There's a reason that any talk of sex in film comes back around to certain titles again and again. Getting two (or more) attractive actors to mash their faces together and huff and puff for the camera is relatively easy. Shooting a memorable sex scene is hard.
We here at IFC News and Nerve.com sat through a lot of movie sex to make this list — oh, we suffered through it somehow. But even after all that ranking, weighing and debating, we'd be hard pressed to define exactly what it is that makes a sex scene great — in true Justice Potter Stewart fashion, we just know it when we see it, whether it shocks us, titillates us, turns us on, breaks our hearts or confounds our expectations.
The oldest film on this list is from 1896; the newest is from last year. You'll notice we decided to leave certain standards in the field off. And as always, these lists are a launching point for you to tell us what you think. Are we wrong? Are we right? Did we neglect the sexiest sex scene ever? Weigh in in the comments below.
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louis Malle's - Damage 1992
Jeremy Irons 'doing' his son's fiance (Juliette Binoche) in the doorway of an apartment building,very intense erotically charged.
the dreamers, i think shouldnt be so low on the list
Umm, hello?! Doesn't anyone remember "Last Tango in Paris"! I thought for sure any one of the several scenes would make the Top 10, maybe even more than once...