Movies like Fixing Frank

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Fixing Frank (2002)
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Fixing Frank (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds reprehensible. Frank quickly comes clean with Apsey but continues to meet with him under the pretense of interviewing him, but finds himself questioning himself, Jonathan and their six-year relationship.
Style: queer cinema, cult film
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, glbt, male nudity, closeted homosexual, conversion therapy, bathtub

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, independent film, realistic and disturbing films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext, male nudity and glbt mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Fixing Frank: Amazing Grace (1992), Open Bodies (1998), Noah's Arc (2004), Raising Heroes (1996), 7 Kinds Οf Wrath (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Amazing Grace (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: israeli, lgbt, aids, gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, mother, homosexuality, erotic fantasy, homosexual, gay teenager ...
Place: israel
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95%
 6.8
 190
Open Bodies (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, gay subtext, teenager, coming of age, arab, bisexuality, male nudity, wig
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
 7.9
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Noah's Arc (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Four gay friends live in L.A. and deal with today's issues, boyfriends, aids, your boyfriend's children, making it in the movie biz, etc.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay african american, gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext, friend, hiv, male nudity, dating, friendship between men, gay parent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 4.7
 122
Raising Heroes (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Josh and Paul want to adopt Nickie, the child of Paul's recently deceased friend Susan. Susan's mother opposes gays' adopting, and Monday is the final court date. On Friday, Josh stops by a market for milk and glimpses a Mob hit. ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay parent, lgbtq, gay adoption, gay subtext, lgbt, couples, gay couple, homosexual, gay lead character, gay father, adoption ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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7 Kinds Οf Wrath (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Petros is an archaeologist who experiences the naked Greek paranoia in the center of Athens. Either by choice or coincidence, he comes into contact with people who are "different": An Arab immigrant, who comes to Greece, a land of ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, migration, gay interest, gay subtext, arab, gay lead character, islam, male nudity, nudity, gay muslim
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Body Electric (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbtq, gay, lgbt, lgbtqi, male pubic hair, erection, gay interest, gay sex, male nudity, gay subtext, nudity, male objectification ...
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79%
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 151
Praxis (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay erotica, tattoo, loneliness, dream, male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, skinny dipping, gay subtext ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Phoenix (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's 1961 classic L'Avventura, Michael Akers' "PHOENIX" is infused with symbolism and a sexy spark. Dylan Wells (Chad Edward Bartley) has a good job, a great apartment and an exciting ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt, gay subtext, man in underwear, gay sex, male nurse, love triangle, birthday, double life, infidelity ...
Place: phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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 190
Fun Down There (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City.
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, lgbt, happiness, male masturbation, homosexual, erection, hand job, male objectification, coming of age ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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José (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story: José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay relationship, lgbt, sex scene, religion, male pubic hair, gay sex, lgbtq, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place: guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 142
Mango Souffle (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mango Soufflé is a 2002 Indian film written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. The film stars Atul Kulnani and Rinkie Khanna. It was promoted as "first gay male film from India" and was adapted from Dattani's own successful English play ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, fashion, lgbtq, glbt, gay lead character, talking about love, confrontation, motorcycle, keeping a secret, gay interest, emigration ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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True Love (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Seven short stories about growing up gay in America and searching for true love.
Style: anthology, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, glbt, gay subtext, gay interest, blackmail, one night stand, closeted homosexual, coming of age, teenage boy, father son relationship, infidelity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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FAQs (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After living on the tough streets of LA for a while, India hopes that every gay basher will meet his destiny. In this case Destiny is a black, 6 foot, high heel wearing, gun toting, drag queen with an attitude and a soft place in her heart for ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, talky, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, social misfits, best friend, social relations, love and romance, misfit, society, lgbtq, gay bashing, gay erotica, glbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
And Then Came Summer (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A reunion of family and friends becomes an unforgettable vacation when two teenage boys discover their secret feelings toward one another. The relationship is eventually exposed to their families - leading to denial and a questioning of self-worth ...
Style: touching, melancholic, sentimental, exciting, tense ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay teenager, love, teenage boy, homosexuality, teen angst, gossip, gay relationship, bigotry, confusion, glbt ...
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56%
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Luna Park (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Alexia Bissett, ex actress turned producer, lives in New York where she now produces gay cinema. After being called to take care of a situation which involves her young mute brother Christi, she decides to send her right hand man Maxwell to deal ...
Style: erotic, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, gay sex, female pubic hair, nudity, male pubic hair, voyeurism, sex scene, female nudity, incest rape, erection ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Bareback ou La guerre des sens (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A cinephile meets on a beach in Ramatuelle his favorite filmmaker. He proposes to film the painful adventure that is just live. The two men will knit the scenes, each in its own way. The filmmaker keeps pushing the project, arguing that the chuting ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay subtext, lgbt, nudity, male nudity, nude beach, skinny dipping, male objectification, gay interest, film within a film
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Ma saison super 8 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A cinematic homage to the Front Homosexual d'Action Révolutionnaire, the first gay rights movement in France, AllesandroAvellis' compassionate drama tells the tale of a young activist living in Paris when homosexuals had no place in ...
Style: period piece, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, nude photography, gay sex, bare chested male, male pubic hair, filmmaker, male nudity, lesbian, gay crush, gay interest ...
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55%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.4
 78
Salut Victor (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, friendship, friendship between men, retirement home, gay relationship, bachelor, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay lead character ...
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47%
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Little Gay Boy (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, experimental, avant garde ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, father son relationship, desire for fame, lgbtq, gay love, family problems, family relations, teenage life, relationship problems, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Like You Mean It (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Mark commits to falling back in love with Jonah, he is forced to look at himself with unprecedented courage and honesty.
Style: sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, relationship problems, relationships, lgbtq, breakup, drug, couples, love and romance, love, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Cowboy Junction (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In Texas, a closeted lawyer/husband returns home with a surprise for his lonely, sex-starved wife - a cowboy hunk to serve as their handyman (and other things). She at first doesn't realize that there's more to their man-to-man ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt, gay husband, gay sex, gay subtext, homosexual, gay relationship, homosexuality, death of child, handyman ...
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45%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 2K
Tiger Orange (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, homoerotic ...
Plot: gay, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay interest, gay relationship, gay brother, death of father, gay slur, outdoor sex, gay sex, lgbtq, caught in the act ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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43%
 6.8
 3K
Fair Haven (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Style: touching, disturbing, sincere, lgbt cinema, independent film ...
Plot: gay, father son relationship, gay teenager, rural setting, gay relationship, lgbt, male male relationship, lgbtq, love, gay couple, gay interest, gay lead character ...
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42%
Do You Take This Man (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family to see them through.
Style: psychological, touching, tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, gay couple, lgbt, gay interest, childhood friend, marriage, lgbtq, homosexual, dishonesty, love, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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42%
Octavio Is Dead (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The daughter of an overbearing mother enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father — a man she never knew.
Style: psychosexual thriller, psycho sexual, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, haunted house, inheritance, mother daughter relationship, ghost, death of father, father daughter relationship, tomboy, female full frontal nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 185
Tropic Pathway (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Film about the writer Manuel Puig and the years he spent in Río de Janeiro.
Plot: writers, glbt, gay, biopic, lgbt, literature, homosexual, exile, gay interest
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
I'll Love You Forever... Tonight (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Set in the late 1980s, this critically acclaimed indie classic from 1992 portrays a gritty side of gay life in Los Angeles. Ethan (Paul Marius), a 27-year-old photographer, believes he has no need for love or commitments, and is living his life ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, one night stand, friendship between men, photography, sexual attraction, traumatic past, jealousy, gay interest, sexual tension, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1980
Place: los angeles, california, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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