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Crutch (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, David's home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with the impossible situation, the troubled and impressionable teenager falls under the spell of Kenny, a georgous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach. When Kenny's "support" escalates into seduction, David slowly decends into an abyss of drinking and drug addition from which he must escape if he is to survive. CRUTCH is a dramatic tale of the confusion of youth and the difficulties in finding oneself.
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, bleak, contemplative, gloomy, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, teenage life, lifestyle, dangerous attraction, social decay, kids in trouble, youth, addiction, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, family problems, sexual abuse, alcohol abuse, sexual relations, family in crisis, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and crying films with plots about kiss, family relations, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay kiss and youth mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Crutch: Or (My Treasure) (2004), The Mudge Boy (2003), Blue Citrus Hearts (2003), You Are Not Alone (1978), Four (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
prostitution, down on your luck, escort, family relations, coming of age, parents and children, life is a bitch, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, family problems, single parent, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, indiana, persia, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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.
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, high school, teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, best friend, youth, buddies, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, high school life ...
Time:
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Place:
memphis, tennessee
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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639
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay sex, coming of age, gay african american, interracial relations, gay, couples, couple relations, society, teenage life, family relations, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, estrangement, parents and children, last wish, native, american indian, aunt nephew relationship, indigenous people, indians, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of his teaching job in Seattle. There he courts 15-year-old Charlie and eventually the two start a sexual relationship. As the age of consent in ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, intergenerational friendship, orgasm, friendship, family relations, teenage life, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, incest, family relations, siblings relations, lgbt, sexual relations, teenage life, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, sexual attraction, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Todd Verow revisits his own youth for his latest work. The film's main character is Joe, who, like the director, grew up in Bangor in Maine. Joe, an 18 year old high school senior who longs to move away from poor white trash roots and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay crush, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay, gay athlete, self discovery, youth, family relations, friendship, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thomas has been estranged from his brother Luc for several years, due in part to his difficulties in dealing with Luc's homosexuality. But when Thomas is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which is difficult to treat and impossible to cure, ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, male pubic hair, brother brother relationship, male nudity, naked man, gay love, homosexual, gay brother, human nature, life is a bitch, family problems, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay relationship, sex scene, self discovery, soldier, gay soldier, gay, boot camp, love and romance, parents and children, basic training ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oxford university, paris france, england, london, france ...
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30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Style:
serious, psychological, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, native american, society, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, dysfunctional family, homecoming, american indian, deer hunting ...
Time:
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Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, lgbt cinema, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay relationship, lgbt, gay love, male nudity, teenage life, male pubic hair, repressed homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, social differences, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, friendship, drug abuse, life is a bitch ...
Place:
oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
Similarity:
29%
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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:
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Place:
south of france, europe, frankfurt germany, brittany, france ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, homosexual, immigrant, self discovery, lifestyle, forbidden love, culture clash, teenage life, family relations, human nature, society ...
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, new york, hong kong, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
28%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage summer in a small town in the desert, a dysfunctional family, a rock band, a can full of glue, two boys, one girl, loads of tongue kisses, dry heat, wind in Patagonia, existential angst... A teenage story in the middle of nowhere.
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay teenager, coming of age, gay, youth, family relations, lgbt, lifestyle, experimenting, puberty, buddies, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, patagonia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Lust and dysfuntion come full circle in this collection of nine steamy scenes exploring gay life, sex, addition, drugs and HIV/AIDS as revealed by a latino pool boy, a television writer, a meth dealer and others. As one affair leads into another, ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, male nudity, closeted homosexual, hiv, gay relationship, infidelity, youth, breakup, gay sex, gay couple, support group, lifestyle ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but ...
Style:
independent film, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, child abuse, wedding ceremony, sex, glbt, suicide, dysfunctional family, coming of age, caught having sex, teenage boy, gay slur, sexuality ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Melodrama concerning a 40-year-old man coming out.
Style:
serious, suspense, sensual, captivating, cute ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, unconsciousness, closeted homosexual, lie, breakup, brother brother relationship, rock climbing, choice, lgbtq, husband wife relationship, rescue ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, terrifying, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay slur, sex, lgbt, sexual attraction, horniness, gay bar, nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the ...
Style:
sexual, touching, sincere, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, biting ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, family gatherings, culture clash, fish out of water, eccentric family, addiction, couples, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family relations, family problems ...
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, aids, lgbt, glbt, friendship, hiv, terminal illness, suicide, gay interest, death, deaf, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, three brothers, lgbtq, redemption, gay love, hot guys, transsexual, male nudity, gay brother, gay lead character, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
alps, paris france
Similarity:
27%
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