Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in “American Psycho”
Sure, Patrick might beat you with a wire hanger, maim, murder and decapitate you, but whether he’s in a crisp Armani suit or his birthday suit, you can’t deny how utterly amazing Christian looks.
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Jennifer Lopez as Catherine Deane in “The Cell”
J. Lo’s made a career out of being a sexy staple on the red carpet, but she got to wore such sublime haute couture in “The Cell’s” dream sequences, every real life ensemble kinda pales in comparison.
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Matt Damon as Will Hunting in “Good Will Hunting”
Admit it: You fell in love with Matt Damon the second his “how do you like them apples” speech was over.
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Brad Pitt as John Smith in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
Trying to choose Brad’s sexiest performance is a bit like picking a favorite M&M flavor — they’re all pretty fantastic. This movie gets our nod because Brad has never channeled his off-screen chemistry with someone so effortlessly on-screen. Also, those arms don’t hurt.
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Angelina Jolie as Olympias in “Alexander”
This swords and sandals biopic featured the Angie we all secretly love — incestuous, aggressively sexual and playing with snakes.
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Colin Farrell as Jim Street in “S.W.A.T.”
Playing up his real life cocksure image with the perfect balance of driven determination and perspiration made this retro TV remake lightyears better than the original.
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Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in “The Doors”
Just like playing certain roles are guaranteed to snag actors Oscar nominations, standing in for one of the most lusted after music legends of all time was bound to make Val sexy by association. A correlation he’s worked real hard
at eradicating ever since.
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Julia Roberts as Julianne Potter in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”
Wild-eyed, desperate and love-crazy has never looked as sexy as it did on Julia — especially in her lavender bridesmaid dress.
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Johnny Depp as Roux in “Chocolat”
He belongs to a traveling band of European gypsies, who go town to town, seducing the women with sweet guitar skills and putting on wondrous festivals. I imagine it’s exactly what Johnny does in real life when he’s not acting.
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Halle Berry as Ginger Knowles in “Swordfish”
She may have gotten half a million dollars to bare her breasts in this stylized cat and mouse technothriller, but Halle oozes sensuality from the moment she slinks on screen and grabs Stanley’s club. His golf club, that is.
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Tom Cruise as Maverick in “Top Gun”
Before Katie Holmes, before Nicole Kidman, before Oprah, there was Maverick — the hot shot pilot who made women drop their drawers and audiences drop their jaws.
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Charlize Theron as Mary Embrey in “Hancock”
Spoiler alert! Although she starts the film off as a subdued housewife, halfway through Charlize steps into a leather catsuit that’s so sultry, it would put many a dominatrix to shame.
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George Clooney as Jack Foley in “Out Of Sight”
Everyone references the car trunk scene when talking about what a sexy film this is, but I prefer watching Jack seduce a bank teller into emptying out her cash drawer simply with his soothing voice and charming smirk.
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Nicole Kidman as Satine in “Mouline Rouge”
It’s pretty difficult to swing above a crowd of tuxedo-clad men in a diamond encrusted bustier and not look sexy. But add in amazing vocals, killer kicks and a script that packs an emotional wallop, and you’ve really got something to sing about.
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Orlando Bloom as Drew Baylor in “Elizabethtown”
Up until this point Orlando had only played magical elves and medieval men — so seeing him wear jeans and use a cell phone brought his sex appeal up to date.
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Cameron Diaz as Tina Carlyle in “The Mask”
With two sparkly scenes Cammy D left her former life as a model behind and became an honest to goodness movie star.
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Hugh Jackman as The Drover in “Australia”
“X-Men 2” comes close, but for my money, watching a powerful Hugh get dirty — and clean — with Nicole Kidman throughout Baz Luhrman’s overbaked homeland opus wipes the floor with Wolverine.
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Kate Hudson as Andie Anderson in “How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days”
It takes a special woman to make crazy look sexy and Kate Hudson looks crazy good in this movie — particularly when she slips into that yellow satin gown.
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard in “The Beach”
I know what you’re thinking, it’s a travesty that I didn’t pick Jack from “Titanic” or his “Romeo & Juliet” star-crossed lover, but based purely on aesthetics, this sandy flick wins hands down.
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Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart in “Miss Congeniality”
When those post-makeover hanger doors open and Sandra struts out in a skintight purple mini-dress tell me you didn’t think, wow.
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Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance in “A Time To Kill”
This was the world’s first real taste of the Southern fried star — and we all came back for seconds. Matthew is so smoking hot in this sweaty legal thriller that he came in dating one co-star, Ashley Judd, and left dating another, Sandra Bullock.
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Uma Thurman as The Bride in “Kill Bill”
I’d almost be afraid for my own safety not to select this character as Uma’s sexiest, but the fact that she makes a yellow tracksuit look like a couture gown, makes my choice all the easier.
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Alec Baldwin as Frederick J. Frenger Jr. in “Miami Blues”
Remember that scene from “30 Rock” where Jack talked about living in the “pretty bubble” and showed Liz an old photo of himself rocking, what she called, ‘A Superman chest?’ I think that snap came from this movie.
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Demi Moore as Diana Murphy in “Indecent Propsal”
OK, so she showed you some boob in “Striptease” but isn’t watching Demi take her clothes off so much sexier when she’s actually got an intelligent script backing her up?
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Ryan Phillippe as Sebastian Valmont in “Cruel Intentions”
Mind games never looked as hot as they did in this “Dangerous Liasions” revamp — in fact Ryan was so alluring, he married his co-star.
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Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Smooter in “Sweet Home Alabama
Debuting her modernized Meg Ryan bob was just one of the reasons everyone wanted a piece of Reese after this movie.
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Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King in “Blade: Trinity”
Up until this point Ryan had just been that funny guy from “Van Wilder.” Not only did this threequel play to his comedy strengths but also his physical ones. Plus, Ryan kept washing people’s clothes on his abs, so clearly he’s helpful too.
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Jennifer Aniston as Brooke Meyers in “The Break-Up”
Jen not only proved that she was game for a nude scene with this surprisingly dramatic comedy, but that she could also act.
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Christian Slater as J.D. in “Heathers”
Christian crafted his most charming cinematic bad boy in this dark comedy — we’d kill for him, wouldn’t you?
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Michelle Pfeiffer as Susie Diamond in “The Fabulous Baker Boys”
Michelle earned a Golden Globe, snagged an Oscar nomination and found a legion of loyal fans after her piano-grazing performance blew up the big screen. If you’ve never seen her iconic rendition of “Makin’ Whoopee,” do yourself a favor and check it out
!
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Richard Gere as Julian in “American Gigolo”
Easily one of the most memorable performances of Richard’s career — and one of the most copied looks of the 80’s.
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Renee Zellweger as Gina in “Empire Records”
I feel like Renee has lost some of the charisma she flaunted in her first major role. When Gina found that “Sugar High” I knew Hollywood had found a star!
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Will Smith as Mike Lowry in “Bad Boys”
Even Will admits that the scene where he’s running down the street, shirt flapping in the breeze, turned him into a star. “Up until that point, nobody ever looked at me as a sex symbol — I’ve always been a little goofy,” he told AP Radio in 2003.
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Jennifer Garner as Elektra in “Elektra”
How can you go wrong with a red satin corset?
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Gerard Butler as King Leonidas in “300”
If it weren’t for all the blood, you might mistake this movie for an issue of Men’s Fitness come to life.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones as Elena de la Vega in “Legend of Zorro”
Clearly CZJ is a lover and a fighter.
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Nicolas Cage as Castor Troy & Sean Archer in “Face/Off”
With this face-swapping film, you get two Nic’s for the price of one. Personally, I prefer the peach-savoring baddie, Castor.
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Paul Rudd as Pete in “Knocked Up”
A funny father whose only transgression is fantasy baseball — I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a fantasy husband to me.
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Elisabeth Shue as Jordan Mooney in “Cocktail”
She was the original rich bitch in this movie — but more than that, Elisabeth was both my first big screen crush and the first actress I saw naked thanks to her waterfall romp.
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Kevin Costner as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell in “No Way Out”
Everybody loves a man in uniform!
