The 10 Hottest Extramarital Affairs In Movies

Being bad has never been hotter.

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Cheating on one's spouse isn't something to be celebrated, but you'd never know that in Hollywood. Extramarital affairs in films occur about as often as they do in actors' real lives—which is to say, really often—and, though characters often meet consequences for their actions, forbidden love stories are almost always hot. From Diane Lane and Olivier Martinez in the classic infidelity film Unfaithful, to Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried in not-so-classic infidelity film Chloe, there's something undeniably alluring about a couple of lookers who shouldn't be together throwing their morals out the window and exploring the illicit on screen. After all, it's just fiction.

In honor of this Friday's US release of The Deep Blue Sea, in which Rachel Weisz plays an old British judge's wife who gets it in with a dashing Royal Air Force pilot (Tom Hiddleston), we took a look at The 10 Hottest Extramarital Affairs In Movies

Written by Tanya Ghahremani (@TanyaGhahremani)

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10. Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Scarlett Johansson in Matchpoint (2005)

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9. Jude Law & Julia Roberts in Closer (2004)

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8. Maribel Verdú & Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna in Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

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7. Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (2005)

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6. Kevin Spacey & Mena Suvari in American Beauty (1999)

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5. Ethan Hawke & Marisa Tomei in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

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4. Patrick Wilson & Kate Winslet in Little Children (2006)

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3. Jeremy Irons & Juliette Binoche in Damage (1992)

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2. Olivier Martinez & Diane Lane in Unfaithful (2002)

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1. Julianne Moore & Amanda Seyfried in Chloe (2009)

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