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Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is inspired by the life of Maria von Maltzan originally told in the non-fiction book The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross about a countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II.
Apr 12, 2024 · A list of 50 films that sparked outrage, censorship or debate for their content, style or impact. From The Last Temptation of Christ to A Clockwork Orange, these are the shocking movies that pushed the limits of cinema.
- Joshua Rothkopf
A drama based on a true story of a countess who falls in love with a Jewish man in Nazi Germany and helps him hide from the Gestapo. The film features Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth, and shows the horrors of the war and the Holocaust.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Anthony Page
- 1984-12
Forbidden (1984) Full Movie. DoolyKim. 8.51K subscribers. 9.2K. 3.7M views 9 years ago. ...more. (This movie was ripped from a custom-made DVD, originally VHS transfer. Video/audio is bit...
- Time of Wickedness
- Tehran Taboo
- From Beginning to End
- Notes on A Scandal
- Fish Tank
- The Reader
- La Luna
- Harold and Maude
- The Graduate
- Lolita
Directed by Yasuo Furuhata, ‘Time of Wickedness’ deals with a taboo relationship that is as taboo as it can get. It explores the affair between a son and his mother, one that thankfully doesn’t end in either of the two killing himself/herself. For the son, guilt is primary, a feeling that makes him run away but is in conflict with his desire for he...
This Ali Soozandeh-directed Persian-language animated romantic flick revolves around four characters (3 women and a man) in an Iranian society that is underscored by hypocritical aspects of sex, patriarchy, and religion, among others. How the lives of these four people intersect is showcased in a brilliant manner while addressing the aforementioned...
This Brazilian film has been directed by Aluizio Abranches and explores incest and homosexuality through the eyes of two guys who are step-brothers who have the same mother but different fathers. As expected, intolerance and prejudice are everywhere, and the question, as always, is whether love will survive because, more often than not, it doesn’t....
Starring Dame Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Andrew Simpson, and Bill Nighy and directed by Richard Eyre, this psychological drama is based on Zoë Heller’s 2003 novel of the same name. It revolves around veteran teacher Barbara Covett, who diverts her attention to new art teacher Sheba Hart, a wife and a mother of two, and gets a much-needed escape fr...
Directed by Andrea Arnold, ‘Fish Tank’ won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival as well as the Best British Film BAFTA. It tells the story of solitary teenager Mia, who finds herself attracted to her skanky mom’s new boyfriend Connor. After all, he is the only one who cares for what she likes, something that’s not the case with either he...
Most people dismiss ‘The Reader’ as a mediocre, Oscar-bait drama that’s nothing more than a skin show. But I, for one, love the film. It’s deeply flawed and may come off as a bit of a drag at times, but just too beautiful and humane to dismiss. The film depicts the complex sexual relationship between a teenage kid and a woman in her mid-30s. Kate W...
Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial drama ‘La Luna’ aka ‘Luna’ explores the disturbing relationship between a mother and her son. Joe, a teenager, has a troubled relationship with his parents, and after his mother’s husband commits suicide, he moves along with her to Rome. However, the boy’s emotional troubles begin to take a toll on him, and he be...
How, in our world, could the love story of a 20-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman not be a case of forbidden love? Hal Ashby’s black comedy romantic drama centers around a young man obsessed with death who frequently attends funerals, stages fake suicides, and grows increasingly detached from his mother. While romance might not seem to be the f...
It’s quite difficult to relate to a coming-of-drama that’s more than 50 years old. But there are some amazing moments in ‘The Graduate’ that still hold up well and manage to move me tremendously. It was a trendsetting phenomenon that changed the way coming-of-dramas were made. The feeling of angst and sexual tension felt by Benjamin is palpable. He...
Arguably, one of Stanley Kubrick’s more underrated works, ‘Lolita’ tells the story of a middle-aged man deeply infatuated with a gorgeous teenage girl. Adapted from Vladimir Nokobov’s novel of the same title, ‘Lolita’ generated controversy due to its bold subject and was panned by critics. Kubrick infuses a dark, perverse sense of humor that works ...
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. But they fall in love. She gets involved in helping Jews escape from the Nazis.
May 1, 2024 · Explore the list of films that depict passionate and clandestine affairs between lovers kept apart by forces out of their control. From Titanic to Beauty and the Beast, discover the most romantic and tragic stories of forbidden love in cinema.
