Films About S+M Relationships…
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lateapex — 15 years ago(May 08, 2010 12:14 PM)
As it happens, both "BDSM" and "sadomasochism" (with a few variations) are valid IMDB keywords:
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/bdsm/
(100+ titles)
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=kw&q=sadomasochism
(300+ titles)
More generally, whenever you want to quickly identify films which are like a given film in certain aspects (and you've already looked over the director's other films), try the following simple but quite effective technique:
On the main page for a given ("seed") film, click on the "See more" URL on the "Plot Keywords" line, near the top of the page. For instance, in the case of
La Pianiste (2001)
, you come up with:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10254686/keywords
Now explore the resulting list of keywords (well over 100 in this case) to your heart's content one keyword at a time. Naturally, you'll want to zero in on those particular keywords which you feel are most related to why you liked the seed film in the first place.
You can even combine 2, 3 or more keywords, using the Movie Keyword Analyzer on the right-hand side of each of those single keyword lists. For example, "sadomasochism" and "Paris":
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/paris-france/sadomasochism/
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Krustallos — 13 years ago(May 08, 2012 10:09 AM)
A way more apposite Bunuel movie than "Obscure Object" would be "Belle de Jour".
I think Fassbinder's "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant" would probably fit right in.
Joseph Losey's "The Servant" has a lot of the same sort of power dynamics.
9 1/2 weeks if we want to look downmarket.
And "Blue Velvet" of course.
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ivana2804 — 13 years ago(August 17, 2012 09:18 AM)
In addition to those mentioned, Ao Bisiesto (Leap Year), 2010 Mexican film directed by an Australian director, Michael Rowe. Very sad and beautiful drama, with a particularly interesting dynamic between the characters. Not to be confused with the American romcom of the same title.
Another great movie, Ang Lee's Lust, Caution has S&M elements & scenes.
I haven't seen it, but I know that the Francis Bacon biopic Love is the Devil (1998) has a gay BDSM relationship, with the emotional and social power dynamic that's the exact opposite of the sexual roles as Dominant and Submissive.
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lizzy00 — 13 years ago(March 27, 2013 04:52 AM)
"Belle de jour" by Luis Bunuel. It's about a newly married woman who does not sleep with her doctor husband, but instead decides to work at a brothel. Some of the encounters she has with her "clients" are very SM laden.
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DC_Collins — 12 years ago(August 04, 2013 02:09 AM)
Martha
http://www.imdb.com/board/10070374/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
most Fassbinder has psycho-sexual sadomasochism and acute mental torture
http://www.imdb.com/board/10087239/