Best Sex Scenes Ever
A couple of years back, retroCRUSH – The World’s Finest Pop Culture Website posted a list of the worst sex scenes ever. I applauded their choices but found the list itself rather uncompelling. I mean, really… there are loads of terrible sex scenes, how hard is it to pick ten of them? Now perhaps my standards are higher than many, but I find it tougher to come up with the BEST sex scenes ever – the hottest, the most interesting, the most amusing. That’s a much shorter list. Here are some of my votes.
1. Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in Desperado. Can’t think about it without swooning… hot – hot - hot and very funny. I like a good sex scene that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Banderas’ facial expressions themselves will melt steel and seriously, what isn’t sexy about Salma Hayek?
2. George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight. Again, very silly scene – lots of playfulness and the chemistry is definitely there. Besides, it’s proof that while the underwear removal process can be less than profoundly sensual, in the end, a naked butt contributes something to a sex scene.
3. Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal and Ana Lopez Mercado in Y Tu Mama Tambien. Just enough awkwardness to be believable, sweet and featuring three stunningly attractive people.
4. Rob Nilsson and Consuela Faust in Heat and Sunlight. Intense and very emotional. The scene is shot so that the sex alternates between being painfully vulnerable and sad and being powerfully raw and animalistic. Feels so real that you’ll almost believe you’re peeping in your neighbor’s window.
5. Geena Davis and Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise. Who was Brad Pitt then? While not the longest, most critical scene in the movie, I like how goofy it is. Davis and Pitt’s bodies aren’t bad to look at either.
6. Nicole Parker and Laurel Holloman in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. Fumbly and sincere. This was what I dreamt about in high school. And the anticipation building up to it made it that much more satisfying.
7. Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury in Mississippi Masala. Breathlessly beautiful people in believable scene with just enough tension to keep all the right muscles clenched throughout.
8. Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger. Hello?!... Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve!
9. Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader in Secretary. The whole movie is delicious.
10. Peter Gallagher and Annette Bening in American Beauty. My jaw hung open for three days. Hilarious and shot brilliantly.
Posted by Jenn on March 13, 2006 9:24 AM
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And you are not including Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson because....it's a documentary?
Also, how does Kingpin not make the list? That woman is H-O-T.
-- Posted by: jlou at March 13, 2006 9:36 PM