Here we've displayed a list of the best Sexual Repression films : That Obscure Object of Desire(1977), The Wicker Man(1973), Pleasantville(1998), The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934), Wifemistress(1977), Albert Nobbs(2011), Indignation(2016), The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1957), Hard Pill(2005), Go Fish(1994), Ed Gein(2001), Split(2016) ... ...
Drama
France|Spain
1977
103 Minutes
Fernando Rey Carole Bouquet Ángela Molina Julien Bertheau Milena Vukotic Andre Weber
dancer wealthy man mother daughter dwarf brutal charming outlandish spain france train abuse breakup culture clash infatuation sexual repression temptation rivalry wretched excess love
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1973
102 Minutes
Edward Woodward Christopher Lee Britt Ekland Diane Cilento Lindsay Kemp Ingrid Pitt Roy Boyd Donald Eccles
police officer magistrate daughter teacher cult member shocking disturbing suspenseful island school scotland paganism missing persons investigation ritual sacrifice sexual repression religion temptation mystery sacrifice
A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the locals claim never existed.
Comedy
USA
1998
123 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Jeff Daniels Joan Allen William H. Macy J.T. Walsh Reese Witherspoon Don Knotts Paul Walker Marlee Shelton Jane Kaczmarek
teenager sister father mother repairman bully lighthearted creative dreamy small town household repair shop television teen angst small-town life empowerment family sexual repression growing up transformation
Two 1990s teenage siblings find themselves in a 1950s sitcom, where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Norma Shearer Fredric March Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan Katharine Alexander Una O'Connor Ian Wolfe Marion Clayton Ralph Forbes Vernon Downing
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest chilling melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1977
110 Minutes
Laura Antonelli Marcello Mastroianni Leonard Mann William Berger Gastone Moschin Olga Karlatos Stefano Patrizi Luigi Diberti Enzo Robutti
unfaithful husband wife mistress hedonistic lighthearted madcap italy countryside attic brothel inn sexual repression feminism false accusations adultery husband/wife relationship transformation rise underdog 1900s
Since her husband pronounced her frigid on her wedding night, Antonia DeAngelis has been an invalid. When he disappears, she believes him dead: she leaves her bed and takes over his ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
UK|Ireland|France|USA
2011
113 Minutes
Glenn Close Mia Wasikowska Aaron Taylor-Johnson Brendan Gleeson Janet McTeer Brenda Fricker Pauline Collins Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
butler transvestite painter maid partner love interest emotional moving brooding hotel dublin bedroom town womanhood secret life sexual repression friendship cross-dressing gender identity transformation
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Drama
USA|China|Brazil|Germany
2016
110 Minutes
Logan Lerman Sarah Gadon Tracy Letts Linda Emond Ben Rosenfield Philip Ettinger Danny Burstein Noah Robbins
dean teacher student jewish man emotional engaging sad shocking ohio university sexual repression cultural differences prejudice suicide attempt discovery growing up love 1950s
In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War.
Romance
UK|USA
1957
105 Minutes
Jennifer Jones John Gielgud Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Susan Stephen Vernon Gray Jean Anderson Maxine Audley Leslie Phillips Laurence Naismith Moultrie Kelsall
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest creepy melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Drama
USA
2005
94 Minutes
Jonathan Slavin Scotch Ellis Loring Susan Slome Mike Begovich Jennifer Elise Cox Jason Bushman Timothy Omundson John Hartmann Beth Grant Michael Chieffo Jessalyn Rizzi
gay man married man promiscuous man coworker researcher brooding emotional profound california office sexual identity sexual repression depression betrayal experiments homosexuality temptation transformation love 2000s
A despondent gay man throws his life and relationships into turmoil when he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a drug designed to make gay men straight.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1994
85 Minutes
V.S. Brodie Guinevere Turner T. Wendy McMillan Migdalia Melendez Anastasia Sharp Betty Jeannie Pejko
lesbian ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend mother girlfriend playful melodramatic chicago bar apartment bookstore new love sexual repression homosexuality relationships lesbianism forbidden love temptation discovery 1990s
Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in ... See full summary »
Drama
USA|UK
2001
90 Minutes
Steve Railsback Carrie Snodgress Sally Champlin Carol Mansell Nancy Linehan Charles Pat Skipper Travis McKenna Craig Zimmerman Brian Evers Bill Cross
serial killer mother neighbor abusive father victim brutal creepy dark gory wisconsin small town graveyard farmhouse bar ed gein cannibalism grave robbing child abuse sexual repression religious fundamentalism
The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
Drama
USA
2016
127 Minutes
Amy Ferguson Morgan Spector Anna Mouglalis Fredric Lehne Raïna von Waldenburg Antonia Campbell Hughes Joan MacIntosh Sophia Oppenheim Rutanya Alda Samia Akudo Jason Alazraki
actress husband abusive husband engaging dark passionate hedonistic theater new york united states female sexuality sexual awakening sexual repression self-sacrifice affair forbidden love discovery temptation transformation sacrifice
Split is the surreal and epic journey a young woman takes to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young ... See full summary »
Drama
1966
100 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Ettore Manni Keith Skinner Jane Berretta Mony Reh Umberto Orsini Georges Douking Rosine Luguet Gabriel Gobin Pierre Collet Jean Gras
schoolteacher lumberjack police chief farmer wife mayor creepy raw village woods camp arson sexual repression jealousy prejudice sadism temptation 1960s
Villagers blame an outsider (Ettore Manni) for poisonings, fires and floodings committed by a disturbed schoolteacher (Jeanne Moreau).
Biography, Documentary
2011
90 Minutes
Bettie Page Hugh Hefner Dita Von Teese Perez Hilton Tricia Helfer Laetitia Casta
model interviewee family member hugh hefner engaging fascinating united states modeling personal life troubled childhood mental illness challenge sexual repression career unhappy marriage sexual awakening sex appeal rise 1950s
The pinup model and cult icon recounts how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.
Comedy, Drama
1988
94 Minutes
Alan Bates Gary Oldman Max Wall Frances Barber Liz Smith Kerry Wise
lover gay man convict wife dog mother tender amusing quirky cheeky london family home jail park love triangle imprisonment dogs homosexuality sexual repression forbidden love
A middle-aged homosexual (Alan Bates) in postwar Britain forms a bond with his ex-lover's (Gary Oldman) German shepherd dog.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2015
95 Minutes
Jena Malone Janet McTeer Ed Stoppard Tovah Feldshuh Eliza Madore Glynnis O'Connor Todd Faulkner Allison Guinn
mother father daughter doctor medium creepy dark disturbing gripping intense london manor bedroom united kingdom ghosts mother/daughter relationship sexual repression misogyny love mystery
In the Victorian era, a young wife and her husband go through a difficult time in their marriage after the birth of their child, which is heightened by a mysterious ghost that enters their house.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
2009
90 Minutes
politician filmmaker homosexual homophobe passionate powerful shocking washington, d.c. deception sexual repression homosexuality politics homophobia media discovery quest transformation forbidden love 2000s
Filmmaker Kirby Dick examines the hypocrisy of certain closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community to which they secretly belong.