Top Twenty Two Favorite Nude Scenes in Mainstream Cinema

Joyse Heyser Nude Just One of the Guys

11. Just One of the Guys (1985)

Who: Joyce Heyser

What: Tuxedo flash

We all know that one movie that comes on cable and manages to put a stranglehold on your ability to turn the channel. Just One Of The Guys is such a tale of seduction. Joyce Heyser plays Terri, a young lass that decides to change her gender in order to be recognized as a writer. She believes that males are taken more seriously. The downfall of such plans is that you have to reveal your true identity at some point.


Linnea Quigley The Return Of The Living Dead nude

10. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Who: Linnea Quigley

What: Graveyard Dance

Horror movies seem to be good at producing nude scenes, and said scenes often end up as the best part of the movie. In The Return of the Living Dead, scream queen Linnea Quigley does a sexy striptease dance at a graveyard, ending up fully nude and showing off her great body as a group of people watch and cheer. Sounds about right for a zombie flick.


Eva Green The Dreamers nude

9. The Dreamers (2003)

Who: Eva Green

What: Striptease (well, really the whole movie)

Casino Royale star Eva Green got naked (a lot) during her role in Dreamers before her stardom as a James Bond babe. There’s nothing wrong with all nude, just tastefully done. Just ask Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury:


Anne Hathaway Havoc nude

8. Havoc (2005)

Who: Anne Hathaway

What: Make-out scene

You probably don’t remember Havoc. The film was noted during production for having then-Disney princess (of the Princess Diaries fame) Anne Hathaway go topless, but despite that hype was basically dumped direct to video. Probably because it was criticized for feeling like a movie written by a sixteen year old girl who never actually went to East Los Angeles, but heard about it and maybe watched something on the news. Still, it managed to spawn a sequel of sorts, Havoc 2: Normal Adolescent Behavior (which had no real relation to the original).


Kelly Preston Mischief nude

7. Mischief (1985)

Who: Kelly Preston

What: Bedroom Bush

A 1980s classic, Preston disrobes in a beautiful (and funny) nude scene which will make you reach for the remote. Kelly Preston, Yum! And on a related note, Preston still looked pretty great (and topless) in Jerry Maguire 10 years later.


Marisa Tomei Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead

6. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

Who: Marisa Tomei

What: Opening Bedroom

Tomei looked great in 2008’s The Wrestler, but arguably looked better in Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead a year earlier. The movie starts with a great sex scene and her great looks and assets continue throughout.


Alyssa Milano Embrace of the Vampire Nude

5. Embrace of the Vampire (1995)

Who: Alyssa Milano

What: Lesbian seduction

The move is strictly B-level at best, but Milano hopped from child actor on Who’s The Boss to full-blown woman in 1995’s Embrace Of The Vampire. Showing of her assets in the low-budget horror flick, Milano plays virginal teen Charlotte Wells whose main goal is to fight off the advances of a vampire. Tony Danza would not approve.


Jennifer Connelly The Hot Spot nude

4. The Hot Spot (1990)

Who: Jennifer Connelly/Debra Cole

What: Sitting on beach

She’s young, she’s outside, she’s soaking wet, and it’s long. Easy call. Jennifer Connelly reappears on this list in her very first nude scene, where she can be seen laying down in the sand along a lake. Debra Cole has decided to join her, and both are sans tops.


Denise Richards Neve Campbell Wild Things Unrated Nude

3. Wild Things (1998)

Who: Denise Richards/Neve Campbell

What: Pool Scene

The three way between Richards, Campbell, and Matt Dillon is one hot scene, but if I’m choosing just one scene from this movie (and we’re trying to limit this to one scene per movie), it’s the unrated pool scene. It goes from cat fight to lesbian make-out in the blink of an eye. That’s women at their best!


Shannon Elizabeth American Pie Nude

2. American Pie (1999)

Who: Shannon Elizabeth

What: Bedroom scene, Nadia and the magazine

Who wouldn’t want to find a naked Shannon Elizabeth in their bedroom?


Phoebe Cates Fast Times at Ridgemont High nude

1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Who: Phoebe Cates

What: pool scene

Doesn’t anyone f-ing knock anymore? This scene has forever changed the Car’s song Moving in Stereo…in a good way. Not that it is the only one from this film. Like Wild Things, you also have Jennifer Jason Leigh in the poolhouse. But this is the one scene you’ll remember as it’s just one of those great scenes in cinematic history.

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