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Riley (2023)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a disciplined high school athlete begins to unravel when his queer identity competes against the idea of who he was supposed to be.
Style:
semi autobiographical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay athlete, gay sex, gay crush, teenage boy, coming of age, bare chested male, lgbtq, basketball, gay teenager, coach, homosexual, homosexuality, father son relationship, gay slur, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gay interest, closeted homosexual, exploring sexuality, male pubic hair, american football, lgbt, gay subtext ...
Place:
california
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Most similar movies to Riley
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, captivating, lgbt cinema and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay kiss, gay subtext, lgbtq and gay sex mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Riley: Minyan (2020), Happy Endings Sleepover (2019), Geography Club (2013), Fair Haven (2016), The Mattachine Family (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sincere, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, judaism, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay sex, gay couple, gay romance, male nudity, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay crush, gay relationship, gay couple, gay sex, gay slur, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, gay lead character, nude, male homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, germany, denmark
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.
Style:
witty, sexual, semi serious, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, closeted homosexual, gay interest, sexual orientation, gay relationship, lesbian, gay lead character, gay athlete, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, rural setting, lgbt, gay lead character, male male relationship, conversion therapy ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, social, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay sex, gay interest, male nudity, gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay couple, bare chested male, lovers, couples, love affair ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, disturbing, cute ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay love, gay bashing, gay teenager, gay youth, gay lead character, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexuality, lgbtq ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Style:
art house
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, teenage boy, gay, lgbt, coming of age, friendship between boys, best friend, lgbtq, friendship, lgbt teen, 16 year old ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17 and the consequences for him and his family but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.
Style:
lgbt cinema, suspense, rough, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, gay anal sex, gay club, teenager, suicide attempt, lgbtq, parents and children, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each ...
Style:
dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay anal sex, gay sex, male nudity, male pubic hair, pandemic, actor, homosexual, relationships, homosexuality, quarantine ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
An unexpected moment in a session with a client confronts a psychologist with his own inner world. Alienated by the isolation of his seemingly perfect city life, the psychologist encounters an extreme inability to understand and embrace his own ...
Plot:
gay sex, gay interest, sign language, gay, male nudity, male pubic hair, gay romance, bare chested male, psychologist, lgbt, lgbtq, gay subtext ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay sex, gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt teen, gay student, lgbt, closeted homosexual, drug use, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Todd Verow revisits his own youth for his latest work. The film's main character is Joe, who, like the director, grew up in Bangor in Maine. Joe, an 18 year old high school senior who longs to move away from poor white trash roots and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay crush, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay, gay athlete, self discovery, youth, family relations, friendship, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine
Similarity:
50%
999
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, sex scene, lgbt, male pubic hair, religion, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place:
guatemala
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, gay, gay father, friendship, best friend, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, father son relationship, underage drinking, lgbtq, bisexual ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
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:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.
Style:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, gay interest, homosexual, accidental death, gay teenager, jealousy, gay crush, gay erotica, unrequited love, gay son, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering his sexual encounter, other students start shunning him and call for his expulsion from school. His ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, sexual confusion, arrest, lgbt, gay subtext, parent child relationship, architect, school, math teacher, older man younger man relationship, teacher ...
Place:
chicago, illinois
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenager Kristian moves to a new neighborhood. He makes friends with two very different boys in the new school: Henrik, an independent boy, and Patrick, the leader of a gang. Later on, Kristian is startled when he finds Patrick is gay and having an ...
Style:
queer cinema
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay straight relations, lgbt, gay, gay teenager, high school, friendship between boys, high school student, gay friend, male nudity, teenage boy, gay student, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
William is constantly shooting video journals of his life to have as souvenirs for himself. Feeling the end of his relationship with Médéric, his young lover, William spends two days camping with him, taking advantage of the situation by filming ...
Style:
experimental, captivating, disturbing, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay love, homosexuality, gay teenager, closeted homosexual, first love, dogme 95, gay lead character, videotaping, young love, teenager, youth ...
Similarity:
43%
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
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, gay relationship, gay, gay arab, teenage boy, gay love, fall in love, juvenile detention, gay couple, homosexuality, love and romance ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
gay father, homosexuality, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay sex, gay orgy, male nudity, gay parent, gay subtext, self destructing ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style:
homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ariel is a good-looking farm boy who lives with his father and sister in a rural part of Buenos Aires province. He has become familiar with sex thanks to Omar, a priest with whom he has a secret affair.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, suspense, touching, sincere
Plot:
gay, gay sex, priest, lgbt teen, lgbt, male nudity, family problems, lgbtq, gay interest, sex with a stranger, older man younger woman relationship, teenager ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a hot, openly gay new neighbour moves in across the street, high school senior Jake is forced to think about what - and who - he really wants.
Style:
lgbt cinema, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
coming of age, high school, gay youth, gay romance, gay interest, closeted gay, gay love, gay couple, gay athlete, gay son, gay, high school basketball ...
Place:
canada, vancouver
Similarity:
39%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Alexia Bissett, ex actress turned producer, lives in New York where she now produces gay cinema. After being called to take care of a situation which involves her young mute brother Christi, she decides to send her right hand man Maxwell to deal ...
Style:
erotic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, male full rear nudity, female nudity, sex scene, voyeurism, erection, incest, train travel ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay rape, boxing, beach, male homosexuality, gay student, gay teenager, gay, male nudity, gay bashing, gay relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Continental Baths, a favorite hangout of New York homosexuals, provides the background of this socially conscious comedy drama that tries to examine the relationships between gay and heterosexual people. The story centers around a macho, ...
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
gay, homosexual history, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, male pubic hair, gay interest, bare chested male, female nudity, bathhouse, american football, male nudity, drag queen ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, turkey
Similarity:
36%
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