Get ready for a cheeky countdown of the most memorable and pause-worthy intimate movie moments that had viewers reaching for the remote. From Hollywood blockbusters to cult classics, we're exploring those scenes that became legendary in the world of home video.
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00:00You nervous? Don't be.
00:03I'm not.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:08for those erotic sequences that had many viewers reaching for their remotes.
00:1610. An early role for Megan Fox
00:19Passion Play
00:20There isn't any extended nudity from Megan Fox during this early film appearance in Passion
00:24Play. However, that didn't mean that fans of the Transformers actress didn't likely
00:29pause home video copies during Fox's sex scene with co-star Mickey Rourke.
00:34Fox admittedly shows off a lot within her performance of a carnival attraction that
00:38may or may not possess working angelic wings. Fox's star certainly was on the rise back in 2010
00:45when she appeared in Passion Play, making this film one that Transformer fans
00:49likely sought out, hoping to see more than meets the eye.
01:009. Problematic yet popular
01:03American Pie
01:04The original intention behind 1999's American Pie was to revisit the post-Porky's landscape of teen
01:11sex comedies. Yet in doing so, the film itself has become a time capsule of sexual politics
01:16that some modern viewers have found offensive.
01:19You know, I'm just gonna go.
01:23You have seen me. Now it's my turn to see you.
01:27This reading arrives from one of these film's most paused moments when Shannon Elizabeth's
01:32Nadia is visiting Jim in his home. Elizabeth's nudity and subsequent scene with co-star Jason
01:38Biggs are photographed and broadcast on the net without her consent.
01:49Here we go.
01:50He's in, man. This just got a hell of a lot better.
01:52This ties into the home video voyeur culture as well, since many paused and rewound this scene.
01:58It was a problematic moment that nevertheless proved to be popular.
02:038. Did they or didn't they? Don't Look Now
02:07Rumors have continued to swell for years concerning the frank sexuality at play
02:11within Nicholas Rogue's 1973 thriller Don't Look Now. In a film full of shocking imagery,
02:17John and Laura Baxter's bedroom scene might have been the most daring at the time.
02:26Rogue shoots the sequence with a remarkable amount of realism for 1973,
02:31making it easy for audiences to assume that the on-screen coupling is real.
02:35Fast forward to the home video era and the conversation continues.
02:39Did Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie actually turn their fictitious romance into a reality?
02:46Or was it all a trick of the camera lens? Only those involved during filming know for certain.
02:517. Eroticism Personified β Body Heat
02:55Still burning? Jesus, it's bigger.
02:58The erotic thriller was a made-for-cable mainstay during the 1990s,
03:02but the 1981 production shot co-star Kathleen Turner into the stratosphere,
03:07thanks to this incendiary performance. Body Heat was inspired by the classic
03:11noir tropes present within efforts like Double Indemnity, with Turner as a femme fatale seeking
03:17the death of her rich husband. Her erotic sequences with co-star William Hurt would
03:22not only light up the silver screen, but leave home VCRs smoldering in the aftermath.
03:27This was supremely sexy stuff, but also bold and fearless since Hurt and Turner
03:33definitely put themselves out there with regards to their raw physicality.
03:37This makes an admission by Body Heat editor,
03:40Carol Litterton, that the final cut was actually cut down even more incredible.
03:546. Ingenue Encounter β Black Swamp
03:57The psychedelic set-up and did-they-or-didn't-they execution of this scene are just two of the
04:09reasons why this encounter from Black Swan was so memorable. Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis
04:15possess great push-and-pull chemistry here, as rivals who become lovers.
04:19Or at least, the audience is led to believe that this is the case.
04:23Director Darren Aronofsky ensures that nothing is ever quite as it seems here
04:27within this 2010 thriller, but that didn't stop audiences from analysing this intense scene.
04:42The hazy, uncertain and druggie atmosphere makes re-watching this scene
04:46interesting from both a filmmaking and erotic point of view.
04:53It also ties heavily into the film's narrative, making it more than just mere titillation.
05:065. Totally Gratuitous β Starship Troopers
05:10I love you, Johnny.
05:19Shower scenes. You either love them, or you think they're a relic of a bygone era of filmmaking.
05:25Luckily for us, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers was released long enough ago to
05:29perhaps be considered such a relic. Enter Dina Meyer, who played infantrywoman Dizzy Flores,
05:36a character that gained a certain prominence during the VHS era.
05:40Her co-ed shower scene was frequently paused for obvious reasons,
05:43while her brief sex scene with co-star Caspar Van Dien showcased the pair's on-screen chemistry.
05:48Their kissing is surprisingly passionate and well-executed for a film like Starship Troopers.
05:53Meanwhile, Meyer's additional bit of nudity during the scene
05:57had viewers scrambling for that pause button.
06:064. Playroom β Fifty Shades of Grey
06:28Every now and then, a movie franchise manages to capture a culture's attention.
06:32The Fifty Shades of Grey series certainly managed to get some pulses quickened during its run.
06:38Scenes such as this one, within Christian Grey's playroom,
06:41may have gotten audiences hot and bothered in the cinema, but what about at home?
06:57Owners of Fifty Shades of Grey were able to pinpoint exactly which frames they liked the
07:01best while indulging in multiplex BDSM for the masses. Meanwhile, viewers with a certain
07:07voyeuristic streak were able to pause at their leisure, able to enjoy watching the
07:12beautiful people lay it all out on screen in the privacy of their homes.
07:163. Threesome β Wild Things
07:32The actual plot of Wild Things is the sort of labyrinthine setup we'd normally get in a messy
07:37noir. This seems to be the design by writer Steven Peters and director John McNaughton,
07:42yet the themes of class and privilege were largely lost in the wake of the film's notorious
07:48threesome scene. This combination of Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, and Matt Dillon
07:53feels like something focused with a male gaze, while also falling within the parameters of the
07:57day. Erotic thrillers were big business during the early days of the internet.
08:10This clip soon became something of a shared viral sensation.
08:13It's gone on, for better or worse, to define the legacy of the Wild Things franchise.
08:18Yes, this was a franchise.
08:262. Into the Deep End β Showgirls
08:29Alright, where are we headed? You had to give me directions.
08:33To your place.
08:39Elizabeth Berkley certainly succeeded in shedding the skin of her former character
08:43on Saved by the Bell with this erotic thriller from director Paul Verhoeven.
08:47She also shed pretty much everything else, effectively making a bad movie history
08:52with scenes such as this Paul encounter with co-star Carl McLaughlin.
08:57The sexual histrionics at play need to be seen to be believed,
09:01as Berkley gyrates and gesticulates with an almost uncomfortable level of enthusiasm.
09:07Still, many viewers of a certain age likely sought out Showgirls,
09:11specifically for scenes such as this one,
09:13if only to pruriently ogle Jesse Spano doing the nasty.
09:17Would you have told me about it if I hadn't come here?
09:20It wasn't my idea to come here, it was yours.
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09:391. Sex, Death and Rock and Roll β Basic Instinct
09:53It's no accident that Paul Verhoeven has appeared again and again on this list.
09:58The man just had a remarkable, and lucrative, run of combining entertainment with eroticism.
10:04You could get in trouble though, you're not really a cop anymore.
10:06I'll risk it.
10:08Why take the risk?
10:09To see if I can get away with it.
10:12Basic Instinct is infamous for several pausable moments,
10:15including its opening ice pick murder. The sex act here is combined with death,
10:20but was often rewatched during the VHS and DVD era for, we're gonna go with, dramatic effect.
10:27He left the club with his girlfriend about midnight. It's the last time anybody saw him.
10:31What was it?
10:31Ice pick. Left it on the coffee table in the living room.
10:36Meanwhile, the most paused moment here, for better or worse, has to be the interrogation
10:41scene. Stone has come out in more recent years claiming that she didn't realise the scene would
10:45be so explicit.
10:46I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way
10:50I described it in my book. I'd be announcing myself as the killer.
10:54Fairhoven, meanwhile, told CinemaBlend that there was no way he could have
10:58filmed the scene without Stone knowing his intentions.
11:09It's nice.
11:10Which movies did you have to sneak to see back in the day? Let us know in the comments.
11:15She doesn't know what she's doing.
11:18Oh boy, she knows exactly what she's doing.
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