5 Surprisingly Sexy Movies

As can be expected, I love movies. I love strange and not always mainstream movies.
I've found that I find a lot of movies sexy that most people don't see that way. My friends understand though.
Here stands my five favorite movies that are surprisingly sexy even though you wouldn't at first think they would be.

The Ninth Gate
(Starring Johnny Depp)

 While at first I believe one would think this is sexy due to the main star... One would be wrong. Johnny Depp is generally a very attractive man. His character in this movie is actually rather bland, and he plays it well. He's mildly awkward, lacking in control and generally a petty bastard. Well written indeed. What really makes this movie so alluring is Polanski's ability to make a movie where very little physical action happens into a sexy sexy feeling. The music is inspired, the colors are deep and rich and the tone is pure sex. At least it is to me... I don't know if anyone agrees with me. My friends don't seem to feel the same way... ah well.

Quills
(Starring Kate Winslet, Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix)

If you're anything like me, you'll find this to be one HOT cast. The subject, however, isn't so much sexy as lurid. The story, without wanting to give a spoiler alert, is *based* on the life of the Marquis de Sade. The infamous writer of lots of sexually perverse stories. The man had a wild side he was determined to share with everyone in naughty, dirty and often disgusting detail. So how could I find this movie sexy? It just is. The feeling, the entire way, is gritty and a bit wrong. You feel as though you, as the viewer, is doing something you really aren't supposed to be doing. Doesn't everyone find it sexy to break a couple of rules? I don't know, but between Kate Winslet's lovely breasts (giggle), Joaquin Phoenix playing a very sexy man of God and Geoffrey Rush being the dirtiest and most vile character he's ever played... good things happen.

Mary Reilly
(Starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich)

This story is technically a Jekyll/Hyde story. I suppose that deserves a spoiler alert, but really... it's in the story. The rest I won't give away. Mary Reilly is a timid character and John Malkovich is a cold and distant Dr. Jekyll. Still, this movie is steamy in a strange way. It gets into you; makes you think and feel. It has very little, if any, real sex to speak of and yet whispers it in every scene. I have difficulty convincing people to watch this movie, it's very serious. I highly suggest anyone watch it though, it's spectacular and really well acted.




L.A. Confidential
(Starring Guy Pierce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger and several other well-known people)

Not to be too obvious, but this movie really has it all. Corruption, conspiracy, sex, violence and excellent acting. I suppose it's not TOO strange a selection, but I found that it isn't generally considered a sexy movie. Maybe it's just that I'm obsessed with history and well produced movies that take place in a different time. I LOVED the costuming, the story is phenomenal, the actors play their parts so damn well... I fell in love with this movie. I felt for each and every character and I never wanted it to stop. Yes, there are a few steamy sex scenes, but the entire movie is misty with sexual tension. Even the Danny DeVito scenes. Just typing about it right now I want to go immerse myself in it again. The fantastic and dramatic music calls to me. The gritty characters set in a Hollywood-hazed scene. Yes L.A. Confidential, I will be your mistress.

Center Stage
(Starring a bunch of kids you've probably never heard of)

 Don't laugh. This is one of my favorite movies ever. With the exception of a very well-casted but very strange addition of Zoe Saldana, most of these actors have never been taken seriously and I don't remember seeing many of them since this movie. I can't say it isn't well-done though. It has the teeny-bopper feel that most people abhor. It appears to be the bubble-gum life that never really touches reality and thus is just redolent of SUCK. I know. I've received the looks many times when I say I LOVE this movie.
Lets move onto why I do love this movie. The story is surprisingly real. It's about shitty people, making good friends out of the people around you and learning, inevitably, to take yourself seriously. I know, ballet is so passe, but I'm not going to judge. I love dancing, and a movie with good dancing is always a great uplifter. Think of Chicago (one that almost made this list) or Moulin Rouge (another almost-lister). Great dancing and excellent accompanying music always makes you feel good. We may not all be fans of musicals, as I am, but sometimes it works so well  you HAVE to accept it. This movie isn't actually a musical, but it is about dancing and music and life. What's sexier than that? I also have to add that the music, a selection of late 1990's/early 2000's rock and pop is still a great mix to dance, exercise or grind to. It does to me what Dirty Dancing did for everyone several years ago; without getting "She's Like The Wind" stuck in your head.

I apologize for getting that song stuck in your head, but it had to be done. Maybe you should read some more blogs to knock it loose.