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Sins of Desire 1993

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Best Psychosexual Movies of All Time
Movies with Psychosexual plot in any form (drama, crime, fiction, science fiction and fantasy, comedy, mystery, horror, thriller e.t.c.)

Definition: A psychosexual film relating to the mental aspects of sex, such as sexual fantasies or having to do with the psychological aspects of sexuality in contrast to the physical aspects. They go beyond the typical boy-meets-girl trope and delve into deep-seated, complex, Freudian narratives of sexual identity and sexual drive theory. Romance is often used to sublimate many of these desires but it is the advent of the psychosexual thriller that makes explore how repressed desires can soon turn into the depths of sexual depravity and other nightmares (mental ailments such as neurosis, hysteria, female hysteria, or personality disorder, identity conflicts etc).

Characteristics: sexual fantasies, sexual obsessions, Femme Fatale archetype (seductive woman / high self-esteem -vs- submissive woman / low self-esteem), sexual manipulation, domination, voyeurism, sadomasochistic affairs, sexual dysfunctions, paraphilia, oedipus complex, electra complex, penis envy, castration anxiety and gender identity disorders.

Essential / Must-see / Genre-defying: psychosexual movies:

Persona (1966)
Vertigo (1958)
Repulsion (1965)
The Innocents (1961)
The Housemaid (Hanyo) (1960)

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Jim Wynorski's B-movies/exploitation movies

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NC17 | 18+ | R | A | MA [in English] + Independent Movies

D: Suggestive Dialog
E: Erotica
FV: Fantasy Violence (used only for the TV-Y7 level)
L: Coarse or crude Language
MA: Mature Audience
S: Sexual Situations
V: Violence

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The movies that Joe Bob Briggs hosted on his first series, The Drive-In Theater. See comment for complete listings by date.

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The movies that Darcy the Mail Girl posted JB's Drive-in Theater and MonsterVision bits for. So far.

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