Yesterday's list was marred by still-unresolved technical problems, so we're going to make up for it with today's compulsively readable and much sexier rundown.
30. Annie Hall. "You used to think that I was very sexy. When we first started going out, we had sex constantly. We're probably listed in the Guiness Book of World Records. You are extremely sexy." "No, I'm not." There's no question that, by some strange twist, Diane Keaton and Woody Allen were one of the sexiest screen couples of the 70s, in Sleeper, Manhattan, and, without question, Annie Hall. Keaton gets stoned in her undies, Woody is all suave in the tennis sequence, and a tipsy Annie fumbles her way through the most memorable first "date" on film. All this just adds up to nerdtastic hotness. (Click here for a clip.)
29. Henry & June. The first NC-17 film ever released-- and it was well deserved. This early 90s drama, based on The Diaries of Anais Nin, features that annoying French chick from Pulp Fiction getting plowed by (yikes) Fred Ward and actually making it sexy. Uma Thurman struts around a kitchen in a very thin dress. And the two stars sit around writing porn for a $1 a page (hey, with those prices, we can relate here.)
28. Brokeback Mountain. No explanation necessary, although we'd like to remind you that not only do studmuffins Heath Ledger and Jakey Boy have sex in a tent in the mountains (not a bad way to lose your homosexual virginity), but Anne Hathaway seduces Jake with a big boob flash in the backseat of a car. Oh, and there's Michelle Williams, although she's relegated to the mopey wife stock character, minus the panty-free scene you'd get if Robert Altman had directed.
27. Mississippi Masala. Mira Nair knows how to spice up a bland script: offer Denzel Washington his "sexiest role," as USA Today puts it. "Passion. Tradition. Prejudice. Put it together, and you've got the recipe for a sexy irreverent romance." That about covers it-- thanks, Buy.com. Well, we'd also add that there's a Denzel sex scene in there, for those who care. Click here for a trailer.
26. Desperado. When we saw Desperado in the third row of a big-screen theater as teenagers, we were pretty sure that, for a moment, Salma Hayek was not only the hottest woman since Aphrodite, but the biggest-breasted, as well.
25. Tom Jones. We've written before in our Top 5 Sex Scenes Involving Food that this is one of our favorite sexy movies. Watching Albert Finney and Joyce Redman ravage each other wouldn't be half as sexy as watching them devour course after course at an Olde English pub, hardly ever taking their eyes off each other. It's the funniest and sexiest scene in movies that doesn't involve any actual sex and it's enough to qualify Tom Jones for our little list.
24. My Beautiful Laundrette. Daniel Day-Lewis established himself as the most fearless of film stars to lobbying harder than hell for a role in this film. Why was it a fearless move? It's a low-budget made-for-TV movie about gay guys who run a laundromat and the ethnic struggles and tragic consequences of their lifestyle choices. But the gamble paid off-- Day-Lewis went on to become a huge star within the next four years and director Stephen Frears established himself as a highly-stylized master of the underclasses.
23. Don't Look Now. This 1973 shocker from famed cinematographer-director Nicholas Roeg has only one sexy scene, but many people consider it the best ever. Julia Christie, one of our all-time favorites, and Donald Sutherland are seen dressing... but wait, now they're having sex... and they're dressing again. Pretty soon, we realize we're seeing flashes of the satisfied aftermath of their romp while still enjoying that romp for ourselves. It broke new ground and caused the end of Christie's relationship with Warren Beatty, who was understandably jealous at this sexiness.
22. Belle de Jour, which means "daylight beauty' when translated literally from the French, "is a 1967 French film starring Catherine Deneuve as a woman who decides to spend her days as a prostitute while her husband is at work." The award-winning drama helped usher in the Sexual Revolution and it made Catherine Deneuve an international star-- thanks to her refreshing, unrestrained highly-sexualized yet fragile performance.
21. The Lover. The title would be misleading if this weren't such a sexy movie. Based on Duras' famous novel (yep, another French film), this doesn't disappoint: "The film is noted for several sexually explicit scenes. (Star [Jane] March had five body doubles, while [Tony] Leung had two.) It has also been alleged that one of the sex scenes in the film was unsimulated. This was not immediately denied by the filmmakers for publicity reasons. When the film opened, it gained notoriety for its portrayal of an under-aged protagonist. Jane March turned 18 during the filming of this movie." (That's an unsubstantiated Wikipedia entry, by the way.) Click here for NSFW images from the film.
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