THE KISS: 9 Hot Kisses & How to Use Them

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From love at first a cappella to the most romantic kiss ever, these two are perfect for each other. This creative smooch actually made our list for best kissing positions to try during your next make-out session. Joe Berkowitz is an opinion columnist at Fast Company. His latest book, American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World, is available from Harper Perennial.

Who knew that a love scene between a girl and the guy who bet that he could take her virginity could turn out to be so romantic? The key, of course, is that Sebastian really fell for Annette (and the real-life love between Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon didn't hurt either). James Bond has always been known as a ladies' man and a sex symbol and the shower love scene between Daniel Craig's take on the iconic super spy and Sévérine in Skyfallshows how 007 keeps earning his rep, over and over. Shower sex is impractical and outdoor shower sex is even more so, but it's swoon-worthy in this Zac Efron romance.By modern standards, the love scene in From Here to Eternityis tamer than tame. By 1953 standards, though, the beachside passion of Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster is hot, hot, hot (and romantic, to boot). Jada Pinkett Smith and Allen Payne star in this 1994 romantic drama about a young couple dealing trying to balance love and maturity. Their love scene in the woods is slow, passionate and HOT. It took four movies, but Bella and Edward finally tied the knot and consummated their relationship in a night of sweet-turned-intense honeymoon sex. It was an intimate and really scary thing for me and Heath, in particular, to dive into. It was uncomfortable for both of us in some of the scenes, and yet we both deeply believed in what the movie was saying," Gyllenhaal said during a 2015 interview on NPR's Fresh Air. "I don’t think we knew what a success the movie would be, what it would become." There are a lot of steamy moments in this sports-centric, coming-of-age classic, including when characters Monica and Quincy decide to sleep together for the first time. It's a raw, intimate moment we don't always get to see in movies.

It was an intimate and really scary thing for me and Heath, in particular, to dive into. It was uncomfortable for both of us in some of the scenes, and yet we both deeply believed in what the movie was saying,” Gyllenhaal said during a 2015 interview on NPR’s Fresh Air. “I don’t think we knew what a success the movie would be, what it would become.”Colin Firth earns an Oscar nomination for his performance as a desperate college professor lusting after Nicholas Hoult and his on-screen bare butt. Helen might have been the cause of the Trojan War, but in the 2004 film Troy,it's the love scene between Achilles and Briseis (played by Brad Pitt and Rose Byrne, respectively) that will really get you hot and bothered. In Love & Other Drugs, Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal deliver perfect performances as a couple whose no strings attached situationship evolves into something much deeper. While fans of The Notebook might have Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams pegged for the most romantic kiss in movie history, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gave them a run for their money in the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born. The chemistry between the "Shallow" singers was so strong that they had viewers convinced a relationship was brewing in real life too.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone have sizzling onscreen chemistry (a fact they've proven multiple times now), but their sly flirtation (and steamy post-coital makeout) in Gangster Squadwas, well, the highlight of the movie Gangster Squad.Like with TATBIL, Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome also won "Best Kiss" at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. While accepting the award, Ashton said, "This represents more than a kiss. This is for those who feel like the others, the misfits; this represents us." Sometimes there's a fine line between love and hate—and no movie has ever captured that fact better that Mr. and Mrs. Smith, particularly in the scene in which married rival spies Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie literally destroy their damn house fighting and making love. Romantic love scenes don't have to be about penetrative sex or even oral sex. They don't even have to involve nudity. The scene in which Chiron sits on the beach with his male classmate, who touches him for the first time, proves all of the above.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams may have disliked each other during filming, but that just proves they're talented actors. Is there anything hotter than forbidden love? If you think there is, you clearly haven't watched the library love scene between Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in Atonementrecently. James Wilby goes fully nude and hooks up with Rupert Graves in this passionate period piece, a true classic and daring for its time. A woman (Issa Rae) falls in love with the journalist investigating her mother’s storied photography career, and despite her own estrangement with her mom, she rediscovers their relationship while creating a totally different one. This film is as romantic as it is super steamy.Legends of the Fallwill make you feel lots of feels, but the sexy love scene between Tristan and Susannah is one of the movie's most romantic (and steamiest) moments. Speaking of impractical places to have sex, Pretty Woman'spiano scene (in a public hotel restaurant, no less) will make you want a baby grand. In 1999's Boys Don't Cry, Hilary Swank plays a young trans man (true representation was definitely still a rarity when the film was made) who enjoys a tender night with the girl of his dreams (played by Chloë Sevigny). The movie includes some very steamy, very romantic oral expressions of affection by a lake. Sometimes (most times), playing 7 Minutes in Heaven is way more awkward than it is heavenly, but for Paige and AJ in this Hulu movie, it's clearly a kiss that dreams are made of.