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Red Dirt (2000)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Red Dirt offers the story of a young man's search to belong in this sublime expression of love and reconciliation. At only twenty, Griffith is struggling with the responsibilities of caring for his unwell aunt, grieving the loss of their family's matriarch, and his own dreams of leaving Pine Apple. With the arrival of a stranger, Griffith's carefully constructed walls of shame and silence begin to come down and his life takes an unexpected turn.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic, art house, independent film, contemplative, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
homosexuality, aunt nephew relationship, social relations, friendship, drifter, family relations, leaving home, love and romance, mentally unstable, misfit, small town, secret, sex scene, making love, obsession, self discovery, lgbt, lgbtq, desire, outdoor sex, glbt, opera, mother son relationship, vegetable garden, gay subtext ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, montana, southern usa, louisiana, mississippi river
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, queer cinema and sexy films with plots about gay kiss, lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, kiss and gay interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Red Dirt: Gypsy 83 (2001), Dream Boy (2008), Heavy (1995), The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1995), The Mudge Boy (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
Style:
gothic, road movie, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goth, gay lead character, music band, on the road, friendship, self discovery, small town, homecoming, midlife crisis, lifestyle, misfit, artists and showbiz ...
Place:
usa, ohio, columbus ohio, new york
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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:
sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, child abuse, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, dysfunctional family, lgbt teen, gay student, homosexual rape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a ...
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independent film, realistic, touching, slang, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york state, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.
Style:
erotic, independent film, sexual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay erotica, lgbtq, nude boy, skinny dipping, gay relationship, lgbt, naked man, male homosexuality, immigrant, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Duncan Mudge, mid-teens, lives apart from his rural world populated by his distant father and rough local kids. His main companionship is a chicken left after his mother's death until the neighbor's son befriends him.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
bullying, gay teenager, gay, boys love, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, male homosexuality, lgbt, father son relationship, male rape, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
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100%
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:
sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Plot:
gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, gay interest, making love, gay couple, fall in love, self discovery, couple relations, youth, couples, teenage life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, santa monica california
Similarity:
24%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
After Billy's parents are killed he moves home to care for his little brother Johnny, who is mentally challenged. Together the two struggle through the loss of their parents. Meanwhile, Billy's best friend from childhood, Dean, has moved ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay soldier, gender, best friend, friendship, family relations, disability, couples, family problems, love and romance, youth, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, iraq, london
Similarity:
20%
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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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Instanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his realtives' Instanbul ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, enigmatic ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexuality, glbt, homosexual, lgbt, turkish bath, bathhouse, lgbtq, male homosexuality, culture clash, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
italy, middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey, rome italy ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
Style:
southern gothic, melancholic, tension, intense, atmospheric
Plot:
small town, passion, forbidden love, forbidden romance, infidelity, love triangle, character study, loneliness, sexual awakening, tragic romance, isolation, class conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, couples, gay sex, gay couple, homoeroticism, gay relationship, gay father, family problems, gays and lesbians, homosexual, secret, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, northern california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, psychological, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay subtext, homosexual, lgbtq, lgbt, love, gay sex, gay relationship, male nudity, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The coastal California community of Rock Haven is the perfect place for cute eighteen-year-old Brady and his loving mother to begin a fresh start. Their mission: to spread the word of the Lord. But while roaming the beach one day, Brady meets ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay relationship, lgbt, gay love, male nudity, teenage life, male pubic hair, repressed homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
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19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, surreal, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, destructive relationship, gay husband, naked man, male nudity, master and servant, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, tragic love, gay relationship, couples ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, sexual, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, homosexual, closeted homosexual, friendship, small town, desert, lgbt, homecoming, life is a bitch, gender, lifestyle, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, touching, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, friendship, homosexuality, gay couple, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, self discovery, small town, gay crush ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, new york, indiana, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Justin is an ad executive whose father sends him on his first solo run to a place in Texas. While driving to his appointment Justin swerves to avoid a rabbit in the road and his car gets stuck in a ditch that just happens to be in front of the home ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
farm, gay, family relations, father son relationship, ranch, love affair, self discovery, parents and children, unlikely couple, jazz, gay relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, touching, sincere, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, lgbt, forbidden love, gender, gay sex, gay interest, sex, friendship between men, sexual attraction, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
18%
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 relationship, gender, gay, gay interest, gay parent, working class, closeted homosexual, gay sex, lgbt, gay father, lgbtq, gay latino ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, midwest
Similarity:
18%
3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sensual, romantic ...
Plot:
gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, lgbtq, gender, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance ...
Place:
italy, austin texas, europe, texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Seminarian is a story about Ryan, a closeted gay student in his final semester of seminary studies. Despite his school's hostile stance towards homosexuality, Ryan has two gay classmates - Gerald and Anthony - in whom he secretly confides. ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, psychological, sexual, sentimental ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, nudity, telephone call, unrequited love, homosexuality, cell phone, lgbt, love and romance, society, fall in love, religions or cults, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, longing, lgbt, gay interest, family relations, absent father, college, dysfunctional family, mysterious character, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
18%
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:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of his teaching job in Seattle. There he courts 15-year-old Charlie and eventually the two start a sexual relationship. As the age of consent in ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, intergenerational friendship, orgasm, friendship, family relations, teenage life, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Todd Verow revisits his own youth for his latest work. The film's main character is Joe, who, like the director, grew up in Bangor in Maine. Joe, an 18 year old high school senior who longs to move away from poor white trash roots and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay crush, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay, gay athlete, self discovery, youth, family relations, friendship, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, erotic, sexual ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay relationship, sex scene, self discovery, soldier, gay soldier, gay, boot camp, love and romance, parents and children, basic training ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
John Keitel wrote the film based on his personal undergraduate experience and filmed campus footage in the neighborhood and environs surrounding his graduate film school alma mater USC.
Style:
sexual, semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, gay cruising, gay love, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, homosexuality, gay friend ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
18%
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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, 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:
18%
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