What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedsex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh · Film · 1989
If you loved sex, lies, and videotape, start with Sex, Lies & Murder — a podcast on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 1 podcast, each matched to sex, lies, and videotape across media.
What hooked you in sex, lies, and videotape was the way intimate, candid conversations about desire fundamentally dismantle the fragile facades of marriage.
Books on the same thread
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman · Book · 2009
Explores: Communication, Relationships, Love.
Just as the characters in sex, lies, and videotape struggle to articulate their needs, this guide offers the practical framework necessary to bridge the gap in marital communication.
The Awakening
Kate Chopin · Book · 1899
Shares a thread with sex, lies, and videotape: Self-discovery.
Like Ann’s journey in sex, lies, and videotape, this novel explores the stifling social constraints of marriage and the profound, often painful, internal push toward genuine self-discovery.
Misery
Stephen King · Book · 1987
Explores: Obsession, Captivity, Isolation.
This story mirrors the unsettling power dynamics found in sex, lies, and videotape by examining how isolation and obsession can transform the most private relationships into psychological battlegrounds.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · Book · 1972
Explores: Mental Illness, Depression, Suicide.
Much like the internal tension of sex, lies, and videotape, this narrative captures the suffocating impact of strained expectations and the subsequent breakdown of an individual's public identity.
Series on the same thread
Sex Education
Laurie Nunn · Series · 2019
Shares a thread with sex, lies, and videotape: Self-Discovery.
While tonally distinct from sex, lies, and videotape, this series shares the same fascination with candid, sometimes awkward, open dialogue regarding the complexities of human sexual development.
The Affair
Sarah Treem · Series · 2014
Shares 3 threads with sex, lies, and videotape: Infidelity, Psychological Drama, Relationship Drama.
This series captures the same complex emotional fallout of infidelity portrayed in sex, lies, and videotape, using shifting perspectives to dissect the messy, often contradictory truths of long-term relationships.
Sex and the City
Darren Star · Series · 1998
Shares a thread with sex, lies, and videotape: Relationship Drama.
If the frank, unfiltered discussions about sex and intimacy in sex, lies, and videotape resonated with you, these characters provide a more social, city-centered iteration of that same transparency.
Masters of Sex
Michelle Ashford · Series · 2013
Explores: sexual revolution, gender roles, marital infidelity.
This drama mirrors the clinical yet intimate exploration of human sexuality seen in sex, lies, and videotape, focusing on how scientific inquiry intersects with the fragility of personal relationships.
Podcasts on the same thread
Sex, Lies & Murder
Podcast
Shares a thread with sex, lies, and videotape: Infidelity.
This podcast takes the dark themes of marital discord and secret lives explored in sex, lies, and videotape and pushes them to their most extreme, fatal conclusions.
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Common questions
Is sex, lies, and videotape centered on a marriage?
Yes, sex, lies, and videotape focuses on Ann, a frustrated wife dealing with a troubled marriage. The plot explores the fallout after she discovers her husband John is having an affair with her sister, a situation further complicated by the arrival of John's friend, Graham.
What is the role of Graham in sex, lies, and videotape?
Graham is John's best friend who arrives to visit the couple. In sex, lies, and videotape, his presence acts as a catalyst for change because he has a specific habit of interviewing women about their personal sex lives, which ultimately impacts the dynamics of John and Ann's marriage.
Does sex, lies, and videotape involve an affair?
Yes, the narrative of sex, lies, and videotape is driven by the fact that John has begun an affair with Ann's sister. This betrayal is the primary source of the marital tension that Ann seeks to address through counseling throughout the course of the film.
Why does Ann seek counseling in sex, lies, and videotape?
Ann seeks counseling in sex, lies, and videotape because she is a frustrated wife struggling with her troubled marriage. Her situation becomes more complex when she remains unaware of her husband's affair with her sister until the arrival of Graham shifts the interpersonal landscape of their relationship.