10 Best Film Sex Scenes

The 10 best film sex scenes run the range from hot to humorous, sexy to strange. Film sex scenes are becoming more rare these days, as it seems we are making a return to puritanical attitudes of the past. These film sex scenes, however, do not take that into account one bit. Here they are, the best film sex scenes of all time.

1. Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring in "Mulholland Dr." - A tentative lesbian tryst tops our list of the best film sex scenes, from David Lynch's dreamlike masterpiece "Mulholland Dr." Movie sexiness has a ways to go before catching up to this.
2. Puppets in "Team America: World Police" - Sometimes the best film sex scenes are funny. This puppet sex scene makes fun of every love scene cliche, and it's grossly hilarious.
3. Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger in "9 1/2 Weeks" - Two beautiful people and an ice cube made this the best film sex scene of the eighties. It helped make Kim Basinger's career.
4. Jason Statham and Amy Smart in "Crank" - Another sex scene played for humor is this entry on our list of the best film sex scenes. Jason Statham, as a hitman who will die if his adrenaline goes down, feels himself flagging, so he decides to get it on with girlfriend Amy Smart in the middle of Chinatown.
5. Sean Penn and Naomi Watts in "21 Grams" - Rarely does a sex scene carry the pathos of a depressing film. This entry on our list of best film sex scenes, from the tough-to-watch "21 Grams," does just that.
6. Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay in "Risky Business" - This entry on the list of the best film sex scenes embodies a teen fantasy. A young Rebecca DeMornay is ridiculously hot as the prostitute who ushers in teen Tom Cruise's manhood.
7. Shannon Elizabeth and Jason Biggs in "American Pie" - Yet another scene played for humor, this one doesn't even end up in sex. Jason Biggs continually blows up too soon in the face of the lovely exchange student played by Shannon Elizabeth.
8. Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in "The Big Easy" - New Orleans is America's steamiest city. The sex scene in this mystery film set in the "Big Easy" does not disappoint.
9. The Cast of "Shortbus" - This strange independent film ends with a celebratory orgy. The message seems to be that sex can cure all ills.
10. Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley in "9 Songs" - A film notorious for its actual sex scenes between the two stars rounds out our list of the best film sex scenes. The male and female lead seem like a real couple as they go about making love in every way imaginable throughout the film's 69 minute runtime.