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Sex Comedy

A type of comedy in which the humor is derived from bedroom farce, romantic lust and/or obsession, and other sexual situations. Though the moniker infers perhaps graphic or gratuitous sexuality or nudity, this subgenre instead primarily relies on sharp witticisms, situational humor, slapstick, and other conventions shared by the slapstick comedy. Mistaken identity, romantic triangles, repression, and embarrassing predicaments are main elements, with narratives often involving game playing, flirting and the loss of virginity. These films already existed in the '50s (Seven Year Itch, Pillow Talk) before becoming more explicit and risque in the '60s (The Graduate, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice). The '70s brought a cynical edge with Carnal Knowledge and the films of Woody Allen, while the '80s reveled in teen sex (Risky Business,Fast Times at Ridgemont High). The '90s brought variations on the genre, with focuses on gays and lesbians (The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, Jeffrey) and multiple partners (Threesome).

Major Works
Rating
Year
 Title
 
 Director
  9 Stars 1959 Some Like It Hot   Billy Wilder
  9 Stars 1967 The Graduate   Mike Nichols
  9 Stars 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High   Amy Heckerling
  8 Stars 1982 Victor/Victoria   Blake Edwards
  8 Stars 1975 Shampoo   Hal Ashby
  8 Stars 1955 The Seven Year Itch   Billy Wilder
  7 Stars 1998 There's Something About Mary   Bobby Farrelly
  7 Stars 1997 Deconstructing Harry   Woody Allen
  7 Stars 1997 Chasing Amy   Kevin Smith
  7 Stars 1996 Spiklenci Slasti   Jan Svankmajer
  7 Stars 1996 Flirting With Disaster   David O. Russell
    7 Stars 1992 De Noorderlingen   Alex Van Warmerdam
    7 Stars 1966 Signore e Signori   Pietro Germi
  7 Stars 1963 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow   Vittorio De Sica
  7 Stars 1965 What's New Pussycat?   Clive Donner
  7 Stars 1977 That Obscure Object of Desire   Luis Buñuel
  7 Stars 1972 Mimi Metallurgico Ferito Nell'Onore   Lina Wertmüller
  7 Stars 1981 S.O.B.   Blake Edwards
  7 Stars 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show   Jim Sharman
  7 Stars 1983 Risky Business   Paul Brickman
  7 Stars 1959 Pillow Talk   Michael Gordon
  7 Stars 1961 Lover Come Back   Delbert Mann
  7 Stars 1978 La Cage Aux Folles   Edouard Molinaro
  7 Stars 1971 Is There Sex After Death?   Alan Abel
  7 Stars 1963 Irma La Douce   Billy Wilder
  7 Stars 1978 Get out Your Handkerchiefs   Bertrand Blier
  7 Stars 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes   Howard Hawks
  6 Stars 1999 American Pie   Paul Weitz
  6 Stars 1997 The House of Yes   Mark S. Waters
  6 Stars 1995 Mighty Aphrodite   Woody Allen
  6 Stars 1992 Jamón Jamón   J.J. Bigas Luna
  6 Stars 1986 The Law of Desire   Pedro Almodóvar
  6 Stars 1974 Going Places   Bertrand Blier
  6 Stars 1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice   Paul Mazursky
  6 Stars 1966 Alfie   Lewis Gilbert
  5 Stars 1999 Trick   Jim Fall
  5 Stars 1998 Woo   Daisy von Scherler Mayer
  5 Stars 1997 Viva Erotica   Derek Yee
    5 Stars 1996 Mon Homme   Bertrand Blier
  5 Stars 1995 Jeffrey   Christopher Ashley
  5 Stars 1995 Gazon Maudit   Josiane Balasko
    5 Stars 1965 Il Magnifico Cornuto   Antonio Pietrangeli
  5 Stars 1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask   Woody Allen
  5 Stars 1990 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!   Pedro Almodóvar
  5 Stars 1955 The Tender Trap   Charles Walters
  5 Stars 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy   Woody Allen
  5 Stars 1986 Tenue de Soirée   Bertrand Blier
  5 Stars 1967 A Guide for the Married Man   Gene Kelly
  5 Stars 1970 The Decameron   Pier Paolo Pasolini
  5 Stars 1984 Bachelor Party   Neal Israel
  4 Stars 2000 Road Trip   Todd Phillips
  4 Stars 1998 Relax ... It's Just Sex   P.J. Castellaneta
    4 Stars 1996 Pedale Douce   Gabriel Aghion
    4 Stars 1984 Threesome   Lou Antonio
  4 Stars 1982 Zapped!   Robert J. Rosenthal
  4 Stars 1993 Three of Hearts   Yurek Bogayevicz
  4 Stars 1981 Porky's   Bob Clark
    4 Stars 1977 Un Moment d'Egarement   Claude Berri
  4 Stars 1982 Labyrinth of Passion   Pedro Almodóvar
    4 Stars 1985 French Lesson   Brian Gilbert
  4 Stars 1992 Boomerang   Reginald Hudlin
  4 Stars 1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas   Colin Higgins
  4 Stars 1979 10   Blake Edwards
  3 Stars 1997 Booty Call   Jeff Pollack
  3 Stars 1993 Kika   Pedro Almodóvar
  3 Stars 1982 Young Doctors in Love   Garry Marshall
    3 Stars 1981 So Fine   Andrew Bergman
  3 Stars 1982 Losin' It   Curtis Hanson
    3 Stars 1969 Futz   Tom O'Horgan
  3 Stars 1984 Blame It On Rio   Stanley Donen
  2 Stars 1995 Showgirls   Paul Verhoeven
  2 Stars 1983 Porky's 2: The Next Day   Bob Clark
  2 Stars 1982 My Tutor   George Bowers
  2 Stars 1984 Hot Moves   Jim Sotos
  2 Stars 1983 Class   Lewis John Carlino
  2 Stars 1988 Casual Sex?   Genevieve Robert
 
 
 
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