Can you describe the ideal sexual experience? All that innate sexuality? The underlying feelings? The camera's constant panning and zooming? There isn't a concrete solution.
Whether we prefer the fantastical or the realistic, what makes us hot beneath the collar, or how these moments should emotionally connect to the rest of the film are all factors that inform our conception of how sex should function in the movie. A superb sex scene might be intense and raw, slow and romantic, tinged with melancholy and desire, or humorous.
There is a lot of leeway in the requirements. Keeping that in mind, consider these potential candidates for the best sex scenes ever captured on film:
Blue Valentine
As a result of portraying Michelle Williams' character Cindy being the recipient of oral sex, the film was immediately rated NC-17, despite Derek Cianfrance's bold attempt to depict sex with any feeling of realism, both physically and emotionally. Ryan Gosling, who also starred in the film, told The Observer at the time, "The sex seemed real - it wasn't sexy or 'a sex scene,' and that's why we got into difficulty." One should not be punished for achieving well.
The film Blue Valentine was originally rated PG-13, but the filmmakers filed an appeal and won; the film was eventually released as rated R, revealing to a wider public the depths to which the topic of sexuality may go, even in the context of a failing marriage.
Carol
Though the film's eroticism is found in subtleties like the lingering rest of a glove or a glance exchanged across a crowded room, when it comes to the first time Carol (Cate Blanchett) and Therese (Rooney Mara) have sex on camera, their chemistry is so apparent that the moment seems nothing short of explosive.
Haynes compared filming the moment to filming a musical number, saying as much to E! News. "You put on some tunes, and the camera follows along to the tempo, discovering the best moments on its own. In addition, the two women provided us with fantastic source material."
One of the most heartfelt expressions of longing in the recent film is found in Barry Jenkins' Oscar winner. The film's protagonist, Chiron (here played by Ashton Sanders, also by Alex Hibbert and Trevante Rhodes), has his first sexual encounter with classmate Kevin (Jharrel Jerome) on a deserted beach as part of a trifold investigation of identity, sexuality, and family. Though their bumbling exemplifies the discomfort of adolescence's formative years, Jenkins' treatment of the scene lends tremendous grace. It recognizes how it would come to influence Chiron's sense of self.
Don't Look Now
A sex scene in Nicolas Roeg's 1973 blockbuster, also starring Julie Christie as a heroine named Laura who receives oral sex, was so emotionally authentic that it quickly sparked controversy and confrontations with censors, much like the infamous scene in Blue Valentine. The raw emotions and sensitivity of John and Laura (Donald Sutherland), a heartbroken couple desperately trying to hang onto the shattered pieces of their marriage following the death of their child, are memorably cut with post-coital arrangements to go out to dinner an attempt, in truth, to appease censors.
Christie said, "There were no available precedents, no role models... because of the advances in the film, it was quite difficult to film the scene." It seemed my mind had gone blank and Nic [Roeg] was shouting orders at me.
In conclusion, sex scenes in movies can be as controversial as they are popular. These are some of the best sex scenes in movies. Everyone has their idea of how they are supposed to be shot and what they are there for. However, when it comes to being sexual in a movie, there is nothing that a director can do to not go against a public opinion or the MPAA's standards. Social media is now a great way to share our ideas, thoughts, and feelings.