Sex films

Welcome to a countdown of the greatest sex films ever made about the small but preoccupying part of the human experience known as sex - from coming-of-age lesbian dramas to gritty portrayals of sex addiction to, erm, loincloths. Put simply: these are the sex movies with the most to say about doing it, charting a history of how our attitudes towards sex and nudity on the big screen have shifted through the decades. David Cronenberg is a filmmaker with two fascinations. The first is the human body, specifically in a state of injury or mutilation.

Sex in film is the presence of sexuality in a film. Since the development of the medium, the presence in films of any form of sexuality has been controversial. Some films containing sex scenes have been criticized by religious groups or have been banned or the subject of censorship by governments, or both. In countries with a film rating system , films containing sex scenes typically receive a restricted classification. Nudity in film may be regarded as sexual or as non-sexual. An erotic film is usually a film that has an erotic quality that causes the creation of sexual feelings, [1] as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love.

The art of seduction is not unlike that of film. What is left to the imagination is often what viewers end up wanting to see the most. Even just a tender close-up would otherwise be anti-climactic if not for its initial absence.

They say we think about sex every seven seconds, and the men and women in the following films are actually doing the deed every seven seconds. Okay, that may be a stretch, but make no mistake—the subsequent roundup features movies about sex and not much else. Want more?