Storyline: Not just Sex

The film collection "Storyline: Not Just Sex" on Sooner explores the complexity of human sexuality in all its facets. It's not just about erotic attraction, but about the deeper meaning and multiple stories behind sexual encounters and relationships. This collection includes a selection of films that deal intensively with the emotional, psychological and social dimensions of sexuality. The films in this collection are not only entertaining, but also provocative and insightful. They challenge you to question your own views and experiences and discover new perspectives. Each movie offers a unique narrative and shows that sex is far more than just physical intimacy. It's about identity, power, love and the search for human connection. From passionate dramas to touching love stories and challenging documentaries, this collection offers a wide range of genres and narrative styles. It is aimed at an audience willing to engage with profound and sometimes uncomfortable themes. Immerse yourself in the world of "Storyline: Not Just Sex" and experience films that go far beyond the surface. Discover the stories behind physical intimacy and be inspired and moved by the diverse expressions of human sexuality.
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  • Polichinelles

    Polichinelles

    Drama, Queer

    2019

    16+

    The journey of a French lesbian couple aspiring to become parents and the challenges on the way.


  • I'm Not in Love

    I'm Not in Love

    Comedy, Romance

    2021

    1h.24min

    16+

    Rob has been given a week to decide if he wants to settle down and have kids with his long-term girlfriend Marta, whom he's fallen out of love with.


  • That Kind of Summer

    That Kind of Summer

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2022

    2h.17min

    16+

    In this Berlinale Golden Bear contender film, three hypersexual women are spending 26 days in a quiet house by the lake.


  • Sexological Bodywork

    Sexological Bodywork

    Love & Sex

    18

    Learn about your body and your lust in a new way. Sex educationists, tantra experts, and bondage masters will help you to fully develop your orgasmic potential. This ...


  • Gisela

    Gisela

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2005

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    Authentic, haphazard and unromantic, three residents of a high-rise housing estate search for love, friendship and sexuality.


  • Short Order

    Short Order

    Comedy, Romance

    2005

    1h.41min

    12 FSK

    Life becomes an all-you-can-eat buffet in this ensemble comedy full of quirky characters and culinary delights. Dig in!


  • Tezuka's Barbara

    Tezuka's Barbara

    Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2020

    1h.40min

    16 FSK

    To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.


  • Easy Love

    Easy Love

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2019

    1h.28min

    16 FSK

    In a successful semi-documentary mix, EASY LOVE tells of crises, moments of happiness, doubts, sex, and unconventional relationship models.


  • II - Two

    II - Two

    Drama

    2019

    1h.0min

    16+

    An exceptionally candid Belarusian film about three teenagers who are confronted with prejudice from their peers and adults.


  • The Skin of Others

    The Skin of Others

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.52min

    16 FSK

    Despite its disarmingly strange erotic scenes, The Skin of Others is a deeply romantic love story.


  • Away You Go

    Away You Go

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    1h.16min

    6 FSK

    Compassionate mumblecore-style drama about a young woman's struggles with the expectations placed on her by her partner and friends.


  • The Fall of the Queens

    The Fall of the Queens

    Drama

    2021

    1h.23min

    16+

    When their cousin comes to live at their remote beekeeping farm, sisters Juana and Mara become trapped in a vortex of seduction and jealousy.


  • 10,000 km

    10,000 km

    Drama, Romance

    2013

    1h.39min

    16+

    Photographer Alex is leaving Barcelona to work in Los Angeles for a year. Will her relationship with Sergi survive the 10,000 kilometer distance?


  • Slut in a Good Way

    Slut in a Good Way

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.29min

    16+

    A sex-positive, female-centered comedy with a fresh take on teen sex comedy that challenges, established notions of gender roles and sexual morality.


  • Come Closer

    Come Closer

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    The focus is on the relationship between the two directors Bella and Andreas, who explore themes of love, sex, friendship and desire.


  • 30 Years Blues

    30 Years Blues

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2019

    1h.31min

    16+

    An intimate portrayal of Brazil's upper-class and their relationships in midlife crisis.


  • Itsi Bitsi

    Itsi Bitsi

    Drama, Romance

    2015

    1h.43min

    16 FSK

    Denmark 1962: As protests against the nuclear arms race and imperialist policies grow louder, activist Eik meets the beautiful Iben.


  • Berlin 4 Lovers

    Berlin 4 Lovers

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    Tinder users in Berlin talk openly and honestly and about real-life encounters, both the good and the bad, with dates made using the famous dating app


  • Sex: Speak

    Sex: Speak

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2015

    1h.20min

    16 FSK

    Sex is the most beautiful thing in the world. But talking about it without straying into lasciviousness or becoming inhibited remains tricky.


  • People That Are Not Me

    People That Are Not Me

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2016

    1h.18min

    16+

    Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv. She has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene.


  • Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion

    Classics

    1984

    1h.47min

    18 FSK

    Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night she is the high class sex worker China Blue.


  • The Longest Night

    The Longest Night

    Crime, Thriller

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    This Ecuadorian thriller takes on modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and the opioid crisis in a unique visual style.


  • Searching Eva

    Searching Eva

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.34min

    16 FSK

    Eva, 25, living in Berlin, leads a public life with all the consequences. At 14 she took a new name and declared privacy an outdated concept.


  • Everything Always All the Time

    Everything Always All the Time

    Independent, Comedy

    2019

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?


  • The ManEater

    The ManEater

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.25min

    16+

    Jezebel is a nihilistic artist who hides her fragility by living a fast-paced lifestyle. She is attracted to David, a priest.


  • Dream Boat

    Dream Boat

    Documentary, Queer

    2017

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    All aboard, for the biggest cruise for gay men.


  • Take This Waltz

    Take This Waltz

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2011

    1h.56min

    12 FSK

    Actress-director and Oscar nominated Sarah Polley asked herself: “What happens when the passion fades?” Top performances by Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen ...


  • Lovers

    Lovers

    Drama, Romance

    2019

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    The merciless analysis of their failed relationship brings a newly separated couple closer together than ever before.


  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.54min

    16+

    Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.


  • The Daughters of Fire

    The Daughters of Fire

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.55min

    18 FSK

    Three women set out on a polyamorous journey, in search for new kinds of relationships at the end of the world, far from possession and pain.


  • A Decent Woman

    A Decent Woman

    Drama

    2017

    1h.40min

    16+

    A housemaid working at an exclusive gated community near Buenos Aires embarks on a journey of sexual and mental liberation in a nudist swinger-club.


  • Europe – She Loves

    Europe – She Loves

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2016

    1h.40min

    16+

    Crises, grievances, fear of the future and hope: eight young people search for their place in society in various European countries.


  • Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals

    Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals

    Documentary

    2017

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    How is ever-available pornography changing our lives? Ex-porn actress Ovidie explains.


  • Love Me!

    Love Me!

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.


  • Sexarbeiterin

    Sexarbeiterin

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.36min

    18

    Lena Morgenroth, sex worker and computer scientist, is the opposite of the miserable cliché of prostitutes and offers an insight into her live.


  • Eva. S - Die Nationalistin

    Eva. S - Die Nationalistin

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2015

    1h.16min

    18 FSK

    A milieu study and an existentialist drama about a prostitute who fluctuates between nationalism and socialism.


  • Cindy Does Not Love Me

    Cindy Does Not Love Me

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2010

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    Unconventional love triangle story between two thirtysomething guys and a very special woman – the men not knowing from each another. A mixture of road ...


  • White White World

    White White World

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2010

    1h.55min

    16 FSK

    King is a cantankerous ex-boxer and bar owner who is immune to love - until he meets a 16-year-old girl. Serbian-German-Swedish drama about emotions and ...


  • Into the Suite

    Into the Suite

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2014

    1h.30min

    16+

    Linda Grey, a young, drug-addicted movie star, flies in to Berlin to promote her newest song “I wanna fuck a Nazi”.


  • Black Panther – The Story of Emilie and Jacob

    Black Panther – The Story of Emilie and Jacob

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2013

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Siblings Emilie and Jacob cannot help feeling a deep love for each other. After being apart for many years, they meet in the mountains.


  • Submarine

    Submarine

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2010

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    In this quiet comedy in the style of Wes Anderson, a 15-year-old Welshman navigates the shoals of first love like a sailor through reefs.


  • Five Sex Rooms and One Kitchen

    Five Sex Rooms and One Kitchen

    Love & Sex, Documentary

    2007

    1h.19min

    16+

    This documentary is a down to earth look into the everyday life of a female-run brothel.


  • Fuck For Forest

    Fuck For Forest

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2012

    1h.23min

    16 FSK

    Director Marczak follows the NGO Fuck for Forest (FFF) who recruits Danny as he moves from Bergen, Norway, to progressive and permissive Berlin and joins ...


  • Elles

    Elles

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2011

    1h.35min

    16 FSK

    A provocative exploration of female sexuality, Juliette Binoche as Anne, a well-off Parisian journalist investigating the lives of two student prostitutes ...


  • Women's Lust

    Women's Lust

    Love & Sex, Documentary

    2011

    1h.0min

    16 FSK

    For her documentary Gabi Schweiger has interviewed five sexually active women beyond the menopause. Without mincing words, you tell of love and lust in ...


  • Heartbeats

    Heartbeats

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2010

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    Directing prodigy Xavier Dolan presents with his comedy-drama a deliciously tongue-in cheek celebration of falling in love. Screened 2010 at Cannes.


  • Snowman’s Land

    Snowman’s Land

    Crime, Love & Sex

    2009

    1h.34min

    16 FSK

    Luckless hitman Walter ruined his job and now has been hired by underworld boss Berger, has been living in remote eastern mountains for years and now has ...


  • Amour fou

    Amour fou

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2006

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    In her search for sexual fulfillment, Nadja loses herself in an all-consuming passion from which she no longer wants to emerge.


  • Alles für den Arsch

    Alles für den Arsch

    Love & Sex

    2017

    42min

    16 FSK

    The experienced men's masseur Ingo Ehrhardt explains everything you always wanted to know about anal men's massage.


  • Ants go other ways

    Ants go other ways

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2011

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    In a personal crisis, assisted living becomes a lifesaver for Richard.


  • The Moon and Other Lovers

    The Moon and Other Lovers

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2008

    1h.41min

    12 FSK

    A tale of ordinary people in Eastern Germany set in the tumultuous times following the fall of the Berlin Wall. When Hannah wins a trip to Turkey, she ...


  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2005

    1h.35min

    16 FSK

    The film follows two couples. Without their respective partners' knowledge, all four set up dates with a person of the other couple.


  • Little Girl Blue

    Little Girl Blue

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.21min

    16+

    Sandra is new in town and does not fit into the cool clique around Nadja and Isa. Then she falls in love with Mike, who also caught Nadja's attention.


  • Snow White (Samir)

    Snow White (Samir)

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2005

    1h.53min

    16+

    The Partyqueen Nico is a luxury girl from a wealthy home. At a party she falls in love with Paco, who is her complete opposite.


  • Holger and Hanna

    Holger and Hanna

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2013

    1h.24min

    12 FSK

    Holger is unhappily in love with Hanna. Then his parents get a divorce and to top it all off his father flirts with Hanna.