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The Laramie Project (2002)
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, bleak, captivating, disturbing, lgbt cinema, sexual, clever, controversial, talky ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, violence, homosexuality, politics, gay bashing, sexuality, gay, lgbt, glbt, gay slur, sin, hypocrisy, interview, life is a bitch, lesbian, family relations, injustice, society, state affairs, love and romance, human nature, social decay, torture, prejudice ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
usa, wyoming, california, san francisco
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Most similar movies to The Laramie Project
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and emotional films with plots about society, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gender, gay slur and gay interest mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres. Some movies like The Laramie Project: Philadelphia (1993), The Matthew Shepard Story (2002), Soldier's Girl (2003), The Official Story (1985), The Laundromat (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
272K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, emotional, sad, tear jerker ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, courtroom drama, hiv, lawyer, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, discrimination, gay interest, homosexual, lawsuit, medical ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, weeping, detective ...
Plot:
gay slur, gay, lgbtq, lgbt, death penalty, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, gay interest, murder, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, dramatic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
transsexual, gender, gay, gays and lesbians, gender bending, lgbt, murder, gay soldier, transgender, gay interest, making love, lgbtq ...
Place:
kansas, kentucky, missouri, nashville tennessee, tennessee ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style:
political, sad, captivating, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
adoption, politics, military coup, society, family relations, dictatorship, uncover truth, parents and children, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest, capitalism ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
latin america, argentina, bolivia, spain, south america ...
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in ...
Style:
political thriller, captivating, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
money, politics, corruption, insurance fraud, law enforcement, finance, cons and scams, investigation, wall street, police investigation, storytelling, justice ...
Time:
90s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
panama
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185K
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 ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970's in what was known as the "Twinkie Defense".
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, murder, lgbt, insanity, miscarriage of justice, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, rise to the top, society, assassination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
"Stonewall" is a drama about a young man in New York caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event widely considered the starting point for the modern gay civil rights movement.
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, controversial, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay culture, gay rights, gay slur, lgbt, gay couple, gay sex, protest, homosexual history, gay bar, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1970
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, indiana
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay teenager, gay, real life, gender, gays and lesbians, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
Similarity:
26%
172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, female serial killer, homeless, prostitute, lesbian love, murder, mental illness, female killer, couples, rape, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
florida, usa, michigan, miami, ohio
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the ...
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sincere, thought provoking ...
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:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events, The Lena Baker Story recounts one African-American womans struggle to rise above the challenges of her life, to face the choices she makes, and to ultimately triumph over her...Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be ...
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, electric chair, courtroom drama, racism, boss and employee, false accusation, workplace, dishonesty, destructive relationship, couples, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, georgia, africa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, lgbt cinema, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, closeted gay, gay marriage, gay, gay relationship, repressed homosexual, gay slur, murder, lgbt, gay bashing, abusive husband, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
dallas texas
Similarity:
24%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
black and white, neo noir, independent film, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, male male relationship, lgbtq, true crime, lgbt, murder, serial killer, courtroom drama, male homosexuality, desire, child murder investigation, homoeroticism ...
Time:
1920s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, lgbt, self discovery, couple relations, society, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past, sea turtle, mother's day, birth mother ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 60s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
north carolina, appalachia, usa
Similarity:
24%
19K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Style:
sincere, emotional, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, writers, journalism, gay, murder, obsession, biopic, friendship, writer's life, gossip and rumors, manipulation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, year 2006, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
kansas, manhattan new york city, usa, new york, mexico ...
Similarity:
24%
803
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brahim is a young man, and secretly gay. At his mother’s birthday party, tensions around his unaccepted sexuality become unbearable. Brahim flees the oppressive family home into the night, where a terrible encounter awaits...
Style:
romantic, talky, emotional, touching, action thriller ...
Plot:
gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, gay, violence, gay slur, lgbt, gay wedding, family relations, racism, gay bar, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Style:
realistic, rough, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
racism, investigation, moral dilemma, introspection, haunted by the past, rebellion, legal, society, injustice, parents and children, hopes, civil rights ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, birmingham alabama, alabama
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
558
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, aids, hiv, gay relationship, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, terminal illness, idealism, hopes, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Paul's homosexual affair at Bible College with a new student named Alex sets tongues wagging, mostly with un-Christian reactions. The dean, himself a closet case, threatens to expel Paul, and the football jocks have their eye on Alex. The ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, couples, gender, college, lgbt, incest, gays and lesbians, love and romance, youth, teenage love, friendship, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, sad, depressing ...
Plot:
death row, prison, rape, death sentence, nun, death penalty, violence, prison life, court, murder, redemption, catholic ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
Similarity:
22%
149K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.
Style:
sexy, captivating, dark, dramatic, talky ...
Plot:
prison, writers, lgbtq, literature, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, murderer, journalism, investigation, manipulation, eccentricity ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
kansas, new york, new orleans, europe, spain ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which ...
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, teenage boy, legal, police, true crime, death sentence, juvenile delinquency, vandalism, injustice, friendship, murder, jury ...
Time:
1940s, year 1991, post world war two, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
Style:
realistic, bleak, thought provoking, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, killing spree, violent, kidnapping, murder, child kidnapping, dealing with death, journalism, dishonesty, folk hero, courtroom drama ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
65K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style:
touching, political, sad, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, gay rights, prejudice, gay pride, gay love, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, year 2014, year 1984, 2000s ...
Place:
england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham ...
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
aids, medical, hiv, gay, small town, terminal illness, hospital, lgbtq, dedication, husband wife relationship, gay interest, physician ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tennessee, usa, india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility
Style:
rough, disturbing, emotional, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
prison, lesbian, women in prison, gay african american, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, society, youth, confined, gang, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, sexual, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, suicide, homosexual, gay love, gay rights, lgbt teen, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, religious intolerance ...
Time:
2000s, year 1984, year 1979, 21st century
Place:
usa, ethiopia, san francisco, california, portland oregon
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
transsexual, gender, lgbtq, gender bending, transgender, family drama, sexuality, depression, society, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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