I Want Your Sex
A young man enters a celebrated artist’s erotic orbit and discovers that becoming her muse carries dangerous costs.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- provocative
- transgressive
- tense
- late night viewing
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
The film received a generally positive but not strongly enthusiastic critical response, reflected in its Metascore of 63.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Erika Tracy is a renowned older artist while Elliot becomes her significantly younger sexual muse and struggles with the imbalance between them.
The premise explicitly centers sex, obsession, power, bdsm, and Elliot's loss of control inside Erika's world.
Elliot is specifically recruited as Erika's sexual muse, making artistic inspiration inseparable from erotic ownership.
The keywords identify a mansion as a key location, while the plot places escalating sexual and criminal tensions within Erika's milieu.
Films like I Want Your Sex, and why
Secretary
shared erotic power dynamics, sexual subculture, and psychologically charged relationship drama
The Duke of Burgundy
shared bdsm-inflected intimacy, obsession, and transgressive erotic atmosphere
Eyes Wide Shut
shared sexual desire, jealousy, and darkly destabilizing bourgeois erotic intrigue
Bitter Moon
shared provocative sexuality, manipulation, and morally volatile romantic entanglements
Movie Details
- Director
- Gregg Araki
- Release Date
- 2026-07-29
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (93)
Cast
- Olivia Wilde
- Cooper Hoffman
- Mason Gooding
- Chase Sui Wonders
- Johnny Knoxville
- Margaret Cho
- Roxane Mesquida
- Charli xcx
- Daveed Diggs
- Daniel Stevens
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Want Your Sex about?
- A young man enters a celebrated artist’s erotic orbit and discovers that becoming her muse carries dangerous costs.
- What is I Want Your Sex like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Want Your Sex as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Want Your Sex violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Want Your Sex as mild.
- What did critics think of I Want Your Sex?
- The film received a generally positive but not strongly enthusiastic critical response, reflected in its Metascore of 63.
- Which films are like I Want Your Sex?
- Films with a similar feel include Secretary, The Duke of Burgundy, Eyes Wide Shut, and Bitter Moon.
- How long is I Want Your Sex?
- I Want Your Sex runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Want Your Sex?
- In United States, I Want Your Sex is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
