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The 16 Sexiest Movies of 2024

From erotic tennis matches to a steamy Notes app exchange, IndieWire explores the films and scenes that have already made 2024 a year potent with sexy cinema.
'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'The Idea of You,' 'The Fall Guy,' 'Challengers'
'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'The Idea of You,' 'The Fall Guy,' 'Challengers'
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The cineplex air conditioner may have helped theatergoers battle the heat in the summer, but the films of 2024 were stirring up a certain fire within. Through its ups and downs, one of the prevailing trends of the year in film has been a concentration on palpable chemistry between co-stars, leading to some of the hottest scenes in recent memory.

Whatever is in the ether, be it the rejection of the sexless blockbuster superhero genre that began to fall into autopilot, or backlash to an increasingly puritanical young audience that asks for the thesis of every scene depicting physical touch, or even just a rediscovery of what movie stars are supposed to be, many films this year have been able to tap into what audiences have begun to covet.

While we really do welcome a well-staged sex scene, it has been impressive to see how some modern filmmakers have been able to turn a no-holds-barred tennis match, a Notes app exchange, a glass of milk, or even a simple character introduction into a sequence that elicits desire from those who watch these films.

Below, IndieWire lists the sexiest films of the year , many of which happen to also be our list of the 25 best films of 2024, and pinpoint the moment in each selection that got our hearts pumping, pupils dilating, blood rushing, leading to an all around satisfying time at the cinema.

Kate Erbland, Ryan Lattanzio, Brian Welk, Alison Foreman, Christian Zilko, and Anne Thompson also contributed to this story.

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