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MOVIES:
Best Performances by Naked Men in Motion Pictures
The movies listed below are noteworthy for the ways in which they
present male nakedness. In each case, the display of the uncovered
body is valuable for its enrichment of narrative, character and/or
cinematic production. These selections stand in contrast to the
"gratuitous nudity" available in countless other films.
It seems likely that the actors named are mostly responsible for the
excellence of the "exposure." It could be, however, that the
achievement belongs mainly to a director, camera operator, editor,
body-double, etc. On this list "cast" means that more than two actors
appear without clothing at some point(s) and all their performances
deserve viewing. Other actor(s) than those named herein may be
presented nude in a film included on this list. If unidentified,
his/their portrayal of nakedness is deemed unexceptional.
The over-all quality of a movie is not being considered in these
recommendations. All of the movies are fictional-narrative in nature.
This list will be replaced periodically with updated versions. With
few exceptions, these movies are obtainable on video.
You are encouraged to participate in written discussions or "shared
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Second Revision
Numbers through B
10 TO MIDNIGHT, Gene Davis, 1983
1900, Cast, 1977
1984, John Hurt, 1985
ABOUT LAST NIGHT, Rob Lowe, 1986
ADAPTATION, Chris Cooper, 2003
AFTER DARK, MY SWEET, Jason Patric, 1990
ALL THE MORNINGS OF THE WORLD, Guillaume Depardieu, 1993
ALTERED STATES, William Hurt, 1981
AMERICAN GIGOLO, Richard Gere, 1979
AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, David Naughton, 1981
ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA, Joe Dallasandro, 1974
ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN, Joe Dallasandro, 1974
ANGELS & INSECTS, Douglas Henshall, 1995
ARABIAN NIGHTS, Cast, 1974
ARIA, James Mathers, 1987
ASPEN EXTREME, Peter Berg, 1993
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD, Tom Berrenger, 1991
BACKDRAFT, Jason Gedrick, William Baldwin, 1991
BAD INFLUENCE, Rob Lowe, James Spader, 1990
THE BAD LIEUTENANT, Harvey Keitel, 1992
THE BEDROOM WINDOW, Steve Guttenberg, Brad Greenquist, 1986
THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT, Brian Dennehy, 1987
THE BEST WAY, Patrick Deware, 1978
BETTY BLUE, Jean_Hughes Anglade, 1986
THE BIG EASY, Dennis Quaid, 1987
THE BIGGER SPLASH, Peter Schlesinger, 1974
BIRDY, Matthew Modine, 1984
BITTER HARVEST, Stephen Baldwin, 1993
BLINK, Aidan Quinn, 1993
BLOWN AWAY, Cory Haim, 1992
BLUE LAGOON, Christopher Atkins, 1980
BLUE VELVET, Kyle MacLachlan, 1986
BODY OF EVIDENCE, Willem Dafoe, 1992
BOX OF MOONLIGHT, Sam Rockwell, 1997
BRAINWASH, Walter Olkewicz, 1982
BREATHLESS, Richard Gere, 1983
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, 1981
BRITANNIA HOSPTIAL, Malcolm McDowell, 1982
BROADCAST NEWS, William Hurt, 1987
BROTHER SON, SISTER MOON, Graham Faulkner, 1973
A BROTHER'S KISS, Nick Chinlund, 1996
BUCK AND THE PREACHER, Harry Belafonte, 1971
BULL DURHAM, Tim Robbins, 1988
BUSTER AND BILLIE, Jan-Michael Vincent, 1974
C through M
CALIGULA, Malcolm McDowell, 1979
CANTERBURY TALES, Cast, 1971
CARRIED AWAY, Dennis Hopper, 1996
CARRINGTON, Cast, 1995
CASTAWAY, Oliver Reed, 1986
CATCH 22, Alan Arkin, 1970
CHAIN OF DESIRE, Cast, 1992
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Gary Oldman, 1990
THE CLINIC, Cast, 1982
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Malcolm McDowell, 1971
CLOSE MY EYES, Clive Owen, 1991
COLEGAS, Jose Luis Fernandez Equia, Anotonio B. Pineiro, 1982
COLOR OF NIGHT, Bruce Willis, 1994
THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS, Rupert Everett, 1991
COMING HOME, Bruce Dern, John Voight, 1978
CONFESSIONS, Sam Rockwell, 2003.
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, Alan Howard, 1990
THE CRYING GAME, Jaye Davidson, 1992
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, James Wood, 1994
DANGEROUS TOUCH, Lou Diamond Phillips, 1993
DAMAGE, Jeremy Irons, 1992
DEAD RINGERS, Jeremy Irons, 1988
DEAR BOYS, Cast, 1980
THE DECAMERON, Cast, 1971
DELIVERANCE, Ned Beatty, 1972
LA DERNIERE FEMME (The Last Woman), Gerard Depardieu, 1977
DEVIL IN THE FLESH, Federico Pitzalis, 1986
DON'T LOOK NOW, Donald Sutherland, 1973
THE DOOM GENERATION, James Duval, 1995
THE DOORS, Val Kilmer with Bill Landrum acting as body double, 1991
DORIAN GRAY, Helmut Berger, 1971
DRIVE, HE SAID, Michael Margotta, 1971
DROWNING BY NUMBERS, Cast, 1988
EDWARD II, Cast, 1992
EQUUS, Peter Firth, 1977
EUROPA, EUROPA, Marco Hofshneider, 1991
THE EVERLASTING FAMILY SECRET, Mark Lee, 1989
EXCALIBUR, Nicholas Clay, 1981
EXOTICA, Cast, 1994
FAST-WALKING, M. Emmet Walsh, 1981
THE FISHER KING, Robin Williams. 1991
FLESH, Joe Dallesandro, 1968
FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES, Cast, 1971
THE FOURTH MAN, Thom Hoffman, Jeroen Krabbe, 1984
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975
THE FULL MONTY, Cast, 1997
FUN DOWN THERE, Michael Waite, 1990
GLEN AND RANDA, Steve Curry, 1971
GOING PLACES, Gerard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, 1974
THE GOVERNESS, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 1997
GREEDY, Michael J. Fox, 1994
GRIEF, Alexis Arquette, 1993
HAIR, Cast, 1979
THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT, Cast, 1973
HAUNTED SUMMER, Eric Stoltz, 1988
HENRY AND JUNE, Fred Ward, 1990
HOW TASTY WAS MY LITTLE FRENCHMAN, Arduino Colasanti, 1971
HUSBANDS AND LOVERS, Julian Sands, 1992
JAMON, JAMON, Javier Barden, 1992
IF, Cast, 1969
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, Rod Steiger, 1969
IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN, Tom Berenger, 1971
THE INDIAN RUNNER, Viggo Mortensen, 1991
JACOB'S LADDER, Tim Robbins, 1990
JAMON JAMON, Javier Bardem, Thomas Penco, 1992
THE JERK, Steve Martin, 1979
JUBILEE, Ian Charleson, 1977
KALIFORNIA, David Duchovny, 1993
KANGAROO, Colin Friels, 1987
KILLER CONDOMS, Martin Waltz, 1996
L'HOMME BLESSE, Jean-Hughs Anglade, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, 1988
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, Cast, 1971
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, Willem Dafoe. 1989
LAW OF DESIRE, Antonio Banderas, Eusebio Poncela, 1987
LAWN DOGS, Sam Rockwell, 1998
LETHAL WEAPON, Mel Gibson, 1987
LIEBESTRAUM, Kevin Anderson, 1991
LONESOME COWBOYS, Tom Hompertz, 1968
LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS, Matthew Fergusen, 1993
LOVE MATTERS, Tony Goldwyn, 1993
A MAN CALLED HORSE, Richard Harris. 1970
MAN OF FLOWERS, Norman Kaye, 1983
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, Steve Guttenberg, 1983
MANDINGO, Perry King, Ken Norton, 1975
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, George Byrd, 1979
MAURICE, Rupert Graves, James Wilby, 1987
MAYBE...MAYBE NOT, Til Schweiger, 1996
McVICAR. Roger Daltry, 1981
MEDIUM COOL, Robert Forster, 1969
THE MEN'S CLUB, Harvey Keitel, 1986
THE MERCENARY, Jack Palance, 1969
MIDNIGHT COWBOY, Jon Voight, 1969
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, Brad Davis, 1978
THE MODERNS, Keith Caradine, 1988
MONTENEGRO, Svetozar Cvetkovic, 1981
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN, Graham Chapman, 1979
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, Daniel Day-Lewis, 1986
N through Z
NAKED IN NEW YORK, Eric Stoltz, 1994
NEVER CRY WOLF, Charlie Martin Smith, 1983
NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS, Antonio Banderas, 1995
THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA, Dennis Quaid, 1981
THE NIGHTCOMERS, Marlon Brando, 1971
NORTH DALLAS FORTY, Nick Nolte, 1979
NOSTRADAMUS, Toheky Karyo, 1994
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Brad Dourif, 1975
OUT COLD, Bruce McGill, 1989
OUT ON A LIMB, Matthew Broderick, 1992
PARIS, FRANCE, Cast, 1993
PARTNERS, Ryan O'Neal, 1982
PATTI ROCKS, John Jenkins, Chris Mulkey. 1987
THE PIANO, Harvey Keitel, 1993
THE PILLOW BOOK, Ewan McGregor, 1995
PLANET OF THE APES, Charlton Heston, 1968
PLAYMAKER, Colin Firth, 1994
THE PLAYER, Tim Robbins, 1992
POWDER, Sean Patrick Flanery, 1995
PRICK UP YOUR EARS, Gary Oldman, 1987
PRIEST OF LOVE, Ian McKellan, 1980
PROOF, Russell Crowe, 1991
PROSPERO'S BOOKS, Cast, 1991
QUARTET, Jeremy Kime, 1981
QUEEN MARGOT, Vincent Perez, 1994
RANCHO DELUXE, Jeff Bridges, 1975
RECKLESS, Aidan Quinn, 1984
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, Robert Forster, 1967
REVENGE, Kevin Costner, 1990
ROAD HOUSE, Patrick Swayze, 1989
ROAD TO SELINA, Robert Walker, Jr., 1969
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE, Cast, 1994
ROMEO AND JULIET, Leonard Whiting, 1968
ROOM WITH A VIEW, Cast, 1985
EL SACERDOTE (The Priest) Jose Franco, 1979
SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS, Robert Beltram, Ray
Sharkey, 1989
SCORE, Cast, 1973
SEBASTIANE, Cast, 1977
SEX. LIES AND VIDEO TAPE, James Spader, Peter Gallagher, 1989
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, Tim Robbins, 1994
THE SHELTERING SKY, John Malkovich, 1990
SIRENS, Mark Gerber, 1993
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, Lou Milione, 1994
SLATE, WYNN & ME, Simon Burke, 1987
SMASH PALACE, Bruno Lawrence, 1981
SMOKE, Mark D'Auria, 1993
SOMETHING WILD, Jeff Daniels, 1986
SPETTERS, Cast, 1980
SPUN, John Leguozomo, 2003
STARMAN, Jeff Bridges, 1984
STARS AND BARS, Daniel Day Lewis, 1988
STEALING HEAVEN, Derek De Lint, 1988
STREAMERS, Cast. 1982
SUMMER LOVERS, Peter Gallagher, 1982
SWITCH, Jimmy Smits, 1991
TANGO AND CASH, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, 1989
TAXI ZUM KLO, Frank Ripploh, Dieter Godde, 1980
TANGO AND CASH, Kurt Russell, 1989
THIEF OF HEARTS, Steven Bauer, 1984
THREESOME, Stephen Baldwin, 1994
TOTAL ECLIPSE, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, 1995
TRACKS, Dennis Hopper, 1976
THE TRIP, Peter Fonda, 1967
TROPICAL HEAT, Rick Rossovich, 1993
TURKISH DELIGHT, Roger Hauer, 1973
UN CHANT D'AMOUR (Jean Genet), Cast, 1950
UNDER SUSPICION, Liam Neeson, 1992
THE UNDERNEATH, Peter Gallagher, 1995
VALENTINO, Rudolf Nureyev, 1977
A VERY NATURAL THING, Cast, 1974
VISION QUEST, Matthew Modine, 1985
THE WAR WAGON, Kirk Douglas, 1969
WARM SUMMER RAIN, Barry Tubb, 1989
WE WERE ONE MAN, Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, 1981
WEEDS, Nick Nolte, Mark Rolston, 1987
WHITE PALACE, James Spader, 1990
WIDE SARGASSO SEA, Nathaniel Parker, 1993
WILD THINGS, Kevin Bacon, 1999
WILDE, Jude Law, 1998
WINTER KILLS, Jeff Bridges, 1979
A WOMAN OF DESIRE, Jeff Fahey, 1993
WOMEN IN LOVE, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, 1969
WONDERLAND, Emile Charles, Carsten Norgaard, 1989
YENTL, Mandy Patinkin, 1983
ZANDELEE, Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, 1990
A ZED & TWO NAUGHTS, Sean Deacon, Brian Deacon, 1985
ZERO IN AND SCREAM, Edward Frank, David Kelly, 1985s
ZERO PATIENCE, Cast, 1993
BOOKS:
Male Nudes Contemptuous of Chic
1. Flesh & Stone
by Edward Lucie-Smith
Every Page Challenges and Enchants--finest contemp. photo folio
available, with equally illuminating text
2. John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes
by John Singer Sargent, et al (Hardcover - May 1999)
Superbly Rendered Impressions of the Unihibited Male by this
Celebrated Painter
3. The Drawings of Paul Cadmus
by Guy Davenport, Paul Cadmus
No Other Modern Artist So Meticulously Disrobed Men
4. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
by Nan Goldin, et al (Paperback - December 2001)
Beyond the Controversy, There's No Denying She Lays Bare the Dignity
of the Desperate
5. Pornegrafik - (Pornegraphic)
by Ken Probst (Photographer) (Hardcover - February 1999)
Certifies the Artificiality of the Porn Body--campy & excoriating
6. Luis Caballero: Paintings and Drawings
by Luis Caballero, Luis Calallero (Hardcover - September 1992)
Simultaneously Incarnates the Sensually Sublime, the Monstrously
Destructive, and the Graciously Holy
7. The Bear Cult: Photographs by Chris Nelson
by Chris Nelson, Edward Lucie-smith (Paperback - November 1992)
Photos In Praise of Men Unafraid of Actual Physicality
8. Last Drawings of Christopher Isherwood
by Don Bachardy, et al
An Excruciatingly Inspirational Testimony
9. Drawings of the Male Nude
by Don Bachardy (Illustrator), Armistead Maupin (Designer)
Glorifies What Even the Glimpse Can Convey of Male Bodiliness
10. Imogen Cunningham: On the Body
by Imogen Cunningham (Photographer), Richard Lorenz
She Showed How to Make Love to a Man with a Camera
11. The Hidden Image: Photographs of the Male Nude in the 19th and
20th Centuries
by Peter Weiermair, Claus Nielander (Translator)
Much Imitated Of Late, Still the Best Album of Fine Art Photography on
the Subject
12. Caravaggio (Masters of Italian Art Series)
by Eberhard Konig (Hardcover - March 1998)
Arguably the Most Powerful Painter of the Male Form
13. Collaboration: The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and
Jared French
by Paul Cadmus, et al (Hardcover - December 1992)
Lovely Proof that "Magic Realism" Is Not Self-Contradictory
14. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works: Including a Biography and a
Catalogue Raisonne
by Jane Kallir, et al (Hardcover)
Probably No Other Artist Has Yet Dared to So Scrutinize His Own Body
15. New Orleans: 50 Photographs
by George Dureau, Edward Lucie-Smith (Hardcover - July 1985)
Changing Perspective: When the Naked Man Looks You In the Eye
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Visual Culture Strips Men
1. The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and Private
by Susan Bordo
Readable & Erudite, Funny & Wise, Everybody Wins by Reading It
2. The Nude Male
by Margaret, Walters
Best Overview to Date, By Far--Well Worth the Search
3. Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body
(Culture and the Moving Image)
by Peter Lehman
Major Contribution to Film/Cultural Studies
4. Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography
by Emmanuel Cooper (Paperback - November 1995)
Enjoyable "Genealogy," Entrancing Images
5. Uneasy Pleasures: The Male As Erotic Object
by Kenneth MacKinnon (Hardcover - May 1998)
A Basic Text, Asking All the Right Questions
6. Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation
by Abigail Solomon-Godeau
Spotlighting French Art, It Illuminates Globally
7. Flesh & Stone
by Edward Lucie-Smith
Liberates the Male Body from Glamour Mediocrity
8. Adam: The Male Figure in Art
by Edward Lucie-Smith (Hardcover - October 1998)
Dazzling Illustrations with Insightful Text
9. Movie Buff Checklist: A History of Male Nudity in the Movies
by Marvin Jones (Paperback - 1996)
The Essential Guidebook, Well Organized
10. The Male Body: Features, Destinies, Exposures
by Laurence Goldstein (Editor) (Hardcover - December 1999)
A Must for All Serious Researchers & Theoriticians
11. The Perfectible Body: The Western Ideal of Male Physical
Development
by Kenneth R. Dutton (Paperback - April 1995)
Persuasive Argument with Abundant Graphics
12. The Male Nude in Contemporary Photography (Visual Studies)
by Melody D. Davis
First Rate Analysis Supported by Visual Documentation
13. Seeing Through Clothes
by Anne Hollander (Paperback - March 1993)
Fashion Defining Physique: Daring, Delightful & Utterly Convincing
14. Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art History
by Alex Potts (Hardcover - August 1994)
Exemplary Aesthetic Historiography: How We Got Here from There
15. Art, Desire and the Body in Ancient Greece
by Andrew Stewart (Author)
Demystifying Antiquity Explains Much about Modernity
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Movies Make the Man
1. Acting Male: Masculinities in the Films of James Stewart,Jack
Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood
by Dennis Bingham (Paperback - June 1994)
Readable Dissection of Stardom in Relation to Performance &
Representation--well illustrated
2. Rebel Males: Clift, Brando and Dean
by Graham McCann
Fascinating Study of the Intersection of Biography & Hollywood
Symbolism
3.
Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production (American Culture, Vol 8)
by Paul Smith (Paperback - May 1993)
Iconoclastic Examination of the Internal Conflicts of the Eastwood
Persona
4. Little Joe, Superstar: The Films of Joe Dallesandro
by Michael Ferguson, Joe Dallesandro (Paperback - July 1998)
Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of a Sex Symbol in Underground
Film
5. You Tarzan: Masculinity, Movies and Men
by Pat Kirkham (Editor), et al
First-Rate Anthology in which Contributors Spotlight Their Own
Feelings about Movie Masculinity
6. Me Jane: Masculinity, Movies and Women
by Pat Kirkham (Editor), Janet Thumin (Editor)
Follow-Up Anthology Equally Illuminating--all female contributors
7. Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body
(Culture and the Moving Image)
by Peter Lehman
Enjoyable Inquiry into the Western Hero, Tragic Gangster, Feral Child,
Endowed Porn Star, Emasculated Veteran, etc.
8. Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema
by Steven Cohan (Editor), et al (Paperback - April 1993)
A Basic Text, this Collection Is a Must for Anyone Interested in
Gender-Film Studies
9. Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Reagan Era
by Susan Jeffords
Brilliantly Shows How & Why the '80s Gave Rise to Reagan, Rambo &
Robocop
10. Male Myths and Icons: Masculinity in Popular Culture
by Roger Horrocks (Paperback - November 1995)
Illuminates the Internal Tensions within the Symbolism of Manly
Heroism
11. Male Subjectivity at the Margins
by Kaja Silverman (Paperback - June 1992)
A Feminist & Psychoanalytic Reading of Masculinity Packed to the
Breaking Point with Insights
12. Movie Buff Checklist: A History of Male Nudity in the Movies
by Marvin Jones (Paperback - 1996)
Profusely Illustrated, Well Organized, Over 2,000 Male Nude Scenes in
Mainstream Movies Are Cataloged & Described
13. Male Trouble (Camera Obscura)
by Constance Penley (Editor), Sharon Willis (Editor) (Paperback -
March 1993)
Thought-Provoking Compilation from Marxist, Deconstructivist,
Psychoanalytic, and Gay Studies' Perspectives
14. Heavenly Bodies
by Richard Dyer
Detailed Reading of the Films of 3 Stars, Including Paul
Robeson--Eye-Opening as well as Entertaining
15. Masculinity : Bodies, Movies, Culture (AFI Film Readers)
by Peter Lehman (Editor) (Library Binding)
Choice Collection of Essays Giving Equal Attention to Mainstream &
Unorthodox Films
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Visualizing the Naked Man (VtNM) Association
is a no-charge, multi-site internet
club dedicated to
1) promoting the production,
2) facilitating the viewing, and
3) investigating the meanings,
of visual representations of the male body in the fine arts and
popular entertainment.
The club sponsors several operations which house numberous galleries
and
textual repositories. It thereby serves as a clearinghouse for
materials--both written and pictorial--about imagery of the male
body, as well as a forum for discussing the subject. There are many
thousands of images, and hundreds of postings, about subjects ranging
from the iconography of Antiquity to the homerotica of Tom of Finland.
Non-members may view some parts of these sites. Membership is free and
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