# Sexless sex scenes - the hottest nothing happens moments on screen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929 "2007-12-22T13:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/1 "2007-12-22T13:34:05Z")
I have just finished watching a terrific Scottish movie _Dear Frankie_ on TV and it stimulated 3 threads. This is one of them. The movie contained a lovely scene, concluded with a sedate kiss where you know that both parties wanted to know each other in the biblical sense. There is a scene in _The Last Samurai_ that I think is the briefest love scene of all time. And my all time favourite is _Shane_ where Jean arthur would really like Van Heflin to piss off so she can jump Alan Ladd’s bones. And each look is steamier than the last. Any other great buildups without the orgasm? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/2 "2007-12-22T14:44:53Z")
When Harry Met Sally… deli scene… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/3 "2007-12-22T14:54:05Z")
_Body Heat_ ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/4 "2007-12-22T15:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] _Body Heat_ [/QUOTE] That’s a bad choice. I remember telling people to watch it when it was on TV and the editing made it impossible to follow the story. The scene where Racine meets Maddy’s “friend” consisted of two lines with no sexual innuendo. They all thought I was an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/5 "2007-12-22T15:39:58Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] That’s a bad choice. I remember telling people to watch it when it was on TV and the editing made it impossible to follow the story. The scene where Racine meets Maddy’s “friend” consisted of two lines with no sexual innuendo. They all thought I was an idiot. [/QUOTE] Is it a good choice if you don’t watch the TV version? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/6 "2007-12-22T15:53:32Z")
Oh yeah. When they meet at the pier the conversation they have lets you know what is coming. It’s a very hot movie. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/7 "2007-12-22T19:37:48Z")
**Tom Jones** of course. The dinner scene is famous. Bogart and Bacall discussing horses in **The Big Sleep**. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/8 "2007-12-22T21:22:39Z")
If ‘screen’ includes TV, the lake scene in the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/9 "2007-12-22T21:43:51Z")
One that jumps to mind is _40 days and 40 nights_, where the male and female leads are trying to figure out how to do something without actually doing it. That is the luckiest flower to ever be seen on screen. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/10 "2007-12-22T21:52:19Z")
the audition scene in **mulholland drive** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/11 "2007-12-22T21:54:30Z")
The Age of Innocence. All those Victorian people, all dressed to their eyebrows, melting into puddles of lust right before our eyes. The glimpse of the innner wrist of the Countess Olenska was hot indeed… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/12 "2007-12-22T23:05:25Z")
The hand-holding scene in \* The Lover\* is pretty good. Of course then they bone down, but before that ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/13 "2007-12-22T23:18:17Z")
There’s a Hitchcock movie that I’m thinking of but I can’t remember which one. It might be North by Northwest. A man and woman meet on a train and IIRC they don’t do anything but talk, but the conversation is really sexual between the lines. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/14 "2007-12-22T23:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] the audition scene in **mulholland drive** [/QUOTE] Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/15 "2007-12-22T23:32:41Z")
There’s a scene in the film version of **Pride & Prejudice** where Darcy proposes to Lizzy for the first time, near a lake and out in the rain, and after she rejects him with such hate, there is such a deliciously sexy near-kiss in which he leans in and (if you’re watching the DVD) you can hear his faint “Please.” Don’t try to listen for this in YouTube clips because you just won’t hear it. That scene KILLS me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/16 "2007-12-22T23:56:58Z")
\*\*J.Lo \*\* and **Clooney** in Out of Sight. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/17 "2007-12-23T00:38:16Z")
40 days and 40 nights, eh? I suppose that’s a good pick in its own right. Can’t wait to see what Perez has in his bag o’ tricks once the strike is over. If he manages to survive the winter, that is. He doesn’t do well in the snow… 😉 I was gonna say Tom Jones. Or NCIS’ “Under Covers” episode? Aw, come on, give the kids a chance… ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/18 "2007-12-23T06:07:29Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] There’s a Hitchcock movie that I’m thinking of but I can’t remember which one. It might be North by Northwest. A man and woman meet on a train and IIRC they don’t do anything but talk, but the conversation is really sexual between the lines. [/QUOTE] Yep, **North by Northwest**. The last shot of the movie is a train entering a tunnel. Subtle, Hitch. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/19 "2007-12-23T10:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rocketeer] Yep, **North by Northwest**. The last shot of the movie is a train entering a tunnel. Subtle, Hitch. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Was it a damp tunnel with bushes at the entrance? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/20 "2007-12-23T10:59:30Z")
Bette Davis and Paul Henreid have the hottest cigarette-sex in _Now Voyager_ when he does that put-two-cigarettes-in-your-mouth,-light-them, then-give-one-to-her thing, all while making significant eye contact, then they languidly blow the smoke in each others’ faces. I’ve never smoked, but… whoa! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929.md?page=2)