Top 10 Pointless Nude Scenes in Movies
Welcome to WatchMojo.world! Sometimes, less is more, especially when it comes to nudity in films. For this list, we’re looking at the most gratuitous nude scenes that did absolutely nothing to advance the movie’s plot and only served to sexualize the characters. Here are our picks:
1. **"The Return of the Living Dead" (1985)** - The scene where Trash (Linnea Quigley) performs a full-frontal nude dance in the cemetery is memorable but serves no real purpose other than to shock and titillate.
2. **"Entourage" (2015)** - The movie adaptation of the TV series includes several gratuitous nude scenes, especially at parties, that add nothing to the plot and only serve to depict a stereotypically hedonistic Hollywood lifestyle.
3. **"Under Siege" (1992)** - Erika Eleniak's character emerges from a cake topless in a scene that is completely unnecessary to the plot and is there solely for eye candy.
4. **"Showgirls" (1995)** - The film is filled with gratuitous nudity that often detracts from the storyline and focuses more on sensationalism.
5. **"Piranha 3D" (2010)** - The underwater nude scenes, especially the one involving Kelly Brook and Riley Steele, are excessive and serve little purpose beyond exploiting the 3D effect.
6. **"Swordfish" (2001)** - Halle Berry's topless sunbathing scene is famously gratuitous, added at the last minute and does nothing to advance the plot.
7. **"The Counselor" (2013)** - Cameron Diaz's bizarre car sex scene, while memorable, is gratuitous and does little to advance the film’s complex plot.
8. **"Species" (1995)** - The film includes numerous nude scenes involving Natasha Henstridge, which often feel unnecessary and only serve to emphasize the sexual nature of her alien character.
9. **"Basic Instinct 2" (2006)** - Sharon Stone’s repeated nudity in the sequel feels more gratuitous compared to the original, lacking the narrative drive that made her scenes in the first film iconic.
10. **"Spring Breakers" (2012)** - The film is filled with gratuitous nudity and sexual content that often seems more like a shock tactic than a necessary element of the story.
11. **"The Devil's Advocate" (1997)** - Charlize Theron’s nude scenes, especially the one involving hallucinations, are more shocking than plot-driven.
12. **"Wild Things" (1998)** - The pool threesome scene involving Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon, while memorable, is largely gratuitous and more about titillation than advancing the plot.
These scenes often leave viewers wondering why they were included, as they do little to advance the story or develop the characters. Which nude scene caught you off guard and made you say, WTF? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
1. **"The Return of the Living Dead" (1985)** - The scene where Trash (Linnea Quigley) performs a full-frontal nude dance in the cemetery is memorable but serves no real purpose other than to shock and titillate.
2. **"Entourage" (2015)** - The movie adaptation of the TV series includes several gratuitous nude scenes, especially at parties, that add nothing to the plot and only serve to depict a stereotypically hedonistic Hollywood lifestyle.
3. **"Under Siege" (1992)** - Erika Eleniak's character emerges from a cake topless in a scene that is completely unnecessary to the plot and is there solely for eye candy.
4. **"Showgirls" (1995)** - The film is filled with gratuitous nudity that often detracts from the storyline and focuses more on sensationalism.
5. **"Piranha 3D" (2010)** - The underwater nude scenes, especially the one involving Kelly Brook and Riley Steele, are excessive and serve little purpose beyond exploiting the 3D effect.
6. **"Swordfish" (2001)** - Halle Berry's topless sunbathing scene is famously gratuitous, added at the last minute and does nothing to advance the plot.
7. **"The Counselor" (2013)** - Cameron Diaz's bizarre car sex scene, while memorable, is gratuitous and does little to advance the film’s complex plot.
8. **"Species" (1995)** - The film includes numerous nude scenes involving Natasha Henstridge, which often feel unnecessary and only serve to emphasize the sexual nature of her alien character.
9. **"Basic Instinct 2" (2006)** - Sharon Stone’s repeated nudity in the sequel feels more gratuitous compared to the original, lacking the narrative drive that made her scenes in the first film iconic.
10. **"Spring Breakers" (2012)** - The film is filled with gratuitous nudity and sexual content that often seems more like a shock tactic than a necessary element of the story.
11. **"The Devil's Advocate" (1997)** - Charlize Theron’s nude scenes, especially the one involving hallucinations, are more shocking than plot-driven.
12. **"Wild Things" (1998)** - The pool threesome scene involving Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon, while memorable, is largely gratuitous and more about titillation than advancing the plot.
These scenes often leave viewers wondering why they were included, as they do little to advance the story or develop the characters. Which nude scene caught you off guard and made you say, WTF? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
Transcript
00:00Some welcome home, I haven't even gotten a kiss.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 pointless nude
00:07scenes in movies.
00:08You can either shoot me, or tell me why you're wearing that wire.
00:12For this list, we'll be looking at the most gratuitous nude scenes that did absolutely
00:16nothing to advance the movie's plot and only served to sexualize the characters.
00:20Which nude scene caught you off guard and made you say WTF?
00:23Be sure to let us know in the comments below.
00:26Number 10.
00:27Bottomless Party
00:28Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay.
00:30These two incorrigible stoners have just washed up on Miami Beach and need help clearing their
00:34names with Homeland Security.
00:36Harold and Kumar turn to their only friend in the area, but they're in for a surprise
00:39when they get to his house.
00:45Fed up with the over-popularity of the topless party trend, Raza has decided to host a bottomless
00:49party.
00:50The scene comes off as an excuse to show a house full of women with no pants on, just
00:54because.
00:55The Harold and Kumar films seem to have established themselves as the go-to for excessive amounts
01:04of needless sex and nudity.
01:05The first installment even featured a scene in which a bizarre couple propositions the
01:09bumbling pair.
01:14Number 9.
01:15Dancing in the Cemetery for The Return of the Living Dead
01:17There's no place quite like a graveyard to get you in the mood.
01:21As a group of punks hang out waiting for their friend to get off work, a character named
01:24Trash gets turned on thinking about gruesome ways to die.
01:34Out of nowhere, she starts taking her clothes off, and based on her friend's comments, this
01:38is pretty typical behavior for Trash.
01:40Just before she dances on a tomb, she strips down completely naked except for her leg warmers.
01:44A strange choice considering everyone keeps complaining about the heat.
01:49Trash spends the next half hour of the movie mostly naked until, unsurprisingly, she gets
01:54eaten by zombies.
01:5580s horror movies sure love to punish women who weren't impeccably pure.
02:02Number 8.
02:03Spying in the Shower, Sixteen Candles
02:05This is a weird scene to include barely ten minutes into a movie about high schoolers,
02:09especially one that otherwise remains fairly chaste throughout its runtime.
02:12Sam has a crush on a senior named Jake, who is currently dating the beautiful and popular
02:16Caroline Mulford.
02:17While at school on Sam's 16th birthday, she and her friend stare at Caroline in the shower
02:21jealous of her mature body.
02:24We get that the filmmakers want to show that Sam is self-conscious about her own appearance
02:28and thinks she can't compete with Caroline, but surely there are much less explicit ways
02:32to do that, no?
02:33Number 7.
02:34Yacht Party, Entourage
02:36Why does Hollywood think that women are super eager to get naked at parties thrown by rich
02:39guys?
02:40Before the opening credits even roll, this movie whisks its audience away to a yacht
02:44off the coast of Ibiza, where newly-single Vince is hosting a party.
02:52The guest list is primarily women, in bikinis, both with and without their tops.
02:56Of course, anyone who's watched the Entourage series knows to expect plenty of nudity and
03:00casual sex, with women's bodies often treated like set dressing.
03:03It's probably fair to say that the feature film is just giving its audience what it wants.
03:12Number 6.
03:14Hump Off, Howard the Duck
03:15This one might be the weirdest example of pointless nudity ever put to film.
03:18The movie opens on Howard's home planet of Duck World, where our leading man, er, duck,
03:23has just settled into his armchair to relax.
03:25After channel-surfing for a bit, he pulls out a copy of Play Duck magazine, and we're
03:28treated to an image of a female duck wearing only a corset.
03:34But it doesn't stop there.
03:36The room begins shaking, and Howard and his chair are pulled by some unseen force right
03:39through the wall.
03:40As he crashes through his neighbor's apartments, we see another female duck topless in the
03:50bathtub.
03:51This begs all kinds of questions, the first one being, why would a bird have human-like
03:54anatomy?
03:58Number 5.
03:59Surprise and a Cake, Under Siege
04:00How can you make a tense action movie even more enthralling?
04:03Add a nude model jumping out of a cake, of course.
04:05When a band of hijackers take over a battleship during the captain's birthday party, everyone
04:10forgets about the beautiful woman waiting in the cake.
04:12And after taking too much seasickness medication, she forgets her job, too, and falls asleep.
04:18Later, as Steven Seagal patrols the ship taking out mercenaries one by one, he jostles the
04:24cake and wakes her up, prompting her to start stripping before even realizing what's going
04:28on.
04:29Let's just say, if the filmmakers wanted Seagal to team up with a real-life Playboy
04:34playmate, there are less gratuitous ways to do it.
04:41Number 4.
04:42Random, Unmotivated Nudity, Open Water
04:45This sleeper hit was inspired by the real-life disappearance of an American couple who were
04:48accidentally abandoned at sea while on a diving trip.
04:51The low-budget camera and sound work give the film a documentary feel, which makes it
04:55even more bizarre when the lead actress suddenly appears fully naked with no warning.
05:03Literally in the movie, she lays in bed, on the night before the dive, wearing nothing
05:06but some face cream.
05:09There's literally no purpose for this nudity.
05:13It doesn't even lead into a sex scene.
05:14In fact, there's nothing sexual in the movie at all.
05:16So why did we need to see Blanchard Ryan naked?
05:21Number 3.
05:22Unexpected Undressing, Trading Places
05:24One of the most acclaimed movies of the 1980s, Trading Places is more sophisticated than
05:28the average comedy.
05:29That's why Jamie Lee Curtis' sudden toplessness at the midway point is so jarring.
05:33When wealthy financier Louis ends up on the street as the result of a sadistic experiment
05:37by his bosses, Curtis' Ophelia takes him in out of pity, having played a role in his
05:42downfall.
05:46After giving him the lowdown of her life, she suddenly begins undressing in front of
05:50him.
05:51It's not the only instance of unnecessary nudity in the film, but it is arguably the
05:55most pointless.
05:57Number 2.
05:58Tess Vacuuming, Working Girl
06:00When she finds out her boss is planning to steal her idea for a merger, Tess waits until
06:04she goes on vacation, then secretly takes over her role.
06:07Things go better than expected.
06:08She impresses her colleagues and even hooks up with a young Harrison Ford.
06:14As Tess rushes to prepare for her boss' return, the film suddenly cuts to a shot of
06:18her vacuuming in only high heels and underwear.
06:23The moment comes out of nowhere.
06:24Not only is it unmotivated, but the logistics of it just make no sense.
06:28After taking off her clothes, did she put her heels back on just to vacuum?
06:31In a film with strong feminist themes, especially for the time period, the scene is just baffling.
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07:00Number 1.
07:01The Half-Million-Dollar Scene, Swordfish
07:03Hacker Stanley has been recruited by a covert anti-terrorism operation to create a computer
07:08worm.
07:10After waking up in their cushy headquarters, he finds one agent, Ginger, relaxing outside
07:14wearing only a bikini bottom.
07:15The famous scene was Halle Berry's first nude appearance on camera, and it generated a lot
07:19of buzz before the film was even released.
07:21Berry has denied the director's claim that she was paid an extra $500,000 to appear topless,
07:26but she's well aware that the moment is totally gratuitous.
07:29Still, she credits the scene with helping her overcome her fear of burying her body
07:32on screen.
07:33Although panned by critics, Swordfish recouped its production budget, thanks at least in
07:37part to this incredibly pointless nudity.
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