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Saturn in Opposition (2007)
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Saturn in Opposition (2007)
Original name: Saturno contro
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Style: sincere, talky, serious, realistic, clever, contemplative, crying, queer cinema
Plot: gay, friendship, gays and lesbians, couple relations, lgbt, infidelity, family problems, introspection, terminal illness, dealing with death, dinner party, estrangement, sudden death, bereavement, gay interest, friends, dinner, manners, family relations, gay couple, pregnancy, youth, addiction, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time: contemporary
Place: rome italy, italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and touching films with plots about couples, love and romance, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, kiss and gender mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Saturn in Opposition: Late August, Early September (1998), The Man of My Life (2006), Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997), Close to Leo (2002), His Secret Life (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Late August, Early September (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in harmony with ones ideals, committing to a lover, giving up a ...
Style: talky, emotional, melancholic, ironic, meditative ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, midlife crisis, unlikely friendships, complex characters, writers, couple relations, love and romance, human nature, couples, depression, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: france, paris france
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The Man of My Life (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A man vacationing in the country with his wife and children finds ideas he has of himself unexpectedly challenged in director Zabou Breitman's intimate drama.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, romantic, sexy ...
Plot: gay, love triangle, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, couples, midlife crisis, love and romance, unfulfillment, gender, family problems, family relations, summer vacation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, south of france
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Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Instanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his realtives' Instanbul ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, queer cinema ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, lgbt, turkish bath, gay interest, glbt, bathhouse, lgbtq, culture clash, self discovery, lgbtqi, homosexual ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: italy, middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Close to Leo (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When 21 year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV+, his family quickly rallys around him. Leo travels to Paris with his youngst brother Marcel for treatment. When Leo tries to push his brother ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: boy, youth, hiv, gays and lesbians, friendship, brother brother relationship, lgbt, coming of age, tragic hero, life is a bitch, family problems, family life ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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His Secret Life (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: gay, friendship, aids, gay relationship, infidelity, adultery, transsexual, marriage, depression, self discovery, relationships, gays and lesbians ...
Place: london, amsterdam, milan italy, rome italy, istanbul turkey
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The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s best friend, out of the blue, asks them to take care of her two kids for a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, gay relationship, gay wedding, family relations, love, husband wife relationship, disorder, parents and children, friendship ...
Place: rome italy
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Ciao (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two men meet and fall in love under the least joyous of circumstances in this low-key drama from writer and director Yen Tan.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, romantic, sensual ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, couples, gender, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbtq, friends, love and romance, computers and web ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Facing Windows (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Portugal, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
Style: emotional, psychological, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, gay, self discovery, fall in love, love affair, compassion, lgbt, family problems, memory loss, haunted by the past, relationships, memory ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Kiss Me Again (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: true love, love affair, infidelity, couple relations, hopes, dishonesty, family life, breakup, parents separation, love and romance, crumbling marriage, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Holding Trevor (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Everybody's looking for something... Moving forward doesn't always mean leaving something behind.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay romance, gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, addiction, hiv, introspection, lifestyle, destructive relationship, couples, looking for love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Antarctica (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay relationship, dancer, family relations, introspection, hopes, lifestyle, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Whirlwind (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A hot, young and charming man with ulterior motives enters the lives of a tight-knit group of gay men in New York City and at first adds excitement and intrigue to their group, but events soon spiral out of control as he deliberately attempts to ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, sexy, serious ...
Plot: gay, gay club, gay relationship, friendship, infidelity, couples, lifestyle, homosexual, breakup, thirtysomething life, emotionless, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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His Brother (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc's homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, ...
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: gay, homosexual, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, reconciliation, parents and children, human nature, brother brother relationship, suffering ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
A Five Star Life (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, semi serious, humorous ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, touching ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Time to Spare (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the possibility to explore his love for Arthur, a closet gay. ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, couple relations, leaving home, gay relationship, love triangle, family relations, couples, gender, fall in love, life is a bitch, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.8
 848
The River (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
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Place: finland
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37%
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Style: emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
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37%
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36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
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36%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Mohsen teaches French at the University of Tehran, and Hassan is a photographer. Mohsen and Hassan are also lovers, and in Iran they live in fear, as homosexuality is punishable by death. Tired of denying their love, Mohsen and Hassan flee Iran to ...
Style: emotional, contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: captivating, touching, sentimental, sincere, poignant ...
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Duration: 108 min.
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Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Style: serious, touching, realistic, romantic, sincere ...
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35%
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Country: USA
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Style: sad, independent film, realistic, touching, emotional ...
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Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1988, year 1986 ...
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35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
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Style: sexy, realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, haunted by the past, death of wife, couples, gay relationship, drug dealing, prodigy, friendship, homosexuality, infidelity, widower ...
Time: 21st century
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35%
 5.4
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual ...
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35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, psychological, eros ...
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Time: 90s
Place: spain
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