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Shank (2009)
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with Olivier, a student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, sexual, captivating, talky, compassionate, crying, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay slur, first gay sexual experience, gay bashing, gay erotica, homoeroticism, lgbt teen, closeted homosexual, lgbt, gang, coming of age, gays and lesbians, gay sex, gay love, love and romance, lgbtq, youth, life is a bitch, vengeance, gangster, gay straight relations, teenager, violence, student ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
britain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and gay cinema films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay kiss, lgbtq, male nudity and coming of age mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Shank: Cal (2013), Brother to Brother (2004), Jesus (2016), Free Fall (2013), Hidden Kisses (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
514
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
black lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt, human nature, society, lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, artists and showbiz, estrangement ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, africa
Similarity:
100%
541
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Colombia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
18-year-old Jesús lives with his stern, somewhat unaffectionate father in Santiago, Chile. When not doing drugs, having casual sex or simply slouching in front of the TV, Jesús and his friends perform in a K-pop boyband. But his routine is thrown ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, homoeroticism, father son relationship, sex scene, coma, gay slur, teenage boy, punched in the face, bare breasts, police, father son conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
Similarity:
100%
24K
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, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lorenzo is a teenager who lives in Patagonia. One day his family receives in his house to Caíto, the son of some friends who are going through a serious family situation and can not take care of him. He is a complicated kid and has difficulty ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, lgbt cinema, semi serious, cute ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, teenage protagonist, coming of age, male friendship, male male relationship, teenager, boys love, friendship between boys, teen angst ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, child abuse, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, dysfunctional family, lgbt teen, gay student, homosexual rape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ezequiel, a sixteen-year-old gay teenager in his sexual awakening, meets a boy of twenty-one. They quickly start a relationship and the situation unravels unexpectedly.
Style:
serious, touching, atmospheric, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay teenager, skateboarder, gay sex, teenage boy, 13 year old, manipulation, male nudity, gay love ...
Place:
argentina, south america
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, gay teenager, gay relationship, teenager, teenage life, high school, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
britain, europe, england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Style:
surreal, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay teenager, gender, gay, boy, gay interest, coming of age, teenage love, lgbt teen, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sexual awakening, 13 year old ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
Style:
homoerotic, sexual, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, gay club, love and romance, youth, gay lead character, gay straight relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style:
touching, sweet, sexual, cute, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, lgbt teen, gay interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, depressing, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, gay, sexual abuse, pedophilia, homosexuality, homosexual, child molestation, lgbtq, male rape, homosexual rape, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 2004, 2000s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
kansas, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
lifeguard, bullying, gay interest, jealousy, gay, gay club, beach, drowning, gay love, swimming, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay romance, male male relationship, gay love, coming of age, gay interest, gay athlete, gay lead character, gay relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
100%
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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
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, rent boy, gay, male prostitution, gay teenager, male objectification, lgbt teen, youth, male homosexuality, gay relationship, male prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, czech republic, prague
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%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, sentimental, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay teenager, gay, male rape, self discovery, fall in love, friendship, innocence lost, lgbt, lifestyle, teenage life, youth ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kuba attends an art opening with his girlfriend of two years and bumps into Mikal. The connection between these two young men is instantaneous and intoxicating, and despite opposition from all sides, he allows Mikal into his life. The results go ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay love, gay, couple relations, swimmer, bisexual, gay sex, gays and lesbians, love triangle, male pubic hair, friendship, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"The Journey of Jared Price" is a gay-themed coming-of-age 2000 film written, produced and directed by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black. Black won the Oscar award for Best Original Screenplay for "Milk". The Journey of ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, gay interest, making love, gay couple, fall in love, self discovery, couple relations, youth, couples, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party takes place over 24 hours at the birthday pool party of 17-year-old preacher's kid Henry Gamble. The party guests include adults and teenagers from his church, as well as Henry's "secular" ...
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, psychological, homoerotic, touching ...
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, gay, lgbt teen, teenage boy, gay teenager, masturbation, friendship between boys, teenage protagonist, birthday, birthday party, coming of age ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Have you ever met someone who made your body heat up, get a little nervous and sweaty, and made your crotch stir a bit? Sexual Tension: Volatile will reignite those lustful feelings as it weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various stages ...
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, anthology, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay crush, sex, male nudity, lust, gay teenager, longing, seduction, homoerotic friendship ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay teenager, gay lead character, gay, coming of age, murder, best friend, nightclub, gay club, youth, friendship, on the run, obsession ...
Time:
80s
Place:
brighton, england, europe, liverpool
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tells the story of François van Heerden, a mid-40s, white, Afrikaans-speaking family man living in Bloemfontein, who has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, afrikaans, closeted homosexual, gay sex, homosexuality, gay rape, gay lead character, obsession, gays and lesbians, lgbt, oral sex, infatuation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa, cape town south africa, ethiopia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
100%
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