Our Staff Picks column is a new addition that takes you back to a time when video stores reigned supreme and the "Staff Picks" section was the place to find out what films were worthy of one's time. Of course, our version has a decidedly nude angle, as we suss out which films from a certain genre with great nudity. This week: 80s movies!
Let's check out these totally tubular staff picks for 80s movie nudity. You may have forgotten how much you love some of these bitchin' nude scenes. Okay, I'll stop with the 80s vernacular and let the asses speak for themselves:
All the Right Moves
Let's start off with a Mr. Man classic: All the Right Moves. This 80s flick is a classic for one major reason: Tom Cruise shows his penis. It's true! Tom is one of the biggest Hollywood actors of all time and he began his career off with a lot of interesting roles, but this one is his most naked.
Legend has it that Tom Cruise offered to go nude in this scene. Apparently, his female co-star had to strip naked and she was not totally comfortable with it. Tom decided to make her feel more comfortable by also going nude. It was the logical thing to do. Why should only the woman take her clothes off? Men get naked to have sex, too. What a classy thing to do and we got a dick out of it. Kudos, Tom.
To Live and Die in L.A.
Do you want a locker room scene? Do you want dick? What about balls? Then To Live and Die in L.A. is the film for you. This 1985 flick is probably director William Friedkin's best known and for a good reason: it is an action-packed classic. William Petersen and John Pankow play a secret service agent who is trying to track down a criminal mastermind played by Willem Dafoe.
I love the scene where all three hotties show their bodies in the locker room. Who doesn't love a good locker room scene filled with ass?
American Gigolo
Paul Schrader directed this 1980 classic that essentially launched the career of male sex symbol Richard Gere. Richard Gere played a male escort who deals with high-class ladies. He starts an affair with a politician's wife which just sets him on a course for danger. It also sets him on a course for cock.
We see his cock during an infamous scene in which the butt-naked beauty gets out of bed and gazes out the window. While he is checking out his view, we are checking out ours. That rear view is something special. This film basically secured Richard Gere as everyone's crush in the 1980s and beyond. It is definitely not hard to see why!
Cat People
If you want an 80s horror film with nudity, then Cat People is for you. Yes, it's strange, but it is also super compelling. Star Malcolm McDowell is partially why it is so compelling. He plays one-half of a pair of siblings who are creatures that turn into cats at night. These werecats have to mate with each other or they risk being permanently transformed into a panther. Um...what? Yes.
Malcolm, being no stranger to iconic nudity (never forget his nude wrestling scene in the famous film If... which was also his first feature), is naked when he transforms back into his human form after having a cat's night out. Well, the cat is out of the bag...so is the penis.
Some Girls
This lesser-known 80s classic is worth remembering because it stars a young, handsome Patrick Dempsey. Yes, McDreamy himself! He is an American college student in Quebec during the holidays. His character is ultra horny and surrounded by women who tempt him. That must be why he runs around naked in one scene and even shows his cock in a shadowy scene. I'll take it! Some guys have all the looks.
Summer Lovers
Ah, Summer Lovers. Or as I like to call it: Peter Gallagher's Penis. That is always how I remember this beautifully shot movie that takes us on a summer vacation in Greece. A couple in Greece is vacationing together when the man has a little flirtation with a local girl. Instead of getting upset at her man, the woman in the relationship decides to open up the relationship so that the two of them can share their man. Aw, how thoughtful.
This was a very steamy film for the time - or any time. Happily sharing your man and being hot and sexy on the beach as a throuple? You don't see that every day in Hollywood. When Peter Gallagher is your boyfriend, you probably expect other people to fling themselves at him. Sharing only makes sense with this dark-haired darling walking around on the beach nude. Can she share him with me, please?!
