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Love Forbidden (2002)
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Original name: Défense d'aimer
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rodolphe Marconi writes, directs, and stars in the coming-out drama Défense d'Aimer (Love Forbidden). Marconi plays Bruce, a young student from Paris who accepts a fellowship in Rome. He takes a flat at the Villa Medicis and writes full time. He eventually meets Italian native Matteo (Andrea Necci) and develops feelings for the man. However, Bruce is confused because Matteo also seems interested in the American student Irene (Irene D'Agostino). Love Forbidden premiered in the U.S. at the 2003 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, sexy, serious, realistic, stylized, gloomy, sexual
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, fall in love, intrigue, lifestyle, bisexual, gays and lesbians, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, male homosexuality, serial killer, fashion, love and romance, couples, filmmaking, tour guide, unfulfilled love, gender, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, performer's life, celebrity culture, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, paris france, france, rome italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sexy, psychological, realistic and serious films with plots about lgbt, love and romance, gay, gays and lesbians, couples, gay interest and homosexual mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Love Forbidden: La león (2007), Dry Cleaning (1997), Free Fall (2013), This Is My Body (2001), Hard Pill (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his village is that he is gay. There are no other gay men in his world, his only means of expression is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
gay lead character, male rape, homosexual, gay, murder, gay slur, life is a bitch, couples, love and romance, disagreement, isolation, immigration ...
Time:
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Place:
argentina
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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sexy, sexual, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, switzerland, paris france
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24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, emotional, sociological ...
Plot:
gay, love affair, artists and showbiz, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, family business, suicide, lgbt, sociology, jealousy, dancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
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579
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A despondent gay man throws his life and relationships into turmoil when he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a drug designed to make gay men straight.
Style:
sexy, realistic, contemplative, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
medical experiment, lgbt, gender, love affair, couple relations, midlife crisis, estrangement, couples, gender bending, homosexual, lgbtq, gay interest ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
24%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, romantic, melancholic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay couple, gay relationship, gay lead character, homosexual, breakup, carpenter, love and romance, confined ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Drama by Biju Viswanath, Marathon was adapted from Harteis's memoir of the same name. Explores the relation ship between two poets Richard Harteis and William Meredith former US poet laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, contests and competitions, gender, artists and showbiz, writer's life, lifestyle, hopes, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, tragic love, love, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Architect Paul Thomas insinuates himself into the relationship of two bisexual women living in a St. Tropez villa with tragic consequences.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, lgbt cinema, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, menage a trois, lgbt, bisexual, love triangle, polyamory, lesbianism, seduction, loss of virginity, triad, swing, gay ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, saint tropez, paris france, europe
Similarity:
22%
345
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Adrift begins with the wedding of Duyen and Hai. Duyen is a beautiful tourist guide and translator who marries Hai, a taxi driver who is two years her junior. Duyen thinks the marriage will make her happy but it turns out more difficult, especially ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
couple relations, closeted lesbian, lgbt, couples, infidelity, sexual relations, self discovery, forbidden love, unfulfillment, family problems, estrangement, tour guide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In China, homosexuality isn't illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for "hooliganism". The film focuses on a young gay writer A-Lan who, being attracted to a young policeman, manages to have himself ...
Style:
talky, psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, homosexuality, male homosexuality, police corruption, sexual attraction, gay lead character, lgbtq, repression, cruise, boys love, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, beijing china, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Daniel is an artist who has lost his desire to paint. An unexpected meeting with three « working girls » one evening marks the beginning of a surreal adventure. Later that night, the wildest dreams and the worst nightmares of his three new muses ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, touching, romantic, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, painter, gay couple, gay lead character, young lovers, couples, gays and lesbians, couple relations, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, sexual ...
Plot:
gender, love triangle, lgbt, youth, teenage life, jealousy, social misfits, love and romance, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, family gatherings ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe, paris france, brittany
Similarity:
21%
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Country: France, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, tense, sexual ...
Plot:
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Place:
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514
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
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Place:
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20%
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Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, erotic, sexual, sexy, terrifying ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, romantic, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexual, gay relationship, love and romance, gay couple, love affair, fall in love, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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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:
20%
92
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexual, gay interest, gay teenager, boy, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, fall in love, gay love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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19%
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Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, sexy, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, youth, gay love, gay interest, homosexual, love affair, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
19%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, sexy, psychological, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, gay sex, gay couple, gay relationship, couples, fall in love, gay lead character, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s mystical Carnival, a gifted and struggling young man becomes the object of intrigue for an older, well-meaning businessman until their worlds collide.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay sex, gay lead character, gay african american, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay interest, gay couple, lovers, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, disturbing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay crush, gay relationship, gay couple, gay sex, gay slur, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, gay lead character, nude, male homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, germany, denmark
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, sexy, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, gay relationship, fall in love, couple relations, society, young lovers, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, light, sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay youth, gay lead character, love and romance, gay couple, fall in love, love, gay relationship, couples, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends spend an evening together after time apart. Differences in sex and sexuality reveal deep-rooted conflicts and long-hidden longings.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, introspection, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, under the surface, sexual relations, sexual attraction, sex, private vs public, sexuality, group of friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay sex, gay, love and romance, male nudity, self discovery, couples, unfulfillment, lgbt, estrangement, gender, aging, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
19%
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