Movies that feature on-screen sex scenes often stir up a lot of buzz, especially when it turns out that the actors involved actually had real sex in front of the camera. Here are 11 movies where the actors went all the way for their jobs:
This content may violate our community policy. If you believe this is bad, please submit your feedback — your input will aid our research in this area.
- The Brown Bunny: Chloe Sevigny gave her co-star Vincent Gallo a real beej in this 2003 film, which she has since confirmed.
- Lie with Me: Lauren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour confirmed that their sex scenes were real in this 2005 movie.
- Caligula: This 1979 film about the Roman Emperor's fall featured some pretty intense unsimulated sex on-screen, produced by the founder of Penthouse Magazine.
- Shortbus: Director John Cameron Mitchell encouraged his actors to have real orgasms in this 2006 erotic drama about people who go to a sex saloon.
- Romance: This 1999 movie was the first mainstream film to feature a fully erect penis and explicit oral sex, and is frequently cited as changing the way non-pornographic sex is portrayed on screen.
- Intimacy: Kerry Fox gave her co-star Mark Rylance some serious fellatio in this 2001 movie.
- Love: In the 2015 film Love, Karl Glusman and Aomi Muyock engaged in actual, unchoreographed sex in 3D, with director Gaspar Noe intending to arouse the audience.
- Little Ashes: Robert Pattinson was for real jerkin' it when he played Salvador Dalí in this 2008 movie.
- 9 Songs: This 2004 film directed by Michael Winterbottom features real intercourse, oral sex, and a major moment of ejaculation between actors Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley.
- The Idiots: Lars von Trier's 1998 film features a scene during one of the orgies where there is certain penetration, but the actors' faces are not shown.
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I: Although Shia LaBeouf's face was CGI'd onto a body, this 2013 film directed by Lars von Trier features sexually explicit scenes that some speculated included real sex.
This content may violate our community policy. If you believe this is bad, please submit your feedback — your input will aid our research in this area.