"Away We Go"

This 2009 film doesn’t beat around the … bush: it opens with an oral sex scene. It isn’t the steamiest — the action between John Krasinski’s character, Burt, and Maya Rudolph’s Verona all happens under the sheets and out of view — but it’s the awkward, fumbling nature of their romp that makes it notable.

“Two Girls and a Guy”

In this 1998 film, Robert Downey Jr. pushes Heather Graham up against a wall and shoves his face in her derriere. Then he spins her around and goes down on her in a fever pitch. Zero nudity — and yet it’s steamy enough to have inspired someone to post it to the tube site YouPorn, alongside graphic penis-enlargement ads.

"In the Cut”

As Rebecca Traister wrote in Salon at the time of the 2003 movie’s release, “a mustachioed and criminally attractive Mark Ruffalo takes recovering-moppet [Meg] Ryan to bed, plants her on her stomach, spreads her legs and performs oral sex on her from behind in a scene that lasts a breathtaking two minutes.” Finally, oral sex gets more than a couple seconds of screen time.

“American Pie”

It’s absurd, but it’s a classic. Kevin, played by Thomas Ian Nicholas, attempts to get out of the doghouse by going down on Tara Reid’s Vicki — with her parents downstairs. When her dad comes upstairs to tell Vicki that dinner is ready, she yells with perfect timing, “I’m coming! I’m coming!”

“Monster’s Ball”

Luckily, there’s very little of Billy Bob in this sex scene. It’s all about Oscar-winner Halle Berry’s convincing performance of ecstasy.

“Basic Instinct”

A youthful Michael Douglas hikes the completely naked Sharon Stone’s leg over his shoulder while maintaining scary-sexy eye contact? They just don’t make Hollywood sex scenes like this anymore.

“Blue Valentine”

Ryan Gosling backlit as he pulls down Michelle Williams’ underwear. Ryan Gosling’s face shoved in between her legs, while she moans and pulls at his hair. Ryan Gosling resting his face on her thigh afterward while she says in disbelief, over and over again, “Oh my God.” Yes, indeed.