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Salvation Army (2013)
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Original name: L'Armée du Salut
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, social, bleak, queer cinema
Plot:
coming of age, gay, lgbt, gay teenager, teenage boy, self discovery, father son relationship, gay interest, teenage life, youth, family relations, parents and children, secret life, domestic violence, brother brother relationship, muslim, poverty, homelessness, gay student, gay youth, sex, lgbtq, gay african american, lgbtqi, gay subtext ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
south africa, morocco, switzerland, geneva switzerland
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Most similar movies to Salvation Army
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about lgbt, gay, gay interest, youth, lgbtq, coming of age and gay subtext mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Salvation Army: Absence (2014), Don't Tell Anyone (1998), Mandragora (1997), Martin (1997), Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A daily, familiar, sexual and emotional drama. Based on the character Serginho, the plot is based around various aspects of this "no longer a boy, not yet a man". We follow his day to day: the recently acquired role of man of the house, ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, family relations, parents and children, child as adult, teachers and students, minimalism, lgbt, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gender, skinny dipping, gay husband, gay man straight woman relationship, cocaine, coming of age, college, lgbt, male homosexuality, naked man, closeted homosexual, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
peru, miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
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
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A vulnerable teenager with a deep perception of the world and no idea how to live in it.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, brother sister relationship, family problems, dysfunctional family, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, lgbt, teenage boy, 17 year old ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son (Juan Diego Botto) tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín (Federico Luppi) brings the troubled teen live with him in Spain. But though ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
gay, gender, addiction, coming of age, love and romance, erotica, teenager, lgbt, filmmaking, truth, dialogue, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
madrid, spain, europe, argentina, latin america
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%
647
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this thoughtful Scandinavian drama, a teenage boy wrestles with his sexuality and learns that most of his deepest fears were unfounded. Sebastian is almost 17 when he figures out that he is a homosexual. Though he lives with wonderful, stable ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, lgbtqi, boys love, best friend, family relations, coming of age, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, rough, touching, sweet ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay, gay relationship, gay student, brother brother relationship, friendship, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay son, father son relationship, love triangle ...
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A vivid, dynamic Southern coming-of-age drama, takes place in the transitional space between high school and college, when life seems to be all questions and no answers, and the future is scarily wide open. Set in and around a Charleston, SC Baptist ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sexual, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, lgbtq, homosexuality, best friend, single parent, family relations, self discovery, introspection, teenage life, lgbt, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, charleston south carolina, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
40%
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:
gay, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, male homosexuality, gay interest, lgbtq, youth, gay subtext, best friend, gender, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa, canada, italy, new jersey
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, turkey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17 and the consequences for him and his family but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.
Style:
lgbt cinema, suspense, rough, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, gay anal sex, gay club, teenager, suicide attempt, lgbtq, parents and children, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true gender identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay asian, gay, boys love, gay interest, lgbtq, manipulation, teenage life, friendship, youth, dishonesty, betrayal, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, rural setting, lgbt, gay lead character, male male relationship, conversion therapy ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a boy becomes a young man, the way he sees the world can change not just his perceptions of those around him, but how others see him. As burgeoning desires come to the surface, there is the choice of either embracing and acting upon them, or ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, touching, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, friendship, family relations, sexual identity, gay interest, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, love affair, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Brazil, 1978. The military dictatorship that resulted from a coup in 1964 begins to stumble. In a cabaret-like theater located on the periphery between two cities in the northeast of Brazil, a group of artists challenges power and conventional ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, lgbt, gay, repressed homosexual, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, performer's life, rebelliousness, gender ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, experimental, anthology ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, nude young male, male pubic hair, gay love, desire for fame, family problems, lgbtq, gay lead character, teenager, gay youth ...
Similarity:
38%
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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young gay man determined to reinvent his life leaves everything behind on his quest for self-realization.
Style:
non-linear, psychological, tense, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay love, gay lead character, gay, gay son, gay relationship, male nudity, gay couple, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay club, gay youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
coming of age, gender, ambulance, effeminacy, self discovery, elderly, filmmaking, family relations, hollywood, teenage life, gay, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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:
38%
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:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father and a chance meeting with an abusive romance novelist, a masseur working in a gay massage parlor struggles to make sense of his unfulfilling relationships while simultaneously assisting his mother in preparing his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
masseur, gay, sexual relations, male prostitute, gay sex, death of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, self discovery, family life, parents and children, lgbt ...
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the film follows two Mexican-American teenagers, Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza and Dante Quintana, their friendship, and their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, teenage protagonist, introspection, self discovery, friendship between men, friends, problem ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
texas, el paso texas
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, gloomy, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male prostitution, gay erotica, naked man, lgbt, gay relationship, obsession, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mickael's family is struggling (they don't have enough money to pay for hot water) however his life is full with Judo and his girlfriend Venessa. Then Mickael makes a decision to open up his relationship to include Clement his rich-kid ...
Style:
sexual, emotional, serious, erotic, sensual ...
Plot:
gay interest, coming of age, love triangle, teenage life, menage a trois, gay, cheating girlfriend, hot and sexy, hot guys, lgbt, male nudity, contests and competitions ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
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