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To Play or To Die (1990)
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Original name: Spelen of sterven
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
In this short motion picture, schoolboy Kees is intelligent, introvert and sensitive, but gets ridiculed verbally and physically at an all-boys school by mindlessly cocky class mates and even insensitive teachers, especially in gym, where his physical weakness is mercilessly abused to make him a defenceless laughing stock in front of his smirking peers. His awakening sexual interest goes to boys, and in particular to Charel, a beautiful athletic classmate who probably feels an undetermined interest but would never risk admitting (possibly not even to himself) having any gay or bi appreciation, least of all for a 'sissy', and thus remains unresponsive to shy Kees' overtures. When the hunk finally comes over to Kees' place while his parents are away, a desperate disappointment with a tragical twist is in the making…
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, crying, sexy, queer cinema
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, gay erotica, gay teenager, gay crush, bullying, male nudity, masturbation, teenage boy, gay interest, nudity, lgbt, naked man, gay straight relations, school, youth, high school, gay subtext, misfit, high school life, gays and lesbians, teenage life, lifestyle, gender, when the parents are away, power relations ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, rent boy, gay, male prostitution, gay teenager, male objectification, lgbt teen, youth, male homosexuality, gay relationship, male prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, czech republic, prague
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aoi, a young teacher with striking good looks, has just learned that his newest student Sora is the alluring teen prostitute he once hired. Here the nightmare begins. As the walls of the prestigious academy become a percolating hotbed of sexual ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, high school, teacher student relationship, teachers and students, transsexual, student life, couples, power relations, teenage life, school ...
Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenager Kristian moves to a new neighborhood. He makes friends with two very different boys in the new school: Henrik, an independent boy, and Patrick, the leader of a gang. Later on, Kristian is startled when he finds Patrick is gay and having an ...
Style:
queer cinema
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay straight relations, lgbt, gay, gay teenager, high school, friendship between boys, high school student, gay friend, male nudity, teenage boy, gay student, bullying ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A gay man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. A respectable geography teacher by day; by night, hanging out in London's gay bars, looking for a long-term relationship, but usually encountering only ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay teacher, lgbt, gay bar, homosexuality, disco, gay interest, gay stereotype, gay lead character, gay slur, school teacher, glbt ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Style:
surreal, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay teenager, gender, gay, boy, gay interest, coming of age, teenage love, lgbt teen, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sexual awakening, 13 year old ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
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Style:
contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
sex scene, gay, male pubic hair, nudity, gay erotica, gender, masturbation, self discovery, breakup, introspection, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, usa, new york, europe, paris france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, erotic, anthology, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay crush, sex, male nudity, lust, gay teenager, longing, seduction, homoerotic friendship ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The life of a disciplined high school athlete begins to unravel when his queer identity competes against the idea of who he was supposed to be.
Style:
semi autobiographical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay athlete, male nudity, gay crush, gay sex, teenage boy, coming of age, bare chested male, lgbtq, gay interest, male pubic hair, coach ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
22%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
britain
Similarity:
22%
647
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, lgbtqi, boys love, best friend, family relations, coming of age, friendship, fall in love ...
Time:
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22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, erotic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, male pubic hair, male nudity, swinger, gay athlete, love triangle, gays and lesbians, sexual relations, male homosexuality, naked man ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will ...
Style:
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Plot:
gay, gay crush, gay relationship, gay couple, gay sex, gay slur, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, gay lead character, nude, male homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, germany, denmark
Similarity:
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Country: Brazil, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspense, melancholic, absurd, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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514
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, social ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 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, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male prostitution, gay erotica, naked man, lgbt, gay relationship, obsession, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, lgbt, gay, repressed homosexual, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, performer's life, rebelliousness, gender ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
maine
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sweet, sexual, cute, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, lgbt teen, gay interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
19%
548
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, art house, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, impossible love, group sex, love triangle, lgbt, sex, erection, male pubic hair, gay teenager, youth, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
810
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, controversial, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, naked man, lgbt, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, male nudity, male prostitution, nudity, male pubic hair, gay interest, gay straight relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
Style:
sexual, disturbing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, filmmaking, gay erotica, gay sex, erection, gay club, gender, male nudity, gay bar, gay love, sexual relations, relationships ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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