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The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexual, independent film, satanic, sexy, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, politics, boys' school, male prostitution, pleasure, closeted homosexual, schoolboy, glbt, lgbtq, manipulation, gay subtext, battles, sexual abuse, transsexual, life is a bitch, sexual relations, couples, gays and lesbians, teenage life, society, mind game, gender, voyeurism, campaign ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, antarctica
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Most similar movies to The Everlasting Secret Family
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, queer cinema and crying films with plots about lgbt, gender, gays and lesbians, gay, male nudity, kiss and gay interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like The Everlasting Secret Family: Ernesto (1979), The Devil's Playground (1976), Head On (1998), Coming Out (1989), Strapped (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ernesto (Martin Hahn) is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees--then experiments ...
Style:
crying, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
first gay sexual experience, gay, older man younger man relationship, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, bisexual, bad father, lgbtq, glbt, gays and lesbians, perversion ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, serious, realistic, tense, crying ...
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, adolescence, catholic school, sex, catholic, boys' school, boarding school, gay, sensuality, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
1950s, year 1976, 70s, year 1953, 50s
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an ...
Style:
independent film, terrifying, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay slur, sex, lgbt, sexual attraction, horniness, gay bar, nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
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:
sexual, serious, realistic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, gay cruising, love triangle, gay teenager, gay bashing, gay slur, gay bar, gay student, lgbtq, gay relationship, passion, sexuality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A routine trick propels a tall, dark, cynical hustler into a series of life-changing encounters in this drama. But this amicable and sexually efficient rent boy begins to look at himself differently when he finds himself lost in a maze-like ...
Style:
realistic, lgbt cinema, psychological, sexual, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay interest, gay romance, male prostitute, prostitution, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay sex, male nudity, prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
27%
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 ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
24%
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, sexual, sensual, contemplative ...
Plot:
polyamory, closeted homosexual, lgbt, gay, gay relationship, prostitute, gender, transgender, dying mother, mother daughter relationship, lifestyle, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, crying, humorous ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay relationship, dark humor, gay, gay husband, sex, mother in law son in law relationship, dysfunctional family, dishonesty, family problems, parents and children, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, athens greece
Similarity:
24%
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27K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Similarity:
23%
12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style:
independent film, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay slur, gay relationship, gay love, gays and lesbians, male prostitute, lgbt, gay sex, gay latino, two males in bed, gay erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenager discovers that mending a broken heart is no simple thing in this independent romantic drama from Mexico. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Ortuno), a 17-year-old who has recently embraced his homosexuality, has just parted ways with his first serious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lost love, gay relationship, sex scene, gay interest, losing-it hero, lgbt, unrequited love, breakup, unfulfilled love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
21%
809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When young Turkish talent Kutlug Ataman wanted to make a film about transvestites, the first location he had in mind was Istanbul. As he developed the script, his thought was to place these marginal characters, who are subject to societal prejudices ...
Style:
sexual, touching, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, transvestism, lgbt, homosexual, friendship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle, introspection, social misfits, society, discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, baghdad iraq
Similarity:
21%
1K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
gay lead character, father son incest, lgbt, gay sex, gay teenager, working class, hidden identity, gay, couple relations, love and romance, society, couples ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, year 1978
Place:
oxford university, paris france, england, london, france ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Alex is in love with her best friend, Vicki, her mother has dissapeared and she sets fire to things in her spare time. Vicki comes from an abusive home and wants Alex to run away with her. Alex is a bit of a nerd and a teachers pet, so takes ...
Style:
sad, realistic, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
lgbt, coming of age, erotica, friendship, sexual abuse, teachers and students, drug abuse, gender, gays and lesbians, social misfits, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, sydney australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, coming of age, young lovers, secret relationship, gay brother, male nudity, lgbt, sexual awakening ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident
Style:
sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay asian, homosexuality, gay husband, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
beijing china, china, asia, hong kong, america ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but ...
Style:
independent film, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, child abuse, wedding ceremony, sex, glbt, suicide, dysfunctional family, coming of age, caught having sex, teenage boy, gay slur, sexuality ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
John is an ex-cop who leaves small-town life and provincial attitudes behind for a new existence in West Hollywood. As he seeks an open, accepting gay life, John is introduced to the fast-paced Circuit Party scene, featuring beautiful people and a ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, male prostitution, drug abuse, male prostitute, lgbt, gay relationship, addiction, ex cop, fish out of water, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, los angeles, palm springs california, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Antoine, a handsome boy in his 20s, falls for a straight best friend who does not reciprocate, and being a junkie exits the film quite early. Enter a girl, who seems to make him happy again, after he has tried living as a rent boy with men, having ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay, unrequited love, gay anal sex, prostitute, lgbt, nightlife, love triangle, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, looking for love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are friends because they are both outsiders in their own ways. Bennett is openly gay, Judd is a Marxist. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to Marxism, while examining the hypocrisy and snobbery ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, boys' school, gays and lesbians, gender, gay lead character, youth, homosexuality, boarding school, homosexual, homosexual love, lgbtq ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, year 1983, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
england, moscow russia, ussr, russia, britain ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay club, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, unrequited love, gay slur, glbt, best friend, betrayal, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
lyon, france, europe, algeria, new york ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, dancer, lgbt, gender, gay sex, male objectification, male pubic hair, family relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 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:
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:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
19%
731
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the passionate (true) story of two men caught in an unjust system rife with racism, homophobia and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
closeted homosexual, prison, gay, forbidden love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, interracial relations, racism, gay slur, island, prison life, confined ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
south africa, africa, amsterdam
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia
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:
sexual, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
gay, arab, gay love, gay interest, love and romance, couples, gays and lesbians, lgbt, homecoming, gay slur, happy ending, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tunisia, africa, south africa, france, paris france ...
Similarity:
19%
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