History DistractedByTheSexy / LiveActionFilms

** In ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', the Bulgarians kill a guard who's busy watching the BellyDancer instead of doing his job.

* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'': Frank surrounds himself with very attractive flight attendants to get past the cops who are waiting for him at the airport. It works like a charm

* While driving his bus in ''Film/OnTheBuses'', Stan sees a girl washing her car with her knickers visible and honks his horn at her. While doing so, he unknowingly drives through a puddle and soaks Blakey.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part 1'': When Marty [=McFly=] gets distracted by sexy women... while his girlfriend is right next to him. She doesn't seem too bothered, though.

* ''Film/TheBreakUp'': Gary (Vince Vaughn) is watching a boxing match on TV. Brooke (Creator/JenniferAniston) walks over, goes to the fridge, gets a drink and walks back to her room all while naked. Cue the trope.

* ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley: During [[spoiler:the siege on [=RKS=]]], the female killer manages to avoid being killed by [[spoiler:one of the invading victims]] by showing off a bit of boob to [[spoiler:him]]. She then takes [[spoiler:him]] away to [[spoiler:make him not a virgin anymore, which makes him [[SexSignalsDeath fair game to be killed]].]]

*** [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]] is changing into her SpyCatsuit in the back of a car, while Happy Hogan tries and fails to ignore what he can see in the rear-view mirror. After nearly crashing, she tells Happy to watch the road, and he makes a heroic effort to ignore [[ShesGotLegs the leg that stretches up right across the back window.]]

* In the martial arts film, ''Film/Vengeance1970'', the protagonist (on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for his brother, as the title states) and his HookerWithAHeartOfGold girlfriend would team up in assassinations, with her flirting with mooks or distracting enemy guards so he can sneak in and kill off his intended targets.

* [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] in ''Film/BadBoys1995''. Some carjackers send a hot girl to distract Mike and Marcus, after which they use their distraction to approach Mike's car and hold them at gunpoint.
* ''Film/TheHidden'': When the evil alien is pulled over by the cops while [[GrandTheftMe wearing a stripper's body]], it uses its "assets" to make them drop their guard before opening fire on them.
* Harrison Ford completely distracts all women present whenever he walks through a scene in ''Film/WorkingGirl''. Needless to say this is completely believable.
* In ''Film/ACinderellaStoryOnceUponASong'', Luke is momentarily distracted upon seeing Katie naked expect for the door mat she's using to cover herself. He then promptly give her his jacket and proceeds to continuously, if subtly, check her out.
* In ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'', Frank surrounds himself with very attractive flight attendants to get past the cops who are waiting for him at the airport. It works like a charm.
* In ''The Replacements'', the cheerleaders (composed of mostly strippers working a second job) start a routine you might see at their night jobs. The entire opposing team takes notice while setting up for the next play with every player being cited for a false start. The cheerleaders continue long enough for the opposing team's coach to beg the referees to get involved.
* In ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'', Adèle gets hit with this hard when she [[LoveAtFirstSight sees Emma for the first time]] while they're passing each other on the street. Adèle's jaw hits the floor and she stops smack dab in the middle of the intersection, and it takes at least two cars honking at her to remind her to get out of the road.

* ''Film/TheMask'': This is why Cameron Diaz's character is sent to meet the nerdy Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carey).

* In Creator/JackieChan's ''Film/ChineseZodiac'', JC's attractive female assistant distracts some border patrol guards by getting out of her car to ask where the toilet is, showing copious amounts of leg while at it.
* In ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'', shortly after Bernie's death, a young, blonde, busty woman comes into his house wearing a [[BarelyThereSwimwear teeny bikini]] and asks the two male protagonists if they've seen Bernie. (She wants to know if the beach party is still on.) She has no idea that they - and the audience, most likely - are staring at her. (They clearly aren't used to beachgoers who dress like that.)
* In ''Film/WhatPlanetAreYouFrom'', a woman walks into a bank wearing a white dress that looks like a net, making her underwear visible. The employees start tripping and bumping into things.
* In ''Film/RatRace'', The brothers Duane and Blaine drive beside a pair of punk girls and one of them is heavily pierced. Blaine, who's driving, shows her his own piercings. She tops him by opening her shirt, revealing two nipple rings attached to chains that go down below. Duane and Blaine are both awe-struck, but while Duane gets over it, Blaine is so distracted that he veers off the road and into a monster truck rally.
* In ''Film/TheLuckyOne'', Beth is washing dishes when she looks out the window and sees [[Creator/ZacEfron Logan]] working in the yard. She's so distracted that she's scrubbing the same pot over and over again until her grandma snaps her out of it.
* In ''Film/JustMyLuck'', [[Creator/LindsayLohan Ashley]] is doing laundry when [[Creator/ChrisPine Jake]] takes his shirt off in the other room. She's so distracted that she pours an entire box of detergent into the machine without noticing.
* ''Film/{{Swordfish}}''. After Stanley sees Ginger bathing topless, he bumps into a table when he leaves.
* In ''Film/MirrorMirror'', Prince Alcott [[RunningGag keeps getting robbed and his clothes stolen]]. Snow White stares at him the first time. The Queen eventually screams, "Oh my God, can someone please get this man a shirt so I can concentrate!" Prince Alcott also gets distracted by Snow White in a lovely dress.
* ''Film/ManOfSteel'':
-->'''General Swanwick:''' What are you smiling about, Captain?
-->'''Captain Farris:''' I just think [[Franchise/{{Superman}} he’s]] kinda hot.
* In ''Film/{{Wargames}}'', David can escape his holding cell because the guard is coming onto the secretary.
* Part of the RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts scene in ''Film/{{Ink}}'' involves a teenage skateboarder crashing into another person because he's distracted by the cleavage of a woman bending down to pick up some flowers.

* Attempted at the beginning of ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'' by Daria during the heist, only the security guard turns out to be gay. Cue Anthony Anderson's character (who is supposed to be just the getaway driver) performing Daria's role. Apparently, the security guard is a chubby chaser.
* In ''Film/{{Neighbors|2014}}'', Mac notices that Kelly can't help but check out Teddy in his tank top.
* In ''Film/FemmeFatale'' this done ''to the audience''. When Laure is sexing it up with Veronica, she [[spoiler:takes the diamond studded "clothing" off and puts it on the ground... and then picks it back up and hands it to Veronica, who slides it behind her butt. Laure then pushes the fake back out to her partner]]. The director, rather gleefully, points out this all happens in plain view on the camera, but viewers were probably [[GirlOnGirlIsHot too distracted]] to notice.
* ''Film/TheReplacements'': Because the Sentinels' cheerleaders are almost all strippers, during their second game, the cheerleading squad breaks into an [[GirlOnGirlIsHot incredibly sexy and over the top dance sequence,]] which distracts the opposing team, ''and the referee'', and results in the entire team being called for a penalty.
* Vernon in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', when struggling to control a speeding 18-wheeler down a steep mountainside. April leans out the window to try and capture footage of the Turtles fighting the Foot Clan, with her butt end prominently displayed.
* ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'': Starsky and Hutch get very distracted while they're questioning a sexy cheerleader, for the very good reason that she strip naked before them, ready to take a shower. Their questions, the few they manage to mumble anyway, get farther and farther away from the investigation, including "What's your weight?"
* In ''Film/UnderTheSkin'', an alien disguised as Creator/ScarlettJohansson drives around picking up men and taking them back to her place. They seem to be so distracted by the thought of performing a lewd act with her that they fail to notice that they are in a [[WhiteVoidRoom black void room]]. When the floor starts to swallow them up, it's too late.
* Used as a therapy technique in ''Film/TheMarriageChronicles''. The three husbands are tasked to write twenty things they love about their wife. Then, the stripper enters. It works on two of the three men.
* ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has Claire making her business shirt less cumbersome by removing her belt, tying up the front of the shirt and rolling up the sleeves so she's better adapted in helping Owen search for her missing nephews through the jungle. As she reveals a lot more skin in doing this, Owen stares at her for several seconds and she gets pretty miffed about it, giving a DeathGlare in response.
* Discussed in ''Film/ExMachina'' when Caleb asks if Nathan made Ava attractive and programmed her to flirt in order to distract him the way a magician uses his hot assistant to distract the audience. Nathan denies it and instead proposes that sexual attraction gives her reason to interact with humans [[spoiler:but later reveals that he made Ava to be specifically attractive to Caleb so she would be better able to manipulate him]].

* ''Film/AdvanceToTheRear:'' Thin Elk is able to ambush Company Q while they're all busy gawping at some women bathing in a nearby river.
* Major plot point in ''Film/{{Disclosure}}''.[[spoiler: It turns out the false accusation Meredith made against Tom was merely a premeditated distraction to stall him and prevent him from finding out that she changed his specifications on the production line in Malaysia, which sabotaged the Cd-Rom drives due to her incompetence.]]
* ''Film/TheBreakUp.'' Gary (Vince Vaughn) is watching a boxing match on TV. Brooke (Creator/JenniferAniston) walks over, goes to the fridge, gets a drink and walks back to her room all while naked. Cue the trope.
* In the sequel to ''Film/NationalTreasure'', [[DoggedNiceGuy Riley Poole]] is holding a bag full of indiscriminate ([[RuleOfFunny but obviously breakable]]) objects when a pretty girl walks by and asks for his autograph. He's so excited that he's finally recognized as himself (rather than as TheLancer to [[TheHero Ben]]), and a girl is actually paying attention to him, that he drops the bag immediately.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' has one of the most memorable examples in the "Woman in the Red Dress" scene. Morpheus and Neo are walking in a crowded part of the Matrix while Morpheus is instructing him that they can't trust anyone still plugged into the system. Neo is distracted by a gorgeous woman who strolls by in a red dress, and when Morpheus asks if he was paying attention and Neo looks back at her, she's turned into an agent about to kill him. Morpheus freezes the program, reveals it to be a test, and points out the message: ''[[ParanoiaFuel Agents can be anyone]]''.
* ''Film/Pitch2009'': Belial distracts Jim from the task at hand by playing a fantasy of his high school crush. Jim manages to throw off the fantasy, but loses precious time because of it.
* ''Film/RoboCop1987'' provides a female-on-male example as Murphy and Lewis pursue a gang of crooks. Lewis catches one criminal urinating in a corner and holds him at gunpoint. He smugly puts his hands up and turns around (without pulling up his pants). Even though Lewis knows he's trying to distract her, she can't resist taking a peek downward. As soon as she does, the crook knocks her gun away.
* ''Film/TheGumballRally'' has "Emergency Plan Alpha" (played by Linda Vaughn), a very sexy blonde who distracts Franco into pulling over and letting Bannon win the race.
* In ''Film/SupermanIII'' the slapstick opening credits are sparked off by someone ogling a super-hottie. And DisasterDominoes, down they go.
* ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' has a scene with the Mameha (Michelle Yeoh) teaching the protagonist, Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi) that a true geisha can stop a man with her eyes. She demonstrates and then asks Sayuri to do so, which Sayuri does to a passer by riding a bicycle, causing him to crash.
* ''Film/TheNakedGun'': In the second film, Frank fights an assassin who has come to kill Jane (who is in the shower). She hears the ruckus and pulls open the shower curtain to see what's up, whereupon both Frank and the Assassin stop in mid-grapple to stare.
* Creator/JayneMansfield's character causes several accidents in a row in ''Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt''.
* In ''Film/{{Desperado}}'', Salma Hayek's character, Carolina, is introduced by having her cause an accident at an intersection while crossing the street. She just smiles and keeps on walking.
* A trailer for ''So Fine'', a movie about someone who invented bottomless jeans, solely featured the various accidents befalling men who saw a woman walking down the street in them.
* Happens briefly in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. At one point, a nameless background male character turns his head to watch Violet walk and nearly gets hit by a car as a result.
* In ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'', barrister Archie Leach is so smitten by Wanda that he leaves his briefcase on top of his car as he drives off.
* In ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', when Ferris is running home in a desperate attempt to beat his parents there, he takes a shortcut through a backyard where two women are sunbathing. He stops, walks back and introduces himself.
* ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'': What happened in Mozambique- Johnny is sunbathing in the jaccuzi with a bikini-clad HoneyTrap when the president was assassinated.

* The old [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] film ''Film/BornInEastLA'' had a couple of gags where an especially attractive Latino woman (who was one of Cheech's garage customers in the movie) would make everyone else stop in their tracks and stare whenever she walked past.
* In ''Film/TheSweetestThing'', Creator/CameronDiaz [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCEn4AWyhbM looking for a lipstick]] in a moving car causes a biker to crash.
* Parodied in ''Film/UndercoverBrother''. Undercover Brother is fighting with two mooks while White She-Devil and Sistah Girl are [[CatFight duking it out.]] When the cat fight turns into clothes-tearing and ends up in the shower, not only do the three men stop fighting, [[PassThePopcorn they set up seats and popcorn]].
* A rather serious example happens in ''Film/CrocodileDundee''. While in the Outback, Sue convinces Mick to let her go out for a walk alone to prove to him that she can. He follows along from a short distance, because he doesn't think it's safe. Eventually, Sue gets a little careless and spellbound by the scenery, and strips down to her thong bathing suit by a pool, and Mick is a little distracted, bumping his head on a branch. (But fortunately not ''too'' distracted, as his concern turns out to be truer than he thought; a crocodile tries to grab at her, and he has to leap to her rescue.)
* This happens a lot around Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark, particularly in her movies. Men will often forget what they are doing just to get a look at Elvira's NavelDeepNeckline. Some have even died while distracted by her sexiness.
* The ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' gym is a dangerous place to be while Callahan is working out.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part 1'', when Marty [=McFly=] gets distracted by sexy women... while his girlfriend is right next to him. She doesn't seem too bothered, though.

* Occurs during ''Film/BadTeacher'' when Elizabeth is seductively dousing herself in water and rubbing herself across a car when trying to raise money.
* Happens at the beginning of ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' where an attractive woman arrives to a Buddhist monastery where Topper Harley is hiding in order to recruit him for a rescue mission. A monk falls into a well while walking and staring at her. Later on, all monks line to up to show off their manliness.
* A secretary (identified as such in the credits, the only female cast member listed) walking through the warehouse in ''Film/ForkliftDriverKlaus'' distracts the male workers enough to set off the final series of accidents [[spoiler:resulting in the title character's death]].
* In the ''Film/JewelRobbery'', it's how the Robber and his henchmen avoid interference with their heist: place attractive blondes on the street corners to distract policemen.
* In the opening sequence of ''Film/TheLongestDay'', a pair of French resistance fighters are smuggled past a German checkpoint hidden in a haycart, with a gorgeous woman wearing a skimpy peasant outfit making sure the guards don't pay too much attention to it.
* Subverted in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' where it appears that Reed is staring at Sue in her skin-tight outfit, but then ...
-->'''Reed :''' Wow! Fantastic! Material made from self-regulating unstable molecules!
* In ''Film/TheMask'', this is why Cameron Diaz's character is sent to meet the nerdy Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carey).

* The professors have this problem around Honey Swanson in ''Film/ASongIsBorn''.
* This actually comes up quite a lot in James Bond movies, especially invoked with the lead Bond Girl.
** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. To distract Pushkin's bodyguard after an alarm is sounded, Bond forcibly strips Pushkin's girlfriend to her waist and has her stand topless facing the door as the guard enters. The guard walks in on the now topless woman, allowing Bond to get the drop on him and disable him.
** It's cranked up in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', when the title character's [[AmazonBrigade all-women circus troupe]] [[StormingTheCastle invades Kamal Khan's palace]].
** Inadvertent versions occur as well -- in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' Bond is able to sneak into a villain's BigFancyHouse because one of his guards is secretly making out with one of his PaidHarem girls.
** In ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', the Bulgarians kill a guard who's busy watching the BellyDancer instead of doing his job.
** Special mention must go to Vesper Lynd and her purple dress in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. Bond intends for her to enter behind him to distract his opponents from their cards. Instead, due to their BelligerentSexualTension up to that point, she decides to enter in plain view right in front of him, distracting ''him'' along with ''everyone else in the casino''.
---> '''Rene Mathis''': I suppose I don't have to tell you how beautiful you look. Half the people on that table are still watching you.

* This happens a lot around Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark, particularly in her movies. Men will often forget what they are doing just to get a look at Elvira and her... uh... [[AbsoluteCleavage assets]]. Some have even died while distracted by her sexiness.

* ''Film/{{Ten}}'': Dudley Moore is so distracted when a car bearing Creator/BoDerek drives by that he drives right into another car. A police car.

** It's cranked UpToEleven in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', when the title character's [[AmazonBrigade all-women circus troupe]] [[StormingTheCastle invades Kamal Khan's palace]].