25 Hottest Sex Symbols of 2014
From ‘Broad City’ babes and ‘Gone Girls’ to James Franco’s little bro and the man channeling Christian Grey, the year’s sexiest stars

Gigi Hadid and Theo James
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In 2014, the Sex Symbol became an endangered species. Future Hall of Famers George Clooney and Brad Pitt took on challenges that will inevitably age them (marriage, starring opposite Shia LaBeouf), former Rated Rookies Elizabeth Olsen and Chris Pratt graduated beyond best-kept-secret status and the kottage industry known as Kim Kardashian somehow found a new way to define "overexposure."
In short, nature's seemingly endless supply of Sex Symbols has come to a crucial choke point, and we are in dire need of a new crop of good-looking folks to fill our rapidly thinning ranks. Luckily, 2014 provided us with plenty of potential recruits – actors, athletes, musicians and models (there's always models) that made an indelible mark on the year, and had us feeling, well, feelings.