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Postcards from America (1994)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, "Postcards From America" chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the hands of his father and his subsequent running away to New York to become a street hustler.
Style:
semi autobiographical, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, painter, writers, gay subtext, christmas, rape, forest, violence, desert, depression, water, prostitution, domestic violence, male nudity, homosexual, brutality, truck driver, kennedy assassination, memory, city, cruise, lake, highway, interview, hitchhiker ...
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, gay cinema, psychological and sexy films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay subtext, homosexual, male nudity and gay lead character mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Postcards from America: Marching in Darkness (1995), The Meatrack (1970), Forty Deuce (1982), Twisted (1996), Cal (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young recruit to the Italian army (Albanese) discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer (Barr) and must ...
Style:
controversial, gay cinema
Plot:
gay soldier, gay, homosexual rape, sexual cruelty, male rape, hospital, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, army, lgbt, gay subtext, male pubic hair ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A hybrid of Warholian midnight movie and Doris Wishman-esque sexploitation picture, Michael Thomas's softcore rarity Meatrack was originally produced and released by Sherpix, the company that brought underground films like Lonesome Cowboys, ...
Plot:
lgbt, prostitution, gay subtext, photographer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flashback, male nudity, beach, murder, sex, bathhouse, hitchhiker ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
Style:
independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, child prostitute, older man younger man relationship, dead boy, drug deal, subway, cocaine, homosexual, teenage prostitution, pimp ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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100%
205
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an ...
Style:
intense, realistic, independent film, dark, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
adaptation, male prostitution, survival, social commentary, coming of age, violence, gay, revenge, male prostitute, prostitution, urban, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, campus, male nudity, sexuality, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, sex work, gay lead character, homosexuality, gay couple, gay sex, gay relationship, gay love, male male relationship, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Filmed on Fire Island, this two reel, 70 minute Warhol film covers the activities of the "Dial A Hustler" service, as an older man seeks a young hustler for a companion.
Style:
independent film, queer cinema, bizarre, gay cinema
Plot:
gay hustler, gay, lgbt, male prostitute, dialogue, gay subtext, bisexual man, homosexual, bisexual, bare chested male, blond, gay interest ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Allen, a struggling young artist who once survived by working in the streets, is now involved with Eva, a wealthy Los Angeles gallery owner. Quite by surprise Allen receives a visit from an old john, Thaddeus, who is dying from aids and has come to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, crying, independent film, weeping, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay club, aids, lgbt, hiv, gay bar, cocaine, male prostitute, bad father, gay subtext, dying and death, hustler ...
Place:
santa monica california, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a beautiful teenager Jim who, having traveled from rural Essex, finds himself in Soho where he falls in with a gang of unusual high class male escorts – The Raconteurs – who specialize in post-coital conversation. From shy novice to ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, avant garde ...
Plot:
rent boy, gay, male prostitution, male escort, male prostitute, prostitution, escort, art, muse, male nudity, lgbtq, society ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" but ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay bar, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, gay, transgender, drag queen, gay stereotype, christmas eve, homosexual, self loathing, transvestite ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous ...
Style:
captivating, sexual, serious, psychological
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay japanese, gay sex, sex worker, prostitution, prostitute, homosexual, conflict, male nudity, male prostitute, gay couple ...
Similarity:
20%
712
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack an 18-year old hustler and his boyfriend Tom are an item, close and very much in love. Otherwise, Jack is impulsive and explosive with few redeeming qualities. Ken, a married man who hasn't come out of the closet, takes Jack from NYC to ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, romantic, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay relationship, gay lead character, male escort, gay, gay teenager, gay rape, gay interest, lovers, young lovers, prostitution, escort ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, miami
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sincere, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, judaism, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay sex, gay couple, gay romance, male nudity, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, light, sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, sexy, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, gay relationship, fall in love, couple relations, society, young lovers, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Greece
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, road movie, gay cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, gay, male nudity, sailor, bisexual man, road trip, sex, greek, porn, gay subtext, bisexuality ...
Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, rough, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, male prostitute, violence, male nudity, gay interest, naked man, gay sex, gay hustler, sex work, male pubic hair, homeless, passion ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
france
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style:
homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The plot follows a middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, who falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man.
Style:
social, independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
gay, male nudity, closeted homosexual, male prostitute, lgbt, gay interest, gay crush, gay seduction, female pubic hair, gay subtext, gay slur, banker ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, transsexual, drag queen, transgender, crooked lawyer, homelessness, oral sex, sex addict, lgbtq, drag, dance, gay ...
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, psychological, contemplative, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
18%
992
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Finland, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
gay sex, gay interest, double life, prostitution, male prostitute, bare chested male, aspiring writer, gay, male nudity, male pubic hair, prostitute, sex worker ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, romantic, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, love and romance, escapades, young lovers, society, gay couple, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay love ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. In "Trevor", by Peggy Rajski, a teenager faces homophobia and falls in love for the first time. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second ...
Style:
independent film, anthology, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa, canada, italy, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, queer cinema
Plot:
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Place:
liverpool, england
Similarity:
18%
230
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Style:
avant garde, experimental, explicit, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
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Place:
brazil
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rookie drag queen, reeling from a break-up, escapes to the country, where he finds his grandmother in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, uplifting, lgbt cinema, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay couple, gay relationship, gay son, gay, drag queen, lgbt, self discovery, aging, personal growth, family drama, acceptance ...
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