Movies like The Leather Boys
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The Leather Boys (1964)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
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The Leather Boys is a 1964 British drama film about the rocker subculture in London featuring a gay motorcyclist. This film is notable as an early example of a film that violated the Hollywood production code, yet was still shown in the United States, as well as an important film in the genre of queer cinema. An example of British kitchen sink realism, it was considered daring in 1964 as it touched upon homosexuality, however obliquely.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, controversial, social documentary, contemplative
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, lgbt, gay, grandparent grandchild relationship, teenager, love triangle, adultery, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, selfish woman, newlywed, husband wife conflict, repressed homosexual, rock, motorcycle race, life is a bitch, best friends, rebellion, gays and lesbians, society, introspection, rebelliousness, realism, gender ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england, edinburgh scotland
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Most similar movies to The Leather Boys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about love and romance, gay, family relations, lgbt, couples, friendship and gender mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Leather Boys: Girl with Green Eyes (1964), Nights in the Gardens of Spain (2010), Maurice (1987), A Taste of Honey (1961), Clapham Junction (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, coming of age, affair, love, age-gap relationship, family relations, youth, friendship, family disapproval, sexual initiation, shyness ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, london
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95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Kawariki must become the leader of the family after his father retires in this intimate drama. A husband and father, he realizes that in order to lead with integrity, he must come out and be honest about his own life, even though it will test the ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, sentimental, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, family relations, homosexuality, society, gender, crumbling marriage, couples, lgbt, family in crisis, family problems, secret, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style:
sexy, scenic, melancholic, romantic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, gay relationship, friendship, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, gay love, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, society ...
Time:
pre world war one, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s, 70s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, argentina, buenos aires argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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:
sexy, talky, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
working class, coming of age, interracial relations, friendship, social realism, family relations, single parent, single mother, dysfunctional family, mother, isolation, lgbtq ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed forever.
Style:
realistic, serious, melancholic, rough, twisted ...
Plot:
gay, gay sex, gay slur, gay cruising, infidelity, closeted homosexual, first gay sexual experience, masturbation, gay interest, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, intense, sincere, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, aids, gay relationship, first gay sexual experience, loneliness, self discovery, eccentricity, multiple storylines, lgbtq, hopes, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1967
Place:
san francisco, new york, ohio, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, art house, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, infidelity, sex, on the road, lust, sexploitation, crazy love, cult, female nudity, bdsm, freedom ...
Time:
60s
Place:
germany, france, europe, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A jealousy erupts between two long-time friends as one is about to move in with his girlfriend. Now the friend must confront his long-hidden homosexuality. UK.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, sincere, semi serious
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, coming out, lgbt, closeted homosexual, love triangle, friendship, gay slur, unrequited love, unfulfilled love, lifestyle, couples, looking for love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england, london, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 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, serious, realistic, emotional, sincere
Plot:
working class, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, factory, nude, bittersweet, sexual content, couples, family problems, family relations, society ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the bestselling novel by Joanna Trollope Recently returned to England from New York City, vivacious heiress Clodagh Unwin befriends a couple new to her village. The husband is entranced by the young aristocrat, but Clodagh has eyes for ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
adultery, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian sex, village life, lesbian, infidelity, family relations, family life, family problems, love and romance, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Takes a look at gay and straight love among the new millennials. Everything from secret crushes to homophobic attitudes are revealed by the rambunctious students taking Drama and Dance from Loris. None of the teens are what they seem at first ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, high school, teenage love, teenage life, teachers and students, power relations, youth, gender, friendship between girls, teen angst, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the possibility to explore his love for Arthur, a closet gay. ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
gay, lgbt, leaving home, couple relations, love triangle, family relations, couples, siblings relations, fall in love, gender, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, ...
Style:
sincere, talky, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, gays and lesbians, couple relations, lgbt, infidelity, family problems, introspection, terminal illness, dealing with death, dinner party, sudden death ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
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, thought provoking, captivating, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love triangle, lgbtq, police officer, love, social relations, society, relationships, fear, youth, gay interest ...
Time:
50s, year 1997, year 1957, year 1958, 90s
Place:
venice, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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, touching, emotional, serious, clever ...
Plot:
love affair, love triangle, family relations, infidelity, couples, betrayal, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, romantic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbt teen, gay teenager, gay love, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, love and romance, teenage love, gays and lesbians, gay interest ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
belgium, france, europe, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, coming out, teenage love, coming of age, high school, teenage life, youth, society, life is a bitch, buddies, best friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
memphis, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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, captivating, romantic, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, gay, black lgbt, lesbian friend, lgbtq, friend, gender, homosexual, british, sexuality, urban setting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Cyprus, Greece, Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-championship diver Victoras whiles away his days on the Greek coast, toiling away at a factory with only his dreams, medals and grandmother for company. When a phone call summons him to Germany, a simple road trip is the answer - that is until he ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, romantic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
gay, road trip, gay interest, gay lead character, closeted gay, lgbt, male full rear nudity, travel, gay subtext, true love, swimming, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, italy, athens greece, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, coming out, gay cruising, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, love triangle, gay teenager, lgbtq, sexuality, teacher, gay interest, erotica ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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.
Style:
realistic, sexy, sentimental, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, coming of age, friendship, love triangle, school, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, gay asian, unrequited love, high school friend, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Like the American classic, The Graduate - secrecy, betrayal, and a painful coming of age face a family in Mulligans, by first time feature film director Chip Hale.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, coming out, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, infidelity, family relations, gays and lesbians, family life, lgbtq, gay slur, husband wife relationship, father ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay couple, dysfunctional family, child abuse, gay rape, homosexual rape, closeted gay, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A lonely young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father while trying to please the selfish woman he loves.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, light, sincere ...
Plot:
unfulfilled love, betrayal, fall in love, friendship, couples, love affair, society, adultery, father daughter relationship, secret, extramarital affair, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 90s
Place:
england, europe, ireland, cornwall, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu is 18-years-old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning ...
Style:
emotional, touching, meditative, lyrical, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, depression, suicide attempt, male nudity, beach, teenage life, gay teenager, first gay sexual experience, youth, dysfunctional family, love affair, gay romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france, south of france, europe, italy, frankfurt germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style:
captivating, light, sincere, sentimental, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, friendship, closeted gay, male homosexuality, puberty, homoeroticism, friendship between boys, gay love, gay lead character, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, gay sex ...
Place:
argentina
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44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A transsexual who survives prostituting herself in Paris, returns – with her two male lovers in town – to her family home in the countryside to look after her dying mother.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sensual, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
prostitute, transsexual, polyamory, lgbt, gay, lifestyle, friendship, love triangle, love and romance, society, social misfits, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Tunisia, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay love, gay, coming out, gays and lesbians, lgbt, love and romance, gay sex, homecoming, couples, gender, arab, gay slur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, tunisia, france, paris france, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
We’re in the middle of a heat-wave in Fenland England. Goob Taylor has spent each of his sixteen summers helping Mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When Mum shacks up with swarthy stock-car supremo and ladies’ ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, teenage love, youth, small town, parents and children, teenage boy, boy, friendship, summer, teenager, boyhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.
Style:
serious, stylized, disturbing, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, gays and lesbians, gay, betrayal, youth, lgbt, lifestyle, celebration, weekend, bohemian life, lgbtq, love triangle ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, post world war one, pre world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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