Fifty Shades of Grey can be streamed exclusively on Netflix, introducing viewers to the steamy romance between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. The sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, are available for rent or purchase on various platforms, but not on Netflix. The trilogy was inspired by the success of erotic thrillers in the '90s, and although it faced production challenges, it revived interest in the genre.

All three 50 Shades Of Grey movies are available to stream from the comfort of viewers' homes, though they are located on different platforms. For a brief time during the '90s, erotic thrillers were in vogue thanks to the success of Basic Instinct. This led to a wealth of movies chasing that steamy bandwagon, but after the critical and commercial failures of Madonna's Body Of Evidence and Bruce Willis' Color Of Night, this subgenre quickly died off. They were...