😬 The 50 most controversial movies ever made ❤ The 100 best romantic films of all-time Written by Dave Calhoun, Joshua Rothkopf, Cath Clarke, David Ehrlich, Phil de Semlyen, Daniel Walber, Trevor Johnston, Andy Kryza, Daniel Walber & Matthew Singer Here are the 101 best sex scenes of all time. Turn off the lights, take the phone off the hook and slip into something more comfortable. And even if it only exists for pure titillation, there’s value in that, too. Other times, it’s simply meant to be arousing. Indeed, cinematic sex is sometimes designed to make you feel uncomfortable. What you will find are examples of sex as character development, or sex as a significant plot point. You won’t find any of them on this list of cinema’s greatest sex scenes. It’s certainly true that, in some ways, sex is superfluous. Well, allow us to retort, in 101 different ways. Instead, the vast majority of responses agreed with the post. It seemed like an opinion that would instantly get shouted down by the commentariat. ‘Sex scenes in movies are usually completely unnecessary, add nothing to the plot or character development, and just make me feel uncomfortable’, one Reddit user boldly stated. A few years ago, a debate arose on social media about sex scenes in movies.