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To Play or To Die (1990)
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To Play or To Die (1990)
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, sexy, queer cinema
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, bullying, lgbt, gay erotica, school, youth, high school, gay teenager, male nudity, masturbation, gay interest, gay crush, nudity, gay subtext, misfit, high school life, gays and lesbians, teenage life, lifestyle, gender, when the parents are away, power relations, boxing, fight, gymnastics ...
Time: 80s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and touching films with plots about lgbt, gay, gay interest, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, youth and gender mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like To Play or To Die: This Special Friendship (1964), Nighthawks (1978), Schoolboy Crush (2007), Cal (2013), The Last Year (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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This Special Friendship (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 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: touching, serious, realistic, psychological, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt teen, gay teenager, friendship, teenage life, youth, boys love, boarding school, lgbt, gay love, teenage boy, school, child ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france
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Nighthawks (1978)
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, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teacher, disco, lgbtq, school teacher, lgbtqi, glbt, school, gay bar, homosexuality, gay lead character ...
Time: 70s
Place: england, london, europe
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Schoolboy Crush (2007)
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: psychological, realistic, sexy, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot: gay, boys love, high school, transsexual, teacher student relationship, teachers and students, student life, lgbt, couples, power relations, school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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
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The Last Year (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Paul's homosexual affair at Bible College with a new student named Alex sets tongues wagging, mostly with un-Christian reactions. The dean, himself a closet case, threatens to expel Paul, and the football jocks have their eye on Alex. The ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, couples, gender, incest, gays and lesbians, love and romance, youth, friendship, teenage love, love affair, friends, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Night Flight (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true gender identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious ...
Style: touching, psychological, realistic, serious, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, gay asian, gay interest, manipulation, friendship, teenage life, dishonesty, youth, betrayal, disorder, rivalry, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul
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44%
Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
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: psychological, disturbing, sexual, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: gay, gay erotica, filmmaking, gay sex, gay interest, gender, lgbtq, gay club, gay love, lifestyle, male male relationship, gay couple ...
Place: usa
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Hard Paint (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: While facing criminal charges, Pedro must grapple with his sister's sudden decision to move away and leave him behind. Alone in the darkness of his bedroom, he dances covered in neon paint, while thousands of strangers watch him via webcam.
Style: suspense, melancholic, disturbing, independent film, enigmatic ...
Plot: gay, male pubic hair, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, bullying, lgbtq, teenager, life turned upside down, escapades, rivalry, youth ...
Place: brazil
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Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)
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, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay teenager, gay, coming of age, lgbt, gender, gays and lesbians, friendship, teenage love, lgbt teen, boy, tiger, youth ...
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Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the ...
Style: anthology, independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, sexuality, male nudity, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality, campus ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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42%
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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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40%
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Sebastian (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this thoughtful Scandinavian drama, a teenage boy wrestles with his sexuality and learns that most of his deepest fears were unfounded. Sebastian is almost 17 when he figures out that he is a homosexual. Though he lives with wonderful, stable ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexual, touching, gay cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, boys love, glbt, lgbtqi, coming of age, gay subtext, fall in love, best friend, couples, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Man at Bath (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove they are not in love.
Style: contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay erotica, sex scene, male pubic hair, nudity, self discovery, breakup, introspection, gender, couples, family problems, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: queer cinema
Audience: teens
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Time: 80s
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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FAQs (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Happy Endings Sleepover (2019)
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: unusual plot structure, psychological, contemplative, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay crush, gay slur, gay interest, gay sex, homosexual, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay couple, love and romance, gay love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, germany, denmark
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Daydream Obsession 3: Legacy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: While visiting his recently-divorced father, Wylie discovers the camera and video diaries of Clayton. With his college friends over, Wylie begins to explore his desires through daydreams and reality. His roommate Greg is the object of his obsession. ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot: gay, father son relationship, erotica, gay interest, gay crush, lgbt, gay subtext, male pubic hair, nudity, male nudity, sexuality, gay erotica ...
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The Fruit Machine (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, gay teenager, coming of age, murder, best friend, nightclub, youth, friendship, gay lead character, on the run, obsession, lgbt ...
Time: 80s
Place: brighton, europe, england, liverpool
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End of the Century (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style: unusual plot structure, sexy, sentimental, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay erotica, gay lead character, male nudity, gay love, lovers, gays and lesbians, homosexual, tourist, cruise ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: madrid, barcelona
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Geography Club (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.
Style: witty, semi serious, touching, teen, sexual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, gay teenager, gay, closeted homosexual, sexual orientation, lesbian, gay relationship, friendship, lgbtq, teenage sexuality, gay interest, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: idaho, usa
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30%
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Salvation Army (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot: coming of age, gay, father son relationship, self discovery, teenage life, family relations, youth, parents and children, lgbt, secret life, domestic violence, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: south africa, morocco, geneva switzerland, switzerland
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Sebbe (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Between Something & Nothing (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: BETWEEN SOMETHING & NOTHING is based on filmmaker Todd Verow’s experiences at Rhode Island School of Design. After being accepted into a prestigious New England art school, sexy small-town JOE and townie mastermind JENNIFER quickly join ...
Style: realistic, serious, independent film, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: gay, art school, college, dangerous attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, youth, student life, friendship, social misfits, prostitute, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
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29%
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Boys to Men (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style: homoerotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, anthology ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, lgbt, homosexual sex, drug use, gay erotica, homosexual, gay teenager, gay lead character, gay couple, gay friend, gay crush ...
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The Way He Looks (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style: touching, cute, sweet, romantic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, school, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, homosexual, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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29%
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Shank (2009)
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: realistic, serious, erotic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, gay bashing, gay erotica, lgbt, gay slur, coming of age, gang, gay sex, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain
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28%
Confused Feelings (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It is the story of a middle age professor who falls deaply in love with a young student in his English literature class. The student is a boarder in the teacher's house. The teacher is married and his wife knows he is mostly attracted to young ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teenager, homosexual, school, love, gay subtext, intergenerational friendship, gay interest
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The God of Wood (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Yao (Madi Diocou) and Moroccan Rachid (Soufiane Ouaarab) arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa (Marisa Paredes) ...
Style: realistic, emotional, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: immigrant, love and romance, culture clash, fall in love, gender, family relations, society, lifestyle, parents and children, gays and lesbians, sexuality, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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The Toy Soldiers (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style: serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, haunted by the past, family problems, youth, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
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