Tim Dirks' The History of Sex in Cinema

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The following listing of these influential, memorable and classic sex scenes and films (chronologically by year) takes into account all of the available surveys of this type of material, and attempts to provide an informed, detailed, unranked grouping of the most influential and groundbreaking films and scenes. It also considers other films with sex-related scenes, including portrayals of sex and/or nudity, and factors in a film's (or scene's) notoriety and infamy and the stars involved. Some of the most notorious (or infamous) films are quite mediocre, usually made as an excuse to display nudity or eroticism of a star performer.

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  1. 863 -5

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 734 -2

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 887 -5

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 510 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 968 -5

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 615 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 767 -2

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 365 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 488 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 1194 -11

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 1095 -7

    Casino Royale

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 939 -5

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 1007 -6

    Bruce Almighty

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Little Mermaid

    1989, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 1110 -8

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 248 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  17. 1150 -9

    The Simpsons Movie

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 403 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 1075 -7

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 888 -5

    American Pie

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 1090 -7

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make...

    2006, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 946 -5

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  23. 848 -4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 941 -5

    Scary Movie

    2000, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 688 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 1152 -9

    Superbad

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 716 -

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 854 -5

    Liar Liar

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 916 -5

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 159 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  31. 884 -5

    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 1160 -8

    Hancock

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 151 -

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 154 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 945 -5

    American Pie 2

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 174 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 206 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  38. 1142 -9

    Knocked Up

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 977 -6

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 1267 new

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 1081 -7

    Wedding Crashers

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 230 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  43. 1058 -7

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 309 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  45. 150 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 979 -6

    8 Mile

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Wrestler

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 781 -3

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 1064 -7

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
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