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Floating (1997)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Floating is the story of a young man's struggle to come of age during a violent period of emotional and financial bankruptcy. The film stars Norman Reedus as Van, a son shouldering the responsibility of his embittered father, with no one to nurture him through his own pain. Van's father is so engrossed in his own troubles that he fails to emotionally support his son. As Doug, Chad Lowe provides Van with friendship, but more importantly, with the knowledge that a "perfect life" isn't always what it seems. After Van and Doug engage in a crime spree that ends in tragedy, father and son finally come together for the first time to transcend mourning.
Style:
cult classic, tense, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, independent film
Plot:
lgbt, gay, coming of age, gay interest, breaking and entering, youth, family relations, swimmer, rage, gay subtext, crime spree, car crash, alcoholism, male friendship, heist, friendship, rock, college, friends, misfit, alcohol abuse, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, queer cinema and serious films with plots about gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay interest, love and romance and lgbtq mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Floating: Harry and Max (2004), Ordinary Sinner (2001), An Angel Named Billy (2007), Domain (2009), The Conrad Boys (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, incest, family relations, siblings relations, lgbt, sexual relations, teenage life, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, sexual attraction, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gender, murder, friends, love and romance, friendship, moral dilemma, society, introspection, clergy, love triangle, college life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont, usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Mark Anderson, a recent stroke victim who is frail and weak. Also, his best friend Thomas, a classic over the hill drag queen desperate for love and happiness. Mark and Thomas have a master plan, to find Mark's son, James Anderson the love of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, true love, forbidden love, gender bending, best friend, teenage life, looking for love, couples, family relations, parents and children, youth, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
87%
207
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Nadia (Béatrice Dalle) is in her 30s and begins a serious relationship with a teen named Pierre (Isaïe Sultan).
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, sexual tension, self discovery, teenage love, life is a bitch, youth, love and romance, addiction, adolescence vs adulthood, alcohol abuse, gay, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After his mother dies, 19-year-old Charlie Conrad skips college to raise his 9-year-old brother, Ben, in this moving drama. But the heavy responsibility soon causes Charlie to yearn for a normal life. Things start to look up when he embarks on a ...
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:
78%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Everybody's looking for something... Moving forward doesn't always mean leaving something behind.
Style:
realistic, serious, lgbt cinema, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay romance, gay interest, gay sex, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, addiction, hiv, destructive relationship, introspection, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
74%
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 student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, aids, lgbt, glbt, friendship, hiv, terminal illness, suicide, gay interest, death, deaf, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
69%
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3K
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, 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:
67%
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:
66%
2K
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:
touching, sincere, serious, sentimental, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay teenager, gay, male rape, self discovery, fall in love, friendship, innocence lost, lgbt, lifestyle, teenage life, youth ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
65%
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
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late ...
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, interracial relations, gay interest, glbt, gay african american, small town, gay subtext, bittersweet, friends, opposites attract, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
65%
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:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay sex, gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt teen, gay student, lgbt, closeted homosexual, drug use, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Anthonlogy of four gay-themed stories centered around the idea of first-time crushes.
Style:
anthology, realistic, sentimental, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, self discovery, teenage love, friendship, family relations, gender, coming of age, youth, love and romance, addiction, seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iowa
Similarity:
63%
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:
62%
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:
61%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
Style:
homoerotic, sexual, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, gay club, love and romance, youth, gay lead character, gay straight relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
56%
809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
55%
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:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lgbt, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, introspection, coming of age, teenage life, self discovery, youth, parents and children, friendship, father son relationship ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
54%
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, sentimental, humorous, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, youth, self discovery, friendship, teenage life, couples, sexual relations, closeted homosexual, gay love, introspection ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
52%
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, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, male homosexuality, gay interest, lgbtq, youth, gay subtext, best friend, gender, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa, canada, italy, new jersey
Similarity:
48%
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:
48%
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:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, high school, teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, best friend, youth, buddies, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Casey (Angela Redman) has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives a cozy life with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex (super sexy Nina Landey) until her stuffy family demands that she come home for ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, biting ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, family gatherings, culture clash, fish out of water, eccentric family, addiction, couples, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, family relations, family problems ...
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
47%
283
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A soon-to-be groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. Waiting a full seven days for the test results turns out to be the most hectic week of his life.
Style:
touching, serious, psychological, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
aids, love and romance, couples, life is a bitch, society, hopes, buddies, friendship, haunted by the past, terminal illness, rich and poor, workplace ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, lesbian, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, lgbtqi, love and romance, friendship, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
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:
emotional, captivating, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, love affair, racism, couples, love and romance, neo nazi, homosexuality, neo nazism, male bonding, friendship, unlikely couple, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, denmark
Similarity:
43%
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