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History of Sex in Cinema Classic sex/erotic films and/or scenes throughout film history can be found in erotic dramas, erotic thrillers, sex comedies, coming-of-age films, romantic dramas, and many other film genres and sub-genres. Elements of Sexuality include: Nudity, Love-Making, Seduction, Sexploitation, Homosexuality.
The following listing of these sometimes influential, memorable and classic sex scenes and films (chronologically by year) takes into account all of the available surveys of this type of material, and attempts to provide an informed, detailed, unranked grouping of the most influential and groundbreaking films and scenes. It also considers other films with sex-related scenes, including portrayals of sex and/or nudity, and factors in a film's (or scene's) notoriety and infamy and the stars involved. Some of the most notorious (or infamous) films are quite mediocre, usually made as an excuse to display nudity or eroticism of a star performer. See also the multi-part featured sections:
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Introduction: |
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Sex in Films
of The Pre-1920s: The B/W Silent Era Pre-1920s |
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Sex in Films of The 1920s: The Roaring
20s 1920-1926 | 1927-1929 |
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Sex in Films of The
1930s: The Influence of the Hays Code and Censorship 1930-1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934-1937 | 1938-1939 |
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Sex in Films of The 1940s: The War Years 1940-1944 | 1945-1949 |
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Sex in Films of The 1950s: The Conservative
Cold War Years 1950-1954 | 1955-1956 | 1957-1959 |
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Sex in Films of The 1960s: Challenges
to Censorship 1960-61 | 1962-63 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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Sex in Films of The 1970s: Foreign Cinema,
Porn Chic, and Liberalization 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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Sex in Films of The
1980s: Exploitation Cinema, Teen Sex Comedies 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985-1 | 1985-2 | 1986-1 | 1986-2 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Sex in Films of The 1990s: Further Inroads
for Sex in Cinema 1990 | 1991 | 1992-1 | 1992-2 | 1993 | 1994-1 | 1994-2 | 1995-1 | 1995-2 | 1996-1 | 1996-2 | 1997-1 | 1997-2 | 1998-1 | 1998-2 | 1999-1 | 1999-2 |
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Sex in Films of The 2000s: More Explicit
Films 2000-1 | 2000-2 | 2001-1 | 2001-2 | 2002-1 | 2002-2 | 2003-1 | 2003-2 | 2004-1 | 2004-2 | 2005-1 | 2005-2 | 2006-1 | 2006-2 | 2007-1 | 2007-2 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Sex in Films of The 2010s: The Modern Era 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Sex in Films of The 2020s: 2020, 2021, 2022 |