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Kanopy
88
8.1
/72401/
78
/1130/
80
/1028/
4.3
/59517/
100
/54/
94
/694/
85
/15/

The Wages of Fear (1953)
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/38232/
76
/662/
76
/731/
4.2
/65400/
98
/58/
90
/658/
100
/11/

The Conformist (1971)
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.6
/92952/
75
/2693/
74
/1643/
4.1
/374725/
90
/70/
87
/1214/
89
/9/

After Hours (1985)
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/52590/
74
/1018/
73
/975/
4.0
/121420/
95
/60/
85
/342/

Belle de Jour (1967)
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.
poster
83
82
7.7
/15436/
75
/369/
76
/360/
4.1
/29578/
90
/52/
89
/163/
94
/9/

The Servant (1963)
Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid.
poster
82
7.7
/35585/
74
/881/
75
/638/
4.1
/57106/
95
/56/
86
/614/
88
/17/

The Innocents (1961)
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/18287/
73
/296/
74
/314/
4.0
/23502/
85
/26/
91
/244/

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
poster
81
7.0
/887/
73
/37/
56
/14/
3.7
/1843/
93
/15/
89
/35/
93
/9/

Sankofa (1993)
On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
80
7.5
/1794/
68
/57/
69
/26/
4.0
/2890/
92
/25/
88
/121/
82
/15/

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)
The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past 20, who through a unique odyssey of masochism, art and love found a way to live decades past his expiration date.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/129607/
75
/2141/
75
/1528/
4.1
/187171/
89
/114/
88
/2305/
79
/16/
cc age 17+

Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
poster
79
8.8
/2543645/
87
/59445/
84
/31079/
4.3
/4493692/
81
/185/
96
/73952/
67
/36/
cc age 17+

Fight Club (1999)
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
poster
77
7.0
/36497/
71
/763/
67
/540/
3.5
/43001/
89
/70/
76
/1458/
76
/22/

Sid and Nancy (1986)
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
poster
78
76
7.1
/15166/
70
/351/
71
/320/
3.8
/43451/
100
/13/
82
/231/

Law of Desire (1987)
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.2
/57963/
71
/1428/
71
/961/
3.9
/122455/
86
/50/
82
/1056/
86
/15/

Dead Ringers (1988)
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
poster
74
7.2
/2458/
66
/30/
64
/57/
3.8
/1892/
81
/42/

Just Before Nightfall (1971)
A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.2
/58683/
71
/873/
71
/695/
3.5
/24444/
75
/125/
83
/2061/
70
/31/

Quills (2000)
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.1
/97407/
70
/2821/
71
/1681/
3.8
/251760/
81
/81/
80
/4511/
70
/19/
cc age 18+

Audition (2000)
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
7.0
/30071/
74
/2225/
72
/910/
3.6
/35381/
87
/180/
77
/223/
68
/38/
cc age 16+

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and co-created Wonder Woman in 1941.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
7.2
/264604/
73
/6577/
70
/3637/
3.6
/272726/
52
/48/
81
/8898/
74
/20/
cc age 18+

Natural Born Killers (1994)
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
poster
73
7.0
/5008/
69
/92/
64
/130/
3.2
/2208/
91
/33/
77
/134/
75
/17/

Fear and Trembling (2003)
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.
poster
73
7.2
/111182/
71
/3615/
73
/2366/
3.9
/334051/
83
/60/
80
/2714/
58
/6/

Videodrome (1983)
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.7
/238745/
75
/5300/
76
/3650/
4.1
/754331/
91
/140/
88
/5565/
75
/15/
cc age 18+

Blue Velvet (1986)
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.1
/9064/
69
/205/
67
/165/
3.5
/6449/
86
/14/
82
/197/
60
/5/

The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Four very different Montreal university teachers gather at a rambling country house to prepare a dinner. Remy (married), Claude (a homosexual), Pierre (involved with a girlfriend) and Alain (a bachelor) discuss sex, the female body and their affairs with them. Meanwhile, their four female guests, Louise (Remy's wife of 15 years), Dominique (a spinster), Diane (a divorcée) and Danielle (Pierre's girlfriend) are spending the time at a downtown health gym. They also discuss sex, the female body and, naturally, men. Later in the evening, they finally meet at the country house and have dinner. A ninth guest, named Mario, who used to know Diane, drops in on the group for some talk and has a surprise of his own.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.9
/63187/
71
/1667/
69
/1048/
3.6
/122777/
63
/38/
82
/3777/
55
/10/

Ichi the Killer (2001)
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.8
/889/
64
/34/
64
/31/
3.4
/1414/
90
/20/
50
/3/
78
/7/

Hitler's Hollywood (2017)
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)
poster
71
7.1
/8317/
70
/69/
69
/69/
3.5
/2752/
74
/31/
84
/50/
57
/24/

Mifune (1999)
Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.5
/15131/
64
/676/
63
/355/
3.6
/30443/
94
/106/
64
/78/
87
/24/

The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
6.9
/107339/
69
/3627/
67
/1783/
3.5
/289160/
77
/155/
82
/4608/
63
/39/

Secretary (2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
poster
The Roku Channel
70
6.9
/15505/
66
/346/
69
/352/
3.6
/13560/
76
/34/
73
/304/
61
/12/

The Isle (2000)
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
poster
70
7.2
/45486/
70
/880/
70
/815/
3.7
/30529/
64
/36/
80
/463/
62
/28/

Bitter Moon (1992)
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
7.4
/16651/
72
/253/
71
/359/
3.6
/4151/
66
/38/
79
/264/
56
/15/

The Unknown Woman (2006)
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.1
/21803/
69
/570/
72
/728/
3.6
/20521/
88
/116/
72
/150/
69
/33/
cc age 18+

Venus in Fur (2013)
An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.
poster
79
69
8.0
/16734/
75
/108/
73
/57/
3.9
/5435/
91
/65/

Pokiri (2006)
Pandu is a contract killer , and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Pandu who knows his real identity and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone .
poster
Criterion Channel
69
6.6
/24671/
67
/776/
65
/692/
3.6
/41525/
84
/38/
64
/410/

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.7
/43561/
67
/866/
65
/967/
3.3
/32896/
88
/25/
69
/964/
66
/5/

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.4
/36871/
63
/1127/
62
/551/
3.6
/25809/
69
/126/
77
/3614/
64
/27/

Shortbus (2006)
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
poster
AMC+
69
7.3
/159817/
70
/4178/
72
/3142/
3.7
/283093/
59
/128/
80
/3943/
51
/38/

Irreversible (2002)
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.3
/25695/
60
/1928/
62
/736/
3.4
/84978/
88
/123/
60
/53/
75
/24/

Pleasure (2021)
19 year old Linnéa leaves her small town in Sweden and heads for Los Angeles with the aim of becoming the world's next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.
poster
76
68
7.6
/9195/
70
/108/
68
/108/
3.8
/5906/
82
/22/
87
/271/

O Lucky Man! (1973)
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
poster
68
6.4
/111379/
64
/2413/
64
/2153/
3.1
/74087/
78
/189/
50
/1766/
76
/41/
cc age 18+

A Dangerous Method (2011)
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
poster
Hoopla
68
7.5
/285391/
76
/6562/
73
/4479/
3.5
/148226/
56
/142/
87
/14938/
52
/34/
cc age 17+

Blow (2001)
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
poster
75
67
7.0
/4322/
66
/107/
64
/98/
3.7
/9164/
100
/8/
80
/88/

Blind Beast (1969)
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
poster
Hoopla
67
6.3
/2223/
64
/32/
62
/35/
3.4
/1099/
75
/16/
60
/30/
61
/16/

Butterfly Kiss (1995)
Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.
poster
67
6.3
/20448/
66
/541/
61
/368/
3.2
/10068/
86
/14/
50
/198/
61
/10/

Tightrope (1984)
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.5
/4321/
52
/79/
60
/67/
3.5
/5234/
67
/21/
62
/108/

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
poster
66
6.6
/1177/
63
/27/
56
/35/
3.3
/237/
80
/5/
61
/13/

Accomplices (2009)
Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend.
poster
72
66
7.0
/7801/
70
/184/
65
/127/
3.4
/7561/
88
/8/
71
/81/

The Glass Key (1942)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.6
/34554/
68
/1208/
65
/625/
3.5
/68638/
74
/70/
70
/614/
60
/11/

From Beyond (1986)
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.


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