sex scenes

Actors pretending passion

Sex scenes are depictions of sexual activity in film, television, literature, or other media.

The term usually implies enough explicitness to distinguish these moments from mere romantic suggestion: The movie has several graphic sex scenes.

In filmmaking, sex scenes require careful choreography and often an intimacy coordinator.

Critics and audiences debate whether particular sex scenes serve the story or exist merely for titillation.

intimate

tenderness

Gentle, caring quality

touch · embrace · whisper · softness · gentleness · privacy · sensuality · chemistry · connection · undressing

passionate

passion

Intense emotional drive

heat · lust · fervor · longing · yearning · hunger · fire · explosive · raw · wild

Categories
Opposites
explicitness/depiction

sex scenescutaway

View with exterior removed

hand-holding

content type

sex scenesfight scenes

Staged physical confrontations

violence · action sequences · chase scenes · battle scenes · intellectual debate

audience appropriateness

sex sceneschildren's programming

Media aimed at young viewers

educational content

Family

sexual, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, bisexuality, sexualize, nonsexual

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R