The 31 Most Arousing Sexy Movies of All Time

There is only one man—other than Patrick Swayze himself, may he rest in peace—who could make the Dirty Dancing lift feel like legitimate foreplay: Shirtless Ryan Gosling.

Pelvises rocking in unison. Crawling all over the floor to the sounds of "Love is Strange." That flash of Swayze's bum. Dirty dancing indeed!

Because what's not arousing about late-night piano sex in a five-star hotel with Richard Gere?

Mark Ruffalo's mustache? Yeah, not the sexiest. Mark Ruffalo going down on Meg Ryan? Completely hot.

In which Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson get it on in a laundry room. No they don't use the buzzing washing machine as a gigantic vibrator (missed opportunity), but still hot to see Patrick in full thrust mode.

In fact, getting to third base on a rollercoaster might be treacherous. But when Marky Mark and Reese Witherspoon pull it off in Fear—to the sweet sounds of The Sundays' "Wild Horses—" it was an eye-opening moment for each of us. Nicole forever!

Speaking of Reese "American Citizen" Witherspoon, several Cosmo staffers would like to report that seeing Reese lose her virginity to Ryan/Sebastian led directly to their having sex for the first time. So, thanks?

All told, it was pretty cheesy, but they broke the bed, you guys! And this is the closest we'll get to Twilight porn. Actually we take that back because 50 SHADES OF GREY IS EDWARD/BELLA FAN FICTION! Just a friendly reminder.

Naomi Watts and Laura Harring making passionate love is basically the most gorgeous, highest end girl-on-girl erotica you'll ever see. End of story.

Asked for the sex scenes that make her want to drop trou, Cosmo reader Katie B. simply said: "Blake Lively and Tim Riggins in Savages." That about sums it up.

The premise is simple: Long-haired Tilda Swinton rolls around with a hot Italian guy. Hook yourself up!

At once a tearjerker and nether region tickler, RyGos and Rach's post-rain sex is one for the books, from his furtive pantyhose yank to the wall slam heard 'round the world. [Insert "soaking wet" joke here.]

You may know Mickey Rourke as someone who does not arouse you, but let it be known that back in the day he was a stud who ran through every position possible with Kim Basinger in this kinky flick for the ages. Dude was essentially the original Christian Grey, blindfolding Basinger and tantalizing her with an ice cube.

Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" is playing. There is aggressive thigh caressing. Tom Cruise, not yet a scientologist, puts his hand up Rebecca DeMornay's skirt. And they're on an empty train the whole time. Trust us, it works.

Speaking of Tom Cruise...he and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun. Take my breath away, indeed!

Yeah, we're back on Swayze. If his pottery wheel skillz are any indication, boy was an amazing faux lover. Molly, you in danger of multiple orgasms, girl.

Our research tells us that the beefy Zac Efron/Taylor Schilling outdoor shower scene is an instant classic. We'd have to agree.

It's a horrible adaptation of the Marguerite Duras book, L'Amant, but the sex scenes are everything.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlet Johansson are both maniacs in this movie, but there's something about their forbidden, highly-charged, apartment-ruining sex that just does it for us in a super sick way.

It's like an X-rated version of Clue: "Keira and James McAvoy in the library. With their clothes off."

If stranger sex in public restrooms is your thang (no judgment), this is the naughty movie for you. Olivier Martinez and Diane Lane embark on a torrid, torrid affair in which they cannot keep their paws off each other.

Sometimes it's the quiet, sensual scenes that really get us going. For example: Jack and Rose's sweaty backseat lovemaking... and that single, telltale handprint).

Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello beg the question: Has there ever been more FERVENT cinematic sex? Suddenly you'll actually want to attack your man on a stairway.

For those brief moments when Mila Kunis went down on Natalie Portman, this film didn't absolutely terrify us to our core!

Because Gael García Bernal is Mexico's answer to Gosling—and his copious road trip fornicating leaves pretty much nothing to the imagination.

Gyllenhaal and Hathaway bare all (and by all we mean, her perky boobs and his supple butt) in this rom-com. Next to riding in his vicinity at SoulCycle, this halfway decent movie will be the closest you'll get the sexing Jake yourself.

What else can we say except this mindf*ck... makes you want to f*ck.

Remember how much you fantasized about Josh Hartnett in 2002? Take a trip down memory lane with this lil film whose every scene is about blue balls and, eventually, getting it on.

This 1981 classic is one for the sex scene hall of fame with its literally steamy, sweaty, Floridian eff-fests between Kathleen Turner and William Hurt.

Just a tangle of glistening, golden bronzed Brad Pittness.