Top 10 Bizarre Screen Kisses
Published on November 5, 2007 - 78 Comments
Films have been full of loving beautiful kisses since day one - but (thankfully for this site) there have been the occasional weird, off-color, or outright bizarre kisses. This is a list of the ten most bizarre or unusual kisses in film history.
10. Most Confusing Kiss Transamerica
Confusion aspect 1: we have Felicity Huffman (a woman in real life) playing the part of Bree, a man who is about to undergo gender reassignment surgery to become a woman.
Confusion aspect 2: his son (Kevin Zegers, playing Toby) unaware that Bree is his father, falls in love with him thinking he is a woman.
Bizarre aspect: Toby kisses his father passionately. Bree manages to push Toby away and is forced to tell him that she is his father.
9. Upside-down Kiss Spiderman
After being attacked by a gang in an alley and rescued, Mary-Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) was kissed by costumed super-hero Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) — it was an upside-down kiss in the rain in which she peeled back the lower part of his mask after asking: “Do I get to say thank you this time?”
8. Learn to Kiss Kiss Cruel Intentions
This film was a teenaged version of Dangerous Liaisons (1988), in which an amoral, bitchy, teen-vamp Manhattan step-sister Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Geller) demonstrated her manipulative intentions toward innocent Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) to destroy her reputation by teaching her how to slow- and wet-kiss in the park, with Cecile’s assessment of their lesbian smooch: “That was cool!”
7. Most Repulsive Kiss Casino
In 2003, readers of the American magazine Film voted the love scene on a sofa between sexy prostitute/hustler Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) and violent mob hit-man/enforcer Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) as the ‘worst’ ever — the second ‘worst’ in the poll was the love scene between Sean Connery and 40 years-younger Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment (1999), followed by the love dalliances between Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in Last Tango In Paris (1972)
6. Human and Ghost Ghost
During a sensuous scene at a hypnotically-spinning pottery wheel - molding, forming and sculpting a phallic-shaped clay object to the tune of “Unchained Melody,” Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) kissed his lover Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) as he was seated behind her — he assisted her in reshaping a collapsed piece of pottery by putting his hands together with hers; and in the finale, recently-murdered ghost-spirit Sam bid grieving Molly goodbye before he passed on into The Light
5. Human and Computer Tron
The climactic kiss between computer program Yori (Cindy Morgan) and human “user” Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), following his resolution to jump suicidally into the energy beam of the Master Control Program (MCP) to save “video game warrior” Tron (Bruce Boxleitner). Yori’s aghast reaction to Flynn’s idea, “Don’t, you’ll be de-rezzed!”, is followed by a long, passionate kiss, as the brilliant, multicolored shaft of light emanating from the MCP glows behind them. After the kiss, Flynn meaningfully gazes into Yori’s eyes one last time, then jumps into the beam.
4. Human and Alien ET
While alien E.T. watched the TV screen tuned to the famous love scene between John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in John Ford’s classic film The Quiet Man (1952), the actions and movements of the two film characters matched identical movements of Elliott (Henry Thomas) and the pretty blonde girl (young Erika Eleniak) in his school’s biology classroom - when the lovers kissed in the movie, Elliott quickened his nerve and kissed the pretty girl in his class - E.T. smiled; also the tear-jerking ending scene of Gertie (Drew Barrymore) kissing E.T.’s nose goodbye before he departed in his spaceship.
3. The Kiss of Death Godfather part II
During a New Year’s Eve celebration in Cuba that ushered in 1959 in a fancy ball in the Presidential Palace, amidst cheering, embracing, and confetti, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) whispered into traitorous brother Fredo’s (John Cavale) ear as they grabbed each other: “There’s a plane waiting for us to take us to Miami in an hour, all right? Don’t make a big thing about it. (He forcefully grabbed him on both sides of the face and kissed him - Sicilian style. It was the kiss of death on his lips.) I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart”
2. Man and Corpse The Shining
When investigating Room 237 in the Overlook Hotel, half-crazed caretaker Jack (Jack Nicholson) pushed open the half-closed bathroom door of the mysterious, green and orange room, where he saw a young, totally-nude female figure (Lia Beldam) bathing - she rose, and slowly stepped from the tub and approached; Jack lustfully leered back at her and was sexually seduced by the apparition; when she stopped in the middle of the room, he started toward her - she seductively moved her hands up over his chest and around his neck; Jack embraced and kissed the illusory, beautiful bather - but when he looked over her shoulder at their embrace in the mirror behind her, he saw that her age had accelerated; she was metamorphisized into a demonic, necrophiliac lover - a pulsating, partially-decomposed corpse - a wrinkled, thick-skinned old hag (Billie Gibson)!
1. Man and Ape Planet of the Apes
This scene is the first to show a bond of love between animal (played by a human in costume) and human. Displaced astronaut-human George Taylor (Charlton Heston) kissed scientist-ape Zira (Kim Hunter), following this situation, as they stood next to crashing waves on a beach: Taylor: “Doctor, I’d like to kiss you goodbye.” Zira: “All right … but you’re so damned ugly!”
Bonus: Child and Adult Me and You and Everyone We Know
This highly controversial kiss (combined with the earlier teenaged sex scene) probably lead to the film earning an 18 rating despite the absence of violence and foul language. Here we see the young boy, Robby, meeting the middle-aged Art Gallery owner that he had been leading on (on the internet) with his talk of “pooping back and forth”. The gallery owner realizes that he is the “man” she has been chatting with and kisses him goodbye despite the fact that he is about 8 years old. Surprisingly the scene illicits a feeling of sympathy for the lady rather than disgust. This controversial film has won awards at Cannes, Sundance, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newport, and Los Angeles.
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1. Emily - November 5th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
weird list
2. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Emily: hehe indeed - that was the aim though
3. Sarah - November 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Brilliant list. I love the scene in Me and You and Everyone We Know when the little boy describes pooping back and forth. It is so cute, yet disgusting and hilarious at the same time!
4. Ravyn - November 5th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
How did I know that the Spiderman upside down kiss was gonna be on here….. lol blech…
anywhoo
great list
5. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Sarah: it is one of my favorite films - the kids are brilliant actors. Did you know the main women (the one who makes the films for the art museum) is the director of the movie too?
6. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Ravyn: blech? I think it is one of the sexiest kisses in film history!
7. Ravyn - November 5th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Jamie: I completely agree….the blech was about how it was sooooo overhyped in the media and by every bloody teeniebooper.
I mean seriously who hasn’t kissed in the rain…upside-down
I have
8. Sheyhey - November 5th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
“Ghost” did damage to my psyche. I knew it was really Whoopi Goldberg that Demi Moore was getting all hot and heavy with. *shivers*
9. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Ravyn: you have? Truly? Lucky bitch!
Sheyhey: hahahah - I watched it last night - It made me feel very strange
Mind you - any film with Whoopi makes me feel that way 
10. Sheyhey - November 5th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I get a little crazy with the double clicking sometimes… how on EARTH do i delete a comment?
11. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Sheyhey: which one do you want deleted? First or second? I will do it for you.
12. Ravyn - November 5th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Jamie: Luck or Crazy? Either way is true though. I love my man
13. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Ravyn: I can appreciate that
Was he wearing a spiderman outfit? 
14. Blogball - November 5th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Thanks for this unique list.
A kiss that also came to my mind was in a movie called Testament It’s about the results of a nuclear war and the last survivors in the US (very depressing film) Anyway Jane Alexander kisses a priest played by Philip Anglim. I remember it was a very much unexpected bazaar kiss.
Also can anybody help me with this?.I saw a movie a while back. I think it was a Canadian Film about the end of the world. (I don’t know what’s up with me with the end of the world flicks)Hey, maybe that would make a good list. Anyway before the world ends this guy and gal agree to shoot each other in the head right before the world ends and then instead they kiss. Another really bazaar kiss. Does anybody know the name of that film?
15. Ryan - November 5th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
God for me that Transamerica kiss would be number one. I remember seeing that movie and not only did I feel repulsed the whole way through it (the subject content is just a bit too weird for me), I felt physically ill when the scene you described took place! There are another couple of scenes that creeped me…the gay sex in the pickup truck, and the bit where you see Bree after he/she has just had the operation…naked.
16. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Blogball: I am just guessing here, but it wouldn’t be “The day the earth stood still” or “The Quiet Earth”?
17. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Ryan: I forgot about the scene in the truck - the film is definitely full of shock scenes. Strangely though, I think it is probably one of the best truly art films in recent years from the States. The director is a genius. You can’t have been shocked with the scene where the father lights his hands on fire though, surely - what a tragic scene - he is trying so hard to get his sons to notice him and love him. It is very sad.
18. Hannah - November 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
I had heard great things about “Me & You & Everyone Else We Know”, but I absolutely hated it once I saw it. Funny though, the kiss mentioned in this list didn’t even stick out in my mind.
19. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Hannah: you didn’t like it? What particularly? It is one of my favorite films
20. Philip - November 5th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
What about Brokeback?
21. Sheyhey - November 5th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
First, im funnier in the second
Thanks Jamie!
22. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Philip: Brokeback Mountain (the scene where the wife sees the kiss) was number 10 but then I found a scene that better suited “bizarre” - rest assured, however, Brokeback Mountain will eventually find its way to the site
23. Kelsi - November 5th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Gah- I nearly had a seizure after watching that Tron scene, and I’m not even epileptic. (Excuse my spelling.)
Good list though, fitting…
24. jfrater - November 5th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Kelsi: I have to confess: this was one of my favorite lists to write!
25. Hannah - November 5th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Jfrater- I think I expected the movie to be quite a bit different (from the trailers I had seen), and I was pretty disgusted with the scene involving the two teenage girls and the boy (the “who’s better?” scene) It ruined the movie for me.
26. StewWriter - November 5th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Okay, let’s go with: The scene where Gena Davis feels the first signs of the fly hair on Jeff Goldblm’s back during and after a kiss, or, the scene where the main chick (I forget her name,, but she’s on Scrubs) kisses her mutated husband on Slither, or in Species when Sil kisses the man she intends to mate with and then… ahem… screws to death. Those are all pretty bizarre I’d say. Gee, i guess I’m a horror movie freak or something…
27. Sirea - November 5th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Wasn’t there some scene in Howard the Duck where the girl kisses the fricken duck? I could be wrong, I never actually saw the movie but I’ve seen enough clips to suspect it… and that would be a very awkward kiss.
28. Xavier - November 5th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Sirea- Considering ducks don’t have lips, I’m sure that would have been very awkward haha.
29. Sin - November 5th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Baseketball - kiss between the 2 dudes
same goes with (In & Out - Kevin Klein & Tom Selleck)
Tanpopo - kiss with oyster/raw egg
Nightmare on Elm Street 2(or3) - Freddy kisses a girl over the phone
30. The Dum Guy - November 5th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Sirea- If I remember right, they did kiss, and a bit more than that.
31. k. - November 5th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
my vote goes to the animated kiss in the Final Fantasy movie… very surreal to see two (very well-rendered) computer animated characters kiss… and it actually seems heart-warming.
32. Mathilda - November 5th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
While the kiss itself is not particularly bizarre, I would like to submit the wedding scene during Freaks when the drunken bimbo wife kisses another man in front of her new husband. I find the whole scene very unusual and quite sad.
33. Samsung - November 5th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
The puppet kiss / sex scene in Team America: World Police - very disturbing
34. Josh - November 5th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Hello? Billy Madison? Chris Farley french-kissing a penguin’s beak? Could you get more bizarre than that?
35. Fili - November 5th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
What about on Fight Club when “Tyler Durden” kisses the narrator’s hand to burn it with lye? Though I guess for the purpose of this list, a “kiss” would be two people locking lips.
Great list!
36. Tomo - November 6th, 2007 at 3:19 am
I’d like to reccommend the Lister/Alien kiss from Red Dwarf. I can’t remember what season it is, but at one point, David Lister was seduced by a shapeshifting alien in the form of a beautiful woman. At first, they show him smooching the girl, and then the camera rotates, and Lister is making out with a slobbery, giant fly type thing. Both utterly bizarre, and incredibly hilarious.
37. alisa - November 6th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Wow. I am speechless about number 10. That is messed up.
Number 2 really creeps me out…but I am a chicken when it comes to movies like “The Shining.”
Lastly, number 1 is quite weird. Unless you believe the story about ape turning into man.
Interesting list!
38. Joel - November 6th, 2007 at 6:39 am
jfrater, this comment isn’t necessarily about this particular list, but I had to say thanks for the endless hours of entertainment provided by compiling these lists. Yours is the first blog I read every day.
39. jfrater - November 6th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Joel: Thank you - that is very kind of you to say
I get a lot of pleasure from writing the lists and readings the comments so it is well worth it 
40. Bonnie_ - November 6th, 2007 at 7:52 am
I hated the whole Planet of the Apes scenario. It was so grim and awful and depressing. The only redeeming light in the whole series was the gorgeous and half-naked Charleton Heston. Look at that bod. He makes Brad Pitt look like one of the apes, and unlike Brad, Heston can really act.
My favorite scene: #1 on your list. I watched it as a little girl and never forgot when Zira told Taylor that he was “damned ugly,” but she’d kiss him anyway.
Happy sigh. Thanks for giving me back a moment of pure happiness when I was a child.
41. Stomper - November 6th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Interesting list. Thanks for putting it together.
In the last entry, you want “elicit” rather than “illicit.” Though I could easily imagine another sentence properly using “illicit” as well.
42. Mathilda - November 6th, 2007 at 8:35 am
jfrater - Actually, there is one missing that would have been very appropriate considering when your list was posted - when Natalie Portman kisses Hugo Weaving while he is wearing his Guy Fawkes mask in V For Vendetta. Actually I should say she kisses the mask; I think it was supposed to be sweet and romantic but I thought it was kind of creepy. I loved the movie though.
43. TMo - November 6th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Um. I own The Shining on DVD and have seen it about 10 times. I don’t remember that scene… guess I need to lay off the cheeva?
44. jfrater - November 6th, 2007 at 9:01 am
TMo: hehe - watch it again - it is pretty nasty!
Mathilda: I haven’t seen that film to be honest - had I have I might have put the scene you mention on the list
Oh - and from your description - it does sound creepy.
45. mazinga - November 7th, 2007 at 12:58 am
the best kiss ever was in hot shots 2, when she told him “kiss me like you never kissed me before”, and then he started to french kiss her nose:D
46. mattybravo - November 7th, 2007 at 1:10 am
Yo StewWriter, that Slither scene popped into my head as well, almost instantly. But the other one that came to mind was from “28 Weeks Later”….if you’ve seen the film, you know what I’m talking about….
47. The Wombat - November 7th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Mathilda,
I was trying to think of why “V for Vendetta” would be very appropriate considering when this list was made and I racked my brain for a good minute and then felt dumb after I remembered the Fifth of November. I really need to watch that again.
and to jfrater: Ever seen “Straw Dogs”? The rape scene is pretty disturbing, but when Hoffman is kissing Susan George afterwards (not knowing what had happened) the look on her face is just heart-wrenching.
48. aido - November 7th, 2007 at 2:55 am
Um- why would Brokeback be on here? It’s just a gay kiss. What is this, the 50s?
My contribution- Christopher Walken / Miranda Richardson in Sleepy Hollow… whole new meaning to the term ‘lovebite’.
49. Rob - November 7th, 2007 at 4:34 am
What about Dead Alive (Braindead)?
The zombie nurse-priest kiss which ends with the priest having half his face skin ripped off definitely needs a spot
50. Azeem - November 7th, 2007 at 5:59 am
The film about the world ending isn’t The Quiet Earth or The Day The Earth Stood Still (both great films) but Last Night, written and directed by Don McKellar. It’s utterly wonderful - and unavailable in the UK, *sob*
51. Sean H - November 7th, 2007 at 9:32 am
How about man, woman, cat in a rainstorm in Breakfast at Tiffany’s? I swear that cat gets in on it.
52. Blogball - November 7th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Azeem that’s it!! It was “Last Night” I should have mentioned before that Sandra Oh was in it. Thanks, I knew someone here would know it.
Very interesting film if anybody wants to check it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/
53. monorail77 - November 7th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
What about the Brother and Sister big wet kiss between Luke and Lei in The Empire Strikes Back? Creepy!
54. John N - November 7th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet but how about the lingering kiss between mother and son (played by Angela Lansbury and Laurence Harvey) in the original THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE?
55. cdngal - November 7th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
blogball - I believe the canadian movie you’re referring to is “last night,” though i never actually saw it so i’m not sure that it ended that way.
additionally i would like to add that just because a kiss is not heterosexual does not necessarily make it “bizarre.” To think that is childish and, frankly, quite boring…of all the things out there, i’m sure we can do much better.
56. jfrater - November 7th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
To be honest I did consider Brokeback Mountain - but not because it was a gay kiss - because it was emotionally charged (in fact one of the actors nearly broke his nose in it). I removed it when I changed the list to Bizarre - it started out with a less specific aim. I am sure it will appear on another list - it did win the Best Kiss of 2006 after all
57. jfrater - November 7th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Oh - welcome to everyone from IMDB incidentally - we appear to be on the front page hit list.
58. Apathygrrl - November 7th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Heh, I’m with Mazinga on the whole Hot Shots 2 kiss, it was hilarious. In fact, when reading this list the first kiss that popped into my head was the one between Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber when he practically tries to swallow her face during his daydream scene. That had me roaring. Yeah, I remember weird stuff like that. Oh! And I just remembered another one, although it’s not technically a kiss, but in Batman Returns between Batman and Catwoman on the roof… you know what I’m talking about
59. Juggz - November 7th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Wombat:
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot…
and you forgot? shame shame!
60. Dude - November 7th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Errr - howabout the kiss between christopher reeves and michael cane in Deathtrap?
61. The Wombat - November 7th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Juggz:
Give me some credit. A good 2/3rds of that minute where I was confused was spent trying to find the date this was posted! I get some leeway because I paid the 10 extra bucks for the DVD edition with the ceramic mask, movie posters, and some slack (of which, I am now cutting!).
62. jfrater - November 8th, 2007 at 2:26 am
The Wombat: I have seen straw dogs - it is a great film. I saw it some time ago so the scene you mentioned does not spring to mind - I might have to give it another look this weekend!
63. Sarah - November 11th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
haha funny list…the shining kinda weirded me out tho…who would want to kiss a dead person?
64. jbjr - November 20th, 2007 at 3:11 am
Dr. Evil and Frau in Austin Powers in Goldmember “the prison scene”. Hilarious movie.
65. T - December 13th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Great list. Love The Godfather one. Poor, stupid
Fredo.
66. joseph - December 25th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Blogball: “The Last Night” is name..good movie…
Jfrater: you are a very smart and entertaining person, thanks so much for these lists
67. joseph - December 25th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
sorry just “Last Night” w/o the “THE”..confusing
68. Liyla - January 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Definitely Some Bizarre Kisses!!
69. Yikkity - January 13th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Another weird kiss is in the movie “Fur” with Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey.Jr. The film is about the photographer Diana Arbus. The best way to watch that movie is high. It will blow your mind.
70. VeraLynn - March 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
jfrater… let me kiss you.
71. Amanda Kay - May 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
lol the Manchester Transfer. ))–((
72. mizz sakura smalls - May 6th, 2008 at 6:55 am
i love the kissses where it is only gurlzzz.
73. Taija - May 12th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Toby didn’t kiss Bree because he fell in love with her, but because he didn’t know any other way to show affection than by sex. On top of that, in that scene Toby already knew that Bree was born in a male body.
In the end, there’s nothing bizarre about the kiss, unless if a person has something against transsexualism.
mizz sakura smalls > That’s just stupid.
74. Joe Joe - June 20th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
What about Blades of Glory? Priceless!
75. Vera Lynn - June 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I kissed Bruce Boxleiter once when he was promoting facial products for men. Caught him by surprise. Caught in on film. Still have the pic.
What about Angrlina Jolie and her bro? Know it’s not on the big screen, maybe on the red carpet, but still.
I love to kiss.
76. colin - August 8th, 2008 at 2:10 am
fantastic and well written list jamie-licious
i dont agree with one ickle bit in no 10…kevin Zegers characters didnt fall in love with Bree?…the way i saw it was, he finally realised that Bree was a good person, and as a prostitute, figured he could give some sex..
anyway
loved it!
and that kiss in In and Out was fun too:)
77. rushfan - August 15th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Me and You reminds me of Birth, that horrible movie with Nicole Kidman and a young boy. I don’t remember if they kiss, but it was weird and just a bad movie.
78. Adoe - November 28th, 2008 at 6:59 am
There’s a mad New Zealand film called ‘The Devil Dared Me to’ about NZ’s greatest stuntman. In one scene his uncle gets to kiss his unrelated Aunt who is a burn victim from a stunt that went horribly wrong many years ago. For sheer gross out laughs this is the scene!