Unsimulated sex in Mainstream movies (Updated)

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Unsimulated sex refers to the presentation in a film of sex scenes where the actors engage in an actual sex act, and are not just miming the general motions. At one time such scenes were restricted by law and self-imposed industry standards such as the Motion Picture Production Code.^[1] Films showing explicit sexual activity were confined to privately distributed underground films, such as stag films^[2] or "porn loops". Beginning in the late 1960s, mainstream cinemas began pushing boundaries in terms of what was allowed on screen.^[2]Although the vast majority of sexual situations depicted in mainstream cinema are simulated (in early pornography, the main actors engaged in simulated sex, with inserts placed in the film), on rare occasions actors engage in real sex.^[3] The difference between these films andpornography is that, while such scenes might be considered erotic, the intent of these films is not solely pornographic.^[4]
Notable examples include two of the eight Bedside-films and the six Zodiac-films from the 1970s, all of which were produced in Denmark and had many pornographic sex scenes, but were nevertheless considered mainstream films (they all had mainstream casts and crews, and premiered in mainstream cinemas).^[5] The last of these films, Agent 69 Jensen i Skyttens tegn, was made in 1978. From the end of the 1970s until the late 1990s it was rare to see hardcore scenes in mainstream cinema, but this changed with the success of Lars von Trier'sThe Idiots (1998), which heralded a wave of art-house films with explicit content,^[6]^[7]^[8] such as Romance (1999), Baise-moi (2000), Intimacy(2001), Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny (2003), and Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs (2004). Some simulated sex scenes are so realistic that critics mistakenly believe that they are real, such as the cunnilingus scene in the 2006 film Red Road.^[9]

Films with unsimulated sexual activity

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The following mainstream films have scenes with verified real sexual activity, meaning actors or actresses are filmed engaging in actual coitusor performing related sexual acts such as fellatio and cunnilingus. This list does not include documentaries about pornography, which may contain unsimulated sexual activity. For example, Inside Deep Throat contains approximately 30 seconds of unsimulated fellatio.^[10]

Title	Year	Notes	Language
Un Chant d'Amour (English title: A Song of Love)	1950	A short film directed by Jean Genet that features brief scenes of male masturbation, homosexual groping and a plot entirely focused on voyeurism.^[11]	French
Dom kallar oss mods (English title: They Call Us Misfits)^[12]	1967	Swedish documentary film, the first of a trilogy.	Swedish
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	1971	Features many scenes of sex; though it's debated that the scenes are unsimulated. After Peebles came up with the winning ad slogan "rated X by an all-white jury" the film's rating was reduced to R in 1974.^[13]	English
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism	1971	Film explores the relationship between communist politics and sexuality, as well as exploring the life and work of Wilhelm Reich. Contains scenes of both various simulated sex acts and non-simulated manual stimulation of a penis.^[14]	Serbo-Croatian and English
Pink Flamingos	1972	Oral sex.^[15]	English
I Jomfruens tegn	1973	First film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
I Tyrens tegn	1974	Second film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
I Tvillingernes tegn	1975	Third film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
Der må være en sengekant	1975	Sixth film in the Danish Bedside-series of erotic mainstream-comedies, and one of the two to have hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
Sømænd på sengekanten	1976	Eighth and final film in the Danish Bedside-series of erotic mainstream-comedies, and one of the two to have hardcore scenes, including extensive clips from the short Color Climax #1283: Mail Order Sex (1973), watched on 8mm by the ship's crew.^[16]	Danish
Une vraie jeune fille (English title:A Real Young Girl or A Real Young Lady)	1976	Features female masturbation, close-up of male and female genitalia (including a man masturbating to ejaculation) and urination scenes.^[17]	French
I Løvens tegn	1976	Fourth film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
愛のコリーダ (English title: In the Realm of the Senses)	1976	Based on a true story of a Japanese prostitute, features fellatio and other non-simulated sexual acts.^[18]^[19]	Japanese
Agent 69 Jensen i Skorpionens tegn	1977	Fifth film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
Agent 69 Jensen i Skyttens tegn	1978	Sixth and final film in the Danish Zodiac-series of mainstream-comedies with hardcore scenes.^[16]	Danish
Caligula	1979	Uncut version of this film includes several authentic sex scenes, including penetration, fellatio and ejaculation during the six minutes worth of inserts shot by the film's producer, Bob Guccione. The sex shot by Tinto Brass in the rest of the movie, although very explicit, was simulated.^[20]	English
Cruising	1980	Director William Friedkin spliced in single frames of gay anal intercourse during at least one scene. Partially obscured sex acts, including fellatio and fisting.	English
Il Diavolo in Corpo (English title:Devil in the Flesh)	1986	Features a short scene of fellatio, during which the man tells the woman aboutLenin's return to St. Petersburg in 1917.^[21]^[22]	Italian
La Vie de Jésus (English title:The Life of Jesus)	1997	"In Life of Jesus, Dumont included extreme close-ups of penetration to emphasize the animal nature of the sex act".^[23]	French
Idioterne (English title: The Idiots)	1998	This film by Lars von Trier features penetration and group sex.^[24]	Danish
Romance	1999	Directed by Catherine Breillat, features male and female masturbation, fellatio, penetration, ejaculation, and sadomasochistic bondage.^[25]	French
거짓말 (English title: Lies)	1999	A controversial South Korean film depicting a plot entirely focused onsadomasochism. The film features various unsimulated sex scenes of sadomasochistic nature and several scenes of unsimulated fellatio, cunnilingus,anilingus and fingering.^[26]	Korean
Pola X	1999	"Pola X ... acquired international notoriety for unsimulated sex scenes between the characters, though body doubles were reportedly used for the more graphic shots."^[27]	French
Baise-moi	2000	Several actual sex scenes, including penetration and fellatio, involving.^[28]	French
Intimacy	2001	Features fellatio.	English
Ken Park	2002	The film was banned in Australia, as the Office of Film and Literature Classification said it contained scenes of "child sexual abuse, actual sex by people depicted as minors and sexualised violence". Cunnilingus, auto-erotic asphyxiation, urination, and group sex acts involving characters that are supposed to be teens are shown explicitly, but the sex is simulated with the exception of one scene showing a young man masturbating. All actors were actually over 18.^[29]	English
Irréversible (English title:Irresistible)	2002	This film by Gaspar Noé shows unsimulated oral sex.^[30]	French
The Brown Bunny	2003	This film by Vincent Gallo features a scene of fellatio.^[31]	English
Anatomie de l'enfer (English title:Anatomy of Hell)	2004	By director Catherine Breillat, features "actual sex, high-level sex scenes and high-level themes" according to the Australian Classification Review Board.^[32]	French
9 Songs	2004	Several non-simulated sex scenes, including penetration, fellatio, cunnilingus and ejaculation.^[28]	English
Síndrome	2004	The Liberto Rabal directed Spanish film includes nudity, rape, groping, masturbation, other sexual practices.^[33]	Spanish
Antares	2004	Features a real fellatio scene.^[34]	German
The Raspberry Reich	2004	Includes unsimulated heterosexual and homosexual sex, Including penetrative oral and anal intercourse. ^[35]	English
All About Anna	2005	Producer Innocent Pictures asserted that "[w]ithout the sex scenes, the film's drama would fall apart. This was a particular challenge to the film's cast, who had to cope with the traditional social and human traumas associated with having real sex in front of a camera. Fortunately the film's actors and actresses managed to extend their dramatic performances way beyond the norm and truly managed to push the envelope, achieving new means of dramatic expression. The sex scenes were carefully planned and rehearsed prior to shooting, allowing the actors to stay in character through every embrace and caress."^[36]	English
8mm 2	2005	A film directed by J. S. Cardone, featuring various erotic scenes that include complete nudity, group sex, female masturbation, oral stimulation, authentic pornography frames, and lesbian cunnilingus.^[37]	English
Batalla en el Cielo (English title:Battle in Heaven)	2005	A Mexican-French-German film directed by Carlos Reygadas. The film features a real scene of fellatio and an uncertain scene of vaginal intercourse.^[38]	Spanish
Shortbus	2006	Several actors perform real sexual acts including explicit masturbation, coitus, and heterosexual and homosexual fellatio.^[28]^[39]	English
Destricted	2006	Seven short films by artists and film-makers commissioned to "explore the fine line where art and pornography intersect", it "contains strong, real sex".^[40]^[41]	English
Water in Milk Exists	2008	An independent film directed by Lawrence Weiner and Kiki Allgeier, in association with Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York. The film features several actors performing real penetrative sex and other sexual practices such as female masturbation, male masturbation, mutual masturbation and homosexual fellatio.^[42]	English
Antichrist	2009	This film by Lars von Trier features a scene of penetrative vaginal intercourse, and also includes graphically violent sexual imagery. Body doubles were used to make the film.^[43]	English
I Want Your Love	2010	A 2010 short film and a 2012 feature-length film, both directed by Travis Mathews, featuring homosexual fellatio and male-male anal sex.^[44]	English
Q (English title: Desire)	2011	A 2011 French film, directed by Laurent Bouhnik, which features several graphic unsimulated depictions of sex.^[45]	French
Sexual Chronicles of a French Family	2012	Jean-Marc Barr, co-director of the film, said 'that the DVD is the “sensual” version of the film. A “sexual” version—four minutes longer, and showcasing erections and penetration—also exists.'^[46]^[47]	French
Nymphomaniac	2013	To produce scenes of unsimulated sex, director Lars Von Trier is having the genitals of porn actors digitally composited onto the bodies of the film's cast.^[48]	English

Pornographic films re-edited as mainstream releases

Prior to the advent of home video, a number of hardcore pornography films were released to mainstream cinemas. In most cases, scenes of penetration were either cut out or replaced with alternate shots. One exception to this was Deep Throat, which was released uncensored.
Examples of this type of hybrid release include Alice in Wonderland (1976), shot as X-rated, but first released as an R-rated version — afterwards, the uncut version was released;^[49] Café Flesh (1982) — the R-rated version of this science fiction porn film was released to mainstream cinemas;^[50] Stocks and Blondes (1984), originally available as Wanda Whips Wall Street;^[51] and Droid (1988), originally released as Cabaret Sin in 1987.

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