These Sexy Movies on Netflix in October Are More Tempting Than a Bag of Candy Corn

Set in New York City in the early 1950s and based on the romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, this drama follows the affair between a young shop girl and an older woman going through a divorce. What begins as a chance encounter in a department store blossoms into a life-changing romance, and things between the two get real hot real fast.

When it's available: Oct. 20

Based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, this erotic thriller tells the story of a wealthy widower's second wife, who — after moving into his English country home — starts to feels the threat of his late wife's presence. Lily James and Armie Hammer star in this one, so you know it's got to be hot.

When it's available: Oct. 21

Nicholas Hoult stars in this romantic drama as a Los Angeles-based pharmacist who starts up a relationship with a physical-therapy assistant he met on a dating app, never expecting real intimacy will develop between them after they have sex.

Watch Newness on Netflix.

Though we're sure you're familiar with this adaptation of the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel, watching Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams's turbulent and insanely magnetic multiyear love story never gets old (or any less hot).

Watch The Notebook on Netflix.

Starring Salma Hayek, this sexy biopic revolves around the private life of surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who made a name for herself in the early 1900s with her bold sexuality, her illicit affairs with both men and women, and her dysfunctional relationship with the muralist Diego Rivera.

Watch Frida on Netflix.

Set during World War II, this sexy espionage drama follows a secret agent who's tasked with seducing — then killing — an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai, China. However, her mission becomes trickier when she engages in a wild love affair with him instead.

Watch Lust, Caution on Netflix.

John Travolta is peak sexiness in this '80s Western romance, which revolves around a Houston honky-tonk and the love-hate relationship that develops between a new guy in town and a local. Whenever a movie has a mechanical-bull-riding scene, it's basically guaranteed to be erotic.

Watch Urban Cowboy on Netflix.

Minka Kelly stars in this erotic thriller as Sara, a college freshman who's taken under the wing of her new roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester). What starts off as a beautiful new friendship quickly evolves into a disturbing obsession as Rebecca grows a little too attached to her protégée.

Watch The Roommate on Netflix.

This sensual French romance takes place in a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, where 17-year-old Ada falls in love with a young construction worker named Souleiman and mourns him when he and his disgruntled coworkers sail away. On the day she's to wed another man, Ada learns her lover has returned. Get ready to swoon (and probably get more than a little turned on).

Watch Atlantics on Netflix.

Based on Anna Todd's bestselling novel of the same name, After is basically Fifty Shades of Grey set at a college, telling the story of bad boy Hardin Scott, who pursues — and eventually falls in love with — innocent college student Tessa Young. Just make sure to watch this one before its sequel, After We Collided, premieres.

Watch After 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 (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 (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.

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

Watch American Honey on Netflix.

In this steamy Spanish romance, a young couple visit an old farmhouse that belongs to the woman's family, and it's 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.

If you can't get enough of Step Up and Save the Last Dance, you'll love this 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 new moves.

Watch Battle 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 a pair of strangers who meet on a train in China and form a bond that evolves over several years.

Watch Us and Them 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.