repressed sexuality

18 movies and shows

The Power of the Dog

Mon, 25 Oct 2021

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Thelma

Fri, 15 Sep 2017

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

Gabriel rents a room in Juan’s House. They work together in a Woodwork place. Gabriel is a very quiet guy and has a little daughter. Juan is a party boy who has a lots of girls around. Inadvertently the sexual tension starts to grow between them. It opens a new hidden forbidden world they have to deal with.

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie

Sat, 14 Aug 1999

In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, Utena reunites with Touga Kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. Utena must discover those secrets for herself, before the power that rules Ohtori claims her and her friends, new and old.

Fair Haven

Fri, 03 Mar 2017

After a long stint in gay conversion therapy, James, a young piano prodigy, returns home to his family farm and his emotionally-distant father, Richard. After Richard pressures James to give up his music career and take over the farm, James agrees as a way to make up for his past. Soon, however, James finds himself face-to-face with a former lover, Charlie, who wants to help him turn away from his new beliefs and family expectations and follow his dreams of studying music.

Clair Obscur

Thu, 07 Dec 2017

Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.

Consequences

Thu, 18 Oct 2018

After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.

Coming Out

Thu, 09 Nov 1989

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.

The Male Gaze: The Heat of the Night

Mon, 15 Jul 2019

When darkness falls, temperatures rise in these six stories about late night confessions, intimacy for sale, high speed hookups and full moon frissons. But when the sun comes up and reality reveals itself, will it have all been worth it? The short films are: Thirst (2018); According to Mateo [Según Mateo] (2017); Hardcore (2016); Beast [Séptimo] (2011); Petit Ami (2017); Skai Blue (2017).

The Male Gaze: First Kiss

Mon, 12 Nov 2018

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Come Fly with Me

Wed, 27 Mar 1963

Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.

Save Me

Thu, 15 Oct 2009

A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

PEEPSHOW

Tue, 18 Feb 2025

A repressed young man visits an adult theater.

Wieland

Mon, 19 Feb 2024

Religious fanaticism, schizophrenia, supernatural powers and repressed sexual desire combine into a deadly family drama.

Hunger! Or: Foggy Recollections from the Childhood of Adam Veneer (as mediated by Dr. Tanya Connoway, PsyD)

Tue, 29 Nov 2022

When closeted 16-year-old Adam Veneer us forbidden to ear a cake by his fitness-freak hyper-masculine father, he decides to steal a piece in the middle of the night -- inadvertently discovering a secret about his father that will change their relationship forever.