Movies like The One 2011

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The One (2011)
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The One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Providing the romantic comedy genre with a decidedly queer twist, THE ONE is an effortlessly charming tale which proves that love is never simple! Hunky Daniel couldn’t have it better: great parents, a successful career and his beautiful fiancée Jen. But in his seemingly perfect life, there is one temptation- he has a thing for his adorable, openly gay former college classmate Tommy. After a few drinks, Daniel succumbs to his repressed desires sending these two on a torrid affair. Funny how love and lust have a way of messing up even the best laid plans of man!
Style: sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, romantic, humorous, crying, queer cinema
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, gay husband, first gay sexual experience, gay father, love triangle, wedding, homosexual, friendship between men, marriage, marital problem, repressed homosexual, unfulfilled love, wedding ceremony, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, gays and lesbians, gender, couple relations, chess, fiance fiancee relationship, adultery, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa, massachusetts

Most similar movies to The One

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, humorous and touching films with plots about gay, gay interest, lgbt, love and romance, gays and lesbians, couples and lgbtq mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The One: The Object of My Affection (1998), More Than Only (2017), You Should Meet My Son! (2010), The Trip (2002), Big Eden (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Object of My Affection (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, sweet, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, friendship, pregnancy, gay man straight woman relationship, love, gender, lgbt, women, unrequited love, unfulfilled love, love triangle, glbt ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york state
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100%
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More Than Only (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young gay man finds how to love himself and accept love from another, despite the disapproval of his father.
Style: romantic, humorous, melancholic, touching, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt, lgbtq, family relations, trust, father son relationship, college student, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
You Should Meet My Son! (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, acceptance, gay son, lgbt, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, family relations, homosexual, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: birmingham alabama, southern usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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The Trip (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, political, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, aids, gay interest, lgbtq, road trip, gay slur, self discovery, couples, human nature, love affair, repression ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1984, year 1977, year 1973
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Big Eden (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood ...
Style: romantic, touching, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, friendship, small town, self discovery, native american, gay couple, gay love, happy ending, gay interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, new york, indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Shake It All About (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage ...
Style: touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay teenager, infidelity, gay relationship, family relations, fall in love, friendship, pregnancy, love triangle, looking for love, couple relations, gay couple ...
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents ...
Style: humorous, realistic, touching, emotional, talky ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: gay, gay couple, marriage, wedding, immigrant, love triangle, sexuality, lgbt, lgbtq, family drama, glbt, generation gap ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, taiwan, asia, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Last Straight Man (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Lewis is a closeted gay man throwing a bachelor party for his straight best friend and secret crush, Cooper. After a night of drunken sex together, the two men decide to meet in the same hotel suite on the same night each year to hook up and catch ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, independent film, homoerotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, gay romance, friendship, male nudity, lgbt, infidelity, male homosexuality, gay relationship, lovers reunited, friendship between men, double life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.9
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Eat with Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of ...
Style: melancholic, psychological, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, restaurant, chef, food, husband wife relationship, gay couple, gay relationship, family relations, friendship, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Long-Term Relationship (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tired of the unsatisfying singles scene, Glenn (Matthew Montgomery) answers a personal ad and meets Adam (Windham Beacham), a handsome Southern man seeking a long-term relationship. The two hit it off immediately, but their initial attraction is ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay interest, friendship, republican, fall in love, youth, opposites attract, love and romance, gender bending, looking for love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Leather (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Birch, a young man living in the Catskill Mountains, reunites with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
Style: sexy, touching, psychological, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, male nudity, homosexual, childhood friend, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, love story, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Men Next Door (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This is a fast-paced comedy about a 40-year-old gay man who finds himself dating two equally lovable men - a secure 50-year-old who came out later in life, and an adventurous 30-year-old who wasn't looking for a relationship. What he ...
Style: humorous, captivating, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gay, couples, lgbt, love and romance, gays and lesbians, older man younger man relationship, gay love, male nudity, lgbtq, boyfriend, lgbtqi, gender ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.
Style: realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay african american, wedding, gays and lesbians, gay, friendship, marriage, best friend, self discovery, young lovers, couples, looking for love, lovers reunited ...
Time: 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.5
 1K
Baby Love (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, disturbing, heartbreaking ...
Plot: gay, immigrant, family relations, lgbt, society, pregnancy, marriage, surrogate mother, gender, escapades, gay interest, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Edge of Seventeen (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Style: teen, independent film, realistic, sexual, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, homosexuality, lgbt teen, coming of age, gays and lesbians, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, gay sex, high school, happy ending ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: ohio, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.5
 22K
Free Fall (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style: emotional, sexual, atmospheric, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, gay slur, male male relationship, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
Style: independent film, talky, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: drag queen, gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, gay interest, gays and lesbians, transgender, gay bashing, gay bar, lgbtq, glbt ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Touch of Pink (2004)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.
Style: feel good, entertaining, romantic, intense, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, family relations, society, parents and children, gay club, gay love, lifestyle, happy ending ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: london, toronto ontario canada, united kingdom, europe, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Just One Time (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When the fiancee of a fireman reluctantly agrees to participate in a menage a trois with another woman, she does so on the condition that he reciprocate the favor with another man, which ultimately puts their impending marriage in jeopardy.
Style: art house, independent film, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: sexual fantasy, gay, lesbian, lgbt, wedding, glbt, fireman, bisexual woman, caught masturbating, exploring sexuality, menage a trois, gay subtext ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Finding Me: Truth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Truth follows the loves, losses, fights, jealousies and broken hearts of a group of friends. It centers around the sweet, bright-eyed and emotionally vulnerable Faybien (RayMartell Moore). Comfortable with his gayness but saddled with self-esteem ...
Style: melancholic, humorous, light, sexy, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay african american, black lgbt, lgbt, infidelity, african american, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, homosexual, love, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
 2K
Wedding Wars (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gay people across the U.S. go on strike when a governor refuses to approve of gay marriages.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, emotional, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: wedding, gay, event planner, strike, gay rights, protest, campaign, couples, gay love, family relations, transvestism, politics ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
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: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay interest, lgbt, husband wife relationship, gay relationship, gay sex, lgbtq, destructive relationship, impossible love, couples, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Four More Years (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Political party leader David Holst, one of Sweden's most popular politicians, is handsome, funny, popular and predicted as the country's next prime minister. But what at first appears to be an easy victory turns into a grueling defeat as ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, politics, political party, couples, moral dilemma, love and romance, fall in love, campaign, couple relations, state affairs, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Whirlwind (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A hot, young and charming man with ulterior motives enters the lives of a tight-knit group of gay men in New York City and at first adds excitement and intrigue to their group, but events soon spiral out of control as he deliberately attempts to ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, sexy, serious ...
Plot: gay, gay club, gay relationship, friendship, infidelity, couples, lifestyle, homosexual, breakup, thirtysomething life, emotionless, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay love, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, roommate, homosexuality, gay lead character, couples, family relations, sexual relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
All Over the Guy (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance.
Style: sentimental, feel good, romantic, witty, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, love, friends, lgbt, gay interest, happy ending, lgbtq, storytelling, opposites attract, sex, odd couple, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Forgive and Forget (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A jealousy erupts between two long-time friends as one is about to move in with his girlfriend. Now the friend must confront his long-hidden homosexuality. UK.
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, unrequited love, best friend, lgbt, closeted homosexual, love triangle, friendship, gay slur, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, buddies, looking for love ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, england, london, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen ...
Style: romantic, touching, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: lesbian, friendship, gays and lesbians, lgbt, lesbian romance, looking for love, lgbtq, lifestyle, glbt, women, gay, sapphic ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
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Latter Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, controversial, sexy ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, sex, first gay sexual experience, depression, gay interest, gay love, gay teenager, relationships, one night stand, couples ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, utah, idaho, usa, salt lake city utah ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.0
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Pit Stop (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay parent, working class, gay interest, lgbt, gender, breakup, couples, family life, gay father, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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