Film fans have voted the controversial gay cowboy embrace from Brokeback Mountain as the sexiest screen kiss ever.

The steamy smooch shared by actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal pipped Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard's iconic kiss in the rain at the finale of Breakfast At Tiffany's to top a poll of movie buffs to find the best screen kiss of all time.

Hollywood's real life hottest couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came in a close third for their super spicy snog in Mr & Mrs Smith.

Buffy babe Sarah Michelle Gellar's saucy lesbian clinch with sultry Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions came fifth.

More than 6,000 members of LOVEFiLM.com, the UK's leading online DVD rental company, voted for the screen snog that sent shivers down their spine.