Cosmopolitan - UK
The best sex scenes… ever
Compiling this list was daunting. There are countless options to choose from and everyone’s definition of a great sex scene is different. To some, there must be yearning. Others want nudity. Others prefer a little kink. We rated our favourites on a scale of one to five across four different categories: sexiness, nudity, realism and whether it channels romance alongside its spice. These aren’t necessarily the most popular sex scenes of all time, but each gave us something new – and often groundbreaking – to lust over