20 BDSM Movies More Provocative Than Fifty Shades Of Grey

4. Crash

David Cronenberg's Videodrome features aspects of BDSM at its most violent, with hints of snuff film making layered into the strange broadcasts its central protagonist discovers. His more recent movie Crash might not go quite as dark but is still an out-there examination of sexual fetishes. James Spader and Holly Hunter stars as people who are aroused by the sight of car accidents, getting off on the gaping wounds fused with auto parts in Cronenberg's divisive adaptation of J G Ballard's novel. Predictably this was considered "the most controversial film of the year" when it was released in 1996 - equally predictably, the passage of time has been kinder and these days fully uncut versions are readily available for viewing.