Atlantic City (1980)

"Atlantic City" is the 1980 crime drama that follows small-time hustlers and faded dreamers circling the fringes of the city's casino trade, a atmospheric character study that earned serious awards attention in its day. Susan Sarandon anchors the film with a performance that includes one of the most talked-about scenes of her career, a lemon-scrubbed nude bit at the kitchen sink that plays out in full view of a window and a watching neighbor. The site carries a single clip of that sequence, the lone nude scene pulled from the film, but it's the kind of moment fans return to again and again. For a movie built on quiet desperation and old-world hustle, it's Sarandon's bare, unguarded scene that still gets people talking decades later.