Watch best sex scenes in movies

I mean, come on. It's one of the most seductive movies and scenes ever. In this particular scene, he's desperate for attention, so their close whispers and dirty talk lead to him fingering the woman in public and then parading it around in hopes of getting her boyfriend angry. It's a haunting, sexy, and vulnerable scene.

A sex scene in a movie has to accomplish a lot. Far from just depicting two characters or more doing it, a love scene should progress the story in some way, or tell the audience something new that they didn't know about a character before. Ideally, a good sex scene should also be hot, without being exploitative of the actors, or perpetrating demeaning tropes and cliches about sex. For filmmakers, writing and directing sex scenes can be like walking a tightrope, with "too explicit" on one side, and "cringeworthy" on the other. Here are several moments from film which we feel thread that needle expertly, including a number of handpicked scenes from porn star and director Joanna Angel.

Picture this: It's Thursday night, you're home alone, and you're Instead of scrolling Tinder , swipe right on some truly iconic movies that happen to be alllll about sex. And bonus: They also all happen to be really good and in some cases Oscar-nominated , which means you'll get a side of culture, too. You're welcome!

Some are funny Jason Segal shaking his stuff in Forgetting Sarah Marshall , some are romantic Kate Winslet getting naked in Titanic and some are feel-the-tingle-down-to-your-toes sexy Sharon Stone "forgetting" her panties in Basic Instinct. Here's our official ranking of the hottest on-screen moments ever. Name a nude scene more famous that Sharon Stone crossing and uncrossing her legs sans underwear in Basic Instinct. Disturbingly, Stone was never told how, er, revealing, the scene was, but she says she supports the choice to keep it in the movie.