20 movies like Writer of O, ordered by similarity : The Lovely Month of May(1963), Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe(2017), The Cream Will Rise(1998), We Were Here(2011), Do Women Have a Higher Sex Drive?(2018), The September Issue(2009), That Summer(2017), The Heart of Man(2017), Bodysong(2003), Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment(1999), Canal Zone(1977), Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier(1997) ...
Documentary
France|USA
2004
80 Minutes
writer frenchwoman young woman lover instructor editor engaging sultry paris office house bedroom sex affair dominance secret identity controversy dominique aury discovery transformation
Published in Paris in 1954, The Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account... See full summary »
Documentary
1963
124 Minutes
Pierre Lhomme
man woman frenchman engaging mellow paris france street household war economy patriotism religion art social change rise transformation 1960s
Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.
Documentary
USA
2017
76 Minutes
burlesque dancer performer dance instructor ventriloquist engaging passionate playful sultry rehearsal space stage dance studio house feminism masculinity morality dancing sexual identity transformation discovery love
BURLESQUE: HEART OF THE GLITTER TRIBE is a documentary feature about the passion and personalities at the heart of today's new wave of burlesque. On stage and in candid conversation, twelve of today's hottest performers reveal the naked truth about an exotic world where artifice is a route to authenticity and pretending to be someone else is the ultimate journey to become yourself. These ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1998
90 Minutes
singer mother musician songwriter dark emotional engaging fascinating united states concert stage house troubled childhood artistic struggle music family history identity sophie b. hawkins discovery underdog transformation
The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to ... See full summary »
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
lesbian gay man nurse woman bleak emotional moving sad san francisco aids homosexuality disease death epidemic sexually transmitted diseases transformation fall discovery 2010s
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Documentary
Netherlands
2018
70 Minutes
Anouk Pluijm
woman psychologist scientist historian young woman older woman confident engaging fascinating positive powerful united states interview room womanhood women's issues feminine sexuality feminism sex gender bias discovery
The film explores the the scientific, historical, biological and social aspects behind the female sex drive and female gaze.
Documentary
USA
2009
90 Minutes
photographer writer model designer editor documentarian engaging fascinating incredible new york city publishing house newsroom fashion show office fashion publishing modeling vogue leadership success
A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.
Documentary
Sweden|Denmark|USA
2017
80 Minutes
Peter Beard Lee Radziwill Evelyn Kuhn William Vanden Heuvel
woman photographer filmmaker cousin mother charming tender amusing quirky endearing hamptons long island, n.y. mansion house documentary filmmaking family house restoration estate mother/daughter relationship eviction
Montauk, East Hampton, New York, 2016. Peter Beard discusses his work as a photographer, artist and diarist before reminiscing about his attempt to make a documentary in the summer of 1972 ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2017
76 Minutes
Justin Torrence Serena Karnagy Robert Fleet Serena Taylor
young man sexual predator god young woman sex addict emotional profound spirited beach ocean island office repentance addiction spiritual journey spirituality going straight redemption fall temptation
The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.
Documentary
UK
2003
81 Minutes
human man woman child baby powerful creative earth humanity love sex violence death dreams rise fall 2000s
Simon Pummell's epic movie tells the story of a human life, using found footage from the last 100 years of cinema, cut to a powerful score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
Documentary
USA
1999
77 Minutes
dancer songwriter actor dance instructor lover pianist touching wild charming new york city club partnership show business homosexuality cabaret john wallowitch bertram ross love adventure 1990s
Shortlisted for the 1999 Academy Award, this non-fiction musical follows John Wallowitch, a star of New York cabaret and partner Bertram Ross, Martha Graham's lead dancer for 20 years. Together they formed the unforgettable cabaret duo "Wallowitch and Ross." A hidden gem of queer cinema recently preserved in the Academy Archives, you'll want to return to this magical little world time and time ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
officer government official military officer young man pilot engaging fascinating striking panama house office ship panama canal society community culture politics quest discovery 1970s
On the one hand, you have the Panamians, but Frederick Wiseman shows them as the Americans see them: from a distance. They are poor and of no particular interest to them even if Panama is ... See full summary »
Documentary
Sweden|Denmark
1997
52 Minutes
director actor actress camera operator screenwriter engaging striking gripping denmark house film set filmmaking creative process phobias artistic controversy artistic struggle lars von trier discovery rise pursuit
A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2020
95 Minutes
Amy Ziering Sil Lai Abrams Tarana Burke Kimberlé Crenshaw Jenny Lumet
music executive music producer musician friend journalist dark disheartening emotional engaging fascinating intense melancholy moving powerful uneasy united states sexual abuse sexual harassment sexism music industry
A former hip hop executive decides whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
92 Minutes
songwriter broadway producer actor choreographer broadway star author charming cheery creative inspiring new york city broadway theater stage office tradition religion anti-semitism gender roles female sexuality race
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
France|UK|Germany|USA
1996
102 Minutes
Jeffrey Friedman Antonio Banderas Susie Bright Quentin Crisp Matt Crowley Tony Curtis Richard Dyer Antonio Fargas Harvey Fierstein Whoopi Goldberg Farley Granger
gay/lesbian hollywood icons engaging profound confident hollywood, calif. hollywood prejudice cinema history homosexuality lesbianism aids love quest transformation underdog 1990s
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Documentary
USA
2016
79 Minutes
teen girl best friend father airy emotional inspiring new york city subway house street beach brooklyn coming of age identity divorce sexual awakening homosexuality adventure discovery forbidden love
Shot over a three-year period with unparalleled intimacy and access, ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2020
104 Minutes
Brittany Snow Sam Richardson Vivica A. Fox Anna Akana Jordana Brewster Amy Pietz Rob Moran David C Tam Richard Jackson Kenneisha Thompson Shaun J. Brown
man woman sex addict cancer patient survivor artist writer airy cheeky outlandish united states school public space road trip sexual awakening sexual conquests sexual advances sexual obsession discovery adventure
After he receives a new cancer diagnosis and she is fired from her job as a sex columnist, Bailey and Darla take a road trip that forces them to get intimate with their issues, as well as each other.
Documentary
USA|UK|Russia
2010
87 Minutes
russian musician salesman wife husband daughter emotional engaging somber russia house apartment bar glasnost soviet union social change hard times communism perestroika discovery
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
1982
87 Minutes
man woman sailor factory worker bleak profound powerful earth desert city factory highway nuclear power plant industrial landscapes technology man vs. nature overpopulation environmental consciousness modernization wretched excess
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.
Documentary
2003
91 Minutes
Jørgen Leth Claus Nissen
filmmaker man woman director jørgen leth lars von trier chilling fascinating suspenseful cuba bombay red-light district brussels, belgium discipline solitude challenge art altering history discovery quest