The past cinematic decade has been pretty naked, if we must say. Blame having to compete with the Internet and cable television for the increasing proclivity to nudity among many mainstream actors and actresses. That, and perverted screenwriters who could write a steamy shower scene into a movie about Abraham Lincoln.
Thanks to sites like Mr. Skin, who save every nude scene for posterity, you don’t have to sit through countless boring period-pieces or a romantic comedy to see the goods. Google is also your friend, because as the Internet rules go, if someone is naked, it will be online somewhere. Maybe even your own mother. It’s true, I just checked.
Now these aren’t all sex scenes, because we have covered all those before, these are just the best nude scenes of the best decade from late 2000 to now. It took us a while, and a few fines and stretches in jail, to comprehend that nudity doesn’t equal sex. Anyone who had a hatchback or pick-up truck in high school should know that all too well.
We even included some hot peen action, because why should it only be women in this list? Who are your favorite nude stars?
Angelina Jolie Wanted
Marisa Tomei The Wrestler
Christina Ricci Black Snake Moan
Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are Alright
Jessica Biel Powder Blue
Diane Keaton Somethings Gotta Give
Christian Bale American Psycho
Kathy Bates About Schmidt
Anna Faris The House Bunny
Halle Berry Swordfish
Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises
Random Naked Man Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Katie Holmes The Gift
Anne Hathaway Love & Other Drugs
Jason Segel Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jennifer Aniston The Break-Up
Carla Gugino Sin City
Seth Rogen Knocked Up
Maggie Gyllenhaal Sherrybaby
Amanda Peet The Whole Nine Yards
Sacha Baron Cohen & Ken Davitian Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
This article appears in Mar 24-30, 2011.