00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for those instances of on-screen nudity that had long-standing cultural ramifications,
00:14either within the movie industry or upon people's sensibilities of morality or sexuality.
00:19Note that we are excluding adult films.
00:22I don't know any other director who let an actor do that, you know?
00:28Number 10. Kate Winslet, Titanic
00:31The last thing I need is another picture of me looking like a porcelain doll.
00:40As a paying customer.
00:42Kate Winslet has gone on the record stating that the aftermath of this nude scene for 1997's Titanic was personally very difficult for her.
00:50The actress received a lot of media attention for the sequence, where she poses nude during a portrait session with her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
00:58Titanic is seen today as one of the most watched and most owned movies of all time, making Winslet's nude scene one of the most viewed in modern memory.
01:06So serious.
01:07The sequence remains artistically shot, and without any of the prurient or exploitable elements often associated with these types of scenes.
01:19It was the most erotic moment of my life.
01:26Up until then at least.
01:29Number 9. Jason Segel, forgetting Sarah Marshall
01:32Hey, you got here fast.
01:34Segel truly bears it all in this scene in more ways than one.
01:38This famous moment from forgetting Sarah Marshall is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.
01:43After confidently strutting in to shake his snake at his girlfriend, Segel's character is faced with an unexpected breakup, as is the thrust of the rest of the film, pun intended.
01:53I've been feeling for a long time that we've been growing apart, and we're leading different lives.
02:02The nudity in this scene is not only extremely bold and comedically acted, but it's also based on a real experience from Segel's own life.
02:11With that in mind, it's hard to imagine a more vulnerable performance.
02:15It's no surprise that this nude scene has been remembered so vividly since its release.
02:19But maybe if we just held each other or something, you would remember what it's like to be with me.
02:23No.
02:24Number 8. Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
02:28Shame.
02:29Morning.
02:30Nice earring.
02:32Hot date.
02:34It's a question as old as the acting profession itself.
02:37Is this nudity essential to the plot?
02:39Well, this definitely is the case with regards of 2011's Shame, and its stars, Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
02:47The topic of sex addiction is one that's laid bare, pardon the pun, within the film.
02:53Shame earned an NC-17 rating, thanks to its frank and explicit nudity from both actors, with Fassbender's story being particularly compelling.
03:03Try not talking.
03:05Try just listening.
03:06Or thinking.
03:07For change.
03:09The sex act isn't glamorised here, but instead taken from the perspective of a person without control.
03:14Shame, as a result, utilises nudity as a narrative construct, and does so in a remarkably effective manner.
03:22I'm sorry.
03:25You're always sorry.
03:28Number 7. Animated Animals.
03:30Fritz the Cat.
03:31Hey, man.
03:33The poster just sort of says it all.
03:361972's Fritz the Cat proudly proclaimed that it wasn't rated X for nothing, baby.
03:42This came down to Fritz the Cat being the first animated film to be saddled with this rating, and for very good reason.
03:49I know of a place where we can be alone to join our souls in sacred truth.
03:55Hey!
03:56Hey!
03:56Sausage Party from 2016 wasn't the first bit of animation with explicit content to its name, since Fritz goes all the way within its satire of youth culture during the 1970s.
04:08Do you hear anything, Ralph?
04:10It sounds like a bunch of degenerates in it.
04:13The combination of political commentary, social caricature, and explicit animal nudity was par for the course for director Ralph Bakshi, who made a career out of transgression.
04:24Fritz the Cat is definitely not for kids, but those interested in outsider cinema are highly encouraged to seek this one out.
04:32Number 6. Shannon Elizabeth.
04:34American Pie.
04:34Jim, there's a young lady here to see you.
04:40Hey, Nadia.
04:40Hi, Jim. Ready to study?
04:42Oh, he's always ready to study. He's a real bookworm, this kid.
04:45This coming-of-age sex comedy largely rifts upon tropes laid down by films such as Porky's decades prior.
04:52Several scenes had everyone talking in 1999, including Shannon Elizabeth's.
04:56When exchange student Nadia comes to Jim's house to study, he sets up a webcam so that he and her friends can spy on her undressing.
05:05Did I miss anything?
05:06No.
05:07You were just in time.
05:09However, he accidentally shares the livestream with the entire school.
05:13Nadia soon strips down and becomes preoccupied.
05:16Let's be honest, this scene has not aged well.
05:19Jim is called out, but only because he gets, um, overly excited.
05:24What happened? What did he do?
05:27He blew it.
05:30I guess I'll be going now.
05:31Nadia is humiliated and forced to leave the country.
05:34But somehow she and Jim have become buds by the end.
05:38In a way, we guess this scene still has people talking.
05:47Number 5. Mark Wahlberg.
05:49Boogie Nights.
05:50May I see it?
05:52Really?
05:53Please.
05:53Male and female nudity is commonplace on streaming services like Netflix, but this wasn't always the case.
06:08This is what makes Mark Wahlberg's scene at the climax, pun intended, of Boogie Nights so notable.
06:14Let's forget the other nude scenes from actors like Heather Graham or Julianne Moore for a moment.
06:20The reveal of Wahlberg's prosthetic manhood at the end of Boogie Nights was shocking for some viewers.
06:26Director Paul Thomas Anderson riffed upon real personalities of the adult industry for this film,
06:31and even cast a few as well.
06:33The Wahlberg reveal here is a tribute to troubled adult icon John Holmes, yet the execution is far from glamorous.
06:42I'm Brock Landers, so I'm gonna be nice.
06:48So I'm gonna be nice.
06:50Number 4. PJ Souls.
06:52Halloween.
06:53Okay. Later.
06:55Have a good time.
06:56We definitely will.
06:59Nudity was nothing new within the world of 70s horror.
07:02That said, the nudity of PJ Souls in John Carpenter's Halloween served as something of a transitional piece.
07:09Souls' sex scene with her boyfriend is presented in a fairly natural way, and doesn't demonize her character.
07:14Yet the sequence is an early example of sexually active female characters becoming murder victims in slasher films.
07:21I'll be right back.
07:22Don't get dressed.
07:25Those films would eschew the character development of Halloween, or the earlier Black Christmas, and codify the final girl tropes.
07:33More and more, only the virginal females would be allowed to live, while the sexually active PJ Souls' of the world would be condemned to horrible deaths.
07:42Any of you all right?
07:44No. 3. Phoebe Cates.
07:55Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
07:57Hi, Brad.
07:59You know how cute I always thought you were.
08:01Home video boomed during the 1980s, which made it a perfect time for VHS copies of Fast Times at Ridgemont High to fly off store shelves.
08:12This was thanks not only to Amy Heckerling's respectful treatment of teen characters in a high school setting, but also one particularly iconic nude scene.
08:21Phoebe Cates' sequence at the pool is perhaps one of the most rewound scenes from the home video era.
08:28Although the entire thing is a bit of a bait and switch.
08:31On one hand, the front-loading of Cates' nudity is sure to evoke titillation within its audience.
08:36However, the back-end takes the wind out of the scene's sails via Judge Reinhold's Brad and his massive, uh, embarrassment.
08:45Does anybody f***ing knock anymore?
08:47Number 2. Diego Luna and Gail Garcia Bernal.
08:52Y Tu Mama Tambien.
08:54Por el, por Luigi.
08:55Por Francesco.
08:56Por Tiberio.
08:56There's a very fluid sexuality at play in Y Tu Mama Tambien.
09:01This story of an adult woman on a road trip with two teenage boys indulges in every sort of coupling that equation can conjure up.
09:15This includes one between Diego Luna and Gail Garcia Bernal near the end of the film.
09:24Gay sex scenes were still tiptoeing into the mainstream back during the early millennium,
09:29as evidenced by the media attention paid to films like Brokeback Mountain.
09:33Luna and Bernal's scene remains notable for other reasons, however, including their young age and full frontal nudity.
09:39Y Tu Mama Tambien is more than just a coming-of-age story, however,
09:43and sets up each sex scene sensibly within the film's narrative.
