Movies like The Nature of Nicholas
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The Nature of Nicholas (2002)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Nature of Nicholas is a surreal story of twelve-year-old Nicholas as he struggles with an attraction to his best friend.
Style:
touching, serious, surreal, captivating, realistic, queer cinema, offbeat
Plot:
coming out, coming of age, zombie, friendship, sexual orientation, school, teenage love, teenage life, gay, obsession, youth, family relations, fall in love, lgbt, friendship between boys, self acceptance, absent father, ghost, first love, child, childhood, lgbtq, bad father, boyhood, single parent ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s, 1960s
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, queer cinema and serious films with plots about coming of age, youth, gay, gender, lgbt, lgbtq and teenage life mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Nature of Nicholas: This Special Friendship (1964), You Are Not Alone (1978), Eternal Summer (2006), The Truth About Jane (2000), Rock Haven (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
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Place:
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's ...
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girls' night, teens
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lesbian, coming out, school, lesbian sex, fall in love, high school life, youth, lesbian relationship, gay teacher, friendship, high school, lesbian couple ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
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 ...
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gay, gay love, coming out, first gay sexual experience, lgbt teen, gay teenager, lgbt, teenage life, male nudity, family relations, friendship, church ...
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california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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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 ...
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gay, lgbt teen, gay teenager, family relations, friendship, lgbt, coming out, gay relationship, lifestyle, teenage life, misfit, self discovery ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
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Time:
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21%
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
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BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 129 min.
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