Sexiest Stars of the Year
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Last Updated: 6/19/24
Note:
The year of each film is according to IMDb. It sometimes changes without my knowledge. When I become aware,
I will make adjustments. Like the Oscars, I select the sexiest male and female for each year. There might be a tie.
It can be any film, regardless of the rating I've given. The list will stop at year 2000.
1926
Rudolph Valentino (The Son of the Sheik)
1934
Clark Gable (It Happened One Night)
Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night)
1935
Robert Donat (The 39 Steps)
1936
William Powell (My Man Godfrey)
1939
Clark Gable (Gone with the Wind)
Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind)
1940
Cary Grant (His Girl Friday)
1941
Humphrey Bogart (The Maltese Falcon)
Betty Grable (I Wake Up Screaming)
1942
Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca)
Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
1944
Lauren Bacall (To Have and Have Not)
1946
Burt Lancaster (The Killers)
Lana Turner (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
1947
Robert Mitchum (Out of the Past)
Rita Hayworth (The Lady from Shanghai)
1948
Burt Lancaster (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands)
1949
Burt Lancaster (Criss Cross)
1950
William Holden (Sunset Boulevard)
Marilyn Monroe (The Asphalt Jungle)
1951
Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Elizabeth Taylor (A Place in the Sun)
1952
Charlton Heston (Ruby Gentry)
Jennifer Jones (Ruby Gentry)
1953
Burt Lancaster (From Here to Eternity)
Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity)
1954
Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront)
Ava Gardner (The Barefoot Contessa)
1955
James Dean (East of Eden)
Grace Kelly (To Catch a Thief)
1956
Yul Brynner (The Ten Commandments)
Cleo Moore (Over-Exposed)
1957
Robert Mitchum (Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison)
Tatiana Samoilova (Letyat zhuravli)
1958
Paul Newman (The Long, Hot Summer)
Kim Novak (Vertigo)
1959
Cary Grant (North by Northwest)
Sandra Dee (A Summer Place)
1960
Alain Delon (Plein soleil)
Anita Ekberg (La dolce vita)
1961
Marlon Brando (One-Eyed Jacks)
1962
Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia)
Janet Leigh (The Manchurian Candidate)
1963
Yul Brynner (Kings of the Sun)
Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra)
1965
Elizabeth Taylor (The Sandpiper)
1966
George Peppard (The Blue Max)
Ursula Andress (The Blue Max)
1967
Warren Beatty (Bonnie and Clyde)
Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde)
1968
Burt Lancaster (The Swimmer)
Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl)
1969
Paul Newman and Robert Redford
(Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
Geneviève Bujold (Anne of the Thousand Days)
1970
Elliott Gould (M*A*S*H)
Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H)
1971
Barry Newman (Vanishing Point)
Cybill Shepherd (The Last Picture Show)
1972
Robert Redford (Jeremiah Johnson)
Liza Minnelli (Cabaret)
1973
Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon)
Julie Christie (Don't Look Now)
1974
James Caan (The Gambler)
Faye Dunaway (Chinatown)
1975
Perry King (Mandingo)
Barbara Harris (Nashville)
1976
Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)
Barbara Harris (Family Plot)
1977
John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever)
Jenny Agutter (Equus)
1978
Jon Voight (Coming Home)
Theresa Russell (Straight Time)
1979
Peter Strauss (The Jericho Mile)
Bo Derek (10)
1980
Richard Gere (American Gigolo)
Dyan Cannon (Honeysuckle Rose)
1981
Harrison Ford (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Kathleen Turner (Body Heat)
1982
Matt Dillon (Tex)
Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman)
1983
Matt Dillon (The Outsiders)
Meg Tilly (The Big Chill)
1984
Prince (Purple Rain)
Apollonia Kotero (Purple Rain)
1985
William Petersen (To Live and Die in L.A.)
Joyce Hyser (Just One of the Guys)
1986
William Petersen (Manhunter)
Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger (9½ Weeks)
1987
Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing)
Cher (Moonstruck)
1988
Tom Berenger (Betrayed)
Richard Tyson and Sherilyn Fenn (Two Moon Junction)
1989
James Spader (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
Patsy Kensit (Lethal Weapon 2)
1990
Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III)
Sofia Coppola (The Godfather Part III)
1991
Patrick Swayze (Point Break)
Sarita Choudhury (Mississippi Masala)
1992
Laurence Fishburne (Deep Cover)
Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe (The Last of the Mohicans)
1993
Alec Baldwin (Malice)
Alicia Silverstone (The Crush)
1994
Brad Pitt (Legends of the Fall)
Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
1995
Antonio Banderas (Desperado)
Salma Hayek (Desperado)
1996
Alec Baldwin (The Juror)
Winona Ryder (The Crucible)
1997
Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic)
Jennifer Lopez (U Turn)
1998
Taye Diggs (How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
Denise Richards (Wild Things)
1999
Matthew McConaughey (EdTV)
Mira Sorvino (At First Sight)
2000
Benicio del Toro (Traffic)
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)