Movies: Masculinity

Radhesh, a high school student in Sydney’s affluent Bondi, betrays close relationships and his own self worth in order to claw his way up the social ladder....

A chess game between two brothers gets ugly....

A middle-aged man chases a 40-year-old man who insulted his masculinity. He is not ready for impulsive revenge, although the sharp development of events leaves no way back....

A professional wrestler struggles to reconcile his onstage and offstage personas....

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

During the final games of his high school basketball season, Tom Irvin is faced with an encounter of sexual misconduct. An affair that leaves Tom losing grip with reality and struggling to regain his self-identity....

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A meditation on the complex relationship of two brothers, exploring the interplay of notions of brotherhood, patronage, masculinity, and sexuality....

In a fading Louisiana town, Jerome dreams of Hollywood while Terry seeks escape from a troubled home. United by desperation, they train for a high-stakes bodybuilding competition that becomes their shot at something more. Filmed over 18 months, WEST ...

Months after the unexpected death of his wife, an embittered, middle-aged painter flees to a cabin in rural New England where her presence, and more, waits for him....

Two young writers in the task of writing a screenplay about a bullfighter, question his relationship with the bulls. This leads them to discuss masculinity and what a man is....

A young man eats alone at an LA cevicheria, processing his relationships, grief and questionable behaviours over a phone call....

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

A young latino model objectified for his race and body becomes pressured to reveal more and more of himself during a photoshoot....

A documentarian observes their fellow gym bros behaving more... openly... in the gym than they usually are outside of it....

A young man becomes obsessed with his new neighbour....

Manuela and her mother have different ways of perceiving the world they live in. They discuss masculinity, love, and, as if that were not enough, the importance of a sofa....

A documentary in which 5 men describe their experiences with gender dysphoria as they wrestled with feelings of inadequacy as men, and their ultimate pursuit to find peace in their natural bodies....

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