THEME EXPLORATION

sex addiction

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Loving Badly
Loving Badly
1969 · Fernando Di Leo
The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women
1983 · Blake Edwards
Don’t Come Knocking
Don’t Come Knocking
2005 · Wim Wenders
Postcards From the Edge
Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Mike Nichols
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
1996 · Danny Boyle
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
2018 · Bradley Cooper
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
Untitled
Untitled
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Le Feu Follet
Le Feu Follet
1963 · Louis Malle
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
Clean
Clean
2004 · Olivier Assayas
The Smashing Machine
The Smashing Machine
2026 · Benny Safdie
A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Fred Zinnemann
A Woman of Rumour / The Crucified Woman
A Woman of Rumour / The Crucified Woman
1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi
A Woman's Testament
A Woman's Testament
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Crimes of Passion
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Ken Russell
Luna
Luna
1979 · Bernardo Bertolucci
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies
1983 · Bruce Beresford
La escondida/The Hidden One
La escondida/The Hidden One
1956 · Roberto Gavaldón
Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac
2013 · Lars von Trier
The Gambler Lady
The Gambler Lady
1964 · Yannis Dalianidis
Shame
Shame
2011 · Steve McQueen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joachim Trier Denmark

His film 'Nymphomaniac' is a explicit, multi-part exploration of female sexual addiction and its psychological consequences across a lifetime.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He examines sexual obsession and bodily excess through a transgressive lens in films like 'Crash' and 'Stereo,' treating sexuality as both compulsion and transformation.

 Michael Haneke Austria

His work probes the psychological underpinnings of desire and compulsion, particularly in 'The Seventh Continent' and his examinations of human behavior's darker impulses.