20 BDSM Movies More Provocative Than Fifty Shades Of Grey

20. In The Realm Of The Senses

If you need any evidence that filmmakers were exploring the nature of sexual taboos long before Fifty Shades Of Grey came along you needn't look any further than Nagisa Oshima's classic 1976 movie, In The Realm Of The Senses. Telling the story of a former prostitute who becomes a cleaner in a hotel where she embarks upon an increasingly experimental sexual relationship with the owner, In The Realm Of The Senses pushed the boundaries of transgressive cinema and remains a potent viewing experience today. The culmination of their relationship - and the swelling tides of jealously - end in a bloody finale which saw the film heavily censored for many years.