The Oscar-winning classic queer film Call Me By Your Name has just earned another distinction: it’s officially considered the second hottest movie scene in cinema history.
Fan platform FandomSpot conducted a scientific survey using heart monitors to detect the level of arousal viewers had whilst watching some of the most notoriously sexy scenes in movie and TV history. An increased heart rate translates to increased arousal. The scenes contained a variety of characters with different ages, races, genders and sexual orientations.
“To keep results credible, all participating individuals were asked to watch all clips alone in a seated position, so no external elements could affect their heart rates and they were also asked to provide medical details so we were able to register their normal resting heart rate, in order to accurately monitor any irregular increases or decreases,” the site specifies.
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The most notorious scene in Call Me By Your Name–in which Timothée Chalamet pleasures himself with an apricot (commonly misidentified as a peach)–aroused a full 29% of viewers. In the grand scheme, it placed fourth on the top ten list, and was the second-highest rated movie scene behind Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore sculpting clay in Ghost.
Two television scenes topped out Mr. Chalamet’s peach as well: the bed-wrecking sex scene in Jessica Jones, and the grand finale sex scene of Normal People.
Call Me By Your Name also wasn’t the only queer-themed scene to land in the Top Ten. A shower sex scene between the characters Alex and Piper in Orange is the New Black landed at #5 on the list.
Have a look at the full Top Ten list below. Frankly, we’re wondering how the scene didn’t land the top spot…or, for that matter, how none of the sex scenes from Velvet Goldmine landed on the list, either.
1. Final sex scene in ‘Normal People’ – 38%
2. Pottery scene from ‘Ghost’ – 35%
3. The bed breaking scene from ‘Jessica Jones’ – 32%
4. Peach scene from ‘Call Me By Your Name’ – 29%
5. Alex and Piper first shower scene from ‘Orange Is The New Black’ – 27%
6. The post-fight rough sex scene in ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’– 27%
7. Dr. Izzie asking Dr. Karev to take his pants off before hooking up in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ – 25%
8. Jonathan Pine bearing his bottom while getting intimate with Jemima “Jed” Marshall in ‘The Night Manager’ – 25%
9. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist in ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ – 23%
10. Noah and Allie undressing each other before getting intimate for the second time in ‘The Notebook’ – 20%
SDR94103
hell no.
Jim
The sexiest to Brad Davis in “Midnight Express”!!!!
lather
Absolutely! Incredible movie. Amazing performances. The shower scenes are the best ever. And Brad Davis was sexy even when he was filthy, broken, and done for.
Thanks for reminding us, Jim.
Bengali
I believe Timothy is a really good person. He’s cute like a twink but I don’t find him attractive in the least. Pale white skin, freckled and lots of moles. Naw. Not my type. LOL
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jayceecook
I don’t find him attractive at all either. Actually I found the entire film unsexy and boring.
lather
Never did understand the appeal of Chalamet. Apparently many find him quite desirable, but not me. And I can’t even imagine him in Dune.
Troyfight
…thank you to all….he’s a good actor, but….FAR from sexy….bone-thin….next!
LunaSol2010
Not to exclude your feelings about young men ‘twinks’ but did you feel it during the scene or not is the issue. And a dozen people all spoke about themselves. That is avoidance.
BoomerMyles
He looks like woman.
Boston495
I didn’t find “Call Me By Your Name” to be sexy at all. It was boring. I kept waiting for something to happen. The Peach (or Apricot) scene was nothing. What am I missing?
jayceecook
It’s not an apricot. It’s a peach. In the book it’s a peach and in the film it’s a peach. The author of the book, the director, the actors, freaking everyone including your grandfather who probably sneaks a peek at the gay section of his favorite p0rn site knows it was a freaking peach.
John
Sexy? I found that peach scene to be gross, gratuitous and completely unnecessary. But that’s just me.
[email protected]
Wow, hearing a lot of jealousy here lol, sexy scene for sure.
kevininbuffalo
Not jealousy, just people with a different point of view,
barryaksarben
timothy is not my type but I find him sexy. I think he will be perfect in Dune as Kyle was too old and stiff in the previous movie. I find so many of the commentors on this page to be so angry. If you dont find a guy sexy FINE no need to go on about it. LOTS OF JEALOUSY and BITTERNESS here but I am old and have had an amazing lovelife and sex life and have never limited myself. To the guy who called the peach scene gross WTF? Wht pushes it to the level of gross? Is it the thought of laundry stains? I mean the young guy masterbates using something other than his hand which MOST guys do at one time or the other. Id hate to think you are a prude
BoomerMyles
Tsk, tsk. Disgusting.
LifeinShaw
Overrated movie. Overrated scene.
wikidBSTN
It’s a peach, not an apricot. Didn’t you notice the peach tree’s repeated appearance in the movie? Also explicitly stated in the book.
AntiRepubliQueer
Armie Hammer was very sexy. I don’t find the boyish Chalamet sexy in the least. He may or may not be a good actor, but to me he’s not sexy. I’ve only seen him acting in the Woody Allen film “Rainy Days” and I thought he did a good job as an actor. But zero sex appeal with me. “Rainy Days” made me nostalgic for NYC so “Thank you!” Woody Allen for that.
Den
Seems to me that despite being 25 he has the kind of looks that would appeal to tween girls and ephebophiles. Classic twink/nerd.
mateo
I can’t help but wonder about the people who think that almost anything about “Call Me” was sexy–or even mildly interesting, for that matter. Just how many films have they really seen? This was one of the most UN-sexy films of all time, starting with the Absolute Zero chemistry between the two main characters.
jayceecook
THANK YOU!!!! Absolutely agree. The opposite of sexy in so many ways. I felt the only interesting character was the father and he was barely in it. It was a beautifully shot film with some good music but that’s about it. Terribly overrated.
Trev
The movie that should have been on the list is God’s Own Country. It has a great story and had a very full on sex scene with two good looking men and also a happy ending with a wonderful song in the soundtrack.
BoomerMyles
And “Weekend”.
jayceecook
“God’s Own Country” was brilliant and definitely the better film of the two. It’s sad that CMBYN’s popularity overshadowed it. Now *that* had some sexy scenes.
Cam
Great movie!
Fahd
God’s Own Country in the unedited/uncensored version was available on Kanopy where I watched it… it was a better film than CBMN, which wasn’t bad. I don’t know if Kanopy still has God’s Own Country.
jayceecook
@Fahd I own the “unedited” Blu-ray. Besides a few deleted or extended scenes (some of which actually shouldn’t have been cut) the film is the same as what was shown in theaters and on streaming sites except Amazon Prime USA. That was edited by the US Distributor. Though it was eventually removed from AP USA. I believe it then moved to Netflix. Oddly the version non AP USA could buy or rent wasn’t edited.
inbama
A lot of tacky queens here thinking anyone cares who or what they find sexy and probably think “Downton Abbey” is spelled with two w’s.
BoomerMyles
What a bizarre show. It was named for the Petula Clark song, ya know.
Cam
You seem very angry but about what?
inbama
An award-winning performance by Timothée Chalamet in a beautiful film about a confused kid’s first real love, and you guys are complaining he was “sexy” enough?
What’s happened to gay men?
Do you not know the difference between porn and art?
Donston
It’s an okay movie. It didn’t really offer anything new to the realm of “queer cinema” though. It doesn’t really work as a “love story”. There’s absolutely no chemistry between Timothee and Armie. Armie’s performance is middling at best. And the age and maturity gap between the two leads is kinda creepy.
It does have a very good performance from Timothee, and it’s really pretty to look at. However, there’s a reason why the largest percentage of folks who are really into that movie seem to be straight/straight-ish women in their 20s and older “queens”. It does not speak that well to modern male “queers”.
inbama
@Donston
And then there’s the ageist criticism from tacky queens like, well I won’t mention names.
Prax07
I’ve tried watching the movie twice, and have never seen the peach scene. Fell asleep several times during both tries at watching, and still have no clue what the scene is.
TheRedLine
I thought there was some sexiness in the film but I’d hardly say that the peach scene was one of them although I found the scene mildly amusing. I have my doubts whether a peach (especially a ripe one) could hold up for that purpose but I hardly think a smaller apricot would do the job either and, why do you now say it was an apricot when everyone knows it to be a peach?
RyanMBecker
Tim may not be the most handsome or sexiest actor out there but he is definitely one of the cutest and endearing, at least behaviorally. There are tons of YouTube clips of him being cute, like a little puppy. But he is also very intelligent and well-read, so you often see him switch from academic to adorable within seconds in the same interview. Absolutely adorkable.
Michael
Too funny. Too bad the guys in here saying how he’s not their type can’t post their pictures to see if you could actually ever get anyone like him.
Jer
Me, carping: “8. Jonathan Pine bearing his bottom…” Bearing means carrying; baring means exposing. (Old English teacher; can’t help it.)
Heywood Jablowme
You’re a teacher of Old English? I loved Beowulf! (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
Heywood Jablowme
Anyone who thinks that peach scene is sexy must think the pie scene from “American Pie” is hot!
Kangol2
Meh movie, meh scene, totally overhyped, Chalamet does zilch for me, nothing to do with jealousy or hate, each to his, her or their own.
Chuck Macklin
Even though Queer As Folk is not a movie, if you’re talking about super hot twink scenes, I definitely think the scene where Justin jerks off his school bully is one of the sexiest scenes on film!
Michael1500
I am a big gay movie fan, and I will rewind and replay a sexy scene or a romantic scene over and over. (It took me hours to get through each movie “Free Fall” and “Latter Days,” as well as “God’s Own Country.”) I didn’t even rewind the apricot scene in “Call Me By Your Name” even once. I’m sure Chalamet is a nice person, but my sister is sexier than he is.
RyanMBecker
According to the director, the scene in the book was first deemed too unrealistic to be filmed since a peach was just too small. Then he actually tried masturbating with one and it proved successful. He then had Timothee attempt it and he too found it doable. Only after these two first-hand (haha) confirmations was the scene included in the movie.
Luckily, I just happen to have a ripe peach in the kitchen right now and as a trained scientist, I’ve learned to only trust results that I myself have experienced so…
WillParkinson
I went to YouTube to watch the scene, and found it to be really dull.