Movies like Ponyboi
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Ponyboi (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
Style:
independent film, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
male nudity, bare chested male, sex worker, intersex, mafia, cowboy, death of father, father child relationship, mother child relationship, valentine's day, pregnant woman, lgbt, drug dealer, sexuality, father son relationship, on the run, desire for fame, sick father, sex, horse, prostitute, money, pregnancy, truck, sex scene ...
Place:
new jersey
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Most similar movies to Ponyboi
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, independent film, realistic and queer cinema films with plots about sex, bare chested male, kiss, female nudity, dancing, husband wife relationship and male nudity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Ponyboi: Midnight Cowboy (1969), Emancipation (2011), Jesus' Son (1999), Untogether (2018), Trash (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story revolves around Dominik Liebmann: a man who has lost everything: His wife, son, job, house - even his pride. Financially and emotionally bankrupt he enters Berlins first and only "Männerhaus": a shelter for battered men. He ...
Style:
crying, dark comedy
Plot:
abusive wife, male pubic hair, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, domestic violence, male nudity, sex scene, skinny dipping, female pubic hair, violent woman, abusive relationship, child custody ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
Style:
independent film, grim, cult classic, dark comedy, psychedelic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dialogue, recovery, dark humor, heroin, redemption, drug addict, apocalypse ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, chicago, phoenix arizona, iowa, mexico
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Once considered a teen prodigy, a recovering addict sobers up and tries to get her writing career back on track. She begins a relationship with a rising author known for his wartime memoirs.
Style:
captivating, crying, entertaining
Plot:
relationships, writers, rock star, musician, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship vs career, writer's life, couple relations, male female relationship, female nudity, rabbi ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The movie follows Joe (Dallesandro), a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers around Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend ...
Style:
independent film, erotic, controversial, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot:
male nudity, drug addict, masturbation, welfare, pregnancy, bare chested male, male prostitute, infidelity, drug, female nudity, male pubic hair, circumcised penis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A married father of two tells his wife and teenage sons that he is transsexual.
Style:
cult classic, queer cinema, tv series pilot
Plot:
lgbt, transsexual, older woman younger man relationship, gay, transgender, halloween, male female relationship, transsexuality, trans woman, pregnancy, gynecologist, club ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor. If called to serve, what would you ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
erotic scene, coping, friendship, duty, introspection, military, destiny, protestor, freedom, friends, gay, violence ...
Time:
future, year 2007, september 11 2001
Place:
usa, iraq, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, gay relationship, outdoor sex, male nudity, gay sex, death of father, gay slur, gay brother, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
403
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Raising the subtext of "Fight Club" into text, "Shiner" depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old ...
Style:
independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, stalker, glbt, lgbt, lgbtq, fight, homoeroticism, gay slur, fighter, comic book, bare chested male, nudity ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, harsh, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
bodybuilding, gay interest, competition, bodybuilder, character study, gay sex, african american, brutality, violence, steroids, prostitute, male nudity ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in order to move on with their lives.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, crying ...
Plot:
teenager, loss of father, loss of husband, life is a bitch, family problems, single mother, mother son relationship, dysfunctional family, single parent, teenage life, family tragedy, family life ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
Style:
sexy, independent film, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian mother, gender, lesbian love, prostitute, lesbian sex, lgbtq, self discovery, gays and lesbians, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
106
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The Szabos tries to adjust to the new country, changing ...
Style:
independent film, soap opera
Plot:
female nudity, vietnam war, love, gay, revolutionary war, freedom, revolution, exploitation, revolutionary, struggle, lgbt, engagement ...
Time:
60s, year 1968
Place:
san francisco, california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay love, teenager, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay sex, male homosexuality, exploring sexuality, lgbt teen, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
Style:
independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, child prostitute, older man younger man relationship, dead boy, drug deal, subway, cocaine, homosexual, teenage prostitution, pimp ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Allen, a struggling young artist who once survived by working in the streets, is now involved with Eva, a wealthy Los Angeles gallery owner. Quite by surprise Allen receives a visit from an old john, Thaddeus, who is dying from aids and has come to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, crying, independent film, weeping, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay club, aids, lgbt, hiv, gay bar, cocaine, male prostitute, bad father, gay subtext, dying and death, hustler ...
Place:
santa monica california, los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
St. Augustine, Florida, 1969. An eight-year-old boy's wish to see the fireworks from atop the city's lighthouse is complicated by his odd neighbors, abusive peers, and hopeless parents. The young boy's seemingly simple goal develops ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, touching, captivating, southern gothic
Plot:
child abuse, american football, bullying, mother son relationship, husband wife relationship, mental illness, boy, small town, drunkenness, father son relationship, teasing, bad father ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.
Style:
erotic, independent film, crying, cult classic, serious ...
Plot:
sex, pimp, mother daughter relationship, making love, brain tumor, sex scene, call girl, immigrant, prostitute, hair salon, burial, beauty salon ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
dublin ireland, new york, new jersey, usa, budapest ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.
Style:
lyrical, indie film, art house, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
death of lover, lgbt, transgender, restaurant, transgender woman, transsexual, male nudity, transphobia, transvestite, waitress, bare breasts, love ...
Time:
year 2017, near future, 2010s
Place:
south america, chile, indiana, latin america, santiago chile ...
Similarity:
43%
689
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The director of Sue continues his exploration of the theme of lonely women lost in the big city with Fiona, which goes one step further and exposes the wasted lives of whores and junkies in New York. The story of Fiona and her mother told in eight ...
Style:
erotic, independent film, neorealism, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unsimulated sex, lesbian sex, sex crime, sexual content, oral sex, mother daughter incest, lesbian cunnilingus, striptease, society, prostitute, girl, stepfather stepdaughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tel aviv israel, israel, california ...
Similarity:
43%
165
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama, with skateboards, set in Texas.
Style:
crying
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, punk rock, older woman younger man relationship, age-gap relationship, punk, bare butt, nudity, unfaithfulness, psychiatric hospital, brother brother relationship, teenage girl, swimming ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Style:
sexy, sensual, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay crush, gay lead character, lgbt, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, spa, korean american, immigrant ...
Place:
los angeles, korea
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, gay, culture clash, religion, teenage pregnancy, gay latino, character study, life turned upside down, starting over, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, glendale california, spain
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A teenage boy and girl discover a renewed sense of possibility as they go on a road trip to photograph lighthouses along the California coast.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, teen, road movie
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
lighthouse, follow your dream, photographer, teenage life, teenager, cerebral palsy, travel, road trip, dream, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, adolescence, couple relations ...
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
40%
315
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chasing his wayward mother to Montana, fifteen year old Jake finds the picture perfect Tucker family instead who photoshop him into their lives, despite his questionable past. Too bad Jake can not stop himself from stealing, being seduced by the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, independent film, crying
Plot:
family relations, small town, love affair, teenage life, forbidden love, couples, love and romance, starting over, youth, parents and children, coming of age, love triangle ...
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, family drama, brothers, reconciliation, recluse, siblings, estrangement, slow burn, empathy, secrets ...
Place:
northern england, ireland
Similarity:
38%
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspense, depressing, sad ...
Plot:
loneliness, jealousy, missing person, marriage, nervous breakdown, street life, attic, midlife crisis, mental disorder, hiding, neighbor, absent father ...
Place:
grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
university, american dream, injustice, politics, student life, serial killer, misfit, college, college life, inventions and discoveries, immigrant, genius ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
beijing china, shanghai
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
Style:
sentimental, independent film, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
female nudity, threesome, brothel, stoner, infidelity, working class, erection, midlife crisis, friendship, hopes, buddies, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
okinawa japan, san francisco
Similarity:
36%
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