Movies like Happy Together
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Happy Together (1997)
38K
Original name: 春光乍洩
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.
Style:
art house, emotional, depressing, visually appealing, independent film, visual, lgbt cinema, eros, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay asian, love, gay relationship, heartache, loneliness, tango, glbt, amor, lgbtqi, relationships, sexuality, melancholy, couples, lgbt, unrequited love, desire, gender, male homosexuality, gay interest, longing, couple relations, gay couple, depression ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
buenos aires argentina, hong kong, china, asia, latin america, south america, taipei ...
Most similar movies to Happy Together
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, queer cinema, realistic and touching films with plots about lgbt, lgbtq, gay, love and romance, gay interest, male nudity and gay relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Happy Together: In the Mood for Love (2000), Lan Yu (2001), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Lost in Paradise (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, sexy, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, lovers, love affair, marriage, unrequited love, newspaper, true love, love story, relationships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
hong kong, japan, china, east asia, shanghai ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident
Style:
sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay asian, homosexuality, gay husband, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
beijing china, china, asia, hong kong, america ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cult classic, visual, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
loneliness, multiple storylines, food, serendipity, femme fatale, love story, relationships, fall in love, breakup, amor, drug smuggling, police officer ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, california, asia, taiwan ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for, a ...
Style:
surreal, perverse, sexy, neo noir, visual ...
Plot:
couple relations, killer, couples, hitman, existentialism, melancholy, videotaping, obsessive love, criminal heroes, love affair, partners in crime, triad ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends Dong, a handsome extrovert who offers to share his ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, gay sex, gays and lesbians, love affair, prostitute, gay hustler, male prostitution, gay relationship, gay love, theft, naivete ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, saigon, vietnam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Stephen Fung and Daniel Wu play a male prostitute and policeman who fall in love with tragic consequences. Partly inspired by a notorious real-life scandal in which porn photos of Hong Kong policemen - in (and out of) uniform - were found in the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay, male prostitution, lgbt, lgbtq, police, teenage life, looking for love, uncontrollable, couples, prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled, "Farewell My Concubine," that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou ...
Style:
visually stunning, visual, epic, retro, realistic ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gender bending, theater, suicide, homoerotic friendship, crazy love, cultural revolution, chinese history, boy, sexual abuse ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
china, beijing china, tibet, asia, japan ...
Similarity:
100%

Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu is 18-years-old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning ...
Style:
homoerotic, emotional, touching, erotic, meditative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, depression, gay interest, suicide attempt, lgbtq, gay teenager, male nudity, teenage life, gay romance, homoeroticism, erection, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south of france, europe, frankfurt germany, brittany, france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
34K
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, gay relationship, gay couple, gay club, homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexual, one night stand, gay sex ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eugenio offers his childhood friend Martin a work for the summer. With a game of power and desire a relationship starts to grow that goes beyond their friendship.
Style:
lgbt cinema, serious, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, friendship, male male relationship, gay love, gay, male homosexuality, gay lead character, gay romance, male pubic hair, naturist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Georgia, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dancer, dancing, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, couples, friendship, rivalry, gay romance, obsession, audition, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
georgia, tbilisi, ethiopia, eastern europe, asia ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%

Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenager discovers that mending a broken heart is no simple thing in this independent romantic drama from Mexico. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Ortuno), a 17-year-old who has recently embraced his homosexuality, has just parted ways with his first serious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lost love, gay relationship, sex scene, gay interest, losing-it hero, lgbt, unrequited love, breakup, unfulfilled love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style:
sad, independent film, lgbt cinema, eros, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, hiv, politics, glbt, friendship, loss of lover, courage ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1983, year 1985 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
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, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the ...
Style:
sexual, touching, sincere, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place:
italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Style:
lgbt cinema, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, gay relationship, homosexual, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, first love, gay romance ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A romance between a soldier and country boy splinters into a mythical venture based on Thai folklore.
Style:
surreal, slow cinema, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, shaman, jungle, friendship, mysticism, lgbt, shapeshifting, gay love, male nudity, bare chested male, love and romance, human nature ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, asia, bangkok thailand, indiana
Similarity:
100%
4K
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:
lgbt cinema, talky, touching, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay romance, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay couple, gay student, male male relationship, lgbt, gay sex, gay love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, akron ohio, ohio, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay son, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, family problems, youth, gay love, lgbt teen, gay relationship, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009
Place:
france, europe, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
homosexuality, gay marriage, lgbtq, gay, gay interest, lgbt, teacher, gay couple, relationships, wedding, couple relations, male male relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Openly gay banker Daniel debates whether to return to Australia or stay in Hong Kong when he meets Kafka, a straight swimming instructor. The young men fall in love, believing that their love can bridge anything, despite their difference in ...
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, captivating, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, gender, gay asian, gays and lesbians, lgbt, self discovery, destiny, drug addiction, amphetamine, haunted by the past, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, indiana, asia
Similarity:
100%
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, homoerotic, lgbt cinema, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, boys love, coming of age, lgbt child, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, idaho, flanders, europe, belgium
Similarity:
100%
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:
sincere, serious, sexy, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, adolescence vs adulthood, lgbtq, gay interest, youth, gay love, parents and children, gay relationship, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay brother ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, buenos aires argentina, latin america, russia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, retirement home, male homosexuality, language barrier, homosexual, mourning, mother love, loss of lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, dancer, lgbt, gender, gay sex, male objectification, male pubic hair, family relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, male nudity, gay slur, gay lead character, gay love, gay sex, orgy, naked man, lgbtq, gay marriage ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Falls: Testament of Love is a continuation of the story of RJ Smith and Chris Merrill, two Mormon missionaries that fell in love during their mission in a small town in Oregon. The boys haven't spoken in five years, but when an unexpected ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay sex, lgbt, mormon, impossible love, young lovers, secret relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
100%
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