We surveyed our community members to find out which film and TV scenes left them feeling a little hot under the collar, and let’s just say the community picked some provocative, emotional and down-right raunchy scenes! But we weren’t content with the survey findings alone, we needed to get geeky. After discovering the top voted raunchiest scenes, we enlisted the help of some more experts. A while back, we surveyed our community members to find out which film and TV scenes left them feeling a little hot under the collar. The results? Some provocative, emotional and down-right raunchy scenes! But we weren’t content with just the survey findings - we wanted to know how sexy these scenes were. So we enlisted some more help from experts in this field. Turns out, these scenes are pretty darn sexy! ..
We asked 50 people from the FandomSpot community to sit in a room by themselves and watch the 50 scenes which were voted the “sexiest” – all to reveal which one actually got pulses racing the most.
After conducting two weeks of scientific research, it was discovered that scenes which resulted in an increase in heart rates were the most arousing to viewers. Additionally, research from the American Heart Association has found that when a person is emotionally aroused, their pulse rises. ..
To ensure that the study was representative of all adults, candidates were selected from a range of backgrounds, locations, gender, sexual orientations and ages (ranging between 18 and 72).
All participants were asked to watch all clips alone in a seated position, so no external elements could affect their heart rates and they were also asked to provide medical details so we could register their normal resting heart rate.
The first scene in “The Matrix” when Neo is brought before the machines.
The opening scene of “Ender’s Game” when the Ender’s Game team is attacked by aliens.
The first scene in “The Terminator” when John Connor is saved by the Terminator and meets Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The first scene in “The War of the Worlds” when a group of people are sucked into a black hole and die.
The opening scene of “Ender’s Game 2” when the Ender’s Game team is attacked by aliens again.
The first scene in “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” when Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom and fight against Sauron.
The openingscene of “The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers” when Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom again but are stopped by Gollum, who takes them to Mordor
The openingscene of “The Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle-earth” when Aragorn leads his army against Sauron at Helm’s Deep
The openingscene of “Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope” when Luke Skywalker meets Darth Vader
The openingscene of “Star Wars Episode V – Empire Strikes Back” when Luke Skywalker defeats Darth Vader
The final sex scene in ‘Normal People’ – 38%
The pottery scene from ‘Ghost’ – 35%
The bed breaking scene from ‘Jessica Jones’ – 32%
Peach scene from ‘Call Me By Your Name’ – 29%
Alex and Piper first shower scene from ‘Orange Is The New Black’ – 27%
The post-fight rough sex scene in ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’– 27%
Dr. Izzie asking Dr. Karev to take his pants off before hooking up in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ – 25%
Jonathan Pine bearing his bottom while getting intimate with Jemima “Jed” Marshall in ‘The Night Manager’ – 25%
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist in ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ – 23%
Noah and Allie undressing each other before getting intimate for the second time in ‘The Notebook’ – 20%.
The study found that scenes with “real sex” (with awkward interactions and/or honest conversations, like Marrianne’s bra getting stuck over her head in “Normal People”) increase heart rates the most, with an average increase of at least 35%. ..
Our study found that people who watch popular culture media tend to have more favorable opinions of it than those who don’t. ..
We want to hear from you, so please let us know if you think we’ve missed any special scenes or personal favorites.
