Twice House of the Dragon and the biggest Netflix scandal of the year

Sex scenes in films and series are not just a cheap way to keep viewers happy. They tell a lot about the self-image of the characters, show their positions of power and most intimate desires. The way they are staged can enrich films and series or make them ridiculous. She turns House of the Dragon episodes into controversy and sparks scandals at Netflix. It is, even if it sounds bone dry, an expression of politics. Politics that makes you blush.

So it’s high time to take a look at the end of the year the best erotic and sex scenes of the year to throw. It includes much-discussed scenes from the Game of Thrones spin-off and Netflix sequences from several centuries.

For reasons of youth protection, our video examples only show the beginning of the sex scenes.

House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra and Daemon in the brothel

The scene between Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) and her uncle Daemon (Matt Smith) in a filthy brothel is, of course, morally questionable, but that’s a judgment that could be made about many moments in the series. It releases a tension that has built up since the first episode. The staging in the brothel has nothing to do with pornography, but demonstrates a feeling for authenticity. Daemon’s monologue about female lust is downright progressive if you can detach it from context. In the end, both of them don’t even have “real” sex, which only makes the whole situation even more exciting.

House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra and Ser Cole in the bedchamber

Disappointed by her uncle, Rhaenyra soon turns to bodyguard Ser Kriston Kraut (Fabien Frankel) in her bedroom. here the princess experiences her sexual awakening – she does what she wants. After the surreal incest petting in front of the eyes of the city, things get less hectic in the privacy of their chambers, but all the more passionate. The sex scene with her personal knight differs from most others in GoT-Verse in its focus on the lust of both parties involved.

Netflix scandal Blond: The controversial threesome scene with Ana de Armas

Blonde on Netflix is ​​largely a catalog of the torments that movie star Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) endures. The few moments of liberation are all the more impressive, above all the lustful threesome with Hollywood sons Charles “Cass” Chaplin Jr. (Xavier Samuel) and Edward “Eddy” G. Robinson Jr. (Evan Williams). Marilyn and her two new friends are overwhelmed by the common desire, like the floods of Niagara Falls, and director Andrew Dominik finds expressive pictures for it.

The White Lotus Season 2: The finale between Harper and Ethan ends in bed

The entire second season of hit series The White Lotus is full of sex. However, two always avoided each other. Harper (Aubrey Plaza) and husband Ethan (Will Sharpe) fought over their perceived infidelities finally finding each other in an energetic scene. The tension narrated over the entire season discharges so violently that an expensive vase has to believe it.

Netflix hit Bridgerton: Kate and Anthony in the Pavilion

While Bridgerton’s first season teemed with erotic scenes, Season 2 of the Netflix hit featured only one actual sex scene. When Kate (Simone Ashley) and Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) finally make love, there’s no stopping them. Here, too, sex plays an important role as a dramaturgical highlight. Half the appeal of the sequence is the fact that viewers waited seven episodes for this moment. Bonus points for the contemporary depiction of female pleasure.

Netflix’s adult franchise: Massimo and Laura in 365 Days 2

You can think what you want of Netflix’s flagship eroticism of the 365 Days series. The films are certainly debatable in quality and gender image, but undeniably popular. In their best moments take them with a wink even on the shovel, such as Massimo’s (Michele Morrone) and Laura’s (Anna Maria Sieklucka) golf sequence in 365 Days – This Day.

Scenes from a sex revolution: outdoor eroticism in Lady Chatterley’s Lover

With Lady Chatterley’s lover, Netflix has filmed nothing less than a sex revolution. The scandalous affair of a married noblewoman (Emma Corrin) and a gamekeeper (Jack O’Donnell) finds perhaps its best expression in an intense love scene in the open air, who masterfully comments on the heated relationship between the characters, while not excluding either point of view.

Exception series Euphoria: Nate and Cassie in the bathroom

Euphoria is one of the best and most innovative teen dramas out there. The unusual perspective on love, sex and toxic relationships is evident in the possibly the most important sex scene of the second season. There, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Nate (Jacob Elordi) are almost caught cheating on Maddy’s domineering girlfriend (Alexa Demie), setting in motion a chain of momentous decisions.

Crimes of the Future: Surgical Sex with Viggo Mortensen and Lea Seydoux

Crimes of the Future by legendary director David Cronenberg had the most unusual erotic scenes of the cinema year 2022 to offer. This is not about sex sequences, but rather the surgical operations of Caprice (Léa Seydoux) and Saul (Viggo Mortensen) in dialogue and staging equated with an artistic form of the sexual act. Not terribly sexy to many, but provocative to most.

Late adventures in My Lessons with Leo

In My Lessons With Leo, a 55-year-old woman rebooks the services of a young sex worker (Daryl McCormack). enjoying an orgasm for the first time in her life. The result is a groundbreaking sex-positive and inclusive film whose clear-sighted messages are difficult to reduce to one scene. Just look.

Bros: Queer romantic comedy with one of the funniest sex scenes of the year

The romantic comedy Bros, about the budding relationship between LGBTQ+ activist Bobby and jock Aaron (Luke MacFarlane), still has far too few people watching. A highlight of the warm and pointed film is a sex scene, in which both want to outdo each other in terms of dominant masculinity. Unfortunately, we can only show you the trailer here. For the rest, be sure to stream the film.

Watch the German trailer for Bros here:

Podcast: The 11 best streaming films of 2022 on Netflix, Amazon and Co.

The streaming services released numerous film originals again in 2022. You can find out which of these are the best of the year in the new episode of Streamgegefuehl.

In the podcast we go through the favorites and justify our choice – of course without spoilers. At the end we also give our top 5 lists again if you want to reserve a title.

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