Generation Z wants less sex in movies and TV shows Movierulzz

NSFW? No thank you! Sex no longer attracts young audiences looking for something exciting in cinema.

diverse Reports indicate that according to new data from UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers, Gen Z viewers are tired of on-screen sexual content. (RIP to the raunchy teen sex comedy subgenre.)

Released on Wednesday (October 22), the university’s annual “Teens & Screens” report, which surveyed 1,500 young adults and teens in August 2025, reveals that 48 percent of Gen Z viewers believe there is “too much sex and sexual content” in recent movies and TV shows.

But it’s not just sex that turns off Gen Z audiences. More than 60% of viewers in this generation are tired of seeing the emphasis on sexual attraction at the core of romantic relationships on screen, and prefer to see such relationships portrayed “around the friendship between a couple.”

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Sorry, Bella, Edward, and Jacob: Younger viewers have completely outgrown the love triangle trope, which was once a staple of young adult stories like twilight and Hunger Games. They’re not keen on seeing images of toxic relationships either, preferring healthier representations of romance in their media.

In fact, according to the data, romance ranks low (third to last, to be exact) on the list of topics younger audiences want to see in their movies and shows.

More than 54% of respondents said they would like to see more characters who are not interested in pursuing a romantic relationship, while nearly 55% want to see more “platonic and heterosexual friendships” in their films and series.

The findings regarding Generation Z’s indifference toward sexual scenes in entertainment media may be surprising given the sensationalized sexual orientation of many popular titles geared toward teens and young adults, from Too bad to Fast times at Ridgemont High School and Bottoms. However, the data is consistent with an emerging generational trend among younger Gen Zers, who are said to lean more conservative than their older Gen Z counterparts and the millennials who preceded them.