The use of 'unusual' nudity

The first one that comes to mind is The Shining (1980) - the old woman in the bathtub.

Peter Skarsgaard in Kinsey (2004)

Various moments in Schindler's List (1993)

And I recall that in the original broadcasting of The Holocaust back in 1978 that when the people were taken into the "showers," broadcast TV (NBC, I think) actually showed backside nudity.

"This movie is good enough to have been based on a novel."

The Piano, Harvey Keitel.

if hes naked in it then i gotta see it :P

Geoffrey Rush in Quills, that is very strong and impressive scene and Rush's nudity is necessary for the story. He is old and wrinkled and weird, and the scene sure is not arousing!

Also the nudity scenes in Schindler's List are not titillating, but horrifying.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing

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Calendar Girls




Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle "Dixie"?

By "unusual nudity... (as in older or fairly unattractive/unfit people nude)" do you mean when they are still shown in a sexual context?

If not, then there are a wealth of films that aren't restricted in this manner, even Disney had Charles Smith nude in "Never Cry Wolf" (amazing film)... though I suspect this isn't the kind of thing you're looking for. That would be more 'natural' nudity (as in showing nudity as a naturally occurring thing) than unusual.


You also might want to check out "Code 46" and "Morvern Callar". Two interesting films with Samantha Morton (and the same Cinematographer), which has sexual nudity, but not designed to arouse, at least not in the standard Hollywood manner.

Rosie O'Donnell in "Exit to Eden"

...i saw it as a kid on late night cable and it's a scene that has scarred me for life.