Movies like The L-Shaped Room
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The L-Shaped Room (1962)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Leslie Caron plays a young, pregnant, unmarried Frenchwoman who takes a room in a seedy boarding house in London. She soon makes friends with Toby, a struggling writer who lives downstairs, and eventually gets to accept her room and the strange characters in the house. But what to do about her baby? And what to do about Toby?
Style:
independent film, depressing, crying
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, lesbian, landlady, single mother, homosexual subtext, morning sickness, boarding house, lesbian relationship, christmas, prostitute, pregnancy, abortion, newborn baby, single parent, black cat, baby girl, christmas party, unwed pregnancy, nosy neighbor, loneliness, lgbt, jazz, post war, homeless, poverty ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, eros, erotic, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbianism, self discovery, sapphic, fall in love, lesbian sex, true love ...
Time:
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Place:
london, idaho, indiana, middle east, europe ...
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Style:
experimental, social, black and white, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kitchen sink realism, working class, male female relationship, unwed pregnancy, premarital sex, unhappy marriage, class differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, angry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.
Style:
social, crying
Plot:
pedophile, gynecological exam, pregnancy, lgbt, sex crime, woman, motherhood, woods, unfaithfulness, nudity, stealing, haunting ...
Time:
year 1915, pre world war one, 1910s, year 1914
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, coming of age, teachers and students, teenage love, teenage life, high school, power relations, youth, gender, teen angst, friendship between girls ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
couples, forbidden love, infidelity, betrayal, unfaithful husband, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important ...
Style:
road movie, touching, heartbreaking, depressing, tear jerker ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay couple, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, homosexual, dementia, road trip, family bonds, love, piano ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories ...
Style:
crying, independent film, depressing, surprise ending, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay club, gay romance, gay son, gay relationship, gay couple, homosexuality, gay interest, childhood home, death of mother, traumatized man, man dances with a man, childhood memory ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Just as doctors, lawyers and others strive to reach the top of their professions, Greek Pete (Peter Pittaros) longs to reach the pinnacle of his. The only difference is that he's a rent boy, and the recognition he seeks is a nod from the World ...
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
gay, naked man, erection, male prostitution, gay relationship, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay club, male prostitute, male nudity, lgbtq, lgbtqi ...
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the ...
Style:
sad, thought provoking, romantic drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian interest, lesbian attraction, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, female doctor, lesbian sex, love interest ...
Time:
year 1952, 50s, 1950s
Place:
austin texas, scotland
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Style:
romantic drama, sad, serious, psychological, deep ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, death penalty, sister sister relationship, death row, lgbtq, sapphic, lesbianism ...
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, erotic, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, gender, lesbian love, sapphic, forbidden love, lesbianism, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbian interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
boarding house, spinster, hotel, female nudity, desperation, piano, loneliness, psychopath, aging, mental disorder, nude girl, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1987, 1950s, 50s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, women, sapphic, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, age difference, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, idaho, indiana ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Focuses on a working class girl who is struggling to create a life for herself with her gay co-worker after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand with a black sailor.
Style:
independent film, sexual, black and white, depressing, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
62%
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 ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian love, sapphic, high school life, lesbian sex, lesbian romance, youth, lesbian relationship, loss of virginity, lesbian couple, lesbian teen ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, suspense, light ...
Plot:
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Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, harlem
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Style:
independent film, cynical, biting, witty, clever ...
Plot:
social climber, infidelity, fashion, model, unrequited love, swing, homosexuality, satire, hedonism, kitchen sink realism, fashion model, greed ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, london, italy, paris france, europe
Similarity:
54%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, powerful, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, police officer, gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, love, gay affair, relationships, lost love, secret relationship, male male relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, year 1958, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
venice, brighton, italy
Similarity:
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250
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
JJ is a 'Stud' Lesbian. Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to chose between her hot new ...
Style:
multicultural, psychological, sincere, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, britain, indiana
Similarity:
52%
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, crying
Plot:
gay, retirement, lgbt, family relations, friendship, old man, aging, friends, elderly man, elderly, glbt, lgbtq ...
Place:
london, england
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, england, california, london, los angeles ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 20-something woman goes back to her hometown for the holidays for the first time in several years and is not only met with people from her past, but she's forced to deal with unresolved feelings too.
Style:
independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, and then gradually fall in love with one another.
Style:
lgbt cinema, crying, independent film, freeze frame, gay cinema
Plot:
gay man has sex with a woman, gay, lgbt, lesbian, marriage, male objectification, swimming pool, gay parent, gay husband, glbt, woman with a gun, heterosexuality ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, realistic, serious, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay sex, first gay sexual experience, gay cruising, naked man, gay teenager, gay relationship, male nudity, gay slur, infidelity, gay interest ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london
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231
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Style:
weeping, crying
Plot:
lgbt, sauna, glbt, lgbtq, gay asian, gay subtext, boys love, drag, bisexual, depression, nightclub, actor ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
46%
368
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A shy and troubled photography student's life is illuminated when her voyeuristic nature behind the camera lens leads her to a beautiful and confident girl.
Style:
lgbt cinema, psychological, contemplative, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian couple, lgbt, lesbian relationship, photographer, gay slur, student, lesbian romance, youth, love, couples, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, indiana
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and ...
Style:
sexual, sincere, serious, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, homosexuality, gay couple, gay interest, gender, homosexual, lgbt, lgbtq, fall in love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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