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Peter Hujar's Day (2025)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, creative process, photography, intimate, memory, urban, introspection, conversation, friendship, melancholy, nostalgia, solitude, epiphany, bohemian, counterculture, lgbt, photographer, male homosexuality, biopic, lgbtq, smoking, tea ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, period drama, realistic and touching films with plots about biopic, gay, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, friendship and gay kiss mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Peter Hujar's Day: Mapplethorpe (2018), Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie (2024), Rustin (2023), Milk (2008), Concert at the End of Summer (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Style:
costume drama, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, aids, artist, photograph, obscenity, hiv, bdsm, photographer, art, fame, controversy ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard ...
Style:
black and white, period drama, f word
Plot:
female nudity, poet, novelist, prison, voice over narration, sex scene, based on real people, blood, biopic, sick woman, writers, homeless man ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1975 ...
Place:
new york, moscow russia, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Style:
political, gay cinema, political drama
Plot:
homosexual history, gay african american, gay interest, gay, civil rights movement, civil rights, african american, minister, gay rights, homosexual, protest, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, harlem
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, sad, inspirational, political ...
Plot:
gay, politics, homosexuality, murder, homosexual, protest, gays and lesbians, male homosexuality, glbt, discrimination, gender, lgbtqi ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1973 ...
Place:
california, san francisco, new york, north america, idaho ...
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71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
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Place:
central europe, london
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69%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, gay slur, gay interest, ambition, actor's life, introspection, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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63%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, erotic, tense, factual ...
Plot:
poet, artist, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, painter, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, political unrest, closeted homosexual, spanish civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 2008
Place:
spain, andalusia, paris france, europe, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
mental health, alcoholism, broadway, gay, intimate, gay interest, depression, character study, biopic, friendship, composer, addiction ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
53%
18K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition ...
Style:
sad, melancholic, depressing, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
suicide, depression, female reporter, loneliness, female journalist, television reporter, television, employer employee relationship, workplace, existentialism, self discovery, journalism ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
florida, new jersey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld is an unknown 38-year-old designer of ready-to-wear fashion, largely unknown to the public. His encounter with the young Jacques de Bascher, an ambitious and seductive dandy, changes everything.
Style:
intense, art house, period drama
Plot:
evolution, fashion, designer, charisma, haute couture, glamour, ambition, rivalry, dandy, lgbtq, luxury, celebrity culture ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly – during the time homosexuality was a crime – turned Queen's evidence against him in one of ...
Style:
sexy, tense, psychological, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay, gay sex, gay couple, gay lead character, lovers, homosexuality, prison, gay slur ...
Time:
year 1952, 1950s, year 1955, year 1954, 50s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
50%
107
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, intercultural, avant garde ...
Plot:
artist, biopic, painter, art, painting, relationship problems, artists' life, family problems, social problems, world war two, modernism, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, japan
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45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
polyamory, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian, lesbianism, bdsm, superheroine, sadomasochism, husband wife relationship, college professor, sexual fantasy, orgasm ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1941, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, france, connecticut, louisiana, ireland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, factual, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbtq, gay interest, rise to the top, biopic, lgbt, glbt, character study, art, fashion industry ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Style:
visual, avant garde, historical drama
Plot:
royalty, biopic, king, young man, composer, musician, royal family, lgbt, surveillance, german history, mysterious death, decadence ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
prussia, bavaria, germany
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42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a ...
Style:
period piece, sexploitation film, period drama
Plot:
filmmaker, filmmaking, female nudity, actress, sexploitation, biopic, daughter, mother daughter relationship, career, 16 year old, single mother, film set ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay lead character, homosexual history, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay, gay slur, orgy, gay orgy, gay sex, closeted gay, male nudity ...
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Place:
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40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, life & death, gay, filmmaking, friendship, biopic, gay lead character, gardener, depression ...
Time:
year 1998, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s
Place:
pacific ocean, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
aids, gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay slur, male homosexuality, homosexual, terminal illness, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, washington d.c., yale university ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, meditative, jidai geki, period drama, f word
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, stylized, sexy, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay relationship, gay, gay club, gay couple, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, film producer, male nudity, actor, fall in love, gay love ...
Time:
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Place:
munich germany, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful ...
Style:
homoerotic, period piece, romantic drama, postmodern, period drama ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, gay, gay sex, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, desire, heroin, cocaine, gay couple, gay anal sex, gay seduction ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico city, mexico, south america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, touching, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay student, aids, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay son, gay teenager, gay love, homosexual history ...
Time:
2000s, 70s, 80s, 90s, year 1978 ...
Place:
austria, australia, indiana, italy, sydney australia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set in the late 1980s, this critically acclaimed indie classic from 1992 portrays a gritty side of gay life in Los Angeles. Ethan (Paul Marius), a 27-year-old photographer, believes he has no need for love or commitments, and is living his life ...
Style:
independent film, reflective, melancholic, intense, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, sexuality, jealousy, friendship, acceptance, self discovery, character study, identity, loneliness, heartbreak, realism ...
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Place:
los angeles, palm springs california, california
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34%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of ...
Style:
homoerotic, serious, realistic, compassionate, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, lgbtq, naked man, gay slur, lgbt, gay soldier, homosexual history, emigrant, homosexuality, gay relationship, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, post world war two, year 1991
Place:
new york, san francisco, los angeles, berlin germany, helsinki finland ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay interest, fashion, designer, biopic, gay, economist, evolution, fashion industry, based on real people, haute couture, stylist, style ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, paris france
Similarity:
32%
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