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Bishonen (1998)
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Bishonen (1998)
Original name: 美少年之戀
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Stephen Fung and Daniel Wu play a male prostitute and policeman who fall in love with tragic consequences. Partly inspired by a notorious real-life scandal in which porn photos of Hong Kong policemen - in (and out of) uniform - were found in the home of a wealthy member of the city's elite society.
Style: erotic, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, sexual, sexy, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: male prostitution, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, police, lgbt teen, prostitute, investigation, love and romance, life is a bitch, fall in love, couples, gays and lesbians, teenage life, society, looking for love, dangerous attraction, gender, uncontrollable, suicide, tragedy, homosexual, taxi driver, flashback ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, queer cinema, serious and sexual films with plots about lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbtq, love and romance and gay interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Bishonen: Happy Together (1997), No Regret (2006), Love of Siam (2007), A Touch of Fever (1993), The Last Match (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Happy Together (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.
Style: art house, emotional, visual, independent film, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay asian, loneliness, love, tango, lgbtq, heartache, lgbtqi, lgbt, melancholy, glbt, sexuality ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, year 1996
Place: buenos aires argentina, hong kong, china, asia, latin america ...
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No Regret (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs. They meet again the next day: it is during a round of ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, romantic ...
Plot: gay, gay love, boys love, gay teenager, gay asian, lgbt, male prostitute, twists and turns, social differences, forbidden love, love and romance, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, seoul, asia
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Love of Siam (2007)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Two young boys are best friends living quiet family lives in Bangkok. Their lives are disrupted when one boy's older sister goes missing on a jungle trip. The shattered family moves away, separating the boys. Years later, now in their late ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, atmospheric, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gays and lesbians, gay love, lgbt, missing person, gay, gay interest, loss of child, musician, lgbtq, friendship, haunted by the past, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Touch of Fever (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of two young hustlers, Tatsuro and Shin, and her two female friends. Everything seems to work, until the day Shin declares he's in love with Tatsuro.
Style: gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: male prostitution, lgbt, glbt, gay, gay asian, coming of age, gay subtext, gigolo, prostitution, runaway, male prostitute, university student ...
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The Last Match (2013)
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, touching, serious, sincere, homoerotic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, male prostitution, gay relationship, gay love, gay slur, lgbt, gay sex, gays and lesbians, rent boy, lgbtq, love and romance, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, havana cuba
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24%
 5.7
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Sugar (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay teenager, gay, innocence lost, lgbt, friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, fall in love, teenage life, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
Style: sexual, realistic, serious, gloomy, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: male prostitution, gay, gay teenager, gay erotica, obsession, lgbt, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, drug addiction, gay interest, destructive relationship, lgbtqi ...
Time: 90s
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23%
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Strapped (2010)
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, psychological, sentimental, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, prostitution, apartment building, lgbt, gay sex, gays and lesbians, prostitute, loneliness, changing lives, couples, male prostitution, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Macho Dancer (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A former American soldier becomes an exotic dancer and male prostitute in Manila.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, male prostitution, lgbt, gay, glbt, police corruption, prostitute, gay subtext, male stripper, sexual abuse, teenage life, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
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22%
 6.2
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Boys Life 3 (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festival favorite recently expanded into a feature film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, youth, friendship, self discovery, teenage life, couples, sexual relations, closeted homosexual, relationships, gay love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.6
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Amphetamine (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Openly gay banker Daniel debates whether to return to Australia or stay in Hong Kong when he meets Kafka, a straight swimming instructor. The young men fall in love, believing that their love can bridge anything, despite their difference in ...
Style: realistic, homoerotic, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay asian, lgbt, gender, love affair, haunted by the past, tragic love, addiction, self discovery, male pubic hair, couples, destiny ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, indiana, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.6
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Cal (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, love affair, life is a bitch, society, gay interest, coming of age, age difference, lgbtq, male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Ciao (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two men meet and fall in love under the least joyous of circumstances in this low-key drama from writer and director Yen Tan.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, romantic, sensual ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, couples, gender, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbtq, friends, love and romance, computers and web ...
Place: italy, austin texas, europe, dallas texas, texas
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20%
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Monster Pies (2013)
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 relationship, lgbt, gay interest, coming of age, gender, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, teenage love, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: australia
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20%
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Just Say Love (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Physical attractions appear to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart? In this ...
Style: contemplative, touching, realistic, serious, double entendre ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, couples, gays and lesbians, love and romance, homosexual, couple relations, introspection, gender, love affair, lgbtq, insecurity ...
Time: 21st century
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Between Love & Goodbye (2008)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky road in between.
Style: realistic, serious, sexy, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, couples, prostitute, lgbt, love and romance, manipulation, fall in love, human nature, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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20%
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Wild Side (2004)
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, contemplative, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: prostitute, transsexual, polyamory, gay, lgbt, transgender, friendship, lifestyle, love triangle, love and romance, society, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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19%
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Free Fall (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style: emotional, sexual, atmospheric, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, gay slur, male male relationship, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany
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19%
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The Journey of Jared Price (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: "The Journey of Jared Price" is a gay-themed coming-of-age 2000 film written, produced and directed by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black. Black won the Oscar award for Best Original Screenplay for "Milk". The Journey of ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sincere, emotional, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, fall in love, self discovery, blind woman, youth, couple relations, friendship, couples, teenage life, prostitute, lgbtq ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, southern california, santa monica california, los angeles
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Ander (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay love, forbidden love, lgbt, immigrant, farmer, gay romance, self discovery, family relations, society, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: peru
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19%
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Boys Life 2 (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. In "Trevor", by Peggy Rajski, a teenager faces homophobia and falls in love for the first time. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second ...
Style: independent film, anthology, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality, best friend, high school life, friendship ...
Time: 90s
Place: iowa, usa
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19%
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The String (2009)
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: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, gay love, arab, gays and lesbians, lgbt, couples, love and romance, gender, homecoming, gay interest, gay slur, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tunisia, africa, south africa, france, paris france ...
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19%
Hustler White (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.
Style: sexual, clever, controversial, experimental, cynical ...
Plot: gay, male prostitution, amputee, male prostitute, gay sex, male pubic hair, gay for pay, satire, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sex, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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End of Love (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stuck in a Christian 'rehabilitation' camp, Ming recalls his double life, a whirlwind of sex and drugs as a rent boy, and a sedate, romantic life with the older and more conservative Yen. Secrets and lies haunt their relationship, as ...
Style: realistic, serious, sexy, erotic, gloomy ...
Plot: betrayal, gay, drug abuse, introspection, love and romance, society, gays and lesbians, couples, lgbt, lifestyle, rehabilitation, prostitute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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19%
 6.5
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Harvest (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Breathtaking in its subtle beauty, Harvest is an achingly romantic tale of an innocent but ever increasingly passionate affair that develops between two simple farmhands. Life on a farm is all that sullen teen Marco knows- leading a perfunctory and ...
Style: realistic, lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay relationship, apprentice, couples, gender, farm, boys love, rural setting, lgbt, lgbtq, coming of age, sexual attraction ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany
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19%
Blue Citrus Hearts (2003)
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: atmospheric, touching, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, teenage love, coming of age, high school, teenage life, best friend, society, lifestyle, buddies, youth, life is a bitch, high school life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Lost in Paradise (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends Dong, a handsome extrovert who offers to share his ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: gay, gay asian, gays and lesbians, love affair, prostitute, gay relationship, gender, gay sex, gay hustler, mentally challenged, pimp, naivete ...
Time: 21st century
Place: saigon, asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Circuit (2001)
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, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, male prostitution, male prostitute, drug abuse, lgbt, addiction, fish out of water, love and romance, lifestyle, gay culture, nightlife, city life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, illinois, california, palm springs california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Pit Stop (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay parent, working class, gay interest, lgbt, gender, breakup, couples, family life, gay father, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.0
 3K
Brotherhood (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when their illicit relationship is ...
Style: serious, emotional, captivating, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, racism, couples, love affair, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, friendship, love and romance, self discovery, unlikely couple, society, radical ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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