Words by: Lizzie Tooth 
Art by: Nikole Bradbury

It can get a little awkward when you are watching a movie with your family, and the characters start having sex. But don’t fret, your parents aren’t watching right now! It’s time to sit back, grab your popcorn and enjoy the following steamy scenes as they were intended.

‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987) – Dancing (but naked)

The characters, Baby (Frances Houseman) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze), share an intimate, yet heated, battle of emotions, before getting up to ‘slow dance’ with one another. Johnny is already half naked, but while they dance he slowly undresses Baby. While doing so, they stare at each other like they’re already having sex and dance like it too. So although the actual sex part of this scene isn’t very steamy, the dancing foreplay well and truly put the dirty into dancing.

Steaminess Rating: 3/5

‘Call Me By Your Name’ (2017) – Not the Peach Scene

Elio, played by Timothée Chalamet, is like a puppy dog, falling all over Oliver (Armie Hammer), madly snuggling into his shoulder. The playful banter between the two, leads to a heated kiss, before they lustfully, albeit somewhat awkwardly, tear off each other’s clothes. Between their exhilarating sex, we get to hear them share intimate pillow talk, where we hear the iconic “call me by your name and I’ll call you by mine”. The chemistry and desire drips off the screen, leaving viewers calling out for more.

Steaminess Rating: 3.5/5

‘Black Swan’ (2010) – Hallucinatory Sex Scene

After an intense night out clubbing, Nina (Natalie Portman) and Lily (Mila Kunis), share what Lily later describes as a ‘lezzy wet dream’. The scene is already hot given the two actresses involved. But when you see Lily going down on Nina after desperately undressing and the two passionately eating each other’s face-off, the hotness increases tenfold. This is also the first time we see Natalie’s character completely let go and give in to herself resulting in one of the most powerful orgasms I’ve witnessed on screen.

Steaminess Rating: 4/5

‘365 Days’ (2020) – The Boat Sequence

This sex scene is practically porn but trust me when I say I’m not complaining. After what is a bit of a problematic storyline the two main characters, Massimo (Michele Morrone) and Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka), who had been ‘resisting’ each other until this moment, go at it. Against the backdrop of ‘I See Red’ by Everyone Loves an Outlaw, the characters engage in what can only be described as aggressive, yet passionate, intercourse on nearly every surface of the boat. Safe to say it was slippery on deck afterwards…

Steaminess Rating: 5/5