Movies like The Sergeant
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The Sergeant (1968)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to overcome the overwhelming attraction he feels for one of his charges. In the staid and stifling environment of a post-World War II army post in France, Callan's deeply repressed attraction to other men surfaces when he encounters handsome Private Swanson. Maintaining the rugged "man's man" image of a war hero, Callan barks orders to his underlings. Later, lonely in his solitude, he recalls the frightening experiences of war and the events that led to this crossroads. Filled with self-loathing and unable to act on the natural attraction he feels for Swanson, Callan's affection festers into antagonism. He pushes Swanson constantly with verbal assaults and undeserved punishments.
Style:
retro, serious, realistic, disturbing, sexual, sexy
Plot:
sergeant, lgbt, military training, army life, sexual perversion, drug addiction, discipline, lgbtq, military school, world war two, military, friendship, soldier, gay subtext, male homosexuality, war, alcohol abuse, rescue, gays and lesbians, showbiz, redemption, introspection, solitude, gender, innocence lost ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1952, 1950s, 50s, post world war two, 40s
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sexy and independent film films with plots about friendship, gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gays and lesbians and gay interest mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Sergeant: Infiltration (2010), Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992), Baby Blue Marine (1976), The Pawnbroker (1964), Handsome Harry (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
military base, military life, power relations, basic training, boot camp, military, immigrant, social differences, society, humiliation, lgbt, officers and cadets ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
israel, middle east
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
yale university
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81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, realistic, serious, touching
Plot:
basic training, military, military training, mistaken identity, marine, discipline, military school, world war two, battles, disorder, dull life, social relations ...
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Place:
los angeles, colorado
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
depressing, realistic, emotional, heartbreaking, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, germany, manhattan new york city, israel ...
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65%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
friendship between men, haunted by the past, gay, friendship, hopes, last wish, betrayal, dishonesty, introspection, redemption, machismo, death of friend ...
Time:
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Place:
new york state, new york
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64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, hippie, individuality, military training, cold war era, discipline, military school, recruit, military, boot camp, culture clash, basic training ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, inspirational, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, racism, african american, black, time travel, exodus, sergeant, army life, society, hopes, soldier, buddies ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Director/screenwriter Gabriel Fleming (One Thousand Years) explores the subtleties of loneliness, friendship, and sexuality with this tale of two high school friends who are forced to face their unspoken sexual history while wandering the streets of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay best friend, closeted homosexual, halloween, friendship, forest, self discovery, introspection, lifestyle, haunted by the past, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate ...
Style:
intense, realistic, witty, powerful, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtqi, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbtq, gay slur, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, birthday party, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, london, san francisco
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. ...
Style:
talky, psychological, realistic, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay lead character, unrequited love, lgbt, gay, backstage, world war two, friendship, manic, shakespeare, actor, effeminacy, gay interest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Lilith is a about a mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in New England, who seems to weave a magical spell all around her. A restless, but sincere young man with an equally obscure past is seemingly drawn into her web. As time passes, ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, sexual, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
usa, maryland
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, black and white, lgbt cinema, indie film, postmodern ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay relationship, lgbt, opposites attract, lgbtq, homosexuality, immigrant, gay sex, gays and lesbians, sexual relations, male prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
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:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
45%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sentimental, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Place:
georgia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, homoerotic, surreal, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, touching, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance, female masturbation, adolescence, dysfunctional family, coming of age, redemption, family relations, parents and children, introspection, fall in love ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1971, 70s ...
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
suicide, death, fall in love, teenage life, love and romance, family relations, couples, on the road, haunted by the past, youth, human nature, sister ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, paris france, france, san francisco
Similarity:
39%
518
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
For the first time since taking possession of the family cabin, Vaughn has invited his best friends up for a winter weekend of hunting and drinking. But the arrival of unexpected visitors turns a simple getaway into two days of life-changing turmoil.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, friendship, gay, introspection, youth, betrayal, parents and children, teenage life, estrangement, lgbt, gay interest, self harm ...
Place:
ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
39%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crying ...
Plot:
male prostitute, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, sexual relations, youth, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, addiction, apprentice, society ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, quebec
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When June Buckridge (Beryl Reid) arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught (Susannah York) realises that things are going to ...
Style:
sexual, dark comedy, soap opera, sadistic, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, sex, infidelity, jealousy, doll, satire, older woman younger woman relationship, obsession, female nudity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, england, london, ireland, new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
1920s, year 2006
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual, postmodern ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male nudity, sexually dissatisfied wife, erotica, nudity, art, obsession, temptation, world war two, infidelity, lesbian sex, poetry, threesome ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
paris france, england, france, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
38%
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