# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/21 "2007-12-23T13:26:27Z")
“Past the Point of No Return” in _Phantom of the Opera_. I had heard the songs loads of times but never actually seen a performance of the musical. I eventually saw the movie version, and during the song in question I turned to my ex and said “Are they… are they having sex right now?”. She said that when she saw the musical performed at age 11 or so, she figured there was _something_ going on during that song, but she wasn’t entirely sure what. ---
**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 23, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/22 "2007-12-23T14:47:09Z")
The [threesome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlEgu5hPi0) scene in _WIld Things_ with Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/23 "2007-12-23T15:46:22Z")
19-year-old Lauren Bacall and 45-year-old Humphrey Bogart in _To Have and Have Not_. “You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together, and blow.” William Powell and Myrna Loy in pretty much any of the _Thin Man_ pictures; their little endearments and easy intimacy suggested that they were having the best drunk sex in history on silk sheets as soon as the movie was over. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/24 "2007-12-23T16:07:33Z")
The Hair washing and shaving scene in Phenomenon with John Travolta and Kyra Sedgwick. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/25 "2007-12-23T18:40:38Z")
**The Oxford American** called\*\* Baby Doll\*\* “the smuttiest movie ever made,” although Karl Malden , Carroll Baker and Eli Wallach never actually consummate anything. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/26 "2007-12-23T20:37:40Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] The [threesome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlEgu5hPi0) scene in _WIld Things_ with Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, and Matt Dillon. [/QUOTE] Doesn’t count – they actually **did** fuck. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/27 "2007-12-23T20:43:20Z")
In _A Few Good Men,_ there’s obvious sexual tension between Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, but they never hook up – it’s not even implied. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929/28 "2007-12-23T20:58:44Z")
[QUOTE=Vision of Love] 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. [/QUOTE] Which film version? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-sex-scenes-the-hottest-nothing-happens-moments-on-screen/430929.md?page=1)