10 Steamiest Pool Scenes

The wettest and wildest on film

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Photo: Ludivine Sagnier in Swimming Pool.

BY: PROVOKR Staff

10

Swimming Pool (2003)

In this titillating thriller set in a country villa in Provence with a beautiful pool, a cranky mystery writer (Charlotte Rampling) observes her editor’s stunningly attractive daughter (Ludivine Sagnier), sunning and pleasuring herself (above) as well as (video at top) a local waiter (Jean-Marie Lamour).

9

Cat People (1942)

The threat of a panther-like beast is all shadow and suggestion in the hauntingly filmed pool scene of the original, 1942 Cat People. Jane Randolph and the mysterious foreigner Simone Simon are in love with the same man, so when Randolph decides to take a swim, Simon stalks her.

8

Alpha Dog (2006)

A cautionary tale about aimless California youths mixed up in the drug trade, Alpha Dog features Anton Yeltsin as the kidnapped 15-year-old brother of a dealer who gets sexually initiated by Amanda Seyfried and Amber Heard in the pool.

7

Reckless (1984)

In this ’80s teen romance between blue-collar football player Aidan Quinn and his trophy cheerleader girlfriend Darryl Hannah, they act out their youthful rebelliousness by breaking into the school pool.

6

Breathless (1983)

The American remake of Godard’s Breathless may not have its Gallic subtlety, but this pool flirtation between Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky proves just how undeniably hot these stars can be.

5

Swimfan (2002)

Jesse Bradford is a high-school swimmer with a past, and Erika Christensen is the girl who uses his vulnerabilities for all their worth. In this pool seduction scene, he is helpless.

4

Spring Breakers (2012)

The girls of Spring Breakers are as devilishly bad as bad girls can be, and with their lowlife Svengali (James Franco), Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson make some sensuous bleached-blond waves in the pool.

3

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Phoebe Cates emerging from the pool is the overripe vision of poor Judge Reinhold, as he masturbates in the bathroom—another Cameron Crowe-scripted moment of youthful awkwardness.

2

Wild Things (1988)

There’s a thick web of intrigue hanging over the quartet of cops and criminals, male and female, in Wild Things, but the sexual electricity is surging at its peak when Denise Richards confronts Neve Campbell in a motel pool.

1

Showgirls (1995)

This melodrama about Vegas showgirls, written by Joe Ezsterhas and directed by Paul Verhoeven, is so outrageously over the top that it’s a perfect fit for the indulgent desert mecca in which it’s set. The pool lovemaking scene between Elizabeth Berkeley and Kyle MacLachlan is no exception: it’s a visual sparkler that takes splashing water to a new dimension.

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