Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fear-of-intimacy"

1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco

Votes: 467,783 | Gross: $109.45M

2. God's Own Country (2017)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart

Votes: 35,670 | Gross: $0.34M

3. The Conversation (1974)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 122,059 | Gross: $4.42M

4. Eat Pray Love (2010)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis

Votes: 106,048 | Gross: $80.57M

5. Vengeance (II) (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.

Director: B.J. Novak | Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton, Ashton Kutcher

Votes: 37,153

6. Wild Orchid (1989)

R | 105 min | Drama, Romance

A female lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.

Director: Zalman King | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Assumpta Serna

Votes: 12,942 | Gross: $11.06M

7. Spread (2009)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A drama centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 41,910 | Gross: $0.25M

8. On Chesil Beach (2017)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Director: Dominic Cooke | Stars: Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan, Andy Burse, Rasmus Hardiker

Votes: 12,522 | Gross: $0.75M

9. Frankie and Johnny (1991)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Nathan Lane

Votes: 34,248 | Gross: $22.77M

10. The Chambermaid Lynn (2014)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama

In this coming out story with a difference, Lynn - a painfully shy hotel maid with OCD - voyeuristically watches a guest's encounter with a dominatrix. She then decides to hire the call girl to help her shed her own inhibitions.

Director: Ingo Haeb | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Münster, Christian Aumer

Votes: 981

11. Alex & Emma (2003)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

A writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Luke Wilson, Kate Hudson, David Paymer, Sophie Marceau

Votes: 13,910 | Gross: $14.21M

12. Retaliation (2017)

R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller

An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past.

Directors: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles, Alex Ferns

Votes: 1,633

13. All Over the Guy (2001)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

While the flame of Jackie and Brett's attraction intensifies, Eli and Tom, the unlikely pair they attempt to bring together, appear destined to spiral out of love rather than make any sort of progress toward becoming a genuine couple.

Director: Julie Davis | Stars: Dan Bucatinsky, Richard Ruccolo, Sasha Alexander, Adam Goldberg

Votes: 4,986 | Gross: $1.01M

14. Sol Goode (2003)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Sol Goode has led an easy life thanks to his charm, good looks, and quick wit, but now he faces eviction and the threat of having to get a real job. He also meets the most beautiful woman he's ever seen - but she can see through his lines.

Director: Danny Comden | Stars: Amanda Anka, Jason Bateman, Beau Baxter, Danny Comden

Votes: 1,316

15. Romantics Anonymous (2010)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Jean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?

Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie

Votes: 12,040

16. Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

R | 95 min | Biography, Drama

Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s as she works at the munitions plant and dreams of being a movie star. Abused as a child and an adult, she lacks ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Misty Rowe, Terence Locke, Patch Mackenzie, Preston Hanson

Votes: 384

17. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti

Votes: 2,730 | Gross: $0.47M

18. The Awakening (1995 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama, Romance

Sara lives in a small town where everybody knows everybody and her life is an open book. Left with the care of her family home, she has trouble meeting the mortgage payments and her ... See full summary »

Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Cynthia Geary, David Beecroft, Sheila McCarthy, Maurice Godin

Votes: 339

19. 17 sui de tian kong (2004)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A gay teenager falls for an architect after moving to the city to find a summer job.

Director: Yin-jung Chen | Stars: Yo Yang, Duncan Lai, King Chin, Dada Ji

Votes: 1,067

20. Woman: 'Why Can't I Stop Dating Gay Men?' (2018 Video)

91 min | News

Stefan Molyneux talks to Kathleen, who is attracted to men who are gay or otherwise unavailable.

Star: Stefan Molyneux

21. The Cuddle Workshop (2014)

15 min | Short, Comedy

Desperate to overcome a fear of intimacy, Masha, a young New Yorker, impetuously decides to spend an afternoon at a Cuddle Workshop.

Director: Mauro Mueller | Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Jonah Bleicher, Denis Butkus, Tom Cappadona

Votes: 7

22. That '80s Show (2002)
Episode: After the Kiss (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

After Corey and Tuesdays' initial kiss, they can't keep their hands off of each other, but where is this relationship headed. Meanwhile, Sophia is taking over R.T.'s company and Roger is taking over Katie's aerobics class.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Glenn Howerton, Tinsley Grimes, Chyler Leigh, Eddie Shin

Votes: 51

23. Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Sixty years later the widowed Flora's grandson, veterinarian Adam, surfs the net for casual, one-off sex with male partners. When Flora gifts him the cottage where Michael and Thomas lived ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Samuels | Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Flaminia Cinque, David Gyasi

Votes: 323

24. The Russell Howard Hour (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.9 (2019)

Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Russell tackles the no deal Brexit panic, inbred potatoes, the right's attack on Gillette's anti-toxic masculinity ad and Prince Philip's car crash, explains the difference between freedom ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Orton | Stars: Russell Howard, Will Poulter, Jon Richardson, Rebekka Mikkola

Votes: 9