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They can be funny, they can be intense, they can be romantic. They can involve puppets, or multiple people, or pools. Cinema has been around for more than a century, and throughout the course of filmmaking history, skillful directors have elevated the sex scene to new heights. Here are some truly insane sex scenes that have pushed boundaries and titillated audiences throughout the years.
Black Swan
Released: 2010
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman
Fun Fact: This psychological thriller is one of just six horror films to ever be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Girls Trip
Released: 2017
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Actor: Tiffany Haddish
Fun Fact: Though not an actual sex scene, this bonkers grapefruiting demonstration got the crew on Girls Trip to start sending Haddish love letters and jewellery for her performance.
Blade Runner 2049
Released: 2017
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, and Mackenzie Davis
Fun fact: None of the characters in this scene were actual humans.
Crank
Released: 2006
Directed by: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Actors: Jason Statham and Amy Smart
Fun fact: The extras' reactions to the scene? Totally real.
The Counselor
Released: 2013
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Actors: Cameron Diaz and a 2013 Ferrari California HS.
Fun fact: Angelia Jolie turned down the role of Malkina. Wonder why?
9 1/2 Weeks
Released: 1986
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger
Fun fact: Basinger used a body double for all of her sex scenes.
Superbad
Released: 2007
Directed by: Greg Mottola
Actors: Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Aviva Baumann
Fun fact: Christopher Mintz-Plasse's mum had to be on set during the filming of this sex scene because he was only 17 at the time.
Shame
Released: 2011
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Actors: Michael Fassbender and Amy Hargreaves
Fun fact: The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District is notorious for couples having sex against the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Released: 2005
Directed by: Doug Liman
Actors: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Fun fact: We all know that Brad and Angie hooked up on set because their chemistry was so palpable. A decade and a break up later, maybe the two's fiery romance shouldn't have come as a conclusion of suburban property damage.
Showgirls
Don't Look Now
Released: 1973
Directed by: Nicholas Roeg
Actors: Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie
Fun fact: The scene still seems so natural and real that rumors abound that Sutherland and Christie weren't really acting.
Love
Released: 2015
Directed by: Gaspar Noé
Actors: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, and Klara Kristin
Fun fact: The unsimulated sex scenes were inarguably more exciting during the film's 3D theatrical release.
Demolition Man
Released: 1993
Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock
Fun fact: The film predicted Arnold Schwarzenegger becoming a politician a decade before he became governor of California.
Blue Valentine
The Paperboy
Released: 2012
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Actors: Nicole Kidman and John Cusack
Fun fact: This is the movie in which Nicole Kidman peed on Zac Efron. And yet that's not the most shocking scene of the film.
Basic Instinct
Released: 1992
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas
Fun fact: The stars used no body doubles, and it took five days to film.
Bridesmaids
Released: 2011
Directed by: Paul Feig
Actors: Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig
Fun fact: Jon Hamm just tried to enjoy the scene. And he told Kristen Wiig to pinch him if he was hurting her.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Released: 2013
Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche
Actors: Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos
Fun fact: One of the many sex scenes took ten days to shoot.
Wet Hot American Summer
Released: 2001
Directed by: David Wain
Actors: Bradley Cooper and Michael Ian Black
Fun fact: This sex scene was all improv. They also kept their socks on.
Office Space
Released: 1999
Directed by: Mike Judge
Actors: Gary Cole and Ron Livingston's brain
Fun fact: Those probably aren't Jennifer Aniston's feet.
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