What makes the perfect sex scene? The pure eroticism? Its emotional undercurrents? The shift and flow of the camera? Our concept of how sex should work on film speaks to so many variants: what personally gets us hot under the collar, whether we seek the fantastic or the realist, or how these films should tie in emotionally with the rest of the film. A great sex scene can be raw and passionate, languid and romantic; it can be tinged with an air of sadness and longing, or even downright hilarious. The criteria are pretty much wide open. So, in that light, here are the candidates for some of the best sex scenes ever put to film:. Gina Prince-Bythewood has masterfully shown Hollywood how cinema can portray realistic sex without any loss of romanticism or intimacy.

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Best Movie Sex Scenes
Try is the operative word. Gyllenhaal and Ledger saddle up to play gay cowboys whose relationship becomes official in a secluded tent after a night of too much whiskey. One of the most celebrated sex scenes of all time, this one is artfully done and told out of sequence—director Steven Soderbergh being as playful with editing and time and narrative as his two leads, Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney, are with each other. Flirty and cheeky as they undress, they do finally get horizontal, their lips do finally lock, and unfortunately, the screen does finally fade to black. In the Realm of the Senses has long been considered one of the most perverse and erotic films to have ever slinked across the screen. Sexually explicit and non-simulated in its acts, the art-house gem about a real-life tabloid scandal features countless coital climaxes between its two leads. But the red dress scene manages to leave a little more to the imagination than the rest of the film, making for quite the arousing watch. Its innocence is vital to the brutal and difficult-to-watch sexual deed that comes in the third act of the film. Kerr and Lancaster star as Karen and Milton, a pair of adulterous lovers who get lost in the ebb and flow of the waves and the toss and turn of each other.
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Here's the thing. People have sex. Movies have sex scenes. Wouldn't it be intriguing if a movie featured two actors having actual, consensual sex, instead of just mimicking sex in a way that looks great onscreen but is almost certainly very, very awkward in real life?
But sometimes, on the rare occasion where actors and actresses have a natural chemistry that clicks together, it spells magic for the film. We decided to go through some of the most popular sex scenes over the last few years to compile a list of our favorites. Here are our 8 favorite movie sex scenes:. The film stars Angelina Jolie and Thomas Jane as two lovers who attempt to swindle Luis Vargas Antonio Banderas , a late 19 th Century coffee merchant, out of his extreme wealth.