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. 181 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 182 -

    Beyond the Forest

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  3. 199 -

    Niagara

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 206 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 221 -

    The Violent Years

    1956 — a.k.a. Female, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 230 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  7. 243 -

    Suddenly, Last Summer

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 248 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 257 -

    The Sinister Urge

    1960 — a.k.a. Hellborn, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 261 -

    Advise & Consent

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 263 -

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 274 -

    Scum of the Earth

    1963 — a.k.a. Devil's Camera, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 277 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 281 -

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 287 -

    The Defilers

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 293 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 298 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 336 -

    Love Camp 7

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 371 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 373 -

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 378 -

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 379 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 382 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 386 -

    Bluebeard

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 389 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 391 -

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 401 -

    Coffy

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 402 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 410 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 413 -

    Candy Stripe Nurses

    1974 — a.k.a. Sweet Candy, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 414 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 423 -

    Thriller - en grym film

    1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 434 -

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 445 -

    Des diamants pour l'enfer

    1975 — a.k.a. Women Behind Bars, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 451 -

    Lipstick

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 494 -

    Hardcore

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 500 -

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 505 -

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 514 -

    Body Heat

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 517 -

    Friday the 13th Part 2

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  41. 521 -

    Looker

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 522 -

    Ms .45

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 524 -

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 540 -

    Friday the 13th Part III

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  45. 541 -

    Hospital Massacre

    1981 — a.k.a. X-Ray, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 551 -

    The Seduction

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 555 -

    The Honorary Consul

    1983 — a.k.a. Beyond the Limit, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 596 -

    Angel

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 597 -

    L'année des méduses

    1984 — a.k.a. Year of the Jellyfish, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 604 -

    Crimes of Passion

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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