Top Ten Opening Credits Nude Scenes

Nothing indicates to an audience that you're in for a hell of a ride quite like putting a nude scene over the opening credits. While not all of these films turn into skin-filled adventures following the opening credits, it's always nice to get welcomed into the world of the film with a nude scene—and it's even better when it's an actress you know or like. Here are ten of the best opening credits nude scenes in cinema history!

10. Emily Mortimer in Lovely & Amazing

While it's not even Emily's best nude scene in the film—she strips fully nude for Dermot Mulroney an hour and nineteen minutes in—this photo shoot with Emily in a see-through top that nicely displays her breasts is a great indicator of the sexy time to come in this romantic dramedy!

9. Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct

While it's unclear at first that this is Sharon Stone having sex with corpse-to-be Johnny Boz during the opening credits of Paul Verhoeven's steamy thriller, her moves we see later in the film are mirrored here, further proof she's the one who actually killed Johnny!

8. Charlotte Lewis in Sketch Artist

After stealing hearts of men everywhere with her breakthrough role in The Golden Child, it was exciting for us to hear that Charlotte Lewis was shooting a nude scene for the 1992 film Sketch Artist. It was even more exciting that we didn't have to wait even a minute into the film to see this beauty in the buff!

7. Jackie Swanson in Lethal Weapon

Just as the opening credits to this smash hit action flick are wrapping up, we see the sexy Ms. Swanson laying topless near the open window of a high rise. Within a minute, she will plummet to her death, letting us know that we're in for a fun, sexy time, but that there's real danger around every corner!

6. Kate Winslet in Iris

Period pieces are usually boring as sin, but this Oscar winning 2001 film starts off on the good foot by having the always amazing Ms. Winslet skinny dip over the opening credits. She does it a few more times throughout the film, with the film establishing skinny dipping as a motif, one we happen to love!

5. Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire

Sometimes, sadly, a film never gets better than its opening credits, and this comic book adaptation is one such case. Once you've seen Pam's topless water dance, you can pretty much turn this dud off.

4. Bo Derek in Bolero

This John Derek joint shows off his greatest directorial strength: Shooting his wife in the nude! Bo goes nude a bunch of times, stripping down over the opening credits and frolicking in a field while The Naked Gun's George Kennedy tries in vain to cover her up!

3. Jennifer Connelly in Mulholland Falls

Any film where Jennifer Connelly gets nude on film is worth watching, but this neo-noir gives us the busty brunette topless in the film's opening moments. It's an otherwise pretty forgettable film, but there's no denying it's got one of the best opening credits sequences in film history!

2. Nancy Allen in Carrie

Brian De Palma ensured his adaptation of Stephen King's first novel would be unforgettable by opening it with a softcore shower room sequence where Nancy Allen and her co-stars all went fully nude while humiliating poor Sissy Spacek!

1. Jane Fonda in Barbarella

You have to go back fifty years to this sci-fi classic to find the best of the bunch and the gold standard in opening credits nudity! Jane bares her breasts while floating in zero-g over the credits, letting the audience know that they're in for the ride of their lives!

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