Last week, to mark the opening of Fifty Shades of Grey, we brought you the 10 best sex scenes . Here you get passionate about those we missed off the list

Atonement (2007)



Recommended by : NatashaS

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Reader NatashaS recommends the scene from Ian McEwan’s novel where Cecilia and Robbie finally indulge in their long-repressed desires for each other, noting its integrity to the plot of the novel.

I Am Love (2009)

Recommended by: WinterNow

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This Italian film is acclaimed for its opulence, elegance, and attention to detail. The sex scene that was among readers’ favourites was the sensuous encounter in a field between Tilda Swinton’s Emma and her lover Antonio. WinterNow commented: “You could almost feel the sunshine and small insects through the screen.”

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Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Recommended by: clinteastwood22 & tcjock

Plenty of readers had something to say about this Marlon Brando film following the story of two lovers, an American hotelier, recently widowed, and a young Parisian woman, who begin an anonymous relationship that plays out discretely behind the walls of a small apartment. Many recalled with gleeful horror the scene involving “the stick of butter!”

Watchmen (2009)

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Alan Moore’s graphic-novel breakdown of the superhero genre, and the blockbuster film based upon it, were given mention for the sex scene between two of its heroes, Silk Spectre and Nite Owl. They rekindle an old flame that they once shared after having saved a crowd of people from a burning building in true superhero fashion. Unfortunately, this victory is brought back down to earth by a disappointing, yet humorous climax.

Funland (2005)

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This dark comedy television series from League of Gentleman creator Jeremy Dyson and Simon Ashdown is set in an alternate Blackpool rife with crime and colour. An incestuous scene involving the nightclub owner Shirley and his own mother, Mercy, was a favourite among readers for its bleak humour, with jays37 describing it as “utterly surreal. Brilliant.”

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Recommended by cavelier5 & betweensheets

David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive is another surreal example that made the list of favourites among readers, who particularly relished the raunchy scene between Naomi Watts’s Betty and Laura Herring’s Rita as they return to their apartment.

Jamón Jamón (1992)

Recommended by: MONZO & eggstatic

This peculiar Spanish-language comedy of lust, family loyalties and betrayal appeared among readers’ favourites for its various sex scenes, especially those between Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, as well as when one where Jordi Mollà compares Cruz’s breasts to serrano ham and omelette.

Betty Blue (1986)

Recommended by: roderickspode, Abadia, Redlandrebel00

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By far readers’ favourite, Betty Blue’s intense opening sex scene captures the erotic and devoted love between the two main characters Betty and Zorg, immediately allowing the viewer to understand the deep, maddening bond between these two. One reader, roderickspode, recalled attending a screening of it where one couple made “the fastest exit from the cinema I am ever likely to witness”.

The Tall Guy (1989)

Recommended by: Cathy Watson & marlowe10

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Richard Curtis’s screenwriting debut has Jeff Goldblum and Emma Thompson in what marlowe10 describes as a “bizarre, awkward, funny, ecstatic” sex scene involving a variety of domestic items, the most memorable being an unwelcome piece of toast.

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)



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This film set in Thatcher-era London follows the fortunes of a Pakistani family who own a launderette. Our reader, taninfan, recommended the furtive encounter between Johnny and Omar in the launderette just before it opens.