A very unprofessional S&M relationship between control-freak lawyer James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal culminates in Spader sweeping her off her feet and onto a grass turf bed for their first real romantic consummation. In a taboo-busting movie, it's the old-fashioned, if surreal, declaration of love that truly proves hottest, even if it's too cute to be entirely pulse-pounding.

Secretary, James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2002. Courtesy of the Everett Collection