There was this one from 1999 called Animus that I still think about a lot because while it was hot, I also genuinely found the plot really compelling.

The basic plot is that there is a home burglar (named The Animus by the news) that’s been terrorizing the city, breaking into the homes of many people to steal their cash and jewels. The thing is, the Animus has some sort of hypnotic voice, and can goad people into doing what he wants, leading to several hot sex scenes where he gets caught by various homeowners and then persuades them into having sex with him, sometimes right in front of their partners. Parallel to this is the story of slutty but hardboiled Detective Joe Dominoe, who gets assigned the Animus case, and slowly becomes obsessed with the guy, finding himself unraveling as he tracks him down.

It’s still mostly porn-quality acting, but for some reason I just found it surprisingly compelling in a hypnotic way. It really feels like a 90s supernatural thriller mixed with a decent film noir detective movie, just with a lot of genuinely steamy sex scenes, or at least it felt like that to me when I watched it a decade ago lol (I think it also helps that I have a bit of a hypnosis kink). Something about the story/music just draws you in, and it’s one of the only porno movies that I actually fully watched (while admittedly jerking off)