Tim Dirks' The History of Sex in Cinema

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The following listing of these 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.

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    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 67 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
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    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 119 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    Dracula's Daughter

    1936 — a.k.a. Daughter of Dracula, in 1 top list Check
  7. 247 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 248 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 291 -

    Orgy of the Dead

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 293 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Dance of the Vampires

    1967 — a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 325 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Love Camp 7

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
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    Countess Dracula

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Les lèvres rouges

    1971 — a.k.a. Daughters of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
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    Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  17. 383 -

    Vampyros Lesbos

    1971 — a.k.a. El signo del vampiro, in 1 top list Check
  18. 393 -

    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
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    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 399 -

    Virgin Witch

    1972 — a.k.a. Lesbian Twins, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 402 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 403 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Vampyres

    1974 — a.k.a. Blood Hunger, in 1 top list Check
  25. 431 -

    Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 438 -

    The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 442 -

    Shivers

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
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    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 458 -

    To the Devil a Daughter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 464 -

    Cinderella

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 465 -

    The Deep

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  32. 466 -

    Demon Seed

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rabid

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
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    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Friday the 13th

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    Humanoids from the Deep

    1980 — a.k.a. Humanoids of the Deep, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 510 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
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    Friday the 13th Part 2

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  43. 518 -

    Halloween II

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  44. 520 -

    The Howling

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  45. 523 -

    Possession

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
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    Cat People

    1982, in 1 top list Check
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    Friday the 13th Part III

    1982, in 1 top list Check
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    Hospital Massacre

    1981 — a.k.a. X-Ray, in 0 top lists Check
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    Satan's Mistress

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
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