So maybe we should take nudity seriously again. One place to start that reassessment is to look at the history of the nude scene since the silent era. The best nude scenes convey vulnerability, intimacy, eros, and so much more. Below is an incomplete timeline of the nude scene throughout cinema history. All are movies that wouldn’t have the same artistic impact without these moments.
While it lacks the sexiness of many other films on this list, David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises” has to have one of the best nude fight scenes in film history. While two criminals attempt to conduct a covert meeting in a bathhouse, their steam is interrupted by two Chechen hitmen seeking to them. The towels quickly fall, and viewers are treated to an absolutely brutal full-frontal action sequence. It is an excellent use of nudity in film because it is so believable — when assassins ambush you in a sauna, there is no time to find a strategically placed towel — resulting in a memorable nude scene that never feels gratuitous. —CZ
Another nude scene that would rate higher if it were lit better belongs to older Kirke sister Jemima's fantastic full frontal seduction from this relationship dramedy. Her younger sister Lola also has two brief nude scenes where she shows off her buns, but this is far and away the best scene in the film!
2022 is halfway through so we’re checking out the best nude scenes of the year so far starting with Ansel Wolf Pierce in Euphoria. He ascended to the throne in the second season premiere when he hangs maj dong on a toilet. This scene is the shit!
Nude scenes have appeared in feature-length narrative movies since the 1910s, and the best nude scenes deserve to be considered alongside the fine arts.
