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Weirdest, wildest and most forbidden sex scenes in film history
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August 16, 2024, published at 4:21 PM ET
Angel’s Heart (1987)
Mickey Rourke’s disturbing and nightmarish sexual scene with Lisa Bonet made Alan Parker’s Angel heart dark but unforgettable.
The poignant moment raised eyebrows, mainly because of Bonet’s innocent and wholesome image before working on the film. The deep-seated feeling of unease later caused Parker to shorten the film and saved it from an X rating from the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
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Antichrist (2009)
The horror art film, released in 2009 Antichrist delves into the lives of a married couple who lose their son during intercourse. While grieving, they move to the woods and engage in strange sexual activities until the wife brutally mutilates her husband’s private space with a log.
The couple’s scene, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe, unsurprisingly leaves the audience uneasy.
Blue is the warmest color (2013)
Despite winning the Palme d’Or, that of Abdellatif Kechiche Blue is the warmest color divides viewers due to the extreme 10-minute sexual scene between Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. The part was labeled ‘gratuitous’ by the public and was filmed without cuts, which even made the stars feel uncomfortable.
Exarchopoulos said of their intimate scenes: “I had to touch myself and it was my fantasy, and when I opened my eyes and saw her, we were laughing so much. We were embarrassed. And he’s been shooting for so long, I was like, ‘Man, there can you stop!'”
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Caligula (1979)
The 1979 movie Caligula follows the story of the controversial Roman emperor Caligula. Although the subject matter itself was criticized by the public, the long, large-scale orgies and unsimulated sexual acts attracted the most attention.
Helen Mirren, one of the film’s cast members, said: “I have never opened my mouth to denigrate Caligula. I was quite young when I made that – not so much physically as experienced in film. And you know what? It was a great experience. In many ways it was like being sent into Dante’s ‘Inferno’.”
Mirren described the project as “a funny mix of art and genitals”, referring to the use of hardcore pornography.
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Crash (1996)
David Cronenberg’s 1996 film Crash features raw, graphic sex scenes between a couple and a group of people who get turned on by car accidents.
The disturbing fetishism led the filmmaker to release R-rated and NC-17 versions in the US
Cronenberg said The Guardian: “To me, movies are sex. Movies are made for sex, there’s no doubt about that.”
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Dog’s Tooth (2009)
Dogtooth Bizarrely tells the story of a family that keeps their adult children ignorant of the outside world.
The strange and disturbing sex scenes – including the part where the father forces one of his children to perform sexual acts – eventually became infamous for their promotion of manipulation, control and incest.
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Eyes Wide Closed (1999)
Nicole Kidman felt uncomfortable with the 1999 film Eyes wide closedfeaturing NSFW scenes with her then-husband, Tom Cruise. The film also features an occult ritual scene in which humans participate in a full-blown orgy as robots.
Said Kidman: “Stanley [Kubrick] had to turn me on to some of the sexuality in the film at first, but we filmed things that were much more extreme that didn’t end up in the film. I felt safe – I never felt like it was exploitative or unintelligent. He was very different with women than with men. He has daughters, so he was very fatherly to me.”
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Irreversible (2002)
Irreversible remains one of the most shocking films in cinema history – and one of the most disturbing – for its depiction of the sexual assault of a young girl. It shows the victim being brutally attacked and raped by a man in a subway underpass for nine minutes, showing the rawness of the scene with the uninterrupted sequence.
Its brutality even caused at least 250 people to walk out of the Cannes Film Festival screening.
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Last House on the Left (1972)
Despite a low budget, Wes Craven’s horror film Last house on the left caused a stir due to its graphic rape scene, especially the forced intercourse between the two best friends in the film.
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Last Tango in Paris (1972)
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Released in 1972, Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris follows the story of Marlon Brando’s character, a widowed man who begins a sexual relationship with a young woman played by Maria Schneider.
Originally opening with an X rating, the film features a chilling and disturbing scene in which the man uses butter as a lubricant before raping his victim.
Schneider later revealed that the scene was not completely consensual, making it more disturbing.
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Nymphomaniac (2013)
Director Lars von Trier completed his 2013 film Nymphomaniac featuring sadomasochistic and explicit sexual encounters between the characters, from threesomes to unsimulated intercourse.
He also added several close-ups of genitals.
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
Starring drag queen Divine, Pink Flamingos is one of those terrifying and provocative films where the character exhibits animalistic and primal behavior.
Disturbing scenes include the protagonist giving real oral sex to Danny Mills, her adult son in the film.
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Possession (1981)
Andrzej Żuławski’s Possess depicts extremely humiliating sexual acts between a woman who makes love to a tentacled monster after asking for divorce from her husband.
The insanely complex plot, which received mixed reactions upon release, still generates interest even though it can be a challenging watch.
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a dream follows four teenagers dealing with their respective drug addictions. At one point, a male character forces his girlfriend to perform s– acts in front of a group of men and have intercourse with their heroin supplier.
The disturbing portrayal directly reflects the dehumanizing effects of addiction, including the extent to which people are willing to accept it.
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Salò (1975)
Eighteen teenagers are forced to become victims of sexual violence, sadism and torture by four wealthy Italians in the 1975 film Salòalso known as 120 days of Sodom. The scenes, set in the World War II era, depict extreme sexual acts, including a part where one of the teenage girls is brutally attacked in a dining hall.
The baffling combination of sexual exploitation and violence makes it hype for all the wrong reasons.
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Sausage Party (2016)
Sausage party failed to impress most viewers with its constant sexual humor. The film’s bafflingly explicit sex acts from CNC, the French film certification board, are facing public ire for allowing children to legally watch the film due to its questionable rating.
Chairman of the French Christian Democratic Party Jean-Frédéric Poisson. said: “An orgy scene for 12-year-olds! Everything remains to be done to combat early exposure to pornography.”
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Society (1989)
Society‘s haunting finale, which shows a group’s sexual encounters all the way to their violent deaths, got the pot moving. The most poignant scene occurred when an alien temptress transforms into her true form during intercourse.
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Connection (2009)
Two scientists create an animal-human monster in the film Las. One specifically gruesome storyline included Adrien Brody – whose character helped create the creature – developing a romantic interest in her, leading to one of the most disturbing make-out scenes in the science fiction industry.
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The Devils (1971)
The 1971 drama-horror film directed by Ken Russell The Devilsbased on the novel by Aldous Huxley The Devils of Loudun, portrays nuns in a sexual frenzy.
Its blasphemous, nightmarish religious imagery and explicit content resulted in significant censorship and backlash.