# Best kisses on film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916 "2004-06-06T05:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/21 "2004-06-06T22:12:07Z")
> [@](#): > > When I saw Spiderman for the first time I thought that kiss in the rain would become a classic.- That’s what I was going to post. There’s no way it can compare with, say, _Casablanca_, but that’s easily the best kiss of the past decade (at least that I’ve seen). ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/22 "2004-06-06T22:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Molly Ringwald and Justin Henry in “Sixteen Candles” Ouch, someone at Hershey’s needs to check IMDb. Justin Henry played Molly’s little brother in “Sixteen Candles.” The kiss in that flick was between Molly and Michael Schoeffling. Er, in any case, I’ll cast my vote for Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis in “Witness.” So lovely and yet so very sad, the essense of movie romance. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/23 "2004-06-06T22:19:56Z")
Most of the best are already listed, but: Michael Vartan (swoon!) planting one on Drew Barrymore in **Never Been Kissed**. Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in **Brief Encounter**. On a goofy note, the fluttery red cartoon kiss blown by Jessica Rabbit to Bob Hoskins in **Who Killed Roger Rabbit?**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/24 "2004-06-07T04:27:00Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > How about Princess Leia and Han Solo in _The Empire Strikes Back_? The whole, “I happen to like nice men.” “I’m nice men.” “No you’re not, you’re-” smooch! > > _sigh_ That whole scene is a blatant rip-off of the a scene in Gone With the Wind. The dialogue’s a little different, obviously, but close enough to be called “rip-off”. And that’s not a slam on Empire, I’m a devoted fan of Star Wars, et. al. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/25 "2004-06-07T04:57:45Z")
The Salt Vampire and the redshirt. The girl I was dating at the time thought that Tom Selleck and Kevin Kline had a hot one in _In and Out_. Meh. Now if it was Johnny Depp…! Bugs and Elmer. Ross and Rachel. “He’s her lobster!” Boo Boo Kitty Fuck and Jay That scene in _Galaxy Quest_. “Oh, that’s not right!” ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/26 "2004-06-07T05:41:24Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first one to nominate the kiss between Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar in _Cruel Intentions_… truly a moment in cinematic history! ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/27 "2004-06-07T10:38:31Z")
> [@qts](#): > > Maybe I’m getting whooshed, but that wasn’t simply a kiss; it was an allegory for the female orgasm. Huh? I didn’t know that, but it seems logical. Still, it has to be one of the most erotic moments (with two clothed, well bathing-suited protagonists) on film. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/28 "2004-06-14T11:07:23Z")
> [@qts](#): > > Maybe I’m getting whooshed, but that wasn’t simply a kiss; it was an allegory for the female orgasm. That would make you squooshed, not whooshed. 😛 I would like to offer a new film. I just saw **Monster**. Now, I know she’s a pretty desperate character and evveythang, but that kissing/groping scene in the alleyway is so torrid. ( no, **NOT** because it’s two women… ). She clearly was totally taken with Shelby, and couldn’t wait to kiss her. It was sweet, and hungry and quite the kiss. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/29 "2004-06-14T16:05:57Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > With hindsight, there’s a sick fascination with seeing Princess Leia frenching Luke in _The Empire Strikes Back_. She sure did like her brother. I have to say, no, not really. I seem to recall that in that scene, she’s really having an argument with Han and Luke just happens to be around. She kisses Luke merely to get Han’s goat, not because she’s after Luke, and it works. It seems like Luke could’ve been anyone - Chewie would’ve worked, had he been there. Hee hee - now Leia kissing Chewie, that’s fascinating. Snicks ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/30 "2004-06-14T16:22:40Z")
Speaking of hot, how about “Body Heat”? It’s been years since the last time I saw it – I can’t remember now if Kathleen Turner and William Hurt did anything so straightforward as kiss. **note to self: swing by the video store on the way home.** ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/31 "2004-06-14T16:51:26Z")
Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett finally, FINALLY, kissing during the jubilant Millenium New Years celebration at the end of _Strange Days_. You think its not going to happen, he’s walking away, she stares after him longingly, and then… he comes back for her. Truly one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/32 "2004-06-14T17:21:16Z")
I’ll second Euty and I’ll add Tim Robbins and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (two kisses IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/33 "2004-06-14T17:49:43Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > IHee hee - now Leia kissing Chewie, that’s fascinating. It’s in the film: Leia: “I’d rather kiss a Wookie!” Han: “I can arrange that!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/34 "2004-06-14T17:54:03Z")
Lili Taylor and River Phoenix in Dogfight. A movie where a marine goes out with an ugly girl - on a a dare - just before he gets shipped out to some place called Viet-somethingorother. It was so tentative, like neither one was sure whether to procede. They had so many false starts and awkward moments. For some reason, that’s really hot. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/35 "2004-06-14T17:55:38Z")
Oh, and I forgot, for less conventional kisses, and really hot… Tampopo – the oyster scene. Tampopo – the egg scene. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/36 "2004-06-14T22:06:57Z")
The Monica Belluci kiss scene in **Matrix Reloaded**. Then again, Monica Belluci kissing a lamp post would still make it into any top 10 list :D. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/37 "2004-06-14T23:18:32Z")
Spiderman would’ve been the perfect kiss if he’d been so overcome he fell off his web. Just fell straight down out of shot, with a sound effect as he crumpled into a heap. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/38 "2004-06-14T23:20:21Z")
I nominate Matt Stone kissing Trey Parker at the end of _Baseketball_. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/39 "2004-06-22T06:55:39Z")
Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Sands in **A Room With A View**. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in **The Sound of Music**. Cherie Lunghi (Guinevere) and Nicholas Clay (Lancelot) in **Excalibur**. And on a different note, Aragorn kissing Boromir’s forehead after “My brother…my captain…my king.” He **is** a captain and a king, to be able to do that with no homoerotic overtones. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916/40 "2004-06-22T07:59:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I took a photojournalism course last year, and it sounds like a majority of experts think that picture was staged. Doesn’t make it any less memorable or anything, but maybe it pushes it out of the “non-fiction” category. Not so. A few years ago, _Life_ magazine published the whole set of photos photographer Alfred Eisenstandt (“Eisie”) took in Times Square that day. [Here are two other kissing couples](http://www.life.com/Life/special/kiss04.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kisses-on-film/248916.md?page=3)