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Fixing Frank (2002)
521
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:
suspenseful, intense, independent film, queer cinema, cult film
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, conversion therapy, sexuality, gay lead character, therapy, psychological manipulation, therapist, relationships, deception, manipulation, gay couple, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, character study, ethical dilemma, gay interest, obsession, betrayal, undercover, journalism, mature, mistrust, seduction ...
Time:
2000s
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Most similar movies to Fixing Frank
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, psychological, captivating and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext, male nudity and gay lead character mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Fixing Frank: Paths (2017), Like You Mean It (2015), Fair Haven (2016), The Famous Joe Project (2012), Sagwan (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, melancholic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay couple, gay relationship, gay lead character, homosexual, breakup, carpenter, love and romance, confined ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Austria
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:
cute, sexy, contemplative, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, relationships, gay interest, relationship problems, lgbtq, breakup, drug, love, gay couple, couples, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
93%
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:
lgbt cinema, touching, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, rural setting, lgbt, gay lead character, male male relationship, conversion therapy ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joe, in the midst of dropping out of college and coming out as gay, decides to record the everyday activities of his life on a handheld mini-video and post the clips to the internet. Soon after he begins this experiment, Joe meets Jesus, a ...
Style:
emotional, experimental
Plot:
identity, sexuality, lgbtq, self discovery, coming of age, character study, intimate, internet culture, identity crisis, social media, slice of life, young adult ...
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
84%
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181
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sagwan is a story of an 18-year-old boy named Alfred, whose routinary life as a boatman becomes complicated as he discovers how much more life around him has to offer. His family's haunting dark past inhibits him from living his young life ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, lgbt, gay, seduction, murder, sexual awakening, relationships, sexual relations, gay teenager, sexuality, confronting the past, couple relations ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
83%
999
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:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, sex scene, lgbt, male pubic hair, religion, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place:
guatemala
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, social, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay sex, gay interest, male nudity, gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay couple, bare chested male, lovers, couples, love affair ...
Similarity:
77%
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, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover a personal connection with the mysterious stranger who has paid for his company. Over the course of one night, the two men engage in a war of words ...
Style:
dark, twisted, art house, queer cinema, moody
Plot:
fetish, sex worker, sex work, lgbtq, sexual tension, intimate, identity, manipulation, cat and mouse, confession, gay, male nudity ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
66%
588
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Johan, a gay man in Copenhagen, revels in nightlife until meeting William, a transgender man. Their profound love challenges societal norms surrounding gender, identity, and relationships.
Style:
atmospheric, sensual, melancholic, erotic, pornographic
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, bathhouse, transgender, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, identity, sexuality, acceptance, empathy ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each ...
Style:
dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay anal sex, gay sex, male nudity, male pubic hair, pandemic, actor, homosexual, relationships, homosexuality, quarantine ...
Similarity:
63%
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:
existential, melancholic, bleak, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, alienation, immigration, identity crisis, xenophobia, isolation, trauma, moral ambiguity, social realism, street life ...
Place:
greece, athens greece
Similarity:
63%
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:
suspense, crime thriller, crime drama, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
gay parent, gay couple, gay, adoption, mob hit, organized crime, gangster, hitman, family drama, witness protection, danger, survival ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sincere, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, judaism, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay sex, gay couple, gay romance, male nudity, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Israel, China, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating journey into darkness with these five award-winning short films from across the globe that delve into heart-pumping escapades varying from the intensely erotic to the ultra-violent to the warm-inside feels. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, anthology
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, nightlife, sexuality, homosexuality, violence, gay interest, night, couples, one night stand ...
Similarity:
58%
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, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay marriage, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, childhood friend, marriage, homosexual, dishonesty, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
58%
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:
emotional, comedy drama, realistic, heartfelt, queer cinema
Plot:
gay african american, gay, lgbtq, lgbt, sexuality, friendship, male friendship, social issues, community, city life, gay interest, personal growth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large ...
Style:
tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, male pubic hair, gay latino, gay teenager, gay crush, gay, lgbtq, bisexuality, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
54%
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552
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:
serious, realistic, touching, talky, sexual ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, social misfits, best friend, social relations, misfit, society, love and romance, lgbtq, gay bashing, gay straight relations, naked man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
52%
444
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, gay anal sex, lgbtq, glbt, gay subtext, cooking, gay interest, bare chested male, arizona desert, man in underwear, male full rear nudity ...
Place:
phoenix arizona
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this sequel to the ever-so-campy, wanna-be gay soft porn, Daydream Obsession, the naked-body-obsessed Clayton (Joseph Dain), whose previous demented daydreams turned to kidnapping and bondage nearly destroyed his friendship in the last film with ...
Style:
erotic, erotic drama, indie film, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
male nudity, jealousy, gay, infidelity, masturbation, obsession, male male relationship, possessiveness, sexual jealousy, lgbtq, gay romance, sexual tension ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbt, gay lead character, gay relationship, lovers, gay romance, gay couple, closeted gay, young lovers, gay african american, gay, baptist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
GOLDEN BOY is the story of James, a young man who gambles on the dangers of being seen versus the quiet life of desperation and invisibility. Saved from doomed nonexistence by CQ, a wealthy debonair businessman with more going on than meets the eye, ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
betrayal, seduction, trust, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, love and romance, gay relationship, couples, lgbt, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced out of home by his religious mother for being gay, Ethan leaves Michigan for Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams. But he soon finds himself spiraling into drugs, prostitution, and homelessness.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
hollywood, homelessness, drug abuse, gay lead character, gay, lgbt, gay slur, sexuality, addiction, lgbtq, social problems, social outcast ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six dark-themed gay short films, including: SPRING: A young man meets a stranger for S&M sex, an experience that will change his life forever. REMISSION: As a man awaits the results of a biopsy at his secluded cabin, his dread amplifies when ...
Style:
anthology, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, love interest, couple relations, love affair, multiple storylines, relationships, isolation, manipulation, sexual tension, betrayal ...
Similarity:
48%
164
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 ...
Style:
psychological, existential, philosophical, art film, surreal ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, self discovery, identity, identity crisis, mental breakdown, character study, alienation ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In this verité-style drama, Anthony, a newcomer to San Francisco, attempts to come to terms with his abusive ex-lover when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a street hustler.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gender, gay interest, gay lead character, male nudity, looking for love, couples, love and romance, city life, rent boy, male pubic hair, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
"Bulldog in the Whitehouse" takes political satire to obscene new heights: portraying the Bush administration as a cabal of lustful and traitorous gay men who are too busy having sex to notice the empire crumbling down around them. An ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating
Plot:
gay, deception, political intrigue, sex scandal, politics, world politics, satire, sex, comedy of errors, politician, political satire, social satire ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Have you ever met someone who made your body heat up, get a little nervous and sweaty, and made your crotch stir a bit? Sexual Tension: Volatile will reignite those lustful feelings as it weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various stages ...
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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and confronting hidden secrets. Volume 13: Trick & Treat features 10 new award-winning shorts, including: Anna Österlund Nolskog's "Boygame" ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, relationships, gay interest, lgbt teen, lgbtq, relationship problems, teenage life, love interest, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, forbidden love ...
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44%
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