# Sexiest nonsexual moments in film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334 "2005-02-22T13:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/1 "2005-02-22T13:50:17Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301695), I’m interested in your opinions of moments or scenes from movies that are incredibly evocative or sensual without any outright humping, exposed privates, or lip smacking. The one that comes instantly to my mind is Rebecca DeMornay in _Risky Business_, standing in dim moonlight with one leg on the window sill as her skirt flutters in a gentle breeze to the soft tones of a melodic arpeggio. She turns her head slowly, and in a quiet, lustful whisper says, “Are you ready for me? … Ralph?”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/2 "2005-02-22T15:29:01Z")
"You know you don’t have to act with me, Steve. You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow. " There’s also the conversation about horse racing in **The Big Sleep**. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/3 "2005-02-22T17:50:01Z")
Swordfish - when Hugh Jackman’s character sits down at his new computer on steroids. The music plays, he dances about as if trying to seduce the decryption. Hottest thing in the movie or was it him in a towel teeing off from the top of his trailer? ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/4 "2005-02-22T18:04:12Z")
I stick by my post in the other thread about Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment when she’s practicing to get through the lasers while blindfolded. Sheesh, some of the hottest stuff ever. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/5 "2005-02-22T20:15:06Z")
Bette Davis and Paul Henreid engage in some wonderfully hot cigarette sex in _Now, Voyager_. My favorite scene in this respect is when, after he lights two cigarettes at once and gives one to her (he actually does this 2-3 times in the course of the film), they both take deep drags and, all the while making significant eye contact, languidly blow the smoke into each other’s faces. I’ve never smoked but… wow. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/6 "2005-02-22T20:19:58Z")
The Dressing for Battle scene in the Last Samurai. No nudity, no real physical contact, no anything, but I held my breath through the entire scene. Absolutely sensual, erotic, romantic and moving. IMHO, one of the sexiest scenes ever - sexual and nonsexual included. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/7 "2005-02-22T20:21:55Z")
Much of Kirsten Dunst’s oncscreen time in Spiderman 1 and 2 is, um, sexy. I particularly like it when she ‘flashes’ Peter to show that she works as a cafe waitress. There are plenty of moments swimming around in my brain from films where unintentional (or ‘nonsexual’) moments were sexy, but they are rascalls to get hold of and recall. I just remember a boob here, a bum-cheek there. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/8 "2005-02-22T20:25:54Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Much of Kirsten Dunst’s oncscreen time in Spiderman 1 and 2 is, um, sexy. I particularly like it when she ‘flashes’ Peter to show that she works as a cafe waitress. Oh thanks for reminding me - the upside down kiss in the rain was utterly hot. I always expect to just spontaneously burst into flame while watching that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-nonsexual-moments-in-film/291334/9 "2005-02-22T21:12:15Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > The Dressing for Battle scene in the Last Samurai. No nudity, no real physical contact, no anything, but I held my breath through the entire scene. Absolutely sensual, erotic, romantic and moving. IMHO, one of the sexiest scenes ever - sexual and nonsexual included. Yeah, I love that scene. Of course, it helps that I fell in love with Taka. Nate too, for that matter. The long hair on Tom… ahem.