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Unpacking Masculinity on Screen: The Best Movies and TV Shows to Explore

Exploring the complexities of masculinity on screen can be a thought-provoking and emotionally charged experience. From classic films to modern TV series, there are countless stories that delve into the intricacies of male identity, challenging traditional notions and offering a more nuanced understanding of what it means to be a man. In this collection, we'll delve into some of the most impactful and engaging movies and TV shows that explore masculinity in all its forms.

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Sakura Ando

Soya Kurokawa

Hinata Hiiragi

Eita Nagayama

Monster (2023)

7.9 910 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

Style: witty

Plot: friendship, bullying, elementary school, coming of age, school, teacher student relationship, childhood, lgbt, ...

Place: japan

Cast

Eden Dambrine

Gustav De Waele

u00c9milie Dequenne

Lu00e9a Drucker

Close (2022)

7.8 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school.

Plot: friendship, suicide, forgiveness, male friendship, bullying, ice hockey, coming of age, grief, ...

Alpha Males (2022) TV Show

7.6 163 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Spain

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 42

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Pedro, Luis, Raúl and Santi are four friends who feel a bit lost in the new world of empowered women, each trying to adjust in their own haphazard way.

Plot: masculinity, male male relationship

Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy

Chris Hemsworth

Tom Burke

Alyla Browne

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

7.4 5.0K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: Australia, United States of America

Duration: 149 min.

Audience: R

Story: As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Plot: chase, post-apocalyptic future, warlord, prequel, wasteland, spin off, struggle for survival, desert, ...

Cast

Trevante Rhodes

Andru00e9 Holland

Janelle Monu00e1e

Ashton Sanders

Moonlight (2016)

7.4 7.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Plot: drug dealer, high school, drug abuse, miami, florida, parent child relationship, fight, homophobia, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Solomon Aspen

Alex Mecum

Will Braun

Adam Bryant

I'm a Porn Star: Gay 4 Pay (2016)

6.9 28 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: Canada

Duration: 53 min.

Story: Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiously, there is a disproportionate percentage of men working in gay porn who identify as straight. Why would a straight man do gay porn? What motivates him to try this or make a career of it? Why is there such keen interest and debate into the sexuality and personal lives of these men? And what does it say about us, the viewer that so much of gay porn is dominated by images of straight men?

Plot: sexual identity, pornography, sexuality, porn actor, porn star, porn industry, lgbt, exploring sexuality, ...

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Kirsten Dunst

Jesse Plemons

The Power of the Dog (2021)

6.7 3.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Western

Country: Australia, Canada

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Style: tense

Plot: husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, sadism, sexuality, widow, montana, eroticism, banjo, ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Cast

Brad Pitt

Jessica Chastain

Hunter McCracken

Sean Penn

The Tree of Life (2011)

6.7 3.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Plot: sibling relationship, parent child relationship, afterlife, christianity, philosophy, tree, sun, telegram, ...

Time: 1950s

Place: texas

Cast

Austin Butler

Jodie Comer

Tom Hardy

Michael Shannon

The Bikeriders (2024)

6.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Plot: chicago, illinois, based on novel or book, photographer, gangster, interview, biker, outlaw, ...

Time: 1970s, 1960s

Cast

Vincent Lindon

Agathe Rousselle

Garance Marillier

Lau00efs Salameh

Titane (2021)

6.3 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Plot: pregnancy, trauma, head wound, car crash, serial killer, car accident, woman director, firefighter, ...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

6.1 2.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.

Plot: coming out, new york city, single parent, homophobia, fraud, single, gay marriage, insurance policy, ...

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Harris Dickinson

Antonio Banderas

Esther-Rose McGregor

Babygirl (2024)

5.7 1.2K votes

Genre: Romance, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Netherlands

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

Plot: infidelity, new york city, husband wife relationship, sexual frustration, sexuality, eroticism, seduction, workplace, ...

Cast

Raquel Welch

Rex Reed

Mae West

John Huston

Myra Breckinridge (1970)

4.5 51 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.

Style: psychotronic

Plot: based on novel or book, homophobia, bisexuality, sex change, sexual violence, sexual fantasy, social satire, sexploitation, ...