THEME EXPLORATION

desire and sexuality

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Dirty Story
A Dirty Story
1977 · Jean Eustache
Nenè
Nenè
1977 · Salvatore Samperi
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Audition
Audition
1999 · Takashi Miike
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche
A Woman Is a Woman
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Jean-Luc Godard
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Pedro Almodóvar Spain

His films intensely explore desire, passion, and sexuality through deeply personal, emotionally raw narratives that challenge conventional morality.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He provocatively examines the intersection of sexuality, desire, and the body through visceral, transgressive cinema that forces uncomfortable confrontations with primal urges.

 Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

His controversial works unflinchingly explore desire, sexuality, and power dynamics through poetic yet explicit visual language and mythological reinterpretation.