THEME EXPLORATION

repressed_sexuality

30 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
1996 · Lars von Trier
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
The Silence
The Silence
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
Pelo Malo
Pelo Malo
2013 · Mariana Rondón
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Someone Like Me
Someone Like Me
2026 · Tam Wai-Ching
Belle de jour
Belle de jour
1967 · Luis Buñuel
Agostino
Agostino
1962 · Mauro Bolognini
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
1962 · Sidney Lumet
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
1974 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
1967 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Captive
The Captive
1915 · Cecil B. DeMille
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women
1999 · Peter Greenaway
Tropicana
Tropicana
2024 · Omer Tobi
Carnal Knowledge
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Mike Nichols
El vicari d’Olot
El vicari d’Olot
1981 · Ventura Pons
Erotic Stories
Erotic Stories
1980 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Max My Love
Max My Love
1986 · Nagisa Oshima
The Constellation of Virgin
The Constellation of Virgin
1973 · Yannis Dalianidis
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
1976 · Abel Ferrara
Bramadero
Bramadero
2007 · Julián Hernández
Cassandra
Cassandra
1987 · Colin Eggleston
Eros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of Love
1981 · Walter Hugo Khouri
Girls on Top
Girls on Top
2001 · Dennis Gansel
Sexy Baby
Sexy Baby
2012 · Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus
Swingers
Swingers
2002 · Stephan Brenninkmeijer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His visceral cinema deconstructs bourgeois repression and examines the destructive consequences of suppressed passion in rigid social structures.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' capture longing and unspoken desire through atmosphere and restraint rather than explicit action.