We put them up on a pedestal and worship them. For no matter what - they can never die, never disappoint us, or break our hearts. Most of all they leave us wanting more.

On screen, heroes and sirens set the standards by which we measure
 our partners and everything from fashion to folly, from  seduction to heroism.

The motion picture industry officially abandoned the Hays Code in 1968 New ratings systems proposed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) followed an age-based classification of films (G M R X) to protect children. Originally the X-rating wasn't trademarked or copyrighted so adult film producers started applying the X rating to their films (which led to the invention of XX & XXX ratings)

The Postman Always Rings Twice  1981
 Jack Nicholson - Jessica Lange
This version of James M. Cain's novel is famed for replacing the raunchiness unsurprisingly missing from the 1946 version. This time, the kitchen table is the arena for a raunchy sexy scene in which Jack gropes Lange. It becomes clear when Lange swipes The table that she is not in cleaning mode.

À bout de Souffle (1960)
Jean-Paul Belmondo  Jean Seberg
 Translated as "Breathless" remains a  breathtaking film experience and has aged wonderfully. Such masterpieces live up to the hype even though they're not as technically impressive as they were 40 years ago. Still powerful thanks to the on -screen passion. We have to look at "Breathless" from a historic point: it's different from any other previous film. Godard was a visionary

Last Tango In Paris (1972)
Marlon Brando - Maria Schneider
Starting with the infamous butter scene, expatriate Brando meets young Frenchwoman Schneider and before you can say Tango, things get very messy indeed. The result is astoundingly sexless while watching someone as old as Brando do it with someone young enough to be his daughter 

Body Heat (1981)
 William Hurt - Kathleen Turner
 When a sultry Turner in an icy white dress slithers up to Hurt, you know what follows is going to be hot. It might be summer in Florida, but no  air-conditioner can be found. Hurt stands half-naked in front of an open fridge, and smashes through a window in order to get the girl. For two relative unknowns - the chemistry is electrifying. Her character is terrifyingly sexually confident that we believe her lover could be dazed into doing almost anything for her.

The Hunger (1983)
 Catherine Deneuve -  Susan Sarandon
Deneuve is a beautiful, immortal, apparently powerful vampire. When Sarandon enters Deneuve's lair, it's suddenly unclear who's in charge. Acknowledging Deneuve's intent Sarandon responds with an "Oops, I have somehow spilled wine on my nice white shirt, I guess I'll have to take it off now" executing her desire, making it entirely clear that the subsequent encounter is a meeting between sexual equals. In the original draft, she was supposed to be very drunk and drawn in against her will, but Sarandon correctly estimated the effect that a more sensuality

BREATHLESS (1983)
Richard Gere - Valerie Kaprisky
 Innocent student Kaprisky gets hoisted up on a drafting table by Gere who proceeds to work her nipples like a crazed college student. To cool off, Gere nails her in a steamed-up shower (breaking the door) then finishes her off in bed. For sheer stamina and insatiability the one great line: "Do you know William Faulkner?" "Who’s he, someone you f**ed?"

9 1/2 WEEKS (1986)
Mickey Rourke - Kim Basinger
Blindfolded and sexually hypnotized, Basinger groans, writhes and bites her pouty lip as Rourke gives her the Scandinavian treatment. As he rubs the ice from her lips to her panty line. The scene becomes the last word in sensuous teasing and a guide for practical foreplay. Trivia: DVD is more explicit than the theatrical release 
 

The Big Easy (1987)
Dennis Quaid plays New Orleans detective Remy McSwain who gets on the wrong side of assistant D.A. Ann Osborne (Ellen Barkin) while investigating a local mob murder. Eventually the love/hate relationship develops into a romantic one and there is a particularly memorable awkward sex scene. 
 

Basic Instinct (1992)
 Michael Douglas - Sharon Stone
 Hustler magazine took to the screen for this skin flick and propelled a knickerless Sharon Stone to superstardom. Sadly, the police questioning of the cool blonde author is about as sexy as it gets. Unrealistic sex scenes are accompanied by epic music and Stone is described as "world class" after just one night in the sack 

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