Movies 5 Cougar Attacks In Otherwise Highbrow Movies

So here’s the dilemma facing the producers of flicks like The Reader: you’ve got some schlocky super-serious “film” about war crimes or whatever and you know it’s gonna get a gaggle of Golden Globe nominations (Reader just picked up four), but you want it to reach a wider audience. The solution? Write in a side plot where an older woman seduces a teenage boy! (Duh.)

It’s no secret that teenage dudes think about sex a lot, and although they usually beat meat to thoughts of some schoolyard crush, the ultimate fantasy is having an experienced older lady show you the ropes. So while having Kate Winslet take baths with a 15-year-old guy in Reader may be crucial to the movie’s plot (fuck if we know), the cinephiles here at Complex see it for what it is: a cynical (albeit welcomed) ruse to get dudes to watch boring movies. After the jump, check our list of high-minded films that used this lowbrow plot device…