American Pie 2 (2001)
A reader nominates Jim’s “gluing himself to himself and a porn VHS tape” as a classic masturbation scene, “not a sexy moment, just plain funny”.
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Does anyone do spooky, disturbing, confusing and sexy like David Lynch? Naomi Watts masturbation scene is only one of the many real and implied sexual hot points in this film.
Y tu Mama Tambien (2001)
A reader writes: there's a scene when the two main characters (boys) are young, lying on adjacent diving boards over a swimming pool, suggesting sexy ideas to each other while they masturbate. The scene ends with an underwater shot of a cloudy splash into the water.Auto-Focus (2002)
Greg Kinnear (playing Bob Crane of Hogan’s Heroes “fame”) and Willem Dafoe totally commit to this masturbation scene.
Secretary (2002)
If there were an Academy Award for best masturbation portrayal, Maggie Gyllenhaal deserves a lifetime achievement statute for her masturbatory turn in a bathroom stall.
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
From a reader: a semi-sexual encounter between Josh Harnett and Shannyn Sossamon, they can't even touch each other so they use flowers to caress each other, and she ends up masturbating in a sexy and beautiful kind of way.
Spun! (2003)
A reader shares: “you cannot have a complete list without including John Leguizamo's scene from "Spun"! The guy totally commits to the scene...naked but for a sock…it's the craziest masturbation scene I've seen in a long time."
Kinsey (2004)
The painful wedding night sex scene between Liam Neeson and Laura Linney so overshadowed the Kinsey solo sex scene that I had completely forgotten it, until a reader wrote in suggesting it could have been more graphic.
40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Masturbation the way Betty Dodson recommends, complete with mood music, candle light, and laughs.
Jarhead (2005)
A reader spotted the Jake Gyllenhaal masturbating looking at his girlfriend's picture scene; "you only see his shoulders and hear him breathe, but it's very well done."
Nine Songs (2005)
From a reader: Both male and female masturbation, and authentic. This was the first explicitly sexual movie to be approved for showing in Ireland, for some reason... The music is the best part!
Babel (2006)
A brief masturbation scene featuring a young Moroccan boy who had been spying on his sister.
Shortbus (2006)
Of the autofellatio masturbation scene in this film one reader writes "You can almost hear all the guys in the cinema thinking 'Oh so that’s how its done?'"
Smiley Face (2007)
One of the most under appreciated performances and films of 2007, Anna Faris is phenomenal in this hilarious stoner movie by Greg Araki. There’s nothing erotic about Danny Masterson’s masturbatory turn with a skull. Okay, maybe there’s something a little erotic about it.
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