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SPECIAL effects and other tricks of the movie trade are widely used to make films appear real.

None more so than when two actors are called into steamy action for a sex scene.

Although their love-making may look genuine to the cinema-goer’s eye, that’s usually thanks to clever editing, strategic camera angles and modesty-sparing underwear that’s out of shot.

However, there have been instances where actors have gone all the way with their co-stars in the name of art.

Here are ten mainstream movies featuring stars having actual sex...

All About Anna (2006)

A Danish movie by Lars Von Trier about sexual relationships, the director called on his two protagonists to bump uglies and masturbate for real.

He said: “Without the sex scenes, the film’s drama would fall apart. This was a particular challenge to the film’s cast, who had to cope with the traditional social and human traumas associated with having real sex in front of a camera.”

The Brown Bunny (2003)

Chloe Sevigny actually DID perform oral sex on co-star Vincent Gallo during one particularly eye-popping scene in this strange flick about a motorcycle racer who craves women to cure his loneliness.

The actress said: “I knew people would not understand it. When you see the film, it makes more sense. It's an art film.”

Nymphomaniac (2013)

Another movie from the art house (or warped, some might say) imagination of Lars Von Trier, this epic journey through the sexual adventures of a nymphomaniac sees lead actress Charlotte Gainsbourg having unsimulated romps with all manner of co-stars – including Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater and Jamie Bell.

While all actors willingly stripped off for real-life sex scenes to give the movie a, erm, penetrative edge, their climaxes were shot using body doubles.

The Lover (1992)

This movie about a young French woman embarking on a steamy fling with a rich, older Chinese man sparked widespread controversy upon its release.

Speculation was rife that racy scenes featuring stars Jane March and Tony Ka Fai Leung were not simulated – and the film pushed the limits of what the acceptable age is to see a young girl engaging in such acts on screen should be.

Lie With Me (2005)

A sexually aggressive young woman meets her match and begins a torrid affair with him in this graphic Spanish flick.

Viewers claimed the sizzling action between The L Word star Lauren Lee Smith and actor Eric Balfour looked a bit too realistic – and they were dead right.

Little Ashes (2008)

No doubt Robert Pattinson was left with little rashes after Little Ashes.

Eager to distance himself from the candy-coated Twilight series, the movie follows the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca – and R-Patz later admitted he masturbated for real in one scene, because faking it “just doesn’t work”.

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Pink Flamingos (1972)

Maverick director John Waters’ camp cult classic stars legendary transvestite performer Divine as a notorious criminal who goes up against a sleazy married couple who want to steal her crown as the “filthiest person alive”.

Shockingly, the character played by the international icon of bad taste cinema and her son indulge in incestuous romps inside a friend’s home – and the oral sex Divine performs on him is real.

Baise-Moi (2000)

This nasty French flick about two young rebellious women who go on a destructive spree of sex and violence features a range of graphic scenes.

Many considered it a porn movie – thanks to a plethora of unsimulated action – more than an art film, and it was universally mauled by critics.

9 Songs (2004)

Love blooms between an American college student (Margo Stilley) and a London-based glaciologist (Kieran O’Brien) in Michael Winterbottom’s X-rated movie.

The couple attend nine rock concerts throughout the film and enjoy real-life graphic nookie between each, so it’s unlikely the lead stars invited their parents to the premiere.

Caligula (1979)

Detailing the shocking and tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula, the cult classic has been described by many viewers as a two-and-a-half-hour orgy.

Starring A-list British actors including Peter O’Toole, Helen Mirren and John Gielgud, the movie is reported to be the first time that recognised stars of the screen stripped off pornographic scenes in a mainstream film.

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