Let's be honest, who would even remember the film Nine and a Half Weeks if it weren't for the taboo-breaking sex scenes?įrom romantic comedies to psychological thrillers to science fiction adventures to soap operas, here are some of the hottest sex scenes you can watch on Netflix right now. The sex-related buzzwords flashing at intervals on screen are diverting only up to a point A Dirty Shame is not only monotonous and repetitious. And they can end up enriching the experience of watching a movie or show as a whole because of it. Love scenes in film and TV can be hugely tantalizing and titillating, in an altogether different way to porn, because of the things they end up telling us about a character and the ways in which they can propel the story forwards. Watching a slow-burn build to a boil between two characters with incredible chemistry, until they can't take it any more and simply must have each other? Seeing somebody who has been buttoned-up and reserved for the first two acts let go of their inhibitions and get down? Gasping as people who hate each other bang it out? Well, you're getting narrative satisfaction there as well as carnal.
Sure, porn will give you all of the body parts doing all of the things, but when it comes to watching a movie (of the non-adult variety), there's a lot to be said about the framing and context of the act. What makes an effective sex scene? Well, it's as much about what the filmmaker chooses not to reveal as what they do show the viewer.
