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Other movies about incest... (some spoilers possible)


***UPDATED 5/11/2009***

Here is a list I put together myself, the ratings are all mine, and therefore subjective.

First, there are some spoilers within, however minor some may be...
Second, incest — in real life — is NOT sensual, or sexy, or beautiful, it is ugly and horrid and about taking power away from the victim. However, since it is a taboo — in *film* — it can be sensual and tender. To all incest victims, please take no offense in this, it is a list about *film* only, and in no way minimizes your ordeal.

That being said...

* Stars are for the quality of the film [0 = none]
+ Pluses are given for the sensuality (not explicitness) of the incest

**** ++ Lone Star - brother and sister (consummated on screen)
* ++++ Amityville II - The Possession - brother and sister (very sensual, on screen kissing, nudity, and flirting)
** +++ Spanking the Monkey - mother and son (consummated on screen)
(haven't seen) 8 1/2 Women - father and son (on screen)
* ++ Cruel Intentions - brother and sister (lots of titillation, nothing on screen)
** + The House of Yes - brother and sister (nothing on screen)
*** +++ The Hotel New Hampshire - brother and sister (consummated on screen in fast forward)
**** +++ The Royal Tenenbaums - brother and sister (consummated off screen)
**** 0 Chinatown - father and daughter (nothing on screen, suggested in history)
*** 0 The Two Jakes - father and daughter (nothing on screen, suggested in history)
*** 0 The Shipping News – brother and sister (off screen recollection)
*** ++ The Weight of Water - brother and sister (mild flashback recollections and discussion)
** +++ Little Boy Blue - mother and son (consummated on screen)
*** ++++ Beau Pere - father and step-daughter (consummated on screen, but mostly petting)
** ++++ Blue Lagoon and Return to the Blue Lagoon - suggestive of brother and sister
*** + Cousins - well, uh, cousins (by marriage) (consummated on screen)
0 0 Flowers in the Attic - suggestive of brother and sister - nothing on screen
* +++ Sleepwalkers - mother and son (titillation on screen, not consummated)
**** 0 The Cider House Rules - father and daughter (discovered during the film, but not consummated)
**** 0 Forrest Gump - Jenny tells of her father molesting her
** ++++ Luna - mother and son (explicit petting onscreen)
**** 0 The War Zone - father and daughter (one horrific and explicit scene)
**** ++++ Lolita (both versions) father and stepdaughter - 1997 version is consummated on screen and included several onscreen titillating scenes.
**** ++++ (The finest ever) Jude - cousins (the single most erotic and romantic of the lot, VERY explicit on screen foreplay)
0 + Ritual - (2000 Denise Nicholas) brother and sister - one scene, blurry and boring.
(Haven’t seen) Beatrice - father and daughter
** ++++ The Ballad of Jack and Rose - father and daughter (a kiss on screen)
*** ++++ Close My Eyes - brother and sister – consummated onscreen, several scenes. This is the single most erotic incest film. Consensual, adult, romantic and tragic.
* + Cat People - brother and sister (suggestive, not consummated)
(Haven’t seen) Suddenly Last Summer - dunno
**** ++ Angels and Insects – brother and sister - VERY explicit on screen - brief
**** +++ Miss Firecracker - brother and sister (LOTS of flirting)
** +++ Wicked - father and daughter (consummated off-screen, during the movie)
** 0 This World, Then the Fireworks – nothing onscreen
** +++ Sister My Sister - sister and sister, pretty explicit
** 0 Priest - Father-daughter, discussed explicitly
**** + Gladiator - brother and sister (rough on-screen attempts at consummation only)
0 + Eurotrip - brother and sister (on-screen kissing)
*** +++ Forbidden Relations (Visszaesök) - brother and sister, 1982 Hungary movie which may be based on a true story.
*** 0 Heart of the Stag - father and daughter (consummated on screen)
* ++ In Dark Places - brother and sister (consummated on screen)
** + Blood - brother and sister (on screen touching) Indy Canadian film
**** 0 The Quiet - father and daughter (on screen touching)


There are others, especially (for instance) Star Wars (5, 6 and 7) Luke and Leia. I skipped this, and others because they offer no real on-screen insight or passion.

Can you name others?

"...nothing is left of me, each time I see her..." - Catullus

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OLDBOY- father and daughter

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...and, brother and sister.

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I saw a great Spanish film a few years ago "Lovers of the Arctic Circle" about a brother and sister in-law who fall in love at a very young age and grow up to become lovers.

Also, I'm surprised no one's mention "A Thousand Acres" about a father who abuses 2 of is 3 daughters.

"Action is how men express romance on film." -- Kurt Wimmer

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Godfather Part III: between 1st cousins
COnfession of American Girl: between Step father & daughter
Pscyho IV: mother & son

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Angels and Insects- brother and sister
Innocent Lies- brother and sister

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I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noe involves father daughter incest

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check out The Sweet Hereafter, more than a suggestion of incest if not explicit. and a great film to boot, though be prepared because it is very sad.

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