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THEME EXPLORATION

masculinity and virility

22 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Beau travail
Beau travail
1999 · Claire Denis
Raging Bull
Raging Bull
1980 · Martin Scorsese
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
The Naked Man on the Sports Field
1974 · Konrad Wolf
Querelle
Querelle
1982 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Force Majeure
Force Majeure
2014 · Ruben Östlund
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Patrick
Patrick
2019 · Tim Mielants
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Salesman
Salesman
1969 · Maysles Brothers
Undertow
Undertow
2009 · Javier Fuentes-León
The Almost Man
The Almost Man
2012 · Martin Lund
Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Nicholas Ray
On the Road
On the Road
2026 · David Pablos
Dogboys
Dogboys
1998 · Ken Russell
In the Mirror
In the Mirror
2011 · Paolo Sorrentino
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes
L’Homme qui aimait les femmes
1977 · François Truffaut
Tauw
Tauw
1970 · Ousmane Sembène
Walkower
Walkower
1965 · Jerzy Skolimowski
The Broadcast
The Broadcast
1968 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
2014 · Stephen Daldry
Bleeder
Bleeder
1999 · Nicolas Winding Refn
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

His films obsessively examine masculine desire, power dynamics, and vulnerability, often portraying men as emotionally fragile despite their dominance.

David Cronenberg → Canada

His body horror cinema interrogates virility through grotesque physical transformations, presenting masculinity as unstable and grotesquely corporeal.

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