The 11 Sexiest Movies of All Time

Sexiness and film go together perfectly. It’s a visual medium where you can showcase your deepest and darkest secrets, kinks, and even a little skin,

But sexiness is not just sex; it’s costuming, chemistry, and so much more.

Today, I wanted to go over the 11 sexiest movies of all time and let you in on some titles I think pack all the heat.

Let’s dive in.

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1. Body Heat

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Writer: Lawrence Kasdan

Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Mickey Rourke

This erotic thriller lives up to its name. It’s all about being in a hot place with hot people and doing very bad things.

2. In the Mood For Love

Director: Wong Kar-wai

Writer: Wong Kar-wai

Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

This movie begins with broken hearts, but then it takes a romantic turn. The costumes and the acting are so sensual. You’re connected to these people.

3. 9 1/2 Weeks

Director: Adrian Lyne

Writers: Elizabeth McNeill (screenplay), Patricia Louisianna Knop, Zalman King (story)

Cast: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski

There’s a scene in front of a fridge that could probably be considered the sexiest scene of all time. Talk about stars at their hottest ever looking amazing.

4. Belle De Jour

Director: Luis Buñuel

Writers: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière (based on the novel by Joseph Kessel)

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli

Again, sexiness is not nudity, but how you feel while watching. This movie sweeps you up and holds you tight.

5. Brokeback Mountain

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana (screenplay), Annie Proulx (short story)

Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams

Forbidden love in a less accepting time, this motion picture did a lot of work for progress. But at its center is a beautiful story about two cowboys.

6. The Handmaiden

Director: Park Chan-wook

Writers: Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook (based on the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters)

Cast: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo

Taking on a complex relationship between women, this is a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat while scintillating you.

7. The Graduate

Director: Mike Nichols

Writers: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry (based on the novel by Charles Webb)

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross

The ultimate schoolboy fantasy that turns into a movie about pure love. Seeing Dustin Hoffman framed in Anne Bancroft’s leg is an indelible image that will last forever.

8. Bonnie and Clyde

Director: Arthur Penn

Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton, Warren Beatty (uncredited)

Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard

This movie isn’t explicitly erotic in the same way some other films on this list are, it definitely has a raw, rebellious energy and a sense of outlaw romance that contributes to its overall “sexy” vibe.

9. Basic Instinct

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

Cast: Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza

Perhaps one of the noisiest movies on the list, it is impossible to state how much this movie took over the culture in the 90s. Everyone wanted to make a movie like it, and everyone was talking about it.

10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Cast: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall

Just a funny and sexy comedy about a man who needs two women to tame him. It’s such a wild premise and still it works as a movie and is so entertaining.

11. Portrait of a Lady On Fire

Director: Céline Sciamma

Writer: Céline Sciamma

Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel

I will never hold the page of a book the same way after seeing this movie. That’s just a fact. It’s so perfectly cast, and everything is about what they do and don’t show.

Summing Up The Sexiest Movies of All Time 

These are movies across eras that I think have a palpable sexuality. There’s something sumptuous about the characters, the direction, and the storytelling.

So, dim the lights, turn on Netflix, and chill with some of these titles this weekend.

Let me know what you think in the comments.