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Regarding Billy (2005)
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Regarding Billy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After Billy's parents are killed he moves home to care for his little brother Johnny, who is mentally challenged. Together the two struggle through the loss of their parents. Meanwhile, Billy's best friend from childhood, Dean, has moved back to town having been injured from the war in Iraq. Over time, Billy's childhood feelings toward Dean resurface, feelings that he fears may end their friendship if discovered. Both men discover hidden secrets that will change their lives forever. These three people must come together to rebuild friendships and family in a time where everything in their world seems unsure. Written by Jeff London
Style: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gender, gay soldier, family relations, friendship, best friend, youth, love and romance, gender bending, couples, family problems, disability, homecoming, death in the family, misfit, sexual relations, small town, small town life, hopes, lgbt, lgbtq, lovers, glbt, brother brother relationship, village ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, iraq, london

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Most similar movies to Regarding Billy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, queer cinema and serious films with plots about gender, gays and lesbians, love and romance, gay, lgbt, lgbtq and friends mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Regarding Billy: Saltwater (2012), Arizona Sky (2008), The Falls: Testament of Love (2013), Back Soon (2007), An Angel Named Billy (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Saltwater (2012)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: This American Indie drama follows several endearing characters as they wade through life seeking happiness, peace and ultimately, love. Will (Ronnie Kerr, Vampire Boys 2, Shut Up and Kiss Me) leaves the Navy after many years, soon reunites old ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, light ...
Plot: gay, couples, gender, gays and lesbians, friends, infidelity, love and romance, buddies, lgbt, friendship, war veteran, friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles
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Arizona Sky (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jake and Kyle are two boys who grew up together in rural Arizona. They are best friends, and they begin to take their relationship to the next level when Jake's father moves him and his family away to California. Jake and Kyle can never forget ...
Style: realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Plot: gay, homosexual, desert, small town, lgbt, friendship, homecoming, life is a bitch, gender, lifestyle, friends, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The Falls: Testament of Love is a continuation of the story of RJ Smith and Chris Merrill, two Mormon missionaries that fell in love during their mission in a small town in Oregon. The boys haven't spoken in five years, but when an unexpected ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay interest, lgbt, husband wife relationship, gay relationship, gay sex, lgbtq, destructive relationship, impossible love, couples, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
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100%
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Back Soon (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Back Soon is a story of love, loss, identity and hope. It follows the relationship between aspiring actor Logan Foster and reformed drug dealer Gil Ramirez, two men who find themselves inexplicably drawn together despite their disparate backgrounds, ...
Style: sexy, realistic, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, haunted by the past, death of wife, couples, gay relationship, drug dealing, prodigy, friendship, homosexuality, infidelity, widower ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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An Angel Named Billy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Mark Anderson, a recent stroke victim who is frail and weak. Also, his best friend Thomas, a classic over the hill drag queen desperate for love and happiness. Mark and Thomas have a master plan, to find Mark's son, James Anderson the love of ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, forbidden love, true love, best friend, looking for love, teenage life, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, youth, gender bending ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Holding Trevor (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Everybody's looking for something... Moving forward doesn't always mean leaving something behind.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay romance, gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, addiction, hiv, introspection, lifestyle, destructive relationship, couples, looking for love ...
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The Cost of Love (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Dale is an attractive, hard-as-nails gay male escort in Greenwich, London. He specialises in fulfilling sexual fantasies - dressing up as a schoolboy, BDSM, you name it, he's done it, yet his own dreams of a happy ending are complicated when ...
Style: humorous, emotional, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: gender, gay, friendship, love and romance, couples, sexual relations, addiction, lgbt, unrequited love, escort, prostitution, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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42%
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Harry + Max (2004)
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: captivating, serious, emotional, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, dysfunctional family, incest, gender, family relations, siblings relations, lgbt, teenage life, sexual relations, gay relationship, gay incest, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Ciao (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two men meet and fall in love under the least joyous of circumstances in this low-key drama from writer and director Yen Tan.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, romantic, sensual ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, couples, gender, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbtq, friends, love and romance, computers and web ...
Place: italy, austin texas, europe, dallas texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Redwoods (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, couples, gay couple, gay relationship, gay sex, gays and lesbians, breakup, gay interest, secret, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Sebastian (1995)
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, gay cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, boys love, glbt, lgbtqi, coming of age, gay subtext, fall in love, best friend, couples, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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41%
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Rock Haven (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The coastal California community of Rock Haven is the perfect place for cute eighteen-year-old Brady and his loving mother to begin a fresh start. Their mission: to spread the word of the Lord. But while roaming the beach one day, Brady meets ...
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, touching, sensual ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, first gay sexual experience, gay love, gay teenager, male nudity, lgbt, teenage life, gay relationship, family relations, friendship, church, forbidden love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
No Looking Back (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Charlie returns to his old town where he meets his ex-girlfriend again and tries to get her back.
Style: emotional, disturbing, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: small town, working class, rock, old love, waitress, love triangle, friendship, bittersweet, family relations, couples, friends, social relations ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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FAQs (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After living on the tough streets of LA for a while, India hopes that every gay basher will meet his destiny. In this case Destiny is a black, 6 foot, high heel wearing, gun toting, drag queen with an attitude and a soft place in her heart for ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, talky, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, social misfits, best friend, social relations, love and romance, misfit, society, lgbtq, gay bashing, gay erotica, glbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Tan Lines (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: gay relationship, homosexuality, coming of age, gay, gay interest, lgbt, sexual awakening, brother, self discovery, teenage love, teenage life, friendship ...
Place: australia, new south wales
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40%
The Journey of Jared Price (2000)
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: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, fall in love, self discovery, blind woman, youth, couple relations, friendship, couples, teenage life, prostitute, lgbtq ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, southern california, santa monica california, los angeles
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40%
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Treading Water (2001)
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: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, eccentric family, culture clash, fish out of water, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, couples, society, addiction, family life, family relations ...
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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For 80 Days (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Where is the thin line that separates friendship from desire? After more than 50 years without seeing each other, two 70 years old women dare crossing the line
Style: serious, touching, realistic, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: elderly lovers, gender, gays and lesbians, lesbian, friendship, hospital, lgbt, elderly, best friend, unfulfillment, introspection, aging ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, spain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Finding Me (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Faybien Allan has it all going on; he's young, stylish, and knows the importance of being seen with hip friends at NYC's trendiest spots. But beneath the sparkle of his nightlife and his stunning good-looks, is a man buckling under his ...
Style: humorous, contemplative, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, self discovery, looking for love, couples, gender, hopes, black lgbt, friendship, african american, road trip, lgbtq, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Eban and Charley (2000)
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: psychological, sincere, touching, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: gay, friendship, family relations, teenage life, forbidden love, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, youth, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
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39%
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Romeos (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne where he meets the ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gender, transsexual, transgender, lgbt, gay couple, secret, friendship, sexual attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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39%
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Just Say Love (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Physical attractions appear to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart? In this ...
Style: contemplative, touching, realistic, serious, double entendre ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, homosexual, couple relations, introspection, gender, love affair, lgbtq, insecurity ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Watercolors (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows ...
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, serious, art house ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gay sex, lgbt, love and romance, lgbtq, lgbt teen, lifestyle, gay interest, sexuality, drug use, opposites attract ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Lost in Paradise (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends Dong, a handsome extrovert who offers to share his ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: gay, gay asian, gays and lesbians, love affair, prostitute, gay relationship, gender, gay sex, gay hustler, mentally challenged, pimp, naivete ...
Time: 21st century
Place: saigon, asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Ordinary Sinner (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: gender, threesome, murder, friends, love and romance, friendship, introspection, society, clergy, moral dilemma, love triangle, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vermont, usa
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39%
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The Last Year (2002)
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, incest, gays and lesbians, love and romance, youth, friendship, teenage love, love affair, friends, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Drifting Flowers (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: gender, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian, feminism, fall in love, love affair, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, teenage life, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Boys Life 2 (1997)
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, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality, best friend, high school life, friendship ...
Time: 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Out of Season (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hip lesbian Micki Silva (Carol Monda) leaves her fast-paced urban lifestyle for Cape May, New Jersey, to help her ailing uncle Charlie (Dennis Fecteau). At the local diner, run by Shelley (Nancy Daly), Micki meets Charlie's friend Roberta (Joy ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian, lgbt, bookstore, book, lesbian sex, small town, fish out of water, city life, urban, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.2
 346
Boys Life 3 (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festival favorite recently expanded into a feature film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, youth, friendship, self discovery, teenage life, couples, sexual relations, closeted homosexual, relationships, gay love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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