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Beautiful Thing (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This 20th anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's play about two working class teenage boys falling in love on a south east London council estate was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Arts Theatre in London's Leicester Square.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, lgbtq, gay romance, teenage love, first love, working class, tenderness, sexual awakening, friendship, acceptance, intimacy, social realism, slice of life, young adult, heartwarming, forbidden love, humour, family conflict, city life, lgbt teen, gay subtext, love, council estate, stage performance ...
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, independent film, emotional and art house films with plots about coming of age, friendship, slice of life, lgbt, lgbtq, social realism and gay mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Beautiful Thing: Body Electric (2017), Salut Victor (1989), Absence (2014), Tenderness (2016), Up the Junction (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds ...
Style:
sensual, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gay interest, gay sex, lgbt, social realism, identity, coming of age, sexual awakening, working class, slice of life, young adult ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, gay, retirement home, aging, mortality, gay romance, companionship, tenderness, intimacy, acceptance, loneliness ...
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95%
204
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, family relations, parents and children, child as adult, teachers and students, minimalism, lgbt, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
About youth, decountrifying and attitude toward life. Julia and Patrick - living-together, careful to each other couple have to face the approaching change. Artur - self-confident, world curious egoist, works as a coach and barista at the same time. ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, postmodern, moody
Plot:
identity, relationships, young adult, self discovery, coming of age, youth culture, modern life, slice of life, intimacy, alienation, bittersweet, city life ...
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbt, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, trans woman, self discovery, relationships, social problems, problem, life is a bitch, relationship problems, identity crisis ...
Place:
india, kolkata
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A girl from a rich family in Chelsea is bored and decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea.
Style:
period piece, melancholic, romantic drama, independent film, tragic
Plot:
working class, abortion, kitchen sink realism, swinger, swing, social realism, pregnancy, class conflict, poverty, moral dilemma, city life, women's issues ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
73%
291
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A summer trip to Berlin offers a fleeting glimpse into the lives of the country's youth in this vibrant, character-driven drama from director Martin Gypkens. When twentysomething Florian arrives in town to pay a visit to long-lost pal Pit, the ...
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, friendship, coming of age, lgbt, youth, slice of life, summer, nostalgia, relationships, realism, urban ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
70%
232
Genre: Drama
Country: Guinea, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, ...
Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, melancholic, tense, art house ...
Plot:
gay, black lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, lgbt, gay slur, gay teenager, male homosexuality, sexuality, gay romance, lgbtq, young lovers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, south africa, west africa
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Anne grows up in the isolated Biesbosch area, where spacious fields and power pylons define the landscape. With a group of friends, she spends a sultry summer holiday there trying to make the leap to maturity. But this shared ...
Style:
melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, small town, adolescence, self discovery, sexual awakening, longing, small town life, identity crisis, teen angst, teen romance, first love ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Mariana (15) is annoyingly in love with the school's badboy, Ali2, but he is occupied with the only blonde in Romsås.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
young love, adolescence, teenager, friendship, youth, cultural difference, teenage life, teenage love, love and romance, friends, crush, coming of age ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and confronting hidden secrets. Volume 13: Trick & Treat features 10 new award-winning shorts, including: Anna Österlund Nolskog's "Boygame" ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, relationships, gay interest, lgbt teen, lgbtq, relationship problems, teenage life, love interest, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, forbidden love ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Explores the relationship between Ake, a young man who is paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, and Pun, the male nurse who takes care of him, and of course Ake's father. Ake is at first cold towards his nurse Pun, but as Pun ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, art house, independent film
Plot:
paralysis, minimalism, gay relationship, disability, character study, sexual awakening, compassion, caregiver, realism, lgbtq, empathy, intimacy ...
Place:
bangkok thailand
Similarity:
58%
588
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Johan, a gay man in Copenhagen, revels in nightlife until meeting William, a transgender man. Their profound love challenges societal norms surrounding gender, identity, and relationships.
Style:
atmospheric, sensual, melancholic, erotic, pornographic
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, bathhouse, transgender, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, identity, sexuality, acceptance, empathy ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Anand, in the travel back to his home to reunite with his friends , looks back at his life in 8 chapters, trying to find an answer to the question of “What’s happiness / Am I happy?
Style:
poignant, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, introspection, slice of life, self discovery, personal growth, road trip, getting home, homecoming, nostalgia, bittersweet, flashback, acceptance ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.
Style:
indie film
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, gay romance, male male relationship, gay slur, coming of age, identity crisis, sexuality, gay interest, secret relationship, post traumatic stress, student life ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Physical laws and human relations. In Terni (in the center of Italy), during a hot summer, Matteo, 30-years old with a degree in physics but unemployed gives private lessons to Elsa and Giulio. The three of them soon become friends but Matteo and ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
love triangle, romantic rivalry, summer, friendship, jealousy, character study, small town, sexual tension, intimacy, slice of life, loneliness, social realism ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
An experimental look into the lives of teens and young adults in a dysfunctional town.
Style:
experimental, art house, melancholic, bleak
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
character study, small town, coming of age, alienation, young adult, friendship, aimlessness, apathy, youth culture, social isolation, slice of life, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adolescent French suburban lower-middle-class nerd Marc Morel was happy being the teacher's pet and school representative in a Latin competition. Until he meets and instantly falls in love with fatherless semi-illiterate shop clerk and ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, young love, coming of age, teen romance, young adult, family conflict, sexual awakening, loss of innocence, teenage sexuality, suburban life, sexual tension ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.
Style:
independent film, art house, melancholic
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, social commentary, female friendship, family conflict, small town life, social realism, getting home, resilience, coming of age, desire for fame, female nudity ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the metropolitan city of Hamburg, illegal immigrant Chernor (Leroy Delmar), an openly gay African youth with blond hair, makes his money by dealing drugs and dreams of one day living in Australia. Baran (Cagdas Bozkurt), meanwhile, is a Kurdish ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, bleak, independent film, tense
Plot:
coming of age, kurd, revenge, gay, immigration, illegal immigrant, deportation, diaspora, friendship, survival, refugee, alienation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hamburg germany, kurdistan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Remy attempts to balance her relationship with her alcoholic mother and her longtime best friend, Arletta. While Remy leans on her best friend as a coping mechanism, she learns that their co-dependent friendship is more than she realized.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, queer cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
alcoholism, coming of age, friendship, grownups, youth, substance abuse, mother and daughter, female friendship, personal growth, family conflict, slice of life, identity ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A love story between a Polish guestworker and a farmer's daughter in the strawberry fields of Sweden.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension ...
Plot:
love story, love, male female relationship, problem, relationships, couple relations, love interest, workplace, family relations, fall in love, love affair, love and romance ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
919
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
TUCKED is a raw and tender drama about an aging 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they ...
Style:
compassionate, emotional, feel good, reflective, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbtq, drag queen, desire for fame, friendship, mortality, slice of life, gay, self discovery, terminal illness, identity, aging, acceptance ...
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A photographer finds himself falling for a 14 year-old boy.
Style:
controversial, art house, intense, realistic, sensitive ...
Plot:
gay, coming of age, sexual exploration, autobiography, taboo, jealousy, lgbtq, possession, social realism, hypocrisy, friendship, city life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A population who has a crush on the university queen kain camp. She sees an opportunity to confess to Jinyoung, but she lacks courage. One day, in the hallway of the school, In-gu sees Jinyoung being confessed to by a tall, kinky man. In-gu, who has ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic comedy
Plot:
college life, confession, crush, coming of age, young love, unrequited love, youth, nervousness, friendship, tenderness, courage, first love ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Explore hidden desires on a sleepover, fall in love with the handyman and be seduced by a stranger on the beach as you discover why Love Is the Drug. Boys On Film 17 includes nine complete films: Nicholas Colia's "Alex And The ...
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, psychological, contemplative, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, coming of age, physical disability, gay slur, gay lead character, love, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Aydın is a policeman recently appointed to a new post in Istanbul. While trying to get used to life in the big city, Aydın stumbles upon Mehtap, a young woman who works at a candy shop in Beyoğlu, and he falls for her. But there is no way that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
unrequited love, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, multiple storylines, relationship problems, love interest, longing, bittersweet, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Mark and Andrew are two disabled men. When they meet, an incredible attraction between them emerges but it can only flourish as a "mental construct". What they have is a virtual kind of love, a fantasy, but also the awareness that nothing ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, contemplative, psychological, heartfelt ...
Plot:
disability, lgbtq, sexuality, connection, empathy, longing, imagination, intimacy, acceptance, identity, communication, friendship ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Sarah, a free spirited young girl looking to surgically reassign her gender and Antony, a once exuberant but now a dejected and dispirited young man. What will happen when they meet?
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
self discovery, transgender, lgbtq, desire for fame, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, coming of age, identity crisis, character study, acceptance ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three stories of young disillusioned Poles of different background and region of origin. What binds them together is that they all meet on the bus to London shortly after Poland's entry into EU.
Style:
road movie, intercultural, ambiguous ending, anthology
Plot:
diaspora, migration, frustration, coming of age, loneliness, social commentary, young adult, identity crisis, social realism, european union, working class, friendship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, london
Similarity:
46%
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