THEME EXPLORATION

male desire

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La Collectionneuse
La Collectionneuse
1967 · Eric Rohmer
Eros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of Love
1981 · Walter Hugo Khouri
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
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
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hable con ella
Hable con ella
2002 · Pedro Almodóvar
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paul Schrader USA · Grand Rapids

Austere moral investigations where masculine violence collides with spiritual torment and redemptive possibility.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror and psychological thrillers obsessively deconstruct male desire and its grotesque physical manifestations.

 Lars von Trier Denmark

His provocative narratives relentlessly examine male sexual desire, power dynamics, and transgression with unflinching intensity.