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With Valentine’s Day approaching and many people getting hot under the collar about 50 Shades of Grey( by the way I’m not excited as the film doesn’t seem like something I’d watch, but I keep seeing the constant influx of trailers and gossip about it), I started to think about what moments in film history are the sexiest. Since the inception of film, sexuality and desire have been shown at varying degrees from the subtle kiss to the in your face love scenes that are often seen in the movies of today. 
With countless moments of steamy encounters, sex appeal and attractive stars, the cinema has never been short on sexiness. So the question this time around is, what are the sexiest moments in film and why? Whatever your thoughts please give them. I have a feeling I’m going to get an interesting response to this question.
I watch mostly horror movies and the sex in those things generally just involves a bunch of people humping each other as hard as they can which doesn’t really do it for me. I don’t watch much mainstream stuff but the sex in The Postman Always Rings Twice used to get me going when I was younger. Haven’t seen it in ages though.
Are you talking about the original or the 80’s version?
The 80s : ) never seen the one from the 40s : ) I doubt it’s too risque….
The 40’s version is sexy but quite subtle.
First thing I thought of: Cyd Charisse as the bad girl dancing with Gene Kelly in “Singing in the Rain.” Second thing I thought of: Kevin Costner painting Susan Sarandon’s toenails in “Bull Durham.”
Cyd Charisse was gorgeous in that movie wasn’t she?
And with fred Astaire. I think the old films do it the best. Sexual tension was created but without nudity or just sex. Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in funny face was brilliant.
Yeah, a lot of old movies manage to have sexual tension and remarks without being sleazy or gratuitous.
Also, Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron by the fountain in the final dance scene from “An American in Paris.”
Another excellent choice.
From here to eternity, probably one if the sexiest films ever.
Definitely, that encounter as the waves crash over them is certainly steamy.
One of the first things I thought of was Brad Pitt in Snatch when he walks out to the boxing ring for his last fight. To the Oasis song “F*cking in the Bushes” I don’t think it’s supposed to be sexy but I’ve always found it really sexy and exciting to watch. It’s the music as well and in the context of the storyline – very thrilling.
Cameron Diaz when she walks into the bank in The Mask. Has anyone ever looked better than that??? No.
I know that probably wasn’t what you meant haha. In all honesty I can’t think of many ‘sexual tension / feel the chemistry’ type moments. I can think of romantic stuff but not so much “Grrrrrrr sexy” stuff.
Oh, what about Brief Encounter? That’s got to be up there!!
I had a feeling Brad Pitt was going to be mentioned in the answers. As for Diaz, that is one sexy entrance if ever there was one. It’s been years since I last saw Brief Encounter, but I remember the subtle and restrained passion between the two main characters.
Brief Encounter is brilliant!!! It’s really romantic with such erotric undertones. I think it’s a romantic movie that even men like if that makes sense? Not like some of the shit they roll out today.
In all honesty I don’t fancy Brad Pitt! I mean yeah he’s attractive but he’s not one of my crushes as such. It’s just something about that scene! It’s the music, it’s the revenge he NEEDS to get, the tension. His nice body obviously helps too and he does look rather sexy as a scumbag haha. Some people might prefer the Meet Joe Black look? Not me!
Another very interesting post Vinnie and great we can all get involved!
Will have to watch Brief Encounter again sometime.
The Chikdtens hour between Hepburn and Mclain
I watched that a while back and it was a very brave and daring movie at the time of its release.
It took a long time for anything like that to come out again.
The seduction scene between Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker in Baby Doll.
I haven’t seen Baby Doll, will have to watch it.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the first thing that comes to my mind. I love the way they dance together, there’s so much tension and chemistry, same as in their fight scenes. I also love some scenes in Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, the vampire/Keanu orgy and when Dracula as a Beast rapes Lucy (it isn’t exactly a ‘sexy’ scene but its memorable). Oh and Mulholland Drive has a pretty good scene too 😛
Interesting choices, Amgelina Jolie and Brad Pitt certainly sizzle across the screen. I recently found out one of Dracula’s Brides is a young Monica Bellucci.
I love your choices!! I agree. That scene from Dracula is VERY sexy. I’m am just in love with this film.
It is one sumptuous and supremely sexy film full of carnal imagery.
Indeed. I love how the horror and carnage revolve around a love story. Brilliant film.
I know what you mean, there is the definite link between sex and death in the movie.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Brando as Stanley Kowalski, it’s hard to think of anything sexier than that. 🙂
As for the hottest sex scenes? There’s Nicholas Roeg’s ‘Don’t Look Now’ with Donals Sutherland and Julie Christie and Cronenberg’s ‘A History of Violence’ with Maria Bello and Viggo Mortensen. Also, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. 😉 And Cuaron’s ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ has some great scenes full of sexual tension between the three protagonists.
That is certainly one passionate scene in Don’t Look Now.
It’s not a movie, but Spike and Buffy’s first time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6 always gets me a little hot and bothered…
Who can forget that scene?
Indeed,whew! There’s also the Supernatural boys and their many conquests, but especially sexy were Sam’s first time with Ruby, and Dean with… anybody really. If I’m honest, I wasn’t really paying attention to the partner :-p Also any scene involving Eric Northman from True Blood, hehe.
As for movies, there’s Desperado, in which it’s impossible to tell which of the two is sexier. Dorian and, well, everyone in Dorian Gray (but especially with Ben Chaplin, phew!). And the two friends who finally realized that they love each other at the end of Another Gay Movie.
I’m sure I’m missing many more, but those are the ones I could think of just off the top of my head 🙂
Secretary has great chemistry between Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, and is surprisingly quite a romantic film given the subject matter.
I haven’t seen Secretary, but I’ve heard excellent reviews of it.
Its so good, you should watch it if you get the chance.
Will add it to my movies I must watch list.
For me it’s the pool scene from Cruel Intentions (1999). I’m not the biggest Ryan Phillippe fan, but he’s very good at playing the manipulative rich kid that lures his prey, Reese Witherspoon, to the pool for a “nice” swim. I find that extremely sexy.
He definitely has that sly manipulative way about him in Cruel Intentions.
He does. I loved this scene so much I even downloaded the background song and listen to it a lot ever since… I’m still not a Ryan Phillippe fan, though! 😉
Most of the sex scenes that stand out in my mind are absolutely vulgar and not ‘the best’ by any stretch of the imagination. They stand out for the wrong reasons.
Nymphomaniac for example has some great scenes in it, but they’re positively grotesque.
If you’re going for ‘sexiest’ scenes, then what about ‘that’ scene in Mulholland Drive? Or the entirety of ‘A Room in Rome’? The Cheerleader scene in ‘A History of Violence’? There are a load of good scenes in ‘Lower City’ (Cidade Baixa). Black Swan is pretty steamy at times. Belle De Jour is intense too.
There’s too many to list!
Definitely agree about Belle De Jour, but the sex is more subtle and much is left to the audience’s imagination.
I love Brief Encounter. I never found it erotic though. Miss Diaz could well win it ha. Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in Out of Sight were sizzling too.
It’s been ages since I last saw Out of Sight, but they did sizzle from what I remember.
http://gillmcgrath.com/2014/10/04/leonard-cohen-dance-me-to-the-end-of-love/
This is ‘Scent of a woman’ wrapped in Cohen and its about as good as it gets for me! I hope the link works.
Excellent choice, thanks for the link.
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I would say the first love scene between Ennis Delmar and Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain… all that repressed desire!
Such an excellent but heartbreaking film.
I’m late to this thread, but I’ve always thought this scene from The Big Sleep is pretty steamy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t8H07c30io
Good choice, classic example of innuendo old Hollywood style.
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The sexiest scene is Dirty Dancing. I love that one! 🙂
Also, Lie With Me has amazing sexy scenes. The chemistry between Eric Balfour and Lauren Lee Smith creates such sexy scenes together. And The Sex of the Angels have amazing passionate scenes as well.
I’m sure there’s a lot more. I just can’t think of them now 😉
Thanks for the comment, yeah Dirty Dancing is steamy to say the least.
Tough one! I watch nasty horrors, so usually the sex is rape, which can sometimes be hot – but I shouldn’t really say that!
Cruel Intentions has some sexy scenes, was slightly strange as they’re siblings, but hey Sarah Michelle Gellar is my ultimate woman fantasy, so yeah!
I also remember in An Interview With a Vampire, when he bites into her breast and blood drips down! When I was a teenage girl (who was obsessed with Buffy), there wasn’t anything hotter than a vampire sucking blood from your bosom 😛
Most recent was in Found where he’s covered in blood, with a happy faced willy – that was strangely arousing!
Love Sarah Michelle Gellar in that film, she’s so sexy and devious.
Isn’t she just?! I wanted to be her so so bad when I was younger! I even got a swimming nose cap thing to try get her nose lol
Definitely my first celebrity crush.
Same!
I featured her on one of my Ladies posts, if you look under the category of movie thoughts and opinions.
Cool, i’ll have a look!