12. Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s final film has a baffling plot but the sex scenes are quite notable. It kicks right off with then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman going at it, pure and realistic but of course, it’s more notable for the masked ball sequences. From the masked topless women to the mass orgies, it’s just screaming a bizarre tone that somehow works. Kubrick makes it all art, the way it’s all shot with moody lighting, the music and angles, it becomes something more than just erotic but primal and highlighting how he was a true master of his craft, no matter the subject. Of course, it helps having Kidman and Cruise pushing the sex appeal but the way it treats sex as something worth worshipping is what truly makes this movie a modern classic.
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