10 Best Erotic Film Scenes

The best erotic film scenes leave a lasting impression in the minds of film fans. The scenes are rough and wild, tender and romantic and involve food and marionettes. Some of the movie are erotic thrillers while others are regular mainstream flicks, but all involve the hottest erotic film scenes in cinema history.

1. “Risky Business” Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay act out one of the best erotic film scenes in movie history in this ‘80s coming-of-age story. The scene includes the two in an empty train car in Chicago. There is a lot of sex in this movie but the train scene is the most memorable.
2. “Mulholland Drive” Naomi Watts and Laura Harring get involved in a hot scene that remains one of the best erotic film scenes in a movie full of them. The two get hot and heavy in a scene full of closeups with just the right touch of humor.
3. “Basic Instinct” Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone star in this erotic thriller that also features one of the best erotic film scenes in cinema history. The scene involves Stone taking full control over Douglas in a scene that remains as memorable as the infamous interrogation scene.
4. “Cruel Intentions” Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon hook up in one of the best erotic film scenes in recent memory. Most people talk about the kiss shared between Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar, but the sex scene between Phillippe and Witherspoon is as intense as it gets.
5. “A History of Violence” Maria Bello and Viggo Mortensen get involved in an iconic sex scene with Bello dressed as a cheerleader, but that's not the scene that ranks as the best erotic film scene in the movie. The violent sex scene on the stairway is the one we're talking about.
6. “Boogie Nights” Mark Wahlberg and Julianne Moore star in this P.T. Anderson movie about the porn industry. There are many sex scenes in this movie, but the one time Wahlberg and Moore have sex, it is tender and special and one of the best erotic film scenes in the movie.
7. “Team America” Trey Parker and Matt Stone created “South Park” and in this movie they create a sex scene with two marionettes. What makes this one of the funniest of the best erotic film scenes? The ratings board forced Parker and Stone to cut it down to avoid an NC-17 rating.
8. “9 1/2 Weeks” Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger star in this intense erotic thriller where the two have a lot of sex. One of the best erotic film scenes occurs when the two have sex with props, including strawberries, pasta and Jell-O. There is also a scene with ice cubes.
9. “Out of Sight” George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez star in this movie about a U.S. Marshall (Lopez) tracking down an escaped convict (Clooney). When they share a trunk together, it was just a matter of waiting until one of the best erotic film scenes occurred in a lush hotel in Detroit.
10. “Titanic” Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star in one of the biggest movies of all time as star-crossed lovers aboard the "unsinkable" boat. Their big scene, one of the best erotic film scenes, occurs in a Model T on the boat.