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Bad Education (2004)
66K
Original name: La mala educación
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are followed through the next few decades, their reunion marking life and death.
Style:
sexy, controversial, neo noir, cerebral, sexual, melancholic, lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sexual abuse, gay, transsexual, lgbtq, child abuse, transvestism, male nudity, teacher, coming of age, boarding school, lgbtqi, glbt, lgbt, childhood trauma, pedophile priest, boys' school, pedophilia, transgression, transgender, blackmail, youth, transsexuality, young boy, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1980, 2000s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and disturbing films with plots about gay, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, gays and lesbians, nude and nudity mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Bad Education: L.I.E. (2001), Talk to Her (2002), By The Grace of God (2018), Law of Desire (1987), Tomboy (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn in their side. Will they be able to force the boy to ...
Style:
sexual, serious, realistic, touching, crying ...
Plot:
gay, sex with a priest, altar boy, coming of age, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, cartel, youth, religion, rape, sexuality, temptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy, milan italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, controversial, brutal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, pedophile, teenage boy, male prostitution, sexual abuse, lgbt teen, juvenile delinquent, childhood, pedophilia, mentor, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
121K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the ...
Style:
gothic, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
pedophilia, pedophile priest, children, religion, child abuse, childhood trauma, childhood memory, cardinal the priest, church, catholic church, female nudity, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2015, year 2016, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
france, portugal
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Mickaël.
Style:
serious, crying, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood, gender, child protagonist, children, transsexual, friendship, youth, coming of age, society, child, sexual identity, soccer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, indiana, europe
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%
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:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brothers Joel (Alex Del Rosario), Dennis (Grandong Cervantes) and Sonny (Lawrence David) work together as dancers at a low-rent gay bar in downtown Manila, in the Philippines. Despite his mother's pleas, Sonny decides to quit college to work ...
Style:
contemplative, sexual, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, glbt, redemption, gays and lesbians, rent boy, death, gay asian, male prostitute, lgbtq, sex crime, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 1920s
Place:
manila philippines, the philippines, japan, hawaii, palestine ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spanish civil war, post war, coming of age, revenge, hate, human nature, society, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, uncover truth, injustice, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
spain, catalonia, europe
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a film based on actual events, teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. (Craig Chester) and Richard Loeb (Daniel Schlachet) share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty ...
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:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Opening at the funeral mass for Mikel, we flashback to those that played a part in Mikel's life and death; his estranged wife, his traditional Basque mother, a female impersonator and friend to Mikel in his coming out, and even the local priest.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
gays and lesbians, gay, lgbt, funeral, politics, singer, pharmacist, protest, society, gender, clergy, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
basque country, spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by ...
Style:
depressing, rough, atmospheric, serious, political ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prostitution, street kid, child abuse, boy, sex with a minor, coming of age, 10 year old, child rape, children, nude boy, violent, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
brazil, south america, latin america, rio de janeiro, sao paulo brazil ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
Style:
emotional, cerebral, surreal, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, vengeance, friendship, gay, criminal gang, farm, character study, haunted by the past, revenge, notoriety, organized crime, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, flanders
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style:
dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot:
satire, lgbt, gays and lesbians, drug addiction, nun, religion, forbidden love, heroin addiction, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, catholic church ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitution, the Tribe. By taking part of several ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
deaf, sign language, boarding school, deaf mute, sex scene, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy, bullying, male nudity, troubled youth, female nudity ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, kiev ukraine
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:
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, bleak, sad, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, pedophilia, child molestation, man boy relationship, catholic priest, childhood, pedophile, lgbt teen, pedophile priest, homosexual rape, catholic orphanage, child molester ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
canada, newfoundland, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, pedophile, murder, brutality, sexual predator, serial killer, sex with a priest, altar boy, youth, pedophilia, psychopath, serial child killer ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1976, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Style:
erotic, sad, art house, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, lgbtq, transvestism, gender, lgbt, transgender, prostitute, friendship, grief, lesbian, single mother, transsexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, argentina ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, touching, neorealism ...
Plot:
gay interest, youth, transvestism, homosexual, male prostitute, sexual assault, juvenile delinquency, prison, juvenile delinquent, reform, life is a bitch, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, milan italy, palermo italy
Similarity:
67%
306
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A high school student and a young criminal are trying to get reciprocity from the most popular guy in the school. The general and the dancer in 1985 put their careers and life on the line to be together.
Style:
tense, melancholic, psychological, crying, thought provoking ...
Plot:
parkour, gay teenager, sex scene, dancer, sex talk, new identity, trans woman, talking about love, prejudice, gay slur, high school, art class ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Style:
sexy, road movie, erotic, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, sexuality, sex, hot and sexy, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, age difference, friendship between men, on the road, threesome, male friendship, gay ...
Time:
year 2001, near future, year 2002, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city, acapulco mexico ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, hispanic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, nostalgia, childhood memory, death of mother, drawing ...
Time:
2010s, 1950s, year 1985, year 2019, year 1981 ...
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Duncan Mudge, mid-teens, lives apart from his rural world populated by his distant father and rough local kids. His main companionship is a chicken left after his mother's death until the neighbor's son befriends him.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
bullying, gay teenager, gay, boys love, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, male homosexuality, lgbt, father son relationship, male rape, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
Style:
controversial, lgbt cinema, touching, psychological, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
gender, lgbtq, glbt, cross dressing, coming of age, transsexual, gay, children, gay slur, gay crush, transgender, women ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
france, belgium, paris france, europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, satirical, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, necrophilia, sex, rape, female pubic hair, matador, character study, psychology, investigation, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, valencia spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bilbao. The commander of the Guardia Civil, Evaristo Torrecuadrada discovers that his son Paco of 17 years old is a heroin addict. His hope was to see him in the Military Academy. Paco, by differences with his father, runs away from home with a ...
Style:
social, hood, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
gay interest, male nudity, coming of age, homosexual, friendship, male pubic hair, delinquent, drug overdose, father son relationship, bare chested male, overdose, juvenile delinquent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
basque country, europe, spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
World-weary arthur Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a ...
Style:
meditative, thought provoking, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
gay, murder, man boy relationship, poverty, vengeance, gang, lgbt, homosexual, drug dealing, teenage life, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
22%
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