Movies: Masculinity

Carl is forced to confront his idea of masculinity when an obsession with a mysterious member of his badminton club spirals out of control....

Shipwrecked on a tropical island, a young boy befriends an abandoned native youth, forcing him to reevaluate societal prejudice about race, religion and nudity....

In a family of sheep rustlers, a 15-year-old must go up against his domineering father to help his younger brother keep the lamb left orphaned by their latest slaughter. Rustling touchingly presents an alternative masculinity instilled not with machi...

On furlough from his military service, Niko pays his estranged father a visit. Can old wounds heal?...

Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee....

Christophe has always lived on the estate with his friends. There are habits, routine and boredom. He finds it hard to see his best friend, Nassim, leave the suburbs. Between a feeling of abandonment and the bitterness of a page being turned, this ch...

In Man Made, Sunny tries to find out what society's ideas regarding masculinity entails. Does testosteron define your masculinity? Can men be victims? And do men suffer under these ideas? In the twentieth century, feminists have fought for the freedo...

Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized inequality, and undermined the ability of most Americans to achieve the American Dream....

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 years. So what happens now that the job is gone? The End of Men is a compelling new documentary that ...

A young black ballet dancer from a South London Council Estate must learn how to survive in two opposing worlds in order to spread his wings....

“Are you a man or a mouse?” asks the bandy trainer? Viggo answers with doubt but the team chant “MEN!”. After training, Viggo and Noel go home to Noel’s house and have a sauna. The friends start to compete on who is most manly, a tough competition wh...

Humiliated by a nightshop owner, a supposed alpha-male seeks retribution by robbing the store—with the reluctant help of his apathetic best friend....

Men Only is a provocative two-part drama about the dark side of modern masculinity. What do men want, what do women want from them, and can the two ever be reconciled? Our men are a five-a-side football team from South London. Only they're too old, ...

Finnish men in sauna, speaking straight from the heart....

Komt Wel Goed is an intimate, raw and human film about two young adults who are stuck in life in completely different ways. Saar is confronted with sexism and gender equality in the workplace on a daily basis, while Mark struggles with mental problem...

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

An embittered man-child rails against women for being so mean....

An intense bromance between a gay football player and a straight military guy....

Aussie boys of Asian descent candidly discuss their status as a "minority within a minority"....

Young comedian Alex Ramirès performs his show Sensiblement Viril, directed by Alexandra Bialy, in which he explores in many ways certain aspects of modern man who accepts himself in all circumstances, from his minor failings to his most powerful choi...