Masculinity Movies

BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair...

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a...

A teenager struggles with his identity after an unresolved family relationship.

A man in New York City spirals into performative masculinity and starts a support group to fix it—only to realize he never wanted healing, just...

After a heated family confrontation, Otávio runs away from home in the dead of night and crosses the city toward the local gay nightclub. Amid...

A rugby stadium in southwestern France. Each and every Sunday, bodies collide. Along the sidelines, Louis and his juniors comrades are fascinated by...

A pair of teenage friends grapple with their pride and masculinity as they attempt to connect on an eventful night out.

On vacation on a remote island, Sophie tries to salvage her marriage with Dave. But as he explores the forest surrounding the house, he becomes...

Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores what it means to be a Black man in America. Traveling to more than fifteen cities and towns across the...

Joey, an image-conscious 22 year-old student swept up in a new city begins to fall into an addiction of drugs to repress his inner demons. A...

Contemporary artists decide to reverse the roles and represent fragile, graceful or strange male bodies, without hesitating to eroticize them.

Arguing that advertising not only sells things, but also ideas about the world, media scholar Sut Jhally offers a blistering analysis of commercial...

It used be that everyone knew what it meant to be a man. A man was rugged and reliable and got the job done. But then came the worst recession in 80...

A couple's relationship is tested during a hapless night away in the country.

In 'Quédate' we meet Ana, a young prostitute, who has a disturbing encounter with Manuel, a lonely man who seeks consolation for a painful...

Three men from different generations are at a crossroads and must, overnight, redefine themselves to move on to the next stage of their lives.

Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.

Why are men two or even three times less likely than women to be diagnosed with depression? Why are the figures reversed between the sexes in suicide...

Afan (19) grapples with heartbreak as he embarks with close friend Kush (30) on a day's trip to celebrate his upcoming marriage. Tensions rise,...