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Surrender Dorothy (1998)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Trevor is a busboy who is so terrified of women that he takes in a young man addicted to heroin and then uses the drug to manipulate, coerce, and terrorize him into becoming "Dorothy", his twisted concept of the "ideal girlfriend."
Style:
psychological, tense, rough, sexy, mind bending, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
drug abuse, drugs, drug addiction, lgbtq, obsession, gender bending, manipulation, fight, restaurant, transvestite, drug dealer, masturbation, mirror, sadism, psychological abuse, letter, masochism, brother brother relationship, cross dressing, injection, sex maniac, addiction, sexual abuse, graphic violence, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sexy, sexual and serious films with plots about gay, couples, sex, kiss, gender, gays and lesbians and nude mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Surrender Dorothy: I Dreamt Under the Water (2008), Horsey (1997), Leaving Metropolis (2002), Skin and Bone (1996), Love in the Time of Money (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 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 ...
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gay, unrequited love, bisexual man, transsexual, prostitute, lgbt, love triangle, nightlife, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Delilah Miller is looking for an anchor in her life. She starts a romance with rock musician Ryland Yale, but soon it shows he can not be such an anchor - he's possessive, undependable and even a heroin addict.
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sexy, serious, realistic, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
drug addiction, painter, musician, bisexuality, friends, couples, religions or cults, lifestyle, introspection, gender, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada, morocco, africa
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85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
David is a painter with painter's block who takes a job as a waiter to get some inspiration. He falls for hunky diner owner Matt, who falls just as hard back. But Violet, Matt's wife is a complicating factor! Toss in David's best ...
Style:
sincere, serious, tense, realistic, sexy ...
Plot:
love affair, friendship, destructive relationship, love triangle, dangerous attraction, couples, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, obsession, terminal illness, painter, lgbt ...
Place:
canada
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85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Harry, Billy and Dean are three hustlers at different stages in their careers. All must deal with the realities of their profession. One falls in love with a client, another enters deeper into denial, and another begins to learn the ropes.
Style:
experimental, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, hustler, lgbtq, lgbtqi, lgbt, love, nude, nude dance, homosexual, erection, male rape, sodomy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Style:
sexy, talky, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
looking for love, infidelity, love and romance, sexual relations, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, curses spells and rituals, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, erotica, loneliness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, manhattan new york city
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79%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Imagine your life is somewhat complete with a house, job, and wife but then your best friend from college comes knocking at your door at 2 AM. During a pot-induced hedonistic party, a plan is hatched between the two friends to create an Art Film of ...
Style:
sexy, satirical, stylized, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, sexuality, stereotypes, experimenting, unlikely partners, sexual relations, filmmaking, lgbt, nude, sex, art ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, mexico city, seattle, mexico
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79%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Johnnie is a foreman of construction crew. On the outside he seems very "normal" and straight, but one evening we see him putting on make-up and feather boa and going for a night at the city.
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sexy, realistic, serious, rough, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, sex crime, immigrants, sexual abuse, drug abuse, gay subtext, gays and lesbians, gender, society, life is a bitch, misfit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, las vegas, bronx new york city
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78%
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:
sexy, rough, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, drug abuse, violence, homosexuality, bdsm, drugs, male nudity, drug addiction, sexuality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne australia, oceania, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gary is in love with Valentino. So is Mary Carmen. Their life changes when Valentino is hit with a deadly disease and is slowly dying in their hands. They tear each other off to end up re-uniting upon their love for the same man.
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sexy, brutal, talky, sexual, melancholic ...
Plot:
porn actor, gay, polyamory, love triangle, aids, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sex, death, nude, relationships, sexualized violence ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, new jersey, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, kids in trouble, youth, sexual relations, addiction, society, apprentice, friendship ...
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Style:
sexy, stylized, melancholic, disturbing, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
sex, college, defloration, love triangle, drug abuse, virginity, drugs, youth, lesbian, suicide, virgin, party ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire, dublin ireland, paris france, switzerland, europe ...
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73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.
Style:
touching, sexy, melancholic, talky, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, coming out, gay couple, lgbt, transsexual, lgbtq, gender, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, lesbian, death, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly, too quickly to suit the ghost of Mark, who reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising and then moves back into their flat to prompt Simon to ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
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gay, ghost, aids, lgbtq, lgbt, homosexual, lesbian, male nudity, cross dressing, gay slur, homoeroticism, gay sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
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70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him and his editor, Louise, is hounding him. Instead of ...
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serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, breakup, obsession, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, love and romance, gender, dark humor, siblings relations, infidelity, dishonesty, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina, latin america, malibu california
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67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and ...
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disturbing, romantic, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
heroin, addiction, drug abuse, junkie, drugs, life is a bitch, destructive relationship, drug addiction, obsession, marriage, mental illness, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Frank Ripploh tries to keep his professional and personal life separate. During the day, he is a dedicated school teacher. At night and on the weekends, he is a gay man who is always on the prowl for anonymous sex often in public places. Things may ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, oral sex, gay interest, infidelity, coming out, teacher, couple relations, gays and lesbians, drug use, gender, masturbation ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
europe, germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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, captivating, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay hustler, apartment building, prostitution, gay sex, male prostitute, gay interest, lgbt, sexual perversion, gays and lesbians, prostitute, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
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58%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A harrowing journey down the dark spiral of drug addiction. As Stephen Jameson's carefully constructed life slowly falls apart, his belief system is shattered when he discovers that he's no longer the functioning addict that he once was.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, atmospheric
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, life is a bitch, drug addict, pills, couples, society, introspection, drug addiction, drug use, drug overdose, drugs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A sexy, comedic drama about two college friends questioning their careers and sexuality in east Los Angeles.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, bisexuality, lgbt, sexuality, sexual confusion, sexual orientation, unlikely couple, coming out, self discovery, looking for love, first time, exploring sexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, california
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.
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semi serious, humorous, psychological, captivating, light ...
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castration, family relations, pregnancy, doctor, self discovery, meet the parents, eccentric family, disorder, couples, male female relationship, childbirth, fatherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
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sexy, emotional, sincere, erotic, depressing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
ALL THE RAGE takes a satirical and poignant look at one gay man's obsessive pursuit of physical, sexual, and romantic perfection. Christopher Bedford is everyone's fantasy. He's gorgeous, young, clever, rich, and above all, totally ...
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Time:
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Place:
boston
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56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Faybien Allan has it all going on; he's young, stylish, and knows the importance of being seen with hip friends at NYC's trendiest spots. But beneath the sparkle of his nightlife and his stunning good-looks, is a man buckling under his ...
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humorous, psychological, captivating, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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55%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo ...
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humorous, feel good, semi serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
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gay, mistaken identity, prostitution, friendship, looking for love, comedy of errors, lifestyle, fall in love, infidelity, disorder, couple relations, gay couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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52%
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 ...
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realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, drug abuse, male prostitute, lgbt, coming out, addiction, lifestyle, love and romance, fish out of water, gay culture, couples ...
Time:
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52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Style:
realistic, sexy, touching, sexual, feel good ...
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teens, girls' night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay teenager, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, gays and lesbians, first gay sexual experience, coming out, gay sex, gay interest, lgbtq ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hunky writer Markus returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting tables at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his ...
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A feature anthology of short tales of sexual intimacy set in four American cities.
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual
Plot:
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Time:
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