Way to ruin the mood! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the movie sex scenes that made us wince the most, intentionally or otherwise.
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00:00 I just can't resist your intense animal magnetism.
00:03 [moans]
00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo,
00:06 and today we're counting down our picks for the movie sex scenes that made us wince the most,
00:11 intentionally or otherwise.
00:13 Right.
00:14 Right.
00:17 Number 10, A History of Violence.
00:21 David Cronenberg's adaptation of this graphic novel about a family man whose disturbing past is revealed
00:26 is an unsettling watch.
00:28 Tell me the truth.
00:30 Truth?
00:34 Please, you can do that, can't you?
00:40 And this scene is anything but romantic.
00:43 After Edie learns that her husband Tom isn't who she thought he was,
00:46 things reach a breaking point.
00:47 Edie!
00:49 Get off of me!
00:51 What starts off as physical in one way soon becomes physical in another way,
00:55 but it's absolutely not a relief for the viewer.
00:57 And the implications only make it more disturbing.
01:00 It's a testament to Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello's talents
01:03 that they can make us simultaneously so uncomfortable, yet so absorbed.
01:07 Number 9, Gigli.
01:15 This notorious flop is the kind of movie that's hard to watch for all the wrong reasons.
01:19 One of its biggest sins is its dialogue, which is often so baffling,
01:23 it's hard to imagine any actor being able to redeem it.
01:27 Kiss me again.
01:28 I thought you wanted to be my bitch.
01:33 Low-level mobster Larry Gigli and his crush Ricky
01:36 finally come to terms with their mutual attraction.
01:39 This might have been just another run-of-the-mill sex scene,
01:41 if not for one particular line from Jennifer Lopez
01:43 that immediately takes any potential erotic feeling out of the mix.
01:47 It's turkey time.
01:49 Huh?
01:52 Gobble, gobble.
01:55 Once the action starts, it's impossible to get what we just heard out of our head.
01:59 If there's one nice thing we could say about Gigli,
02:01 it's that it's consistently bad in interesting ways.
02:04 Every relationship has a bull and a cow, huh?
02:07 That's right.
02:09 No.
02:15 Number 8, Demolition Man.
02:17 After waking up in the strange new world of 2032,
02:20 LAPD Sergeant John Spartan learns that things are not as they used to be.
02:24 And that includes sex.
02:25 Love interest Lenina Huxley, gauging their respective arousal,
02:29 proposed to Trist.
02:30 After having observed your behavior this evening
02:33 and my resultant condition,
02:38 um, I was wondering if you would like to have sex.
02:42 But it's not the romantic experience he's accustomed to.
02:45 Instead, sex in this world involves the use of virtual reality helmets.
02:49 While Huxley, played by Sandra Bullock,
02:51 is able to surrender herself to the moment,
02:53 Spartan, played by Sylvester Stallone,
02:55 is only flabbergasted by the whole thing.
02:57 What's wrong? He broke contact.
02:59 Contact? I never touched her yet.
03:01 And when he proposes they try things the old-fashioned way,
03:03 Huxley is mortified by the suggestion.
03:05 Eww, disgusting.
03:07 Frankly, we're mortified by her choice of musical accompaniment.
03:10 Lone boat.
03:16 Hmm.
03:17 Number 7, American Pie.
03:21 This raunchy surprise hit basically redefined the sex comedy for a new generation.
03:25 This is our day.
03:27 This is our time.
03:29 And by God, we will not stand by and watch history condemn us into celibacy. Amen.
03:34 While there are multiple memorable moments throughout,
03:36 this one takes the cake.
03:37 Or, more accurately, the pie.
03:40 After hearing the proverbial third base likened to warm apple pie,
03:43 high school senior Jim stumbles upon the very pastry in his kitchen.
03:46 And he decides to, well, uh, test his theory.
03:50 [Music]
03:57 Not only do we have to witness him defy all decency,
04:00 but so does his father, who, to his credit, handles it as well as could be expected.
04:04 Well, we'll just tell your mother that, uh, that, uh, we ate it all.
04:08 We don't blame anyone for being reluctant to eat pie after this scene.
04:11 Number 6, Showgirls.
04:14 Widely panned upon release,
04:15 Paul Verhoeven's grim showbiz saga has experienced something of a reevaluation,
04:19 with defenders pointing out its effectiveness as a satire.
04:22 - I hate you. - I know.
04:27 But even if you can recognize the merits of Showgirls,
04:30 this scene is something else.
04:32 Aspiring dancer Nomi manages to seduce Zack,
04:35 the powerful boyfriend to her bitter rival, Crystal.
04:38 And we see it all play out in graphic detail,
04:40 not in a bedroom, but a swimming pool.
04:43 [Music]
04:47 Just when you think it couldn't get any stranger, it does,
04:50 with star Elizabeth Berkley thrashing around in the water like a fish on dry land.
04:54 That she and co-star Kyle MacLachlan got through this scene with straight faces is pretty remarkable.
04:59 [Music]
05:04 Number 5, Bride of Chucky.
05:06 The Child's Play franchise took a well-advised turn for the humorous with this entry,
05:10 which finds murderous doll Chucky with a like-minded partner in the form of Tiffany,
05:14 played remarkably by Jennifer Tilly.
05:16 - Why are you crying? - I always cry at weddings.
05:22 After causing much chaos, the two get down to business in a hotel room.
05:26 There's plenty disturbing about this movie,
05:28 but while we were anticipating bloody deaths,
05:31 we certainly weren't expecting to see two animatronic puppets go at it.
05:34 [Music]
05:38 It's a minor miracle that a good portion of it is in silhouette.
05:41 - Have you got a rubber? - Have I got a rubber?
05:44 - Yeah. - Tiff! - What?
05:47 Look at me! I'm all rubber!
05:49 This wasn't the last puppet sex scene to be seen in multiplexes,
05:52 as Team America World Police pushed the boundaries even further.
05:56 Number 4, Watchmen.
05:58 Arguably no adaptation could do justice to the original graphic novel written by Alan Moore,
06:03 and there's plenty to admire about Zack Snyder's ambitious effort.
06:05 - You think catching him matters? - Justice matters.
06:08 But we're still not sure what the thinking behind this particular moment was.
06:12 Superheroes Silk Spectre and Night Owl aboard the latter's airship
06:15 soon go from wearing tight-fitting suits to nothing at all,
06:18 with Leonard Cohen's unmistakable "Hallelujah" serving as a very distracting soundtrack.
06:23 Now I've heard there was a secret chord.
06:27 There's no question that this song is a classic,
06:29 but the juxtaposition here just doesn't work.
06:32 But you don't really care for music, do you?
06:39 Any sense of chemistry between stars Malin Ackerman and Patrick Wilson
06:43 is overshadowed by the ever-present voice of Cohen.
06:46 We're shouting "Hallelujah" when this scene finally ends.
06:53 Number 3, Splice.
06:55 The complicated ethics of genetic engineering are deeply examined in this sci-fi horror film,
06:59 and arguably, no scene turns the stomach quite like this one.
07:03 No, you can't do that.
07:05 Scientists Clive and Elsa unwisely play God,
07:08 creating a female being that's not quite human, which they name Dren.
07:12 She could be likened to a daughter, which really underlines how shudder-inducing this scene is.
07:16 Clive finds himself entranced by their creation,
07:19 and ends up going against his better judgment.
07:23 You shouldn't do that.
07:27 This is a moment where, the more you think about it, the worse it gets.
07:30 Elsa is rightfully horrified upon witnessing it.
07:36 Number 2, Howard the Duck.
07:39 Let's be honest, there have been some not-so-great movies based on Marvel Comics characters,
07:43 but even the worst of the recent bunch can't begin to compare to the truly execrable Howard the Duck.
07:48 Bug off!
07:50 Excuse me?
07:51 I said, beat it!
07:52 An unfunny and unpleasant comedy,
07:54 it's also unquestionably the worst movie George Lucas has even put his name on,
07:58 and this scene makes an already bad movie into an atrocious one.
08:02 You think I might find happiness in the animal kingdom, Ducky?
08:06 Like they say, Dahl, love's strange.
08:10 We could always give it a try.
08:13 The titular Duck and Lea Thompson's Beverly Switzler
08:16 find themselves having a rendezvous in bed, which is blessedly interrupted.
08:20 My God, this relationship, it defies all the laws of nature.
08:25 No, it doesn't.
08:26 This is not what you think.
08:27 Just in case it needs to be stressed any further,
08:29 Beverly is a human, and Howard is not.
08:33 How this scene even made it to the scripting stage is beyond us.
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08:53 Number 1, The Room.
08:55 If there's any movie you could call an anti-masterpiece, it's this one.
08:59 Why did you do this?
09:00 You know better, right?
09:02 Tommy Wiseau's infamous melodrama is one where just about every moment feels off.
09:06 Not even 10 minutes in, and we get a sex scene between lovers Johnny and Lisa.
09:10 With the cheesy R&B, candles, and roses, it feels like a parody of a love scene.
09:15 ♪ You're a star, and you're great ♪
09:19 Things get even worse when Wiseau positions himself over co-star Julia Danielle
09:23 in a way that's just off.
09:26 And there are more sex scenes from there,
09:27 most of which do absolutely nothing to advance the plot in any way.
09:31 It takes a real visionary to make moments clearly intended to be titillating
09:34 into something that's anything but.
09:36 Anyway, how is your sex life?
09:38 What sex scene did you find all but impossible to get through?
09:41 Let us know in the comments.
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09:45 Yeah.
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