2. Women In Love
What marks Women In Love out from the other films on this list is the time it was released. Whereas every other film on this list come from the past twenty years, Women In Love came out in 1969. The scene in question involves Oliver Reed and Alan Bates in front of a roaring fireplace, wrestling naked, but while that is shocking enough for the time (or now), its the homoerotic implications that make it particularly noteworthy. Even director Ken Russell had been reluctant to include the scene, but Reed convinced him it was an essential scene. The harder step was getting the sequence past the BBFC, who were famously very strict on films of a sexual nature. But thanks to a secret pact between the BBFC and Russell, the scene somehow made it through; having friends in high places does help. The film went on to be a relative box office success and get four Oscar nominations, with one win, likely boosted by the enticing scenes presence on the poster.