, but if you like weird movies, then try it.

Unrated

• 2012 TLA R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2012:

In addition to sight of erections, there is a sequence in which a pornographic film is viewed, which includes real masturbation and oral sex. However, the emphasis is on the character watching the film and the briefly seen sex illustrates the character's sexual obsession, rather than being the focus of the scene. It could therefore be contained at 18.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2012 TLA R0 DVD at US Amazon

Anatomy of Hell

• Anatomie de l'enfer

Uncut in the UK and US

Summary Review : Words and ideology

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's unwatchable .

The movie is not simply about the visuals. This film is as much about words and ideology as the imagery is about fragility, beauty and censorship. The script is powerful and confronting and the dialogue is beautifully supported by the equally powerful visual aspects.

We become voyeurs on an exploration of myth, ideology, sexuality, and identity, going through as much of a revelation as the male lead does when personal ideology impacts with truth.

Unrated

• 2005 Tartan R0 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Tartan R1 DVD at US Amazon

• 2005 Sheptonhurst DVD

Annabelle partagee

Uncut and 18 rated by the BBFC for 1992 cinema release and 1993 VHS. Contains real sex.

Summary Review

An emotionally touching, beautiful tale of love, that is filled with a sense of melancholy and moodiness, and yet never falls into melodrama or self-pity.

Some might find the sex a little explicit. But then again, this is a film about relationships, relationships that consist of little more than sex... it only seems natural that the intimacy should be given its fair share of screen time. Still, the sex never threatens to overwhelm the rest of the film - this is no soft-porn dressed up as art, by any means.

• 1993 Tartan VHS
• 1992 cinema release

The BBFC commented that Annabelle partagée is one of  the small group of videos featuring unsimulated sex that has been classified by the BBFC at the 18 category

Antichrist

• Antychryst

Uncut in the UK and US.

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

At '18', the BBFC's Guidelines state that the more explicit images of sexual activity are unlikely to be permitted unless they can be exceptionally justified by context and the work is not a 'sex work'. A 'sex work' is defined as a work whose 'primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation'. It is clear that ANTICHRIST is not a 'sex work' but a serious drama exploring issues such as grief, loss, guilt and fear.

The brief images of explicit real sex (sight of a penis penetrating a vagina during a consensual sex scene and sight of the man's penis being masturbated to climax) are exceptionally justified, in this context, by the manner in which they illustrate the film's themes and the nature of the couple's relationship. Their relationship is depicted throughout in a graphic and unflinching fashion, both psychologically and physically.

The BBFC has permitted comparable explicit images in a number of previous features at the '18' level (eg L'EMPIRE DES SENS, 9 SONGS, SHORTBUS and Lars von Trier's earlier film, THE IDIOTS) where it has been clear that the purpose of the work - and the individual images in question - is not simply to arouse viewers but to illustrate characters, relationships and themes.

Note that the hardcore shots are inserted into the sex scenes and are attributed to body doubles Horst Stramka and Mandy Starship.

Unrated

• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 Artificial Eye RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2010 Criterion RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2010 Criterion R1 DVD at US Amazon
• US VOD to rent/buy [US only] at US Amazon

Assassin(s)

Always uncut

Summary Review: An Education

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

The film begins well enough, with Wagner recruiting Max and training him to take over his job. Then, about two-thirds of the way through, the film abruptly changes direction and seems to go off on some kind of crusade to educate the world about the dangers of video games on impressionable young boys. At that point, the film loses its momentum and the violence which ensues appears senseless and gratuitous.

Thanks to Gary. The real sex is a brief scene of a character watching a porn movie on TV.

• 2007 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Baise-moi

• Fuck Me
• Rape Me

Cut by the BBFC for 2001 cinema release and 2002 DVD, but uncut on 2013 DVD. Banned in Australia

Summary Review: Crude but exhilarating

Two young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.

People comparing Baise-Moi to Thelma and Louise and finding it wanting by comparison are missing the point. Baise-Moi has much more in common with films like Natural Born Killers and Rafal Sielinski's Fun , and viewers who won't enjoy the nasty music, nasty violence and nasty sex should stick to safe, predictable Hollywood production-line films.  For those with stronger stomachs, this will be a cult film to watch repeatedly.

Unrated

• 2013 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC explained:

BAISE-MOI is a subtitled French feature in which two young women, marginalised by society and troubled by their experiences of rape, prostitution and pornography, meet by chance and embark on a violent killing spree. It was originally cut at 18 for both cinema and video release in 2001. This DVD re-release is rated 18 uncut for sexual violence, real sex and very strong language.

A brutal rape scene occurs early in the film, with two women being abducted by a group of men and taken to an abandoned warehouse. There, one of the women struggles and cries out as she is hit, forcibly stripped and raped. The other woman remains passive, refusing to respond to the rapists. The scene includes nudity and an explicit close shot of real penetration. However, neither the nudity nor the real penetration are portrayed as sexual or titillating. On the contrary, the rape is presented as violent and horrific, and, in this context, the shot of penetration reinforces the violation and brutality. In a later scene a man is anally penetrated with a gun. Again, the act is clearly one of violence and it relates back to the earlier rape. Neither sequence makes sexual or sadistic violence appear normal, appealing or arousing. There is never any suggestion that the victims enjoy the experience, and the audience is led to identify and empathise with the victims, not the perpetrators.

BAISE-MOI contains additional scenes of strong sex, including real oral sex and penetration, as the young women are seen with clients or men they meet on their journey. These scenes, like the scenes of sexual violence, reflect the gritty reality of the character's lives and experiences.

Very strong language ('cunt') is also used.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Remstar R1 DVD via UK Amazon and via US Amazon

Battle in Heaven

• Batalla en el cielo
• Bataille dans le ciel
• Eine Schlacht im Himmel

Uncut in the UK and US

Summary Notes

A working-class man named Marcos and his wife kidnap a baby for ransom money, but it goes tragically wrong when the infant dies. In another world is Ana, the daughter of the general for whom he drives, who does sexual acts to any man for pleasure. Marcos confesses his guilt to her in his troubled search for relief, and then finds himself on his knees amid the multitude of believers moving slowly toward the Basilica in honor of the Lady of Guadalupe.

Apparently people just aren't much into "faking it" anymore, even when it comes to sex in the movies. The Mexican film, Battle in Heaven , opens with a graphic scene of a young woman performing oral sex on the main character - and we can clearly see that this is not a simulation (it's also not much of a stimulation given the man involved). I don't know if the various hardcore scenes were actually included in the movie when it played theatrically in the United States in 2006. But they are certainly in the video, and those easily offended by such activity had best be forewarned.

For me, the sex scenes themselves are not the problem. It is the movie as a whole that I object to. For Battle in Heaven is a pretentious, arty contrivance that seems to be operating under the assumption - quite rightly perhaps, since the movie ended up on quite a large number of ten best lists last year - that it can earn points with the critical intelligentsia if it can just manage to bore its audience into a state of complete catatonia.

• 2013 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Tartan R2 DVD

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2006 Mantarraya R1 DVD at US Amazon

Beauty

• Skoonheid

Uncut in the UK

The BBFC commented in its Annual Report covering 2012:

Beauty is a South African drama about a middle-aged businessman who leads a secret life with a group of men who gather to have sex with each other. It includes sight of a pornographic video playing in the background during one such gathering. The video features brief scenes of unsimulated masturbation and anal penetration that graphically illustrate both the nature of the men's sexual activities and their hypocrisy in being openly bigoted against gay people whilst at the same time enjoying gay pornography and gay group sex. With this clear contextual justification the film was classified 18 without cuts.

Promotional Material: Misplaced Lust

Francois lives a skillfully controlled, well managed life, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Father of two daughters and a devoted husband, he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean and ordered existence.23-year-old Christian is the son of a long lost friend. By all accounts he is the personification of a handsome young man in the prime of his life. Francois is so disarmed by the young man that it instantly ignites within him an all consuming infatuation and misplaced lust.

Despite his careful concealed disgust for himself, Francois pours out the lost emotions he has despised all his life in what becomes a desperate attempt at taking from the world that which he has always secretly wanted: Happiness.

• 2012 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 8th October 2012
• 2012 cinema release

Bedways

Uncut in the UK

Summary Notes

A huge, run-down apartment in Berlin Mitte. Two women and a man, rehearsals for a movie about love and sex, that will never be shot. Acting and reality mingle into a dangerous melange. Berlin is the shelter, love is impossible, flesh is the law.

It's really a brilliant film about sex, love and desire. With great music, located in Berlin and yes, with graphic sex scenes, but no porn!

Some words about the actors: The performance of the lead actress Miriam Mayet is awesome! She has a remarkable presence, not only at the great masturbation scene in one take, without a cut for around 10 minutes!

• 2011 Crabtree R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong real sex

Blind

• Vakon

Uncut by the BBFC for 2015 a8 rated cinema and home video release. The BBFC not that it features strong real sex.

Summary Notes

Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home - a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. But Ingrid's real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.

See review from  frontrowreviews.co.uk .

A story of a man obsessed with porn, which he depicts with unexpected frankness. Adult websites become full screen cinema, and Blind establishes itself very quickly as the rare film ready, willing and able to discuss adult sexual appetites and insecurities.

• 2015 Axiom Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
• 2015 Axiom Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 22nd June 2015
• 2015 cinema release

The BBFC Insight describes the sex content:

Images of real sexual activity are seen on pornographic websites in a couple of scenes, and in a porn video playing on a TV screen in the background of another scene. There is sight of real masturbation, oral sex and penetration, although individual images are brief. There are also dramatised scenes of sexual activity, as well as strong verbal sex references and nudity.

Blood and Rain

• La sangre y la lluvia

Uncut in the UK

Summary Review: Bogata Underworld

Jose s night shift as a cab driver is fuelled by an overwhelming need for revenge following his brother's murder by a gang of violent psychopaths. Unexpectedly joining forces with the firecracker fare that is Angela, this unlikely pair of damaged goods fall further into the rain-soaked underworld of Bogota.

This film has pervasive strong language, full frontal nudity, some strong sexual content, drug & alcohol abuse & violence, some of which is graphic & disturbing. Leave the kiddies home.

• 2011 Axiom R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Boys on Film 2 : In Too Deep

Uncut in the UK

Summary Review: Unmissable

Like its predecessor in the series, this is a truly excellent collection of nine short films, with the added benefit that more care has been taken this time to ensure an international flavour, including films from Sweden, France, Germany, Mexico and Australia. It's unusual for short film compilations to maintain a consistently high standard throughout, typically having several fillers thrown in; here, however, almost without exception, the films are superb (and several sport a welcome dark or supernatural twist).

[Perhaps the most likelt to contain 'real sex']

• Bramadero (Mexico, 22 min): An abandoned construction site high above the bustle of Mexico City provides a location for two young men to perform a silent, prolonged mating ritual. A wordless and explicit, passionate and violent, posthuman and sensual, communion between bodies.

Overall, a fantastic compilation, with eclectic originality and a strand of sci-fi / fantasy (which seems to be an emergent trend). A collection that will easily bear multiple viewings. Highly recommended for all.

• 2009 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Boys on Film 6 : Pacific Rim

Uncut in the UK

Promotional material

Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while from the USA and Hawaii to Singapore via Korea several more stories of men falling in love round out the collection.

Rising stars Xavier Samuel and Callan McAuliffe put their own twist on traditional coming out fables in Craig Boreham s second contribution to the Boys On Film library, Drowning and the Berlin Film Festival Crystal Bear winner, Franswa Sharl.

• 2011 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Boys on Film X

Uncut in the UK

Promotional Material

BOYS ON FILM X is the tenth volume in the world's most successful short film series.

All boundaries are broken as BOYS ON FILM X takes it further than ever before, showcasing some of the most sexy, unique and brilliant filmmaking from around the world.

These eight new short films have been showcased in some of the world's biggest festivals including Frameline Film Festival, Iris Prize Film Festival, Outfest and the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

• 2013 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Boys On Film 13: Trick And Treat

The BBFC note that film contains a brief image of real sex for 2015 18 rated DVD.

Promotional Material

Time for a trick & a treat! BOYS ON FILM surprises and delights with 10 new, award-winning short films, exploring relationships, dark desires and confronting hidden secrets.

An American teenager fantasises over his school bully, a miscommunication threatens to end an entire relationship, at the end of the world the desolate English countryside sets the scene for a group of men trying to cheat death, and an elderly woman sees a vision of Jesus on the swimming shorts of a young African man.

• 2015 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 13th July 2015

The Brown Bunny

Uncut in the UK and US

Summary Review

Professional motorcycle racer Bud Clay heads from New Hampshire to California to race again. Along the way he meets various needy women who provide him with the cure to his own loneliness, but only a certain woman from his past will truly satisfy him.

Difficult to take seriously as drama, Vincent Gallo's strangled lonely-guy odyssey was a must-see for its extended Chloë Sevigny blow job

Unrated

• 2008 Columbia/Tri-Star R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 Columbia/Tri-Star R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2005 Sony R1 DVD at US Amazon

Caligula

• Caligola

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex with previous cuts waived for:

• 2012 Arrow Unlimited Edition R0 Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Arrow R0 Blu-ray
• 2009 Arrow Uncut Edition R2 DVD
• 2008 Freemantlemedia/Arrow Imperial Edition [+alternative version +R Rated Version] R2 DVD at UK Amazon

US : Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2008 Image Imperial Edition RA Blu-ray at US Amazon
• 2007 Image Imperial Edition R1 DVD at US Amazon

See full article from the sBBFC :

In 2008, the full uncut version of Caligula was resubmitted to the BBFC for DVD release. The passage of nearly 30 years had significantly diminished the film's impact and after careful consideration it was decided that it could now be classified '18' uncut.

This decision accords with the BBFC Guidelines, which state that At '18', the BBFC's guideline concerns will not normally override the wish that adults should be free to chose their own entertainment, within the law.

Although there are scenes in Caligula that some people will find shocking, offensive or disgusting, the film does not contain any material that is illegal in terms of current UK law and nor does it contain any material that is likely to give rise to harm for adults audiences, most of whom will be well aware of its controversial reputation.

The DVD version was classified '18' uncut with the consumer advice Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex.

Chemsex

From IMDb "

Distributor Peccadillo Pictures is to give a theatrical release to Vice Media's hard-hitting documentary film Chemsex in the U.K. and Ireland in November.

Traversing a dark underworld of intravenous drug use and weekend-long sex parties, Chemsex tells the story of a group of men battling with HIV, drug addiction and finding acceptance in a changing world,  and one health worker who has made it his mission to save them.

The film, directed by Vice's Will Fairman and Max Gogarty, explores the lives and fortunes of a group of men actively taking part in the chemsex lifestyle, and those who have come out the other end and survived. With unprecedented access to chemsex parties and the U.K. health service's only chemsex support clinic, 56 Dean Street in London, the film seeks to understand the complex issues at the heart of the story, exploring notions such as internalized shame.

• 2016 Peccadillo/Saffron Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

The BBFC commented about the sex content:

Contains several scenes showing real sexual activity and some fetish imagery.

Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla

Passed 18 uncut for 2014 DVD with the not that it contains images of real sex.

Promotional Material

Awkward ice cream van driver Warren Thompson's only respite from his drab existence comes in the form of gorgeous soapie star Katie George. Besotted with the young actress, Warren can't help but imagine what life would be like with Katie at his side.

After suffering another in a long line of savage beatings from local thugs, Warren's fragile psyche cracks under the strain, and his infatuation with Katie turns into psychotic obsession. As the lines between reality and fiction blur, Warren's quest to make Katie his will have catastrophic implications for all who populate his simple world.

Armed with terrific performances, rave reviews and a shocking climax that will leave you gasping, Stuart Simpson's CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA is an unforgettable cracker of a film. Miss it at your own peril.

• 2014 Monster Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC passed the 2003 cinema release as 18 uncut noting: Contains brief explicit sexual image and moderate violence

Destricted

The cinema release of 2006 and the DVDs of 2006 and 2007 were all passed 18 uncut by the BBFC

Based on article from  thedailybeast.com :

Destricted 's roster of shorts varies from the international release, to the U.S. release, to what is screened at the festival: the U.S. version features eight short reels, all of which are explicit in nature; six short films, including some not on the U.S. release; and seven shorts, a mix-up of the previous lists, appear on the U.K. version.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon : Strong Stuff

I bought this DVD and can safely say it is the most explicit thing I have ever seen passed with an 18 certificiate.

Seven artists have made a short film each based on art and pornography. Larry Clark's is the best - a 38 minute film where Larry interviews a group of boys about their pornography viewing habits, before selecting one to have sex on camera with a porn star. Of the five girls, the young lad selects his favourite (the oldest woman there) and proceeds to live his dream as Larry films the event, warts and all.

Sync is good, as is Balkan Erotic, whilst Hoist and Gaspar Noe's segments are tough to watch, but never less than compelling.

Much more than exploitation, Destricted actually has a lot of validity in presenting its varied range of sexual imagery (is masturbation good?), and I'm sure it will become a huge talking point in weeks to cum...

Dirty Stop Out Cuntro Classics

The BBFC passed the 2009 DVD 18 uncut noting: Contains explicit images of real sex

The uncut CD/DVD is available via UK Amazon

Dishonoured Bodies: Juanma Carillo Shorts

Passed 18 uncut for 2015 DVD with the BBFC noting brief real sex.

Promotional Material

Nine sexy, shocking, and always intriguing films from Spain's most exciting queer filmmaker. Take an explicit trip through a cruising ground in the body of a curious guy, peek in to the bedroom of a couple as they discover themselves and each other, take your place on the dance floor in a sexually charged club, or watch the aftermath of a casual hook up in the back of a car. These stories and more feature in this stirring collection- including Scaffolding, Fuckbuddies, Consequence/Consequences, Wall, Une Sensation de vide, 1941, Dishonoured Bodies, Perfect Day and Cannibals, Juanma Carrillo's shorts have been shown at galleries and festivals around the world, including London's own Barbican.

• 2015 Tla R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 24th August 2015

Dogtooth

• Kynodontas

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Verve RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2010 Verve R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Contains incest theme and infrequent real sex

The BBFC further commented in their 2010 Annual Report:

Includes two scenes of real sex. One is a clip taken from a real sex work and the other a portrayal of a brother and sister engaging in incestuous sex. In this case the surrounding narrative of a corrupted family gave sufficient justification for these scenes at 18 .

See  review from  wearemoviegeeks.com

Enter the Void

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2011 MIHK/Bluelight/Entertainmentone R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 cinema release which was cancelled in favour of a shortened version

The BBFC commented: Contains hard drug use and strong real sex

The BBFC explained their 18 rating:

Enter the Void is a drama following the lives of a brother and sister living in contemporary Tokyo. The brother, Oscar, is a small-time drug dealer and his sister, Linda, works as an erotic dancer in a strip club. The film was classified 18 for frequent hard drug use and strong real sex.

The film contains frequent sight of hard drug use, including the use of cocaine, LSD, GHB and DMT. At 18 , the BBFC's Guidelines state that cuts may be required to any detailed portrayal of [...] illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health . More generally, the Guidelines state that No work taken as a whole may promote the misuse of drugs and any detailed portrayal of drug misuse likely to promote or glamorise the activity may be cut . Although Enter the Void places some emphasis on the pleasures of recreational drug use, most notably through extended sequences filmed from the point of view of the hallucinating drug user, the dangers of drug misuse are made clear throughout the film, both in the dialogue and in the narrative itself. For example, one of the central characters is shot by police during a drugs raid and finds himself lying on the floor of a toilet cubicle, covered in his own blood. Such scenes serve to reduce any glamorisation of the lifestyle depicted. Additionally, although various methods of drug use are shown, such as taking pills, smoking drugs and snorting lines, none of the material shown presents information that is likely to be novel or instructional to an adult audience.

The film also contains several scenes of strong sexual activity and nudity, including sight of naked couples thrusting during sex, sight of implied fellatio and sight of erect penises. These scenes exceed the terms of the 15 Guidelines where Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail and are therefore more appropriately placed at 18 . In addition there are infrequent scenes of strong real sex, including sight of vaginal penetration by dildo and by penis and sight of ejaculation. At 18 , the Guidelines state that cuts are likely where there are more explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be justified by context . The images in question are relatively brief and are not dwelt upon. Their purpose is not to arouse or titillate the audience; rather, their purpose is to illustrate the hedonistic and often seedy world inhabited by many of the film's characters.

In addition, Enter the Void contains frequent strong language and two uses of very strong language. It also contains scenes of strong violence, some strong gory images (including sight of head wounds in the aftermath of a car accident), strong verbal sex references and a scene depicting a pregnant woman undergoing an abortion procedure in a hospital or clinic. The latter scene in particular includes sight of surgical instruments being used on the woman and close sight of the dead foetus lying in a metal dish, which some viewers may find disturbing. The film also includes occasional suggestions of an incestuous relationship, including inappropriate kissing between siblings and sight of a brother sniffing his sister's discarded underwear. However, no incestuous sex is actually shown.

Enter the Void also includes a number of sequences of flashing and flickering lights that are likely to trigger a physical reaction in vulnerable viewers. It also contains extended sequences featuring rotating and handheld camerawork that may induce motion sickness in some viewers.

The Erotic Films Of Peter De Rome

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong real sex for:

• 2012 BFI R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented in their 2010 Annual Report:

The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome is a collection of eight short films that date from the early 1970s, some of which feature strong scenes of real sex. The work as a whole has artistic, cultural and historical merit and, in tone and treatment, is distinguishable from a sex work.

Winner of the Erotic Film Society Award: A true artist

Presented by the Erotic Film Society in recognition of a significant contribution to the appreciation of the art and history of erotic cinema made during the past year.

In the late 1960s, Peter de Rome started documenting his eternal search for the perfect prick on Super 8 film. What began as a personal record, won a prize at the 1971 Wet Dreams festival in Amsterdam - where it proved as popular with women as it was with gay men - leading to a feature-length compilation of his intimately explicit short films. This outstanding BFI DVD of his pioneering work includes not only that 1973 feature but also several extra shorts and a documentary which firmly establishes de Rome's place as a true artist in the annals of erotic cinema.

From promotional material: Highly regarded gay art films

Amateur filmmaker Peter De Rome first started shooting 8mm films in 1965 producing a set of painstakingly crafted, atmospheric sexual scenarios for the amusement of himself and his friends. Pioneering producer Jack Deveau saw one of these at a festival and convinced him to collect eight of the shorts, blow them up to 16mm, and release them commercially as The Erotic Films of Peter De Rome .

The eight short films in the cycle take the viewer on a charged sexual expedition which exists at the intersection of artistry and eroticism. Here, de Rome explores the full experience of intimacy the longing, the pursuit, the passion, the afterglow, and in some cases, the aftermath. From humorous to sardonic, de Rome truly pushes the boundaries of filmmaking as his characters find themselves in surreal scenarios ranging from a wondrous garden to an underground subway. The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome showcase some of the most highly regarded gay art films ever made.

The Essential Lover's Guide

The BBFC passed the short 2007 Infinity DVD 18 without BBFC cuts noting: Contains strong real sex

Note that the 1996 Lifetime video ran longer at 77:23s

The uncut region 2 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Ex Drummer

• My Way Is the Highway

The BBFC passed the 2008 Tartan DVD 18 uncut with the comment: Contains strong real sex, violence and very strong language

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Twisted

Ex Drummer is one of the most twisted pictures I've seen in a long time. It's certainly a lot crazier and far more offensive than most would expect.

The film is about a small group of physically handicapped punk rockers who recruit an acclaimed writer to be their drummer in their band, with the hope of getting good enough to play a show at the battle of the bands. The writer, however, begins to maniacally take over the band and begins to mentally turn them against each other.

Certainly one of the most disturbing films to come out of Europe in recent memory. In addition, the film also has a rather unnerving sense of in-your-face viciousness that you rarely see in films these days.

It's fearless, uncompromising, and in-your-face. It has a rather gritty and ugly style that makes it unwatchable for most audiences, I fear. The ending is particularly shocking in it's graphic gore.

The film also contains unsimulated sex, so definitely be wary if you're seriously considering watching this.

The film also has an emotional core to it believe it or not. I think that's the most impressive thing about it. It takes the time to get involved in some serious exposition that not only left me stunned and heartbroken, but also shaken to the core.

I cannot say that you will enjoy watching it, but it's going to have an effect and if you are looking for a film that is challenging, emotional, shocking, and humorous in equal measure, this is your film. It's just like watching Trainspotting for the first time, all over again.

Exposed: Beyond Burlesque

Promotional Material

Beth B takes us into the 21st century underground and reveals a secret world where cutting-edge performers are taking hold of a taboo art form, Burlesque, and driving it to extremes that most people have never seen. It's satire. It's parody. It's a populist blend of art and entertainment that gives new meaning to the word "transgression." Above all, it's a lot of fun, and it will blow your mind.

EXPOSED: BEYOND BURLESQUE features performances by Rose Wood, Julie Atlas Muz, Mat Fraser, Dirty Martini, Bunny Love, Bambi the Mermaid, World Famous *Bob* & Tigger! These eight female and male artists use their nakedness to transport us beyond the last sexual and social taboos.

• 2013 Matchbox Films R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 10th February 2014

Garçon stupide

• Stupid Boy

The BBFC passed the 2007 TLA DVD 18 ubcut with the comment: Contains strong real sex and strong language.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Exceptional film

Garcon Stupide (Stupid Boy) is an emotionally-packed punch. The film and it's lead character, Loic, had me hooked from the start. With the exception of a few slower scenes, I thoroughly enjoyed the film from start to finish. A few laughs, intense thought and emotion, and a few tears were generated from this well directed and acted film..

The story itself follows the plight of Loic, a young handsome 20-year old who works in a chocolate factory by day, and entertains men of all ages by night for extra cash. In the film, he has a close loving friendship with a girl, Marie. He also develops a relationship of trust with a man he meets on the Internet, Lionel. The 2 never have sexual relations, just conversation about life.

This is overall, an exceptional film - very good acting, great soundtrack, unique camera angles and film styles, wonderful story, and well-directed.

Glue

• Historia Adolescente En Medio De La Nada

The BBFC passed the 2008 Parasol Peccadillo DVD 18 uncut with the comment: Contains very strong language, substance abuse and images of real sex

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon : Hanging-out & sniffing glue

Glue (Spanish, with English subtitles) is a film not easily forgotten. The cast is minimal, focusing largely on Lucas, our 16 year old protagonist, his best friend Nacho, and their age-mate Andrea. We are treated to a glimpse into a few short weeks in the lives of these three characters, as they hang-out, flirt, sniff glue, and enjoy polymorphous physical intimacy in a dusty South American desert town.

But to categorize Glue as a coming-of-age film would be trite in the extreme. While there are many examples of what would be considered the usual adolescent angst (secretly comparing body development against that of friends, awkward silences, parental conflict, watching porn on TV, the importance of music as a form of expression), the portrayal of youth in Glue is more iconoclastic; they are not simply going through a phase . There is no sense that the characters will ultimately follow in the subservient footsteps of their parents: they are the last in the line; the contemporary, disenfranchised generation.

The three main characters - Lucas, Nacho and Andrea - are seen in various combinations of sexual interaction; but again, there is none of the typical sexual confusion that we usually see in a pro forma coming-of-age film: they simply follow instinctual enjoyment of physical intimacy, unburdened by their forefathers' limiting preoccupation with gender role:

What's the difference between kissing a boy or a girl? Boys have beards. That's the only difference, otherwise it'd be the same thing...Why is it that boys don't cry?...Why are there 'girl's things' and 'boy's things'?

Clearly Glue will not be for everyone: those who find comfort in the simplicity of hard plot lines and linear story-telling, or the superficiality of good guys/bad guys scenarios, will struggle to see the cold, desolate - yet captivating - beauty that provide Glue with it's enthralling, brilliant portrait of contemporary youth.

Gods of Plague

• Götter der Pest

The BBFC passed the 2007 Freemantlemedia DVD 18 uncut with the comment: Contains strong images of real sex

Passed 18 after 10:22s of BBFC cuts for:

• 2009 Third Millenium DVD

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong real sex
• Company chose to remove examples of extended and explicit real sex in order to achieve an 18 classification, where that sex served no further educational or illustrative purpose beyond that already presented in a sexual education context.

Great Sex Over 50 for Women

• Loving Sex

The BBFC passed the 2007 Alexander Institute DVD 18 after cuts noting: Contains strong real sex.

However the distributor made about 2:12s pre-cuts and the BBFC cut a further 1:46s with the comment: The distributor chose to make cuts to sexual detail (to clearly unsimulated penetration of vagina by penis and fingers, masturbation). An R18 uncut was available.

An uncut R18 version is available.

The cut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Greek Pete

The BBFC passed the 2009 Peccadillo DVD 18 uncut with the comment: Contains strong real sex, nudity, sex references and drug use

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon for release on 4th May 2010

See review from IMDb : Intelligent debate

This film won prizes at Outfest and some other festivals and was British, quite a rarity, so I made sure I checked it out.

I left the screening wanting to talk about the film, to discuss it with as many people as possible as it is nothing like I have ever seen before.

Some scenes are incredibly powerful and moving, and I wanted to know exactly which moments were real and which were staged. Nothing seemed staged at all and although Pete himself has approached this line of 'work' with a goal to pull together enough finances to invest in an education and a better future, some of the other boys amongst his friends do not have this immediate sense of ambition. What happened to them?

This is what I thought was very brave about the film. It never at any point made a judgment. It was an intimate peek into the lifestyle of a rentboy and dashed any preconceived ideas that people have about the oldest profession in the world. Pete is not that person you expect to see, but some of his friends are, yet they all look after one another. This is not Wiktor Grodecki, and anyone who watches this thinking that their Daily Mail high-ground will be bolstered by a mucky, seedy voyeurism that condemns it's subject matter via subjectivity will not get what they want. There is care, love and affection here, alongside extremely raw moments of insecurity and depression simmering beneath that confident veneer you see in many young men. There is no forced introspection. No moment where Pete must explain himself to camera. This is a film projected from within a society that does not judge itself and would never care to.

Greek Pete will divide audiences, but if you go in with an open mind, you will be stirred, jolted into action. It will make you think, and talk about it with others who have seen it. Any film that encourages intelligent debate should be seen, and this is one of them.

The BBFC passed the 2008 BFI DVD 18 uncut. Contains real images of sex organs and sexual activity

Hollywood, je t'aime

See video from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 TLA R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong real sex

The BBFC further explained in their 2010 Annual Report:

Hollywood, je t'aime is a romantic odyssey about a gay Parisian who travels to Hollywood and falls in love with a drag artist and transsexual prostitute. The film includes some images of strong real sex as the principal character walks through a night club. These were allowable at '18' in that they established the seediness of the sex club setting.

House of Boys

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2011 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon for release on 22nd August 2011

The BBFC commented:

• Contains brief strong real sex

Summary Review: Well worth watching

Well worth watching gay drama set in the 80's. Two teenage boys meet, both after having just left home, in an Amsterdam gay club. One ends up sick with AIDS.

Stephen Fry plays a sympathetic doctor who can do little to help.

There's a few short porno scenes, some nice music and good direction.

The Hunt

• Jagten

UK: Passed 15 uncut for strong language, sex and violence and a brief strong sexual image for:

• 2013 Arrow (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 Arrow R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented about a rare example of a hardcore image appearing in a non-documentary 15 rated film:

In one scene teenage boys look at a pornographic image and show it to a young girl. The image in question is only briefly seen and depicts a woman holding a man's erect penis. The young girl and the image are never shown together and there is no suggestion the child actress was ever exposed to the image. Although graphic, the image has an important contextual justification in the narrative because when the young girl explains what she's seen, the audience is aware that she's describing this image rather than a real life situation with her teacher.

Hustler White

Cut by the BBFC for 1996 cinema release. Further cut for 1997 video but still contains real sex. Uncut in the US.

See also detailed case study from bbfc.co.uk

Summary Review: Rent it even if you're not gay!

Hustler White is a fictionalised study of male hustlers operating in Los Angeles.

Bruce La Bruce sure knows all about tragic Hollywood suicides. The sex scenes are certainly not as graphic as "regular" gay porno. What you imagine is much worse than what you actually see on screen. It's not as if there are any close-up penetration shots. Perhaps the razor blade scene with the "Versace Model", made me cringe the most.

Not to be taken too seriously. Rent it even if you're not gay!

US: Uncut and MPAA NC-17 rated for:

• US R1 DVD via UK Amazon

Italy: Uncut for:

• It 2009 R2 DVD via US Amazon

• 2009 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Peccadillo R2 DVD
• 1999 Millivres VHS
• 1997 Dangerous to Know VHS

The BBFC cuts were:

• A further 6s was cut from the razor blade scene cut for the cinema version. 50s in total was cut from this scene.
• The non explicit amputee sex scene implying penetration with a stump was cut by 24s and reduced to brief establishment only. The BBFC explained that it was hard to justify it on any but narrative grounds The spectacle of someone being sexually penetrated by an amputee's stump is too brutish to be tolerable in a home-viewing medium.

As with the cinema release there were some brief scenes of unsimulated masturbation and real sex that were allowed to remain.

• 1996 cinema release

The BBFC cuts were:

• There is a scene in which a client pays a hustler to burn him with cigarettes and then cut his back with a razor, attached to a small piece of wood. The BBFC cut 44s from this scene to remove all evidence of actual blood letting with razor.

There were some brief scenes of unsimulated masturbation and real sex that were allowed to remain.

I Am Yours

It is not yet confirmed whether the brief explicit sexual images qualify for a listing on this page.

Summary Notes

Mina is a young single mother living in Oslo with her 6 year old son Felix. She is a Norwegian Pakistani with a troublesome relationship with her family. Mina is constantly looking for love and has relations to different men, however none of the relationships bearing any hope of lasting very long. So when Mina meets Jesper, a Swedish film director, she falls head over heals in love.

• 2015 cinema release

I Dreamt Under the Water

• J'ai rêvé sous l'eau

The BBFC passed the 2008 TLA DVD uncut 18: [The film] contains explicit images of real sex. However, the nonpornographic nature of the work and the similarity of the sexual content to that in other works that have been passed at '18' enabled it to be passed uncut for adults.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon : Bleak

I Dreamt Under the Water' (French, with English subtitles) is a sombre portrayal of human misery in a contemporary inner city environment. Antonin, lives with his mother, who is still reeling from an unpleasant divorce, in a situation of some poverty. He plays guitar in a band, and has an unrequited crush on the band leader, and his best friend, Alex. When Alex dies of a heroin overdose, Antonin is stricken over his loss, and spirals into an underbelly of Parisian life of drugs and anonymous sex. He meets a woman, Juliette, and has a second-chance to save the life of someone he loves.

The dark lighting, underground clubs and grimy alleyways all serve to complement the film's bleak ambiance, which offers little hope for redemption. The sex scenes are passionless, explicit, and unsimulated. The most memorable feature is the performance given by Hubert Benhamdine (Antonin), who beautifully depicts the mental torment suffered by Antonin after Alex's death.

The film suffers somewhat after the first half, becoming quite slow-moving following the entry of Juliette. More seriously, 'I Dreamt Under the Water' offers little thematically that is new or original. If you can find a copy, 'Fogi is a Bastard' deals exquisitely with similar issues in a much more intense manner.

Overall, 'I Dreamt Under the Water' is worth a watch - if only for Hubert Benhamdine's performance and the superb music soundtrack - though it is doubtful whether it would rate a second-viewing.

I Want Your Love

Uncut. The BBFC notes strong real sex. Banned from film festival showings by the Australian Censorship Board in 2013

Summary Notes: Not a lot of plot

After a decade of living in San Francisco, Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern roots because he can no longer afford the city. On his final night in the city, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten Jesse's already bittersweet feelings about leaving.

• 2013 cinema release
• 2013 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented in the annual report covering 2013:

I Want Your Love is a US drama about a man who is forced to leave San Francisco because he can no longer afford to live there. There are a number of scenes in which men engage in real sex, including masturbation, fellatio and ejaculation. Although some of the sexual acts are presented explicitly, the film is a relationship drama and not one where the primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation.

The Idiots

• Idioterne
• Dogma 2: The Idiots

Uncut in the UK. Real sex was censored in the US R rated version with black bars

Summary Review : Actual Intercourse

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the inner idiot in themselves.

Shot with handheld digital cameras and using natural lighting and natural locations, THE IDIOTS possesses an urgency that makes it feel like a documentary. Von Trier sparked a heated controversy with his decision to film the sex scenes with actual intercourse, adhering to the Dogme tenets. (He hired porn actors for the close-ups.) This controversy aside, the film nonetheless raises questions about cultism, modern ethics, and the idea of individuality within the absurdity of the characters' world.

Stoffer is the leader of the group and he orders a gang bang to take place for his birthday -- here is where we have our unsimulated sex. There are shots of sexual penetration and group sex. There is an erect willy in a shower scene.

• 2000 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 1999 Tartan VHS
• 1999 cinema release

Import Export

The 2008 cinema release and the 2009 Trinity DVD were passed 18 uncut with the BBFC advice: Contains strong real sex and very strong language

The BBFC further explained:

Import Export is a subtitled feature film from Austrian director Ulrich Seidl. It tells two parallel stories, one concerning a nurse who moves from Ukraine to Austria in search of a better life and the second concerning an unemployed security guard who travels from Austria to the East in order to sell goods. The BBFC classified the film '18' for strong real sex and very strong language.

The very strong language in the film is reasonably frequent and is used within a sexual context. The film also contains frequent use of strong language throughout. The current BBFC '15' Guidelines regarding bad language state that 'there may be frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (eg 'cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable'. The frequency and context of the very strong language prevented the work from being classified at '15'.

The strong real sex occurs within two scenes – both of which contain explicit sexual images that are usually reserved for 'R18' category. However, the BBFC's '18' Guidelines make allowance for works containing explicit images of sexual activity that 'can be exceptionally justified by context', provided that 'the work is not a 'sex work''. The first scene featuring the main female character Olga, takes place in a tower block apartment in which an internet porn site is being run, connected to a number of rooms full of webcams and monitors. In each room is a woman performing solo sexual poses and acts for the gratification for paying online viewers; in one shot these include explicit images of digital penetration that are both reasonably clear, yet in the background of the shot on a computer monitor. The scene is designed to confront the audience with the grimness of the limited job and survival opportunities offered to Olga if she stays in Ukraine. The look and tone of the scene is deliberately cold, un-erotic and ultimately not pornographic in nature.

The second sex scene features another main character Michael, humiliating a prostitute in a hotel room to impress and bond with his stepson Pauli. The scene centres on Michael's attempt to exert his masculinity and wealth and results in the prostitute performing oral sex on him. However, although we see the prostitute performing the act, throughout the scene Michael is unable to achieve an erection. In this case it was felt that the focus of the scene was very much on Michael's impotence and the fact that the money and power he has holds no relevance to his misconceived ideas of masculinity. The scene has little erotic charge and is justifiable in terms of both the unfolding narrative and the power dynamic between father and stepson.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

In the Realm of the Senses

• Ai No Corrida
• Ai No Korida
• L'Empire des sens
• The Realm of the Senses

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

UK: The Producers Cut was passed 18 uncut with all BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2011 Optimum Online
• 2011 Optimum RB Blu-ray + R2 DVD Combo at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong real sex, bloody mutilation and sexual fetish theme

Summary Review: Dark and disturbing

A dark and disturbing psychological drama about sexual obsession.

This movie is definitely not for all tastes or who are easily offended by graphic scenes of sex. But recommended for those adventurous souls looking for something different and interesting.

In Their Room: London, Berlin, San Francisco

Summary Notes

An intimate and erotic film about gay men alone in their bedrooms.

• 2014 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 8th December 2014

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2014:

Strong images of real sex appeared in documentary films in 2014. In Their Room: London, Berlin, San Francisco features interviews with men as they frankly discuss their relationships, sex lives and emotions. There is explicit sight of masturbation, oral sex, penetration of the anus, and ejaculate on a man's hand and stomach. Although there are a number of these moments, the primary intention of the documentary is neither sexual arousal nor stimulation and the BBFC consequently classified the work 18 without cuts.

Inside Deep Throat

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut at:

NC-17

The Theatrical NC-17 Version was passed 18 uncut for strong real sex for:

• 2006 Technicolor/Momentum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2005 cinema release

This is a documentary about Deep Throat, not the classic film itself. However t he UK release does contain a key 15 second hardcore sequence from the original oral sex scene in Deep Throat

Summary Review: Insightful

All I can say is wow, this was a great documentary. Because of the subject matter it isn't for everyone, and the fact that it has an actual X-rated scene in it doesn't help either. But if you can get past that, this is an insightful, fascinating look at adult films and our society. And there is a lot of humor in it as well.

I wasn't surprised that several people in the audience walked out, since even I didn't realize how graphic the language/visuals would be. Showing how Deep Throat brought the "BJ" into the mainstream of adult films was interesting, and the interviews with the people actually making porn were very insightful.

Inspiring Passion: A Guide to Improving your Sensual & Sexual Pleasure

The BBFC passed the 2005 Focus 100 DVD 18 uncut. Contains explicit images of real sex

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Interior. Leather Bar.

Uncut in the UK and US

Summary Notes

Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.

• 2013 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented in the annual report covering 2013:

Interior. Leather Bar. is an experimental documentary submitted for DVD release that seeks to reconstruct and illustrate content that was deleted from Cruising, the 1980 fi lm directed by William Friedkin. It is classified 18 for sequences which take place in a sadomasochism themed gay club, which include sight of unsimulated fellatio and masturbation, illustrating the type of content that was censored from the fi lm in the United States.

Intimacy

• Intimidad
• Intimité

Unrated

16

Netherlands: Uncut and 16 rated for:

• NL R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 uncut with one notable scene of real oral sex for:

• 2001 Pathe R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2001 cinema release

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2004 Koch Lorber R1 DVD at US Amazon

Summary Review : Beautiful, sensitive erotic story

A failed London musician meets once a week with a woman for a series of intense sexual encounters to get away from the realities of life. But when he begins inquiring about her, it puts their relationship at risk.

I think this is an extra-ordinary cameo of a brief sexual affair between two strangers. If the sex scenes are controversial then I think it's because they are natural and realistic, contrasting with stylised sex in mainstream films. This is a beautiful, sensitive erotic story.

It is widely believed that the scenes of sexual intercourse between Rylance and Fox were unsimulated but they are in fact fake (though they look pretty realistic). The unsimulated sex comes with shots of fellatio occurring between the pair, the blow jobs were not faked!

Justine's Hot Nights

• Les nuits chaudes de Justine

The BBFC passed the Nucleus Films DVD uncut in 2009. The BBFC consumer advice reads: Contains strong sex and nudity and infrequent real sex

The BBFC added in their 2009 Annual Report: Les Nuites Chaudes de Justine was a 1976 French sex romp that includes brief scenes of explicit sexual activity. It was passed uncut at 18 . Although the work includes elements of titillation, the Board was satisfied that its primary purpose was to entertain and amuse and, as it was not a sex work, there was no justification for applying the additional restrictions of R18 for adult audiences.

The uncut region 0 DVD is available at UK Amazon

From publicity material: Some Sex Very Real

The World DVD premiere of another kinky classic from the director of the best-selling Education Anglaise and Dressage!

Mik Farez (Philippe Gasté) is an out of work "serious" film director. A sleazy producer with a mirrored floor and a naughty and knickerless secretary offers him the chance to direct a new movie, but he's told that it must be a sex film. With just one evening to come up a script, Mik is bereft of ideas. However, following a steamy sex session with his willing wife, the kinky couple dream up all manner of sexy scenarios for the movie. These are portrayed as a series of erotic and often amusing vignettes, each of which revolves around a cute young girl in black stockings called Justine, whom they have recently seen performing in a nude ballet...

This erotic extravaganza features nuns, mermaids, confessions, virgins, stockings, an ape, Henry Kissinger (!) and copious amounts of sex – some of it artistic, and some of it very real.

See also Review from the Wilson Bros from dvdactive.com

Those who go in blind will be very surprised to find that there's sex sequences in this '18' certificate which actually deliver on their promise and show you penetration. Yep, when one of our hungry girls decides to munch on a human bratwurst, she really does put it in her mouth! Nerves must have set in during filming, as at least one guy has—what Russ Meyer once called—a 'limber burrito', or what John Waters would describe as a 'Hollywood loaf', but there are instances of oral sex for all to see. To get this into an '18' rated movie was not easy, as it was 'touch and go' with the BBFC, and we doff our (Dutch?) caps to Marc Morris for being able to get Justine's Hot Nights though unscathed in the UK.

Ken Park

Qualifies as a mainstream movie that includes real sex but has never been submitted to the BBFC.

See Ken Park listed in Banned Movies

Kink

Uncut in the UK and US.

Promotional Material

Director Christina Voros and producer James Franco pull back the curtain on the fetish empire of Kink.com, the Internet's largest producer of BDSM content. In a particularly obscure corner of an industry that operates largely out of public view, Kink.com's directors and models strive for authenticity. In an enterprise often known for exploitative practices, Kink.com upholds an ironclad set of values to foster an environment that is safe, sane, and consensual. They aim to demystify the BDSM lifestyle, and to serve as an example and an educational resource for the BDSM community. In kink, we discover not only a fascinating and often misunderstood subculture, but also, in a career far from the mainstream, a group of intelligent, charismatic, and driven people who really, truly love what they do.

• 2015 Matchbox Film R2 DVD at UK Amazon

La Vie de Jesus

• The Life of Jesus

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2008 Eureka R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 1999 Fox Lorber R0 DVD via US Amazon

The BBFC commented: Contains images of real sex, strong language, violence and racism theme.

Language of Love

• Ur kärlekens språk

The film was passed 18 uncut for the 2008 Revelation DVD. The BBFC commented: Contains real sex. (But I suspect only in a scientific sex education documentary context)

Review from UK Amazon : Not recommended

Transferred from old 1970s video tape. content dated and not what I call erotic. It is about old duffers talking about sex. not recommended for viewing.

The Last Woman

• La dernie're femme

UK: Passed X uncut for:

• 1976 cinema release

Thanks to Gary:

There are two or three shots of Gerard Depardieu with an erection, plus a giant close-up of a (detumescent) penis before Depardieu's character cuts off his own with an electric carving knife - all passed uncut by the BBFC!

Leap Year

• Año bisiesto

See trailer from youtube.com

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2011 Axiom R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2010 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong sadomasochistic sex

The BBFC further explained:

Leap Year is a subtitled Spanish language drama about a Mexican woman who embarks on a sadomasochistic sexual relationship. The film was classified 18 and contains scenes of strong sadomasochistic sex.

The film is an exploration of a character's psychological condition, although much of her history remains untold and mysterious. The woman is shown to engage in empty sexual encounters which seem only to reinforce her apparent loneliness. Although these scenes of sexual activity are strong they are lacking in the detail of sex and fall within what is permitted by the BBFC's Guidelines at 15 which state that Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail .

The portrayal of the sadomasochistic sex in which the woman engages with one man she meets, and which represents the most enduring of her relationships, is however stronger in tone and detail. These scenes include asphyxiative sex, a cigarette being stubbed out on her body, a knife being played over her body, and the woman being urinated on by the man as she masturbates. There are also explicit images of the woman masturbating the man during a scene in which she proposes to him an ultimate thrill he might experience with her. Although these scenes are strong and require restriction to the 18 classification, in this serious dramatic context the material is not harmful for adults and there is no likelihood that the urination onto the woman would be in breach of the Obscene Publications Act 1959.

The film also contains strong language and verbal references to sexual behaviour.

Love

Passed 18 uncut by the BBFC with the BBFC noting strong real sex.

Summary Notes

A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It's a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.

Originally 16 rated in France but moralist campaigners objected and a court raised the rating to 18, a classification previously reserved for pornography.

Banned in Russia for too much sex, even in a censored form.

One critic said: It is no exaggeration: The central action in Noe's Paris-centric film is unsimulated sex -- between ten and fifteen scenes of it, to be exact.

See  interview from vanityfair.com

Vanity Fair: And what about directing the un-choreographed/un-simulated sex scenes?

Gaspar Noé: Who said they were choreographed, un-choreographed, simulated or un-simulated?! We did a movie about a precise subject and we all simply wanted the love scenes to seem real so the audience could relate to their own life experiences . . . and hopefully the images do. How they were shot--tricked or not--isn't an issue.

• 2016 Curzon / Artificial Eye (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2016 Curzon / Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2015 cinema release

The BBFC further commented in its Insight for the film:

• There are several scenes of strong sex. Some of the sex is unsimulated, including real oral sex, masturbation and ejaculation.

The BBFC passed the video 18 uncut noting: Contains strong real sex

• Better orgasms for Women: Lovers' Guide 3
• The Lovers' Guide: Better orgasms for Women

The BBFC passed the video 18 uncut noting: Contains strong real sex

The BBFC passed the video 18 uncut noting: Contains strong real sex

The Lovers' Guide: Igniting Desire

• The Lovers' Guide 3D: Igniting Desire

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut with the comment: Contains strong real sex for:

• 2011 Online
• 2011 Optimum RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Optimum R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2011 cinema release

The BBFC further explained their rating:

The Lovers' Guide: Igniting Desire is a sex education work that provides information and advice on sexual techniques and relationships. The film was classified 18 for strong real sex.

This is the latest in a series of sex education works and is characterised by a continuous narration that covers aspects of sexual relationships and techniques, and is illustrated by various couples putting them into practise. Each of these individually short scenes contains full male and female nudity and strong sexual activity with some explicit images of, for example, real oral and penetrative sex.

The BBFC's Guidelines in respect of sex education at 18 state, Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted . In the case of The Lovers' Guide: Igniting Desire , the explicit images of sexual activity fall within a genuine educational context and are allowable at 18 under the Guidelines for sex education.

A longer version was passed R18 without BBFC cuts for the 2006 Alexander Institute DVD

Michael H - Profession: Director

• Michael Haneke - Porträt eines Film-Handwerkers

Uncut in the UK and US

Summary Notes

In 25 years, Michael Haneke established himself as one of the most important directors in cinema history. From his early work to AMOUR, he created a unique universe, revealing like no other the dregs of our society, or existential fears and emotional outbursts. Through the vision of his actors and previously unseen footages, MICHAEL H. depicts the work of a rare artist.

• 2013 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2013 cinema release

The New Girlfriend

Noted as containing a brief sight of an erect penis for an uncut 15 rating in 2015.

Promotional Material

A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

• 2015 Metrodome R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 21st September 2015

There are some strong images of nudity, including brief sight of an erect penis and full frontal female nudity. Sex

There are some scenes of strong sex that include sexualised male and female nudity.

Not a Love Story

• Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

Cut by the BBFC for cinema release. Not released on UK video

Summary Notes

Feminist anti-porn documentary that features many real sex examples of what the makers would like to see banned

• 1982 cinema release

Thanks to Gary. Feminist anti-porn documentary that features many examples of what the makers would like to see banned. It was cut by the BBFC for a brief scene involving a child spectator, but several examples of hardcore scenes were left uncut

The BBFC cut was:

• Reel 3 - Remove brief scene without sound in which a man holds his erect penis in front of a child.

Nymphomaniac Volume 1   

Uncut by UK and US film censors. Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut

See  article from  cinemablend.com

The Hollywood Reporter says that the prestigious Berlin Film Festival will play host to the world premiere of to the director's cut version of Nymphomaniac: Volume 1.

The initially reported plan was Nymphomaniac would be cut in two versions. One would be a (digitally faked) hardcore version The other would be a tamer version. However, Joe's odyssey of sexual adventure ballooned into a running time of over four hours, and from there talk switched from two versions of one film to two volumes divided by chapters.

Von Trier's cut clocked in at over five and a half hours long. From there, producers were looking to trim Nymphomaniac to four hours, and then split that running time in half for Volumes 1 & 2 . This trimmed producer's cut is what is expected to debut in Denmark on Christmas Day.

The Wall Street Journal reports that In general, apart from scenes with oral sex, the onscreen activity is not as graphic as in adult fare (In addition, unlike in real porn, body doubles are used). Also, the film often portrays sex as a mechanical, unemotional act. Von Trier seems to want to show that appetite for sex is human, but that it also sometimes makes humans act inhuman.

Unrated

• 2015 Artificial Eye [Part 1 + Part 2 Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 11th May 2015
• 2015 Artificial Eye [Part 1 + Part 2 Director's Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th May 2015

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Magnolia [Director's Cuts: Vol I + Vol II] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Magnolia [Director's Cuts: Vol I + Vol II] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See pictorial version details from movie-censorship.com

See review from  popmatters.com : Did we really need more? ...Hell yes

Did we really need more? Did we really need to see a graphic self-abortion, male genitals in all manner of pre/post sexual release? Did we need more conversations between Joe and Seligman?

After viewing Lars Von Trier's director's cut of Nyphomaniac, packing in at least 40 more minutes of provocative button pushing, the answer is an enthusiastic Yes!

In the new cut, there is more of the father figure, we can see how the rest of Joe's life becomes predatory and predestined. We also get more explicit looks at the character's early travails. The train tryst before offers up some hardcore results now. And then there is the abortion. It's graphic. It's gross. It's gruesome. But it's also a necessary part of Joe's past.

• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [Vol I + Vol II] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [Vol I + Vol II] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 cinema release

The BBFC commented in the 2014 Annual Report:

Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 and Nymphomaniac Vol. 2 both include explicitly presented scenes of unsimulated sex, including oral sex and penetration of the vagina.

Nymphomaniac Volume 2

Uncut by UK and US film censors. Exists as a Theatrical Version and a Director's Cut

Summary Notes

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

Unrated

• 2015 Artificial Eye [Part 1 + Part 2 Director's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 11th May 2015
• 2015 Artificial Eye [Part 1 + Part 2 Director's Cut] R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th May 2015

US: The Director's Cut is MPAA Unrated for:

• 2014 Magnolia [Director's Cuts: Vol I + Vol II] RA Blu-ray via UK Amazon and at US Amazon
• 2014 Magnolia [Director's Cuts: Vol I + Vol II] R1 DVD at US Amazon

See  pictorial version details from  movie-censorship.com

• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [The Lars von Trier Collection] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [Vol I + Vol II] RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Artificial Eye [Vol I + Vol II] R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2014 cinema release

The BBFC commented in the 2014 Annual Report:

Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 and Nymphomaniac Vol. 2 both include explicitly presented scenes of unsimulated sex, including oral sex and penetration of the vagina. In the second of the two films there were also scenes of sadomasochistic activity, including heavy whipping to a woman's buttocks.

OTTO; Or Up With Dead People

Passed 18 uncut for the 2010 Peccadillo DVD with the BBFC comment: Contains strong real sex and strong violence.

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon for release on 12th July 2010
The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon .

Review from UK Amazon : Political gay zombie movie

I have long been a devoted admirer of Bruce LaBruce's work, and for me, OTTO is unquestionably his finest piece yet. That said, this film is absolutely *not* going to appeal to everyone.

In a film-within-a-film, Medea Yarn is making an indie political-gay-zombie movie, with the aid of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf. The setting: the not-too-distant future, where the undead are commonplace, and, in particular, the homophile undead.

Otto, a young zombie, is subliminally drawn to Berlin, and onto the set of Medea's movie, where he is quickly cast into a lead role... though the cast don't believe that he is a real zombie, and think he's just living the role. Otto has flashbacks to his life before he joined the ranks of the undead, but can't remember how or why it happened ( I was a zombie with an identity crisis ). He is isolated, persecuted, lonely, displaced, shunned even by conformist-gays... and has come to the anonymity of the city for refuge. He is housed by one of the other cast members, Fritz, who is evidently attracted to him. Will Otto find love, sanctuary... assimilation?

At the level of the image, the viewer may find enough (highly-explicit) male/male action, and gory entrails-eating (you'll need a strong stomach), to keep him/her watching... though ultimate satisfaction will perhaps be elusive, since there will be no final resolution ; and the boy-meets-zombie, boy-and-zombie-fall-in-love, boy-loses-zombie, boy-finds-zombie, story arcs do not play out as expected.

Paradise Faith

• Paradies Glaube

Real sex is left uncut by the BBFC for 18 rated DVD

Promotional Material

In this second instalment, Ulrich Seidl explores what it means to carry the cross. For Anna Maria, a single woman in her fifties (and sister of PARADISE: LOVE's Teresa), paradise lies with Jesus. She devotes her summer vacation to doing missionary work, so that Austria may be brought back to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary. When her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home after years of absence, her life is turned upside down. FAITH recounts the stations of the cross of a marriage and the longing for love.

• 2013 Soda Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 30th September 2013

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2013:

Paradise Faith is a German drama, the second film in a trilogy, which follows a middle-aged Catholic woman who spends her holiday attempting to convert people. There is a scene in which the woman encounters a group of people having sex in a park at night. Brief sight of erections, masturbation and fellatio are seen at a distance in the semi-darkness. These scenes require an 18 classification, but are permissible at that level, in context.

Peter De Rome

18 uncut and contains real sex.

Summary Notes

Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work, which is celebrated at London's BFI Southbank.

• 2016 Saffron Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 14th March 2016

The Piano Teacher

• La pianiste
• Die Klavierspielerin

Unrated

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2002 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2001 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2002 Kino R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from electricsheepmagazine.co.uk : Porn Booth

More remarkable still is a scene towards the beginning of the film in which Erika visits a pornographic film viewing booth. Early in the film, we see Erika aggressively enter the space of a porn arcade. She goes into a video booth, whereupon there follows a seven-second shot of a split-screen monitor showing four separate image tracks: each a clip from a generic hardcore porn film. The film cuts back to Erika as she selects an image, then back to the selected porn film on the monitor. The pornographic image track recurs on the cinematic screen twice more, as the film continues to intercut between the diegetic screen and Erika watching it. The camera then lingers on Erika as she reaches into a waste-paper basket and pulls from it the tissues used by a previous occupant to wipe up his ejaculate. She inhales the tissue deeply while watching the film, her face impassive, her very reaction an inversion of the excesses of masturbation.

Pink Narcissus

Uncut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHs in 1992 and DVD in 2000. Contains real sex.

Promotional Material

Considered lost for many years, Pink Narcissus is an astounding discovery - an unwavering celebration of the male body within a fantasy world of epic indulgence.

This is a breathtaking and outrageous erotic poem focussing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors, dancing boys, slaves and leather-clad bikers.

The film was shrouded in mystery following its 1971 release, its creator credited only as Anonymous , before being rediscovered and revealed as the work of artist and photographer James Bidgood. Its cult status endures as does adoration for its star, the gorgeous and enigmatic Bobby Kendall.

With its highly charged hallucinogenic quality, its atmosphere of lush decadence, and its explicit erotic power, Pink Narcissus is a landmark of gay cinema.

• 2007 BFI R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2000 BFI R2 DVD
• 1992 Dangerous To Know & Pout Video

Pola X

Unrated

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Artificial Eye Leos Carax Collection R2 DVD via UK Amazon
• 2000 20th Century Fox VHS

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2001 Fox Lorber R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Summary Review: Downward Spiral

A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister and he begin an unusual relationship with her prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancee

Pola X gained infamy world wide for its unsimulated sex acts between Guillaume Depardieu (Pierre) and Yekaterina Golubeva (Isabelle). Although body stand ins were used for the most explicit parts. The graphic sex is used to drive home the self destructive nature of the love affair between Isabelle and Pierre.

You may or may not like it depending on your tolerance for arty French films.

The Pornographer

• Le Pornographe

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

Passed R18 uncut for:

• 2002 Tartan DVD (unreleased?)

The US release is uncut and MPAA unrated for:

• 2005 Koch Lorber R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Not that Bad

Now in his late-fifties/early-sixties Jean-Pierre Leaud is still a fine actor who hits all the right notes in his performance as an aging pornographer. Leaud plays Jacques, a pornographer that had a slew of hits in the seventies but has retired. He now has a wife and an adult son he rarely speaks too, but decides to return to making movies.

Problem is, porn has changed since Jacques was making it and he's not able to make it the way he wants it too. As his world falls apart around him, Jacques begins to re-examine himself and, in the process, begins to lose his mind.

The movie is actually a really good character study, although it sometimes takes itself to seriously. The movie has probably got more attention for it's graphic sex scene than anything else. This scene (which occurs about 30 minutes into the movie) is graphic...But it's not. You see more of the guy than you do of the girl, in fact you really don't see anything of the girl. It is, technically, graphic...But.

A lot of the reviewers on here say the movie is dull. I didn't find it dull; I actually found it pretty interesting and thought provoking. It's no masterpiece, it's not in a league with masterpieces, it's not even the best look at the world of pornography, but it's definitely an underrated film.

• 2002 Tartan R2 DVD
• 2002 cinema release

The BBFC commented: Sight of man ejaculating on woman's face removed. Contains explicit images of real sex.

Princesses

• Princesas

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2008 Drakes Avenue R2 DVD

The BBFC noted: Contains strong real sex

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Review from UK Amazon : Charismatic leads

Fernando Leon De Aranoa latest offering Princesas is a slice-of-life film experience, strongly empowered by it's two charismatic leads, Candela Pena and Micaela Nevarez.

Caye ( Pena ) is a prostitute working on the streets of Madrid . Seemingly unapologetic about the reasons that led her to this profession , she's a pessimistic creature , weary and doubtful about her chances of happiness . Best time of the day is with other fellow collegues hanging out at a beauty salon a friend owns . Worst time of the day ( or week or month...) is at the family dinner with her mother and brother with whom she has no real communication to speak of . Zulema is a dominican statuesque beauty working too on the streets of the spanish capital , with no papers to feel any security for herself . She has a little boy back in home to whom she sends most of the money that she earns .

Aranoa choses an earthy , unpolished aproach to his material . The girls' grim reality is something the director doesn't shy away from . Still , there is a sweetness in the film - life is a bittersweet mystery afterall .

Candela Pena has been a key supporting figure in many great spanish films during the last decade . Here , in one of her few leading roles , she's exceptional , her traumatised gaze displaying all the vulnerability and compation of her struggling character . Along with graceful newcomer Nevarez ,they create one of most believable pair of friends ive ever seen on screen . Finally , special credit must be given to Manu Chao's music colouring the film - his songs about all the poor lost souls of this earth meet a perfect match with this movie's social sensibilities.

A Private Collection

• Une collection particulière
• Une collection particulaire

   

The pre-cut Theatrical Version was banned by the BBFC for 1977 cinema release although further cuts qualified it for an X rating later in the same year. The Theatrical Version censors real sex via masking by the narrator's carefully placed finger. The uncut Oberhausen Cut reveals what's behind the masking, but real bestiality has proved too much for modern day censors and so has been cut from recent German and 2014 UK releases.

Summary Notes

A witty and eye-opening tour through Borowczyk's own collection of vintage erotica. Originally intended as part of his 'Contes immoraux', it was released first as a separate short, and is therefore marks the turning-point between Borowczyk's career as a highly-regarded animator and surrealist filmmaker, and his subsequent career in the sexploitation field.

best
available

• 2014 Arrow R2 DVD/RB Blu-ray Combo at UK Amazon

Thanks to Gary Couzens:

The Theatrical cut and Oberhausen cut were both passed in 2014 as components of The Short Films directed by Walerian Borowczyk and included as extras on the Arrow dual-format release of Immoral Tales . See further details about the version's in review from film.thedigitalfix.com

In the theatrical cut, when we see some vintage erotic photographs, the film's narrator André Pieyre de Mandiargues' finger obscures some of the more explicit details, which include images of penetration, but these are uncovered in the Oberhausen Cut.

The main difference is towards the end when a children's cartoon is intercut with footage from the turn of the twentieth century depicting genuine bestality between a woman and a dog. This was pixelated in the German Blu-ray edition of Immoral Tales and replaced by a black screen in Arrow's edition, so as to comply with the laws concerning extreme pornography .

Prostitute

Uncut version is available at:

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong real sex for:

• 2011 BFI Online
• 2011 BFI R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

A dramatised documentary about prostitution in late 70s/early 80s Britain, was originally passed X on film in 1980, with cuts to explicit sight of a man being masturbated while visiting a massage parlour. It is a bleak scene with no particular sexual charge. Under current Guidelines, this illustration of the unglamorous reality of the sex trade could now be passed uncut for DVD release at 18.

Promotional material: Fully Uncut

Tony Garnett, one of British television's most critically acclaimed figures, has been responsible for producing some of the most radical and controversial UK drama, and is associated with ground-breaking directors such as Ken Loach.

His directorial debut, Prostitute, is the tale of two women - Sandra (Eleanor Forsythe), an ambitious but nai ve Birmingham working girl who moves to London with the hopes of securing wealthier patrons, and Louise (Kate Crutchley) her social worker friend who is fighting to change the antiquated and hypocritical prostitution laws. As both strive to achieve their goals, a cold dose of reality dashes their hopes, and the built-in biases against women in society are unmasked. This frank and controversial expose' is finally presented here fully uncut and uncensored.

Puffball

• Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball

Uncut at:

UK: Passed 18 uncut for images of strong real sex and gory moments for:

• 2008 Yume R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2008 cinema release

The BBFC explained their decision:

PUFFBALL is a drama that explores in a supernatural setting the determined desires of two different woman - one who wishes to have a child; and the other who considers abortion when she finds herself pregnant - and how these desires come into conflict.

It was passed '18' uncut for images of strong real sex.

In this work, there are a number of clear images of real sex. They occur during scenes of consensual sexual activity between adults. In each case of sexual activity, the couples remain clothed although a woman's breasts and a man's buttocks are exposed on one occasion. The images show in extreme close-up: sperm exploding inside the vaginal canal, a condom-covered penis as it withdraws from inside the vaginal canal, sperm shooting up inside the vaginal canal and sperm dispersing inside the vaginal canal. The key point is that these images are filmed inside the vaginal canal and are similar to images seen in documentaries or scientific features. These images can only be obtained by using a special microscopic camera inserted under medical supervision inside a woman's body, usually for medical investigative / documentary purpose. Although startling - because unexpected - each image is brief. The exceptional contextual justification is that they serve to suggest either that the condom has been ineffective or that witchcraft has rendered the condom useless. In a broader context, the images support the narrative which is concerned with a woman's fertility, the obsessive desire to have a child, conception and the superstition surrounding these matters. There are two further real sex images. They also occur during consensual sexual activity. These show in extreme close-up, images of a penis penetrating the vagina, externally. Despite being washed in a green tinge to suggest night vision, the images are clear and are no different from explicit sex images found in 'R18' sex works. However, they are brief; and are justified by the broader context of the narrative already mentioned earlier. Their purpose here is not to arouse but to add a graphic dimension to the scene while exploring the links between sex and relationships.

In all the scenes of sexual activity, the couples remain clothed - apart from one scene when a woman's breasts and a man's buttocks are exposed. The sexual activity is conveyed by the mechanics of sexual positioning and thrusts, and ecstatic gasps, and enhanced by the brief images of real sex already mentioned. There is also one brief scene of masturbation which is impressionistic.

Q

• Desire

Passed 18 uncut for strong real sex for:

• 2015 Axiom Films RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2011 Axiom R2 DVD at UK Amazon

Summary Review: Sexy and erotic, fun and moving

In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cecile, a character who symbolizes desire.

Beautiful scenery, quaint little French cafes, beautiful countryside. HOWEVER, the movie takes a twist and turn and the explicit sex scenes are what we would see in a pornographic movie. They don't really add much to the context of the story but the main character will excite some.

This really does what it sets out to do, ie it is sexy and erotic, fun and moving. it all works so well because Deborah Revy is magically flirtatious and manages to change the lives of all around her. Brilliant.

The Raspberry Reich

The BBFC cut Peccadillo Pictures DVD in 2004 with the following explanation: Distributor chose to remove clear and explicit images of sexual activity which could not be exceptionally justified by their context (some explicit images allowed to remain). An uncut R18 was available.

The uncut region 1 DVD is available at US Amazon
The uncut region 1 DVD is available via UK Amazon

Review from US Amazon : Fantastic

I saw this film in Greece, and I'm sure that the American version is probably a little softer than the European (original cut). But I'm not too sure. This film is fantastic! I cant stress that enough. the cinematography... and just the overall satirical and witty premise of the film is worth watching. I think I'm going to make a t-shirt that says: "Masturbation is Counter-Revolutionary!" This movie is so smart...

Romance

Passed 18 uncut for 1999 cinema release complete with real sex. Cut for 2000 DVD but these BBFC cuts were waived for 2014 home video release. Uncut and Unrated in the US.

Summary Review : Such a Good Film

Although deeply in love with her boyfriend - and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him - a schoolteacher cannot handle the almost complete lack of intimacy he will allow.

Excellent cinematography and a bleak script; by far the best film I saw last year, and probably the best I'll see again this year.

With the exception of one or two scenes, the sex in the film is not very explicit, even including the more racy fellatio scenes.

Unrated

• 2014 Second Sight R2 DVD at UK Amazon

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 1999 cinema release

US: uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2003 Lions Gate R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

• 2000 Blue Light R2 DVD

From IMDb:

• Although the BBFC passed the film uncut for British cinemas, they required 1 second to be removed from the video version. The cut to the UK video and DVD versions removed a brief close-up of a man ejaculating onto a woman's stomach. This occurs at the end of a fantasy brothel sequence, and is followed by a jump-cut to a similar shot of ultra-sound gel being squirted onto Caroline Trousselard's stomach. Without the first shot, however, the effect is lost in the UK version.

Satisfaction Guaranteed: 7 Secrets To A Passionate Love Life

• The Lovers' Guide: Satisfaction Guaranteed

The BBFC passed the video 18 uncut noting: Contains strong real sex

The uncut region 2 DVD is available at UK Amazon

Sensation

See trailer from youtube.com

UK: Passed 18 uncut for

• 2012 Element R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

The Irish comedy drama, Sensation, submitted for a DVD release, features two sequences containing explicit images of real sex. In both cases the origins of the images are pornographic, specifically photographs in an adult magazine and a brief image from a pornographic video. But these images are only briefly seen and the video footage contains no clear explicit detail. While the nudity is sexualised in its original context, in this comedy drama the images reflect the nature of the characters engaging with them and did not require cuts.

Sex and Lucia

• Lucía y el sexo

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2013 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2002 Palisades Tartan R2 DVD
• 2001 cinema release

Summary Notes

Lucía is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island. There, bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun, Lucía begins to discover the dark corners of her past relationship, as if they were forbidden passages of a novel which the author now, from afar, allows her to read.

There's a couple of very explicit sex-scenes both with brief (blink and you'll miss them) pornographic moments. One shows Lucia reach down to stroke her lover's erect penis.

Sex: How to Do Everything

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2010 Fremantle R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented: Contains strong real sex and nudity

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family

• Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui
• Frankreich Privat - Die sexuellen Geheimnisse einer Familie

Thanks to Simon. There are two versions. A German version features several scenes or real sex. Most releases are a cut version but still with an explicit shot of female masturbation at the beginning of the film

Summary Notes

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

• 2013 Metrodome R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2012 cinema release

The BBFC commented:

The film opens with a scene set in a school science laboratory in which a boy and a girl masturbate themselves in front of their classmates while filming their actions on their mobile phones. The scene contains a brief but explicit shot of the girl's pudenda as she strokes herself under her skirt. Although the detail is explicit, it is brief and justified by context in that the film goes on to examine the reasons behind this behaviour and the attempts by the family's matriarch to get her children to open up about their sexual desires and experiences. The actress in question was over 18 at the time of filming so there is no issue under the terms of the Protection of Children Act 1978.

The film also contains a number of other strong sexual scenes, although none of them feature the kind of explicit detail seen in the opening sequence.

Shortbus

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2007 Universal R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2006 cinema release

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Velocity/ThinkFilm R1 DVD at US Amazon

Review from UK Amazon : Graphic

The film is extremely sexual graphic in places - and I expect will or already has ellicited a campaign by the Daily Mail to "BAN THIS FILTH!". It's far more extreme than Winterbottom's Nine Songs - previously the most "sexually shocking" mainstream UK film - was, and the uncensored nature of these scenes is a tool that director John Cameron Mitchell uses to convey the intensity of the sexual relationships. So, this is definitely not a film you'd want to in the presence of your parents. Whilst the orgies and ejaculations might be the reason the film has attained so much notoriety, it would be a shame if you were put off by the film's sexually explicit nature - I wouldn't have said the sex is gratuitous - it serves to demonstrate the emotionally vapid nature of some of the main characters' lives, and the director also skilfully addresses the wider emotional context. This film rarely misses a beat throughout and finishes with a lavish crescendo that can't help but make you feel that you've felt something as you leave the cinema. Don't accept any edited or censored versions.

Something in the Air

• Apres Mai

Uncut in the UK. Contains a fleeting glance of hardcore porn in a magazine

Summary Notes

In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.

• 2013 Artificial Eye RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2013 Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented:

The artist's work includes several paintings and sketches depicting sexual activity. In one scene, the artist is flicking through a book of black and white photographic images seeking inspiration for his own work. Some strong sexual images are briefly seen, including sight of an erect penis between a woman's breasts, a penis on a woman's chin, and apparent sexual penetration. However, the images are not focussed upon and the context is artistic rather than sexual.

Spetters

Uncut version is available at:

Unrated

The Director's Cut was passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2005 MGM R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2004 Channel 4 unreleased video submission

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2002 MGM R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC commented:

• Contains strong sexual violence and real sex

Review from US Amazon : Saucy Holland Days

Spetters (a Dutch slang term for male ejaculate) remains the in-your-face director's most audacious and fascinating work to date. Popular in Holland but largely ignored upon its initial U.S. release, the film has slowly built a cult following over the years, thanks to word-of-mouth amongst film buffs and some critical backpedalling due to Verhoven's subsequent box-office successes.

Following the hormone-fueled misadventures (from comedic to tragic) of a trio of motocross-obsessed teenage pals and thier girlfriends, the film is a sort of Dutch take on Saturday Night Fever or Quadrophenia with a pinch of social satire tossed in.

The young (mostly unknown) principal players all deliver energetic, superb performances and are ably supported by Jeroen Krabbe and Rutger Hauer.

The MGM DVD thankfully restores the 8 minutes of "graphic" sexuality (not really that shocking to Europeans) that was excised in order to earn an "R" rating and make the film more palatable to our "puritan" American tastes.

Starlet

Summary Notes

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

• 2014 Soda Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 10th March 2014

Stranger by the Lake

• L'inconnu du lac

Uncut in the UK

Summary Notes

Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.

A very explicit French gay-themed film. Sometimes it felt a bit overly so - including graphic unsimulated scenes of oral sex and even a shot of a man, erm, climaxing. But I kind of admire the movie at the same time for not shying away from showing anything.

The film stirred controversy in France, two Paris suburbs removed posters for the film that displayed an illustration of two men kissing. Residents complained the image was inappropriate.

Director Alain Guiraudie won the Best Director prize in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes.

• 2014 Peccadillo Pictures RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon
• 2014 Peccadillo Pictures R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2013 cinema release

The BBFC commented in the Annual report covering 2013:

A French drama about a man who becomes romantically involved with a dangerous stranger. The film centres on events that occur at a 'cruising' spot. Two of these scenes include brief sight of unsimulated masturbation, ejaculation and fellatio, illustrating what goes on at the spot in question.

UK: Cut on TV in August 2015

Two scenes were cut by Channel 4, notably masturbation to climax and oral sex. Plenty of penises remained though.

Swedish Erotica Collection 2

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Love Play: 1973 release Sweden adult film

More about the Language of Love: 1970 Sweden/Denmark sex education documentary by Torgny Wickman .

The BBFC noted in the 2009 Annual Report: Collection 2, Swedish Erotica, a compilation of three early 1970s films from Sweden (Wide Open, Love Play and More About the Language of Love) was passed 18 without cuts. The work, which includes explicit images of sexual activity, is now very dated. By contemporary standards it is clearly not a sex work, but rather a genuine attempt to inform and educate, and the Board concluded that there was sufficient contextual justification to allow these scenes at 18 .

Passed 18 uncut for:

• 2008 Alexander Institute DVD

Taxi Zum Klo

• Taxi to the Toilets

See trailer from youtube.com
 

Uncut version is available at:

UK: Passed 18 uncut with BBFC cuts waived for:

• 2011 Peccadillo R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2011 cinema release
• 2004 Film Four video version . For TV showing not released on DVD

The BBFC commented:

[The film] contains scenes of unsimulated sex between the lead character and his male partners, including a scene in which one man urinates into the mouth of another. In the context of this serious drama the BBFC passed these scenes at 18, and did not consider that the urination was a likely breach of the Obscene Publications Act 1959.

Summary Review: Good Film

Frank Ripploh is gay and a bit of a rascal. He keeps his personal life and teaching separate, but he sometimes corrects student papers in public toilets as he waits to score. One evening, he meets Bernd. They become lovers. How long can Frank keep his sexual orientation out of the classroom? Things come to a head during Berlin's annual Queen's Ball and the morning after.

An excellent film, worth watching. Anybody wanting to learn about the secret lives many gay men have to live to have their sexuality kept secret should watch this film.

Taxidermia

Uncut version is available at:

Passed 18 uncut for

• 2007 Tartan R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The US release is uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• US 2919 E1 R1 DVD at US Amazon

The BBFC commented:

TAXIDERMIA is a subtitled Hungarian black comedy which tells the story of three generations of men from the 1950s to the present. The film was classified '18' for scenes containing gory images, real sex and very strong language.

TAXIDERMIA contains a number of gory images, most notably a sequence in which a character is shown to disembowel himself. Although the sequence is fantastical and unreal and occurs within a comically absurd context, it contravenes the BBFC's Guidelines at '15'.

The film also contains brief sight of aroused male genitalia and close up shots of female genitalia. Additionally, two sequences include brief sight of real sexual activity (male masturbation and vaginal penetration).

The BBFC's Guidelines at '18' state that such explicit images will only be permitted where the work is not a 'sex work' (i.e. a work whose primary purpose is sexual arousal) and where the images can be exceptionally justified by context. In the case of TAXIDERMIA, the BBFC did not regard the images as having the primary intention of sexual arousal and considered that they formed an integral part of the work, each justified by context. This decision was in line with other recent works such as NINE SONGS, DESTRICTED and SHORTBUS, all of which contain images of real sex. The film also contains 6 uses of very strong language, which were considered to lack the necessary contextual justification to permit them below '18'.

TAXIDERMIA also includes five uses of strong language, some strong sex references and a scene showing a pig being killed and subsequently butchered. However, this scene was considered to show a humane kill and was therefore not in breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition of films where animals have been treated cruelly for the purpose of film making.

Review from UK Amazon : Speed-Eating Cataclysm Time

Honestly, with all the fuss surrounding this superlative film, you'd expect Sodom-And-Gommorah to shoot through your Cathode Ray Tube and vomit creosote into your wallet. Nope. It's all very survivable, apart from a few graphic instances (which the dear-old Auntie BBFC could have excised within a heartbeat, but they didn't. There MUST be a God!). I suppose vegetarians may have a few Heart Palpitations, but there you go.

It also cocks a snoot at those naysayers who have a firm belief in the inferiority of Eastern-European cinema - "Taxidermia" is crammed with more CGI than your average Jenna Bush photoshoot. Guy Ritchie be damned, he's scrawling graffiti on the side of the Venus De Milo and can't spell "OK" yet. Take note, British cinema is LIGHT YEARS behind this. We've lost the war Comrades.

The Third One

Uncut in the UK

Promotional Material

Fede is young, hot, horny and in a chatroom. When he meets a gay couple online, he decides to take the plunge and over to theirs to see where the night takes him. When the evening unfolds with an intensity and complexity he wasn't expecting, Fede is forced to see himself a new light. A brilliant evocation of the possibilities of one night stands, The Third One asks -can one passionate night change your life?

• 2014 Tla Releasing R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 8th December 2014

The BBFC commented in the Annual Report covering 2014:

In one scene a man watches a pornographic film on his computer and there are brief images of real penetration of the anus and oral sex. Given the brevity of the images and the dramatic nature of the context in which they are present, the BBFC considered them acceptable acceptable at 18 under the Classification Guidelines.

Tony Manero

The BBFC commented:

Tony Manero is drama set in Chile in 1978 against a backdrop of Pinochet's dictatorship. It follows the story of a middle-aged man whose need to impersonate the lead character from Saturday Night Fever has found him turning to crime in the pursuit of his obsession. It was passed '18'' for infrequent explicit and strong sex.

The film focuses on the increasingly dysfunctional life of the lead character and one of the areas in which this is apparent is his impotence. The sex scene is symbolic of his failure in life generally. In an early intimate scene with his lover the couple try to make love. She takes his flaccid penis briefly into her mouth, but he remains unaroused. The sex is unsuccessful and she accuses him of being aroused only by thoughts of dancing. At '18', the BBFC's Guidelines state that 'the more explicit images of sexual activity' are only acceptable if 'they can be exceptionally justified by context and the work is not a 'sex work'. In the context of this dramatic work the purpose of the scene is to convey the breakdown of his sense of reality and as such it was felt to be exceptionally justified at the adult category. There is another sex scene in which, once again, the man is not aroused, but the scene includes close-up images of nipple kissing and a woman masturbating to orgasm but without explicit detail. This too is acceptable at '18'.

• 2012 Network Made in Chile Double Bill R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 Sound & Media R2 DVD at UK Amazon
• 2009 cinema release

Passed 18 uncut for the Third Millenium DVD with the comment: Contains strong real sex

Unfaithful

Uncut by the BBFC

Summary Notes

Claude Pere's invited an actor to make love with him. They do not know each other. They do not know whether they like each other. They do not know what will happen. They meet in a flat. They are alone. For one night. For more privacy, Claude Pere's will record images and sound. There is no contract, no obligation. They remain free to say and to do whatever they want. They can stop anytime.

The sex is explicit but lacks any passion, innovativeness or eroticism. If you take it as a porn movie -- it is a very bad porn, too.

• 2013 Matchbox R2 DVD at UK Amazon

The BBFC commented in the annual review covering 2013:

Unfaithful is a European experimental work, submitted for DVD release and classified without cuts at 18. A filmmaker invites a man to his apartment to conduct an experiment about sex. Most of the film consists of long conversations between the two men. However they also engage in sexual activity, including sight of real fellatio. The more explicit moments are brief and not the main focus of the work.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism

The uncut cinema release was one of the very few examples of hardcore allowed by the BBFC in an X rating. A cut version was submitted for VHS though.

Summary Review: Unique and warped

A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot, and an affair with a visiting Russian skater. Mixing metaphors of Russia's relationship with Yugoslavia, intercut with footage and interviews with Wilhelm Reich and Al Goldstein of Screw magazine. The film applies Reich's theories of Orgone energy and analogies of Stalinism as a form of Freudian sexual repression.

What makes W.R. such a unique and warped bird of art is how it challenges the viewer, provokes fully if not discussion then some kind of collision of intellectual and visceral reaction for those who at least meet the filmmaker halfway. Once in a while frustrating, but never ever boring, W.R. is a cinematic shock from a go-for-broke iconoclast.

Unrated

• 1971 cinema release

The cinema version is one of the very few films released with BBFC blessings from the Stephen Murphy and James Ferman era that contain hardcore scenes.

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:

• 2007 Criterion R1 DVD via UK Amazon and at US Amazon

pre-cut

• 1995 Connoisseur VHS

Censored for the video version. James Ferman indicated that he would have preferred the uncut version for video release but it was the censored version prepared for channel 4 that was submitted.

1. After opening credits a B&W Soviet sex-education film viewed through a kaleidoscope lens is obscured by animations of goldfish. Apparently this hasn't completely obscured the action and an erect penis can still be seen on close inspection.
2. Wall paintings of men and women masturbating have been blanked out
3. A sequence showing Jim Buckley having a plaster cast made of his erect penis has all the tumescent shots obscured by animated stars

These amended scenes can be found as an extra on Criterion's DVD release of WR.