Summer is almost here, but activities will be a little different this year because many public pools, including beaches, are still closed because of the global epidemic. While you may not be able to have a picture-perfect beach day in the months ahead, you can look to the great beach scenes from movies and television for inspiration. Since the 1950s, when bikinis became popular, celebrities have been inspiring us to wear them.
Some of them are more noticeable than others. This could be due to them making a dramatic fashion statement or because it was worn in a movie scene. In anticipation of summer, we’ve compiled a list of the great bikini movie and TV scenes for your viewing pleasure. Consider this an idea for a sunny season, from Pamela Anderson’s famous Baywatch beachwear to Halle Berry as a Bond girl in Die Another Day, when she wore a superbly cut orange bikini. Enjoy!
#1 Elizabeth Taylor as Catherine Holly in Suddenly, Last Summer
Young socialite Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is shocked and committed in this Tennessee Williams adaption after witnessing her cousin’s horrific death while travelling through Europe. In an effort to conceal the circumstances behind her son’s death, Catherine’s aunt Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) pays young doctor Dr John Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift) to perform a lobotomy on her. But John promises that before doing anything, he will learn the truth regarding Catherine’s condition.
#2 Brigitte Bardot in A Very Private Affair as Jill
The stunning Fabio (Marcello Mastroianni), an older man who is married to one of Jill’s acquaintances, develops affection for the young Jill (Brigitte Bardot), who lives in Switzerland with her mother. Jill, who is restless, relocates to Paris to study ballet but succeeds and becomes well-known as a model and actress instead. When Jill, a now-famous person, decides to leave the spotlight and go back to her native Switzerland, she starts dating the recently divorced Fabio, which sparks an uncomfortable media frenzy.
#3 Ursula Andress in Dr No as Honey Ryder
#4 Annette Funicello as Dolores in Beach Party
#5 Sally Field as Gidget in Gidget
#6 Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. as Loana
#7 Pam Grier as Coffy in Coffy
#8 Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) in Charlie’s Angels
#9 Bo Derek as Jenny Hanley in 10
#10 Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Linda Barrett
#11 Pamela Anderson as CJ Parker in Baywatch
#12 Salma Hayek in From Dusk to Dawn as Santánico Pandemonium
#13 Christina Ricci in The Opposite of S*x as Dedee Truitt
#14 Tara Reid in The Big Lebowski as Bunny Lebowski
#15 Kelly Lanier Van Ryan is played by Denise Richards in Wild Things.
#16 Halle Berry as Jinx in Die Another Day
#17 As Penny Chadwick, Eden, Anne Marie Chadwick, and Lena in Blue Crush, Mika Boorem, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Bosworth, and Sanoe Lake
#18 Demi Moore in Charlie’s Angel: Full Throttle as Madison Lee
#19 Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider as Lara Croft
#20 Rachel McAdams in The Notebook as Allie Hamilton
#21 Jessica Alba in Into the Blue as Sam
#22 Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and Vanessa Hudgens in Spring Breakers as Faith, Brit, Cotty, and Candy
#23 In The Lifeguard, Kristen Bell plays Leigh London.
