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Can you recommend tv shows or movies that DON’T have romance/ sex in it?

115 replies

AllAloneInThisHouse · 15/09/2022 20:40

Thanks!

OP posts:
SausagePourHomme · 26/09/2022 22:09

DesMoulinsRouge · 26/09/2022 22:07

There's sex in that!

agree, mindhunter has a really full on sex scene right in episode 1. Not really meeting the brief

Mochudubh · 26/09/2022 22:11

Thai Cave Rescue

BigFatLiar · 26/09/2022 22:13

Last of the summer wine
Poirott
Miss Marple
Father brown

Lots of 50s sci fi movies
Musicals

MajorCarolDanvers · 26/09/2022 22:15

Master chef
The missing
Line of duty

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 26/09/2022 22:16

Task Master
University Challenge

MarsupiIami · 26/09/2022 22:19

There's a good film called 'searching' about a man whose daughter goes missing. You have to read a lot though.

Mochudubh · 26/09/2022 22:20

@BigFatLiar

Come now. Compo's lusting after Nora Batty would have OP clutching her pearls.

BigFatLiar · 26/09/2022 22:22

Mochudubh · 26/09/2022 22:20

@BigFatLiar

Come now. Compo's lusting after Nora Batty would have OP clutching her pearls.

Of course and there's Howard and Marina

Washaday · 26/09/2022 22:23

DH says Top Gear

crispinglovershighkick · 26/09/2022 22:26

Lol following as I'm always looking for unsexy films to watch with my mum. Recently enjoyed the Polka King.

BigFatLiar · 26/09/2022 22:27

We're currently watching Forged in Fire - no sign of sex or romance yet
Try Wheeler Dealers, Gold Rush, Curse of Oak Island, World at War, Beechgrove.

Moonshine5 · 26/09/2022 22:29

Blackish

Sux2buthen · 26/09/2022 22:32

Moonshine5 · 26/09/2022 22:29

Blackish

Brilliant programme

BigFatLiar · 26/09/2022 22:33

crispinglovershighkick · 26/09/2022 22:26

Lol following as I'm always looking for unsexy films to watch with my mum. Recently enjoyed the Polka King.

Androcles and the lion is on talking pictures tomorrow afternoon.

If you don't mind a bit cheese then the great!Xmas channel has some innocuous films.

sashh · 26/09/2022 22:36

I am mother.

SudocremOnEverything · 26/09/2022 22:39

Moana.

MrsRinaDecker · 26/09/2022 22:41

The queen’s gambit had rather a lot of sex in if I recall!
Obviously you’ve got your bake off or master chef type shows (although even the former has bits of innuendo).. I’m trying to think of anything not for children which doesn’t 🤔 which is maybe slightly concerning..

ofwarren · 26/09/2022 22:44

All creatures great and small, the new one on channel 5. It's wonderful.

Wherearemymarbles · 26/09/2022 22:45

Anything star wars
stranger things
a bridge over the river quai
dr stranglove
the hobbit
lord of the rings

BigFatLiar · 26/09/2022 22:45

Murder she wrote
Colombo
Brokenwood mysteries
Lewis

SudocremOnEverything · 26/09/2022 22:54

Wherearemymarbles · 26/09/2022 22:45

Anything star wars
stranger things
a bridge over the river quai
dr stranglove
the hobbit
lord of the rings

Star Wars is full of romance. It’s a major plot point in several places.

The LOTR films have loads of romantic scenes between Aragon and Arwen too.

Stranger things also has romance all over the bloody place.

Dashel · 26/09/2022 23:00

There are the new Star Wars tv shows on Disney, I don’t recall any romantic stuff on there.

There are things like Morse and Poirot that may have romance as minor a sub plot from time to time. Game shows or Comedy shows like eight out of ten cats/ eight out of ten cats does countdown, the last leg, Google Box, have I got news for you, red dwarf (99% of the time), robot wars, inside the factory, 10years younger, eat well for less, celebrity SAS and the non celebrity version,DIY sos, changing rooms, anything with Kirsty and Phil or George Clark

EvilRingahBitch · 26/09/2022 23:06

The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi are quite good shouts. None of the Marvel shows I've seen pass the test.

Cunk On Britain and Cunk on Earth are my top tips: comedy documentaries on iPlayer expertly taking the piss out of big-budget documentary tropes.

EvilRingahBitch · 26/09/2022 23:08

Line of Duty definitely doesn't pass: there's no explicit sex but loads of romantic motivation.

SudocremOnEverything · 26/09/2022 23:09

Still a long way from ‘anything star wars’ though.