33 Sexy Movies to Stream on Netflix, Because the Only Place You Should Be in August Is Indoors

In this 1997 adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the sexy Pam Grier stars as crafty flight attendant Jackie Brown, who, when busted smuggling money for an arms dealer (played by Samuel L. Jackson), is recruited to bring down the boss — but Jackie has other plans in mind.

When it's available: Aug. 1

When Carrie Bradshaw and her girl gang take their sexual escapades to the (Mr.) big screen, things are obviously bound to get sexy. Along with Samantha Jones's incredibly hot new Casanova next door (played by Gilles Marini), there's also a scene involving a whole lot of sushi that — while highly improbable — you won't soon forget.

When it's available: Aug. 1

What happens when you turn 27 and get kicked out of the Playboy Mansion for being too "old"? You take a group of geeky sorority rejects under your wing and teach them how to be hotties, of course, which is exactly what a very sexy Anna Faris does in this hilarious romp.

When it's available: Aug. 1

When a young woman (played by the irresistible Amanda Peet) takes her womanizing older boyfriend to her dramatist mother's beach house, she never imagines their initial hatred of each other turning into wild sexual attraction. Only the stunning Diane Keaton could ever distract Jack Nicholson from Peet, after all.

When it's available: Aug. 1

Swordfish shows what happens when the world's most dangerous spy convinces a computer hacker to help steal $6 billion in unused government funds, and Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman show just how hot a life of crime can be.

Watch Swordfish on Netflix.

In this dreamy French love story, a Parisian writer on the cusp of 40 and suffering from AIDs meets a 22-year-old student just coming to terms with his sexuality, and the result is a torrid love story that will make your heart burst (and then, of course, break).

Watch Sorry Angel on Netflix.

When an art dealer and a tour bus driver (played by Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, respectively) decide to call it quits, they must decide who gets to keep their shared condo — and neither is willing to back down. Spoiler alert: there's a scene involving a very naked Aniston that you're not going to want to miss.

Watch The Break-Up on Netflix.

Liza Minnelli seriously sizzles in this 1972 musical drama about a steamy love triangle between an American cabaret star, a sexually confused British academic, and a decadent playboy in 1931 Berlin.

Watch Cabaret on Netflix.

You may have read the 1955 Tennessee Williams play of the same name in high school, but we guarantee that you'll still be surprised by just how much Maggie the "Cat" (played by Elizabeth Taylor) turns up the charm in the failed seduction of her sexually ambiguous husband, Brick (played by Paul Newman).

Watch Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Netflix.

Mega-hotties Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, and Adam Rodriguez star as nearly naked hunks gyrating to dance music — do we even need to explain the appeal?

Watch Magic Mike on Netflix.

Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler take on Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit Broadway musical in this darkly romantic film adaptation — seriously, who ever knew that a foreboding masked man could be so sexy?

Watch The Phantom of the Opera on Netflix.

We like to think of this movie as a "What if Jack from Titanic had lived?" fantasy, as it reunites Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a 1950s couple trapped in the suburbs (and in a marital slump) who have dreams of creating a more exciting life together elsewhere.

Watch Revolutionary Road on Netflix.

You know that anything starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke is going to be steamy, but you'll be amazed how sexy a story about an FBI agent investigating a recent string of murders and the art dealer who claims to be an eyewitness can really be.

Watch Taking Lives on Netflix.

This biographical drama follows the true story of the week The Prince and the Showgirl production assistant Colin Clark spent with sex-symbol film star Marilyn Monroe in the British countryside, and we'll just say that Eddie Redmayne and Michelle Williams were born to play these roles.

Watch My Week With Marilyn on Netflix.

In this psychological thriller, Idris Elba and Beyoncé play married couple Derek and Sharon Charles, and they make as hot and perfect a couple as you would imagine — that is, until the new girl at work (played by Heroes' Ali Larter) starts toying with Derek's mind (and hardcore stalking him and Sharon).

Watch Obsessed on Netflix.

Best known for playing Alyssa in The End of the F***ing World, Jessica Barden stars in this sexy comedy as a journalism student in need of some inspiration (and some cash) who decides to masquerade as a sugar baby for a wealthy older man, hoping the resulting story will earn her a win in an upcoming journalism competition. Luckily, Camila Mendes is happy to show her the ropes.

Watch The New Romantic on Netflix.

Starring Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, Pitch Perfect's Brittany Snow, and She's Gotta Have It's DeWanda Wise, this comedy tells the story of aspiring music journalist Jenny (played by Rodriguez), whose boyfriend of nine years unceremoniously dumps her as soon as she lands her dream job in San Francisco because he's not willing to make long distance work. However, her two BFFs, Blair and Erin (played by Snow and Wise, respectively), are there to help her get over her ex and give her one last crazy (and sexy) weekend in New York City before she moves across the country.

Watch Someone Great on Netflix.

Katherine Heigl stars in this rom-com as an unlucky-in-love TV producer named Abby, who's desperate to woo the sexy doctor who just moved next door, while Gerald Butler costars as the crass TV celebrity who's determined to help Abby land the doctor by proving just how little she understands about men.

Watch The Ugly Truth on Netflix.

This dreamy romance revolves around Star (played by Sasha Lane), a young woman who runs away from her troubled home life to drive across the Midwest, and Jake (played by Shia LaBeouf), the hard-partying guy who lures Star into a world of debauchery.

Watch American Honey on Netflix.

This German Oscar-winning drama tells the story of a dedicated Stasi officer who decides to spy on a playwright and his famous actress girlfriend when he doubts their loyalty to the Communist party, but the longer the officer watches them, the more he warms to them — a sentiment that becomes complicated when his superior orders him to eliminate the playwright so he can have the beautiful actress for himself.

Watch The Lives of Others on Netflix.

In this steamy Spanish romance, a young couple visit an old farmhouse that belonged to the woman's family, and it is there that they discover their shared genealogical roots and family histories, as well as a terrible secret that could threaten the future of their relationship.

Watch The Tree of Blood on Netflix.

Starring Rachel Evan Wood and Jim Sturgess as Lucy and Jude, this trippy Beatles-themed musical romance places two star-crossed lovers in the midst of the Vietnam War, the turbulence of the late 1960s, and the most incredible soundtrack you'll ever hear.

Watch Across the Universe on Netflix.

In this movie, an ageing billionaire media mogul makes a barter with Death in order to extend his life and allow Death a chance at being a human — but what he didn't expect was for Death (who appears in the form of a late '90s Brad Pitt) to fall in love with his daughter, played by Claire Forlani.

Watch Meet Joe Black on Netflix.

If you can't get enough of Step Up and Save the Last Dance, then you'll love this new movie about an affluent dancer whose father's bankruptcy means the end of her formal dance training — and her introduction to a hip-hop dancer who wants to teach her all new moves.

Watch Battle on Netflix.

Starring the incredibly sexy Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway, this movie takes a working-class idealist and a rich playboy and visits them on the same day each year for 20 years until they finally, inevitably realise just how in love they are. The result is just as satisfying as you can imagine.

Watch One Day on Netflix.

In this new Netflix psychological horror film set in the world of webcam pornography, Madeline Brewer from The Handmaid's Tale stars as an erotic cam girl who finds her popular channel hijacked by a look-alike. What's even better: Cam is one of the few films about sex work written by a former sex worker, resulting in a story that doesn't glamorize, glorify, or romanticize the profession.

Watch Cam on Netflix.

In this biopic depicting the early years of director and aviation tycoon Howard Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio), Hughes hides his dark side with his successful public persona. Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale round out the cast as Hughes's lovers Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner.

Watch The Aviator on Netflix.

Any movie that depicts a crumbling marriage is going to be a tearjerker, but when that married pair are played by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, seeing a couple that hot split is all the more devastating.

Watch Blue Valentine on Netflix.

Love, lust, sex, and modern relationships are all explored in this film from the viewpoint of four Indian women.

Watch Lust Stories on Netflix.

This film follows the love story between two strangers who meet on a train in China and the bond that forms and evolves over several decades after.

Watch Us and Them on Netflix.

This UK movie is based on the true story of an Irish landscaper who gets a chance to compete at the prestigious Chelsea flower show (and falls in love with a sexy builder — Tom Hughes — along the way).

Watch Dare to Be Wild on Netflix.

This movie is a coming-of-age romance about a 15-year-old girl who begins to explore her sexuality.

Watch Blue Is the Warmest Colour on Netflix.

When two young men go on a road trip with a woman and both begin a sexual relationship with her (as well as with each other), things are bound to get complicated.

Watch Y Tu Mamá También on Netflix.