Movies like Out in the Dark

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Out in the Dark (2012)
 7.5
 9K
Out in the Dark (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue in this striking debut feature from Israeli director Michael Mayer.
Style: emotional, touching, serious, sincere, lgbt cinema, gloomy, sad, homoerotic, sexual, cute ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, forbidden love, gay couple, gay student, gay interest, israeli, gay love, gay sex, male homosexuality, love affair, lgbtq, society, lgbtqi, freedom, closeted homosexual, impossible love, gender, patriotism, lgbt, politics, gay romance, glbt, couples, gays and lesbians ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place: middle east, israel, tel aviv israel, palestine, palestinian authority, asia, mediterranean sea
Keyword: palestinian, feminist film, dutch, arabic, tel aviv, jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and lgbt cinema films with plots about lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay kiss, gay love and love and romance mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Out in the Dark: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Free Fall (2013), The Bubble (2006), Weekend (2011), Yossi & Jagger (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style: emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay romance, gay relationship, forbidden love, lgbt, love story, gays and lesbians, gay slur, gay interest, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2005, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, indiana ...
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89%
 7.5
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Free Fall (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style: emotional, sexual, atmospheric, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, gay slur, male male relationship, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.3
 6K
The Bubble (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, controversial ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay sex, israeli, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, forbidden love, occupation, love affair, civil rights, understanding ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 33K
Weekend (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style: sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay club, gay couple, one night stand, homosexuality, gay interest, gay romance, male nudity ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Yossi & Jagger (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is ...
Style: realistic, sincere, compassionate, epic, homoerotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay lead character, gay love, homosexuality, gay soldier, gay relationship, israeli, gay interest, gay sex, gay slur, gay romance, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, lebanon, palestine, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 4K
Eastern Boys (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Chechnya. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They ...
Style: bleak, realistic, serious, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot: gay, male prostitute, strong sexual content, sexual relations, life is a bitch, prostitute, gay youth, hustler, disorder, lgbtq, father son relationship, friendship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Just a Question of Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay slur, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, couples, gay relationship, gay love, gender, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay sex ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 2K
The String (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, gay love, arab, gays and lesbians, lgbt, couples, love and romance, gender, homecoming, gay interest, gay slur, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tunisia, africa, south africa, france, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Boys (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story: BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. ...
Style: touching, realistic, sentimental, lgbt cinema, captivating ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gay love, gay romance, gay athlete, gay relationship, fall in love, coming of age, lgbt teen, teenage love, gay interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
From Beginning to End (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Style: serious, sincere, captivating, lgbt cinema, psychological ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, gay love, gay relationship, male homosexuality, forbidden love, gay incest, family problems, parents and children, gay brother ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, buenos aires argentina, latin america, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style: realistic, bleak, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense ...
Plot: gay, gay love, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, gay relationship, infidelity, lgbt, closeted homosexual, gay bashing, gay sex, gay student, older man younger man relationship ...
Place: israel, jerusalem, palestine, middle east, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
No Night Is Too Long (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: gay, obsession, lgbt, gay relationship, murder, gay sex, betrayal, gay romance, gay interest, love and romance, redemption, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 24K
Shelter (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach ...
Style: touching, sexy, sweet, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, surfing, homosexuality, gay relationship, homosexual, gay romance, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, gay slur, grownups, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 2000s
Place: idaho, california, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 7.2
 975
Ander (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay love, forbidden love, lgbt, immigrant, farmer, gay romance, self discovery, family relations, society, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Match (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sincere, homoerotic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, male prostitution, gay relationship, gay love, gay slur, lgbt, gay sex, gays and lesbians, rent boy, lgbtq, love and romance, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
North Sea Texas (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, lgbt cinema, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, lgbt child, boys love, gays and lesbians, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place: belgium, france, idaho, europe, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 4K
Dream Boy (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, child abuse, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay couple, dysfunctional family, gay rape, gender, homosexual rape, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Land of Storms (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, gay love, gay interest, gay slur, gay erotica, gender, male homosexuality, gay bashing, hand job, lgbt, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hungary, germany, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Yossi (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, male nudity, gay soldier, bereavement, lgbtq, love and romance, workplace situations, workplace, fall in love, nudity, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel, tel aviv israel
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100%
 7.0
 3K
Five Dances (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: FIVE DANCES, written and directed by Alan Brown, is a creatively adventurous narrative feature film set in the New York 'downtown' modern dance world. The story follows the rocky emotional journey of an 18-year old dancer (the amazing ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay couple, gay teenager, gay sex, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, dancing, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, mother son relationship, dancer's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 3K
Brotherhood (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when their illicit relationship is ...
Style: serious, emotional, captivating, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, racism, couples, love affair, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, unlikely couple, society, radical ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia, denmark
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100%
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Akron (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving ...
Style: talky, captivating, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gay romance, gay relationship, gay couple, gay sex, gay student, gay youth, american football, gay love, lgbt, love ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Redwoods (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, couples, gay couple, gay relationship, gay sex, gays and lesbians, breakup, gay interest, secret, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 7.0
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Burnt Money (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns ...
Style: sexy, erotic, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay, heist, gay romance, obsession, lgbt, male nudity, betrayal, gay sex, gay erotica, couples, gay cruising, homoeroticism ...
Time: year 1965, 60s, 90s
Place: argentina, latin america, uruguay, new york, buenos aires argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.5
 117K
A Single Man (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style: touching, psychological, sincere, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, depression, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, loneliness, homosexual, lgbt, broken heart, grief, haunted by the past, gender, tragic love ...
Time: 60s, year 1962, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, california, cuba, usa, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Bangkok Love Story (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a cold assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police informant, when in a twist of fate the killer is shot ...
Style: sincere, tense, realistic, emotional, sexual ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, couples, gay asian, gay love, gay brother, love and romance, destiny, fall in love, aids, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bangkok thailand, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.9
 848
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
Place: tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Keep the Lights On (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay love, gay relationship, drug addiction, infidelity, lgbt, drug addict, phone sex, addiction, coping, lgbtq, gay sex ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, year 2006, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
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In Bloom (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A gritty and heartbreaking portrayal of love and loss, In Bloom shows a personal and realistic tale of losing first love. During a tumultuous summer in Chicago, a serial killer terrorizes boystown while two young men experience the pain of ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, breakup, lgbt, drug dealer, looking for love, couples, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, gender, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Beyond the Walls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a double-bass player originally from Albania. It's love at first sight. Confronted by Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir's misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sexual, serious ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay sex, gender, musician, gay couple, homosexual, sadomasochism, prison, gays and lesbians, love affair, gay slur ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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