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The 50 Sexiest Movies of All-Time: 20-11

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:25:00 GMT

We continue our list with the Top 20 sexiest films ever made.

If you need a refresher, here are 30-21, 31-40, and 50-41.

20. Boogie Nights. Come on, you don't actually need an explanation for why this is here, do you? This film is about the 70s porn explosion and it involves Julianne Moore and Heather Graham, not to mention Burt Reynolds. For God's sake!

19. Do The Right Thing. It seems like a century has passed since Spike Lee's monumental classic Do The Right Thing landed like a meteorite and sent the nation reeling. Do you remember the time when Spike used to star in his own movies? As seen here, he was actually a decent actor and, more importantly, Rosie Perez wasn't intolerable.

18. A History of Violence. You wouldn't think a guy who made a movie about people putting VHS tapes in their vaginas would ever be able to make a movie as sexy as a History of Violence, but David Cronenberg pulls it off-- in this case, thanks entirely to the sex scene that starts 7:00 into this clip.

17. Some Like It Hot. The greatest line, the greatest ending, the funniest scene, and one of the best onscreen couples ever (Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe... although Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown are a pretty hot duo.) What more could you ask for? Scene after scene of some of the sexiest comic moments in film history would be too much, wouldn't it? But Some Like It Hot delivers, in a way that no movie has been able to since. Check out Marilyn and her, um, "Bosom Companions," in this vintage trailer.

16. Gone with the Wind. Is this movie still sexy? We saw it for the first time only a few years ago and wondered what the big deal was... right up until the concluding scene, when (SPOILERS!) Rhett doesn't give a good goddamn what you think, Scarlett. Ever since, we've tried to figure out how the hell Clark Gable got so suave and how we could even hold a candle to it. You'd do right by watching this nine-minute clip, with which the epic film concludes.

15. Unfaithful. We don't get it-- you're married to Richard Gere and you're seduced by Oliver Martinez? Is it because Gere wears glasses? That seems to be the only explanation for Diane Lane's falling for Kylie Minogue's real life beau in this surprise success from Fatal Attraction director Adrian Lyne. Either way, we don't mind this one-- especially after a twist that could have served as a much better ending for Fatal Attraction itself.

14. The Hunger. No list of sex and movies is complete with a hot vampire movie. No list of sex and movies is complete with this hot vampire movie, starring the sumptuous trio of Catherine Denueve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. Succulent.

13. Out of Sight. The best part of Out of Sight wasn't the famous trunk scene (pictured above), or the scintillating presence of then-budding-star (and then-tolerable) Jennifer Lopez, or even George Clooney's breakthrough performance. Rather, it was Steven Soderberg's deft balance of action, comedy, and romance to turn a preposterous love story in a very sexy near-classic. By keeping Lopez and Clooney away from each other for most of the film, while simultaneously allowing their characters to toy with each other throughout, made for a huge breath of fresh air in 1997.

12. The More the Merrier. Jean Arthur is engaged to a real schmuck, a guy who's engaged to her but sees no need to get married. A lodger in Arthur's apartment (long story) falls in love with her and, knowing the lady is being strung along, decides to make his move. Although this scene is often named as the sexiest in movie history (the kiss itself is singled out for praise by most film critics), The More The Merrier was overshadowed by another 1943 film on our list (can you guess which one?) and has fallen into near-obscurity. Wanna help raise it from oblivion?

11. The Postman Always Rings Twice. "The whole reason for that movie is sex, and that's why I wanted to do it." - Jack Nicholson. Usually, updating a sexy classic just ends in vulgarity (Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn, anyone?) and while the almost-rape scene in David Mamet's 1982 version of the Postman Always Rings Twice could make the whole movie a turnoff for some, the steamy Depression-Era atmosphere and continuous lust-filled overtones add up to one hot flick. Here's the movie's most memorable moment:

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The 50 Sexiest Movies of All-Time: 50-41

The 50 Sexiest Movies of All Time: 40-31

The 50 Sexiest Movies of All-Time: 30-21

Top 5 Sex Scenes Involving Older Lovers

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:55:00 GMT

5. Storytelling: one of the most unsettling sex scenes alive... but hey, it works for this list of older men and women on young folks...

4. Midnight Cowboy: maybe our favorite "funny" sex scene, this is even better when you factor in the next sequence, which involves prostitute Joe Buck getting conned for cab fare and whatnot by

3. American Beauty: not to spoil it, but there's not really any actual sex... but there might as well have been for all the pouty hotness and a buff Kevin Spacey...

2. The Graduate: we've included the long version of this sequence because the line "Are you trying to seduce me?" is even better with all the aggressive foreplay on the part of the screen's greatest MILF: Anne Bancroft.

1. Boogie Nights: this assemblage includes Heather Graham, who under normal circumstances could have a sex scene list all to herself. However, we're talking Julianne Moore here, who isn't exactly what we'd call the "older woman" when set up with Marky Mark. In this movie, though, that's exactly what they are: a sort of mother(figure)-son team of porn stars. Awww...

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Sloppy Seconds: Julianne Moore Calls Eliot Spitzer "A F*cking Embarrassment"

Emily Farris — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:27:00 GMT

Actress Julianne Moore is pissed about soon-to-be-former governor Eliot Spitzer's sex scandal, calling it "a fucking embarrassment." We wonder how much she donated to his campaign. We didn't donate any time or money to Eliot, so we're a little underwhelmed by the whole thing.

Holy shit. A recent study has found that one in four teenage girls has a sexual infection. This makes us feel either really old or really naive.

Ladies, just in case you were wondering where all the single guys are, here's a map with ratios of single women to single men... further evidence that if we don't want to turn into a Sex and the City character or a bag lady, we need to get the hell out of New York City.

Once your character dies on LOST, there's not much to do but move on to another career until everybody forgets that you're Charlie, from Drive Shaft.

Some crazy guys are trying to save Neverland Ranch before Michael Jackson's face implodes. Well, they're at least trying to save Neverland Ranch.

Sloppy Seconds: New Kids on the Block, Julianne Moore, Garrison Keillor's Stalker and Heath Ledger's Fake Dad

Emily Farris — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:07:00 GMT

Julianne Moore, whose diet consists of granola bars, is hungry all the time. That must suuuuck.

It feels like it's Christmas time and we're gonna celebrate it with a rhyme. The New Kids on the Block are planning to reform. This makes Scanner Emily, who used to kiss her poster of Joey McIntyre before bed every night, very happy. Joey was wearing an orange t-shirt in the poster, and with the help of a Sharpie the t-shirt read "I heart Emily." So, she'd kiss that then crawl into her New Kids on the Block sheets and go to sleep. No, for real.

"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor's stalker has backed off, leaving an open door for us.

Hey, did you hear the one about Heath Ledger's fake dad?