Best Scenes Streaming In 2025 : 'The White Lotus' Season 3 - 'Paradise' - 'Babygirl'

'The White Lotus' Season 3

The third season of The White Lotus isn’t as steamy as Season 2, but it still packs a punch. The second episode of the newest exploration of opulence gave us a quick hookup between our two favorite characters — Rick and Chelsea, played to perfection by the opposites attract dream team of Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood — and we’re sure there’s more to come from other characters as the season continues.

'Paradise'

To quote Decider’s Nicole Gallucci, the third episode of Hulu’s popular political thriller Paradise wraps with a “steamy shower scene that will leave fans hot, bothered, and buzzing with excitement.” Hell yeah!

Hats off to Sterling K. Brown’s workout routine because… damn. Paradise’s Sarah Shahi broke down the memorable scene during a recent interview with Decider.

“We talked about this a lot, because what is the impetus for the shower? Why does she deliver the information there? Why are they kissing? Why is all of that stuff happening? And I think there’s a mixture of things,” Shahi told Decider over Zoom. “Because of the space that they’re in — in that world there hasn’t been a lot of intimacy. I think people are lonely. People are scared. So I think there is that very primal sense of the proximity, of having another human being this close to you and what that does to you when you’re sharing an intimate story — especially when you haven’t gotten any in a long time. You know what I mean? Let’s just be frank.”

'Babygirl'

Wondering why Anna Menta believes Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller Babygirl had the best sex scenes of 2024? Take it away, Anna!

“The best sex scene of the year is Nicole Kidman writhing on a dirty hotel room carpet, and it’s not even close. (Well, she’s close. Sorry.),” Menta wrote on Decider. “Writer/director Halina Reijn keeps the camera on Kidman’s face, as her character, a high performing CEO, gets fingered by a young intern (Harris Dickinson). There’s no nudity, no thrusting, and no clever camera pans. It’s just an incredible performance from Kidman. When she finishes, it’s a complete 180 from the performative, fake orgasm Kidman puts on for her on-screen husband in the film’s opening scene. It’s raw, animalistic, and honestly, a little gross. It’s real.“