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Ciao (2008)
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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, crying, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, lgbtq, gender, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance, computers and web, death, bereavement, glbt, gay affair, gay subtext, twentysomething life, travel, cemetery, homosexual, profanity, friendship between men, memories ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
italy, austin texas, europe, texas, dallas texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about gay, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, gay kiss, gays and lesbians and love and romance mostly in Romance, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Ciao: Just Say Love (2009), Saltwater (2012), Holding Trevor (2007), Just a Question of Love (2000), Pit Stop (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Physical attractions appear to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart? In this ...
Style:
contemplative, touching, realistic, serious, double entendre ...
Plot:
gay, homosexual, gay interest, lgbtq, couples, gays and lesbians, gender, love and romance, introspection, couple relations, love affair, gay man straight woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
389
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
This American Indie drama follows several endearing characters as they wade through life seeking happiness, peace and ultimately, love. Will (Ronnie Kerr, Vampire Boys 2, Shut Up and Kiss Me) leaves the Navy after many years, soon reunites old ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, light ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, buddies, love and romance, friends, infidelity, lgbt, friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, southern california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gender, gay, gay interest, gay parent, working class, closeted homosexual, gay sex, lgbt, gay father, lgbtq, gay latino ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following two fatal aircraft accidents aboard an Aircraft Carrier, a government agent is placed aboard the ship. His mission is to determine what may be at the root of these mishaps and prevent the inevitable third chain breaking accident which ...
Style:
emotional, lgbt cinema, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, forbidden love, lgbtq, gay teenager, couple relations, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, lgbt, fighter pilot, love affair, life turned upside down ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eugenio offers his childhood friend Martin a work for the summer. With a game of power and desire a relationship starts to grow that goes beyond their friendship.
Style:
lgbt cinema, serious, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, friendship, male male relationship, gay love, gay, male homosexuality, gay lead character, gay romance, male pubic hair, naturist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ibrahim chooses to fall for young and handsome Kevin over marrying his cute but expensive cousin Elif while kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic fundamentalism.
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay couple, gay, gay muslim, gay interest, male homosexuality, muslim, tradition, family relations, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
antwerp, europe, turkey, belgium
Similarity:
100%
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589
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A hot, young and charming man with ulterior motives enters the lives of a tight-knit group of gay men in New York City and at first adds excitement and intrigue to their group, but events soon spiral out of control as he deliberately attempts to ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, sexual, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay club, homosexual, friendship, couples, unfulfillment, gender, infidelity, gay sex, lifestyle, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, psychological, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay subtext, homosexual, lgbtq, lgbt, love, gay sex, gay relationship, male nudity, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push them apart. Mark ...
Style:
controversial, eros, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay straight relations, lgbt, gay teacher, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay club, gay marriage, male pubic hair, gay pride, gay parade ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style:
sad, independent film, lgbt cinema, eros, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, hiv, politics, glbt, friendship, loss of lover, courage ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1983, year 1985 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, couples, gay sex, gay couple, homoeroticism, gay relationship, gay father, family problems, gays and lesbians, homosexual, secret, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, northern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay african american, gay interest, gay couple, wedding, young lovers, gays and lesbians, lovers reunited, gay, gay marriage, friendship, marriage, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Justin is an ad executive whose father sends him on his first solo run to a place in Texas. While driving to his appointment Justin swerves to avoid a rabbit in the road and his car gets stuck in a ditch that just happens to be in front of the home ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
farm, gay, family relations, father son relationship, ranch, love affair, self discovery, parents and children, unlikely couple, jazz, gay relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, lgbt, forbidden love, gender, gay sex, gay interest, sex, friendship between men, sexual attraction, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jake and Kyle are two boys who grew up together in rural Arizona. They are best friends, and they begin to take their relationship to the next level when Jake's father moves him and his family away to California. Jake and Kyle can never forget ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, sexual, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, homosexual, closeted homosexual, friendship, small town, desert, lgbt, homecoming, life is a bitch, gender, lifestyle, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, child abuse, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, dysfunctional family, lgbt teen, gay student, homosexual rape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Luke and Jonah, two high school sweethearts, spend their final days together over the course of a long, quiet summer in the rural American South, contemplating their uncertain future and the uncertain future of America.
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, touching, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay lead character, lgbtq, teenage boy, small town, coming of age, gay couple, homosexual, young lovers, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
100%
905
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Back Soon is a story of love, loss, identity and hope. It follows the relationship between aspiring actor Logan Foster and reformed drug dealer Gil Ramirez, two men who find themselves inexplicably drawn together despite their disparate backgrounds, ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, sexual, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, death of wife, lgbt, haunted by the past, couples, prodigy, drug dealing, gay interest, friendship, homosexuality, racism, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Distraught after he overhears his two 30-something lovers talking about finding a new "toy" to replace him, young Ricky looks for love through a series of random sexual encounters while house-sitting for the couple over the Christmas ...
Style:
sensual, captivating, sexual, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, love triangle, couples, love affair, gender, lifestyle, city life, student, christmas, true love, friendship ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Breathtaking in its subtle beauty, Harvest is an achingly romantic tale of an innocent but ever increasingly passionate affair that develops between two simple farmhands. Life on a farm is all that sullen teen Marco knows- leading a perfunctory and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, sexual, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, apprentice, couples, boys love, rural setting, lgbtq, sexual attraction, farm, gender, lgbt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two men embark on an unconventional romance in Todd Verow's sexy Parisian-set drama. Claude finds a young man passed out in the street and, taking pity on him, decides to take him to his apartment to safely sleep. Awakening the next morning, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
closeted gay, gay relationship, gay interest, gay, older man younger man relationship, true love, couples, lgbt, gays and lesbians, unlikely couple, haunted by the past, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Darryl Stephens plays Pete Logsdon-just a guy in Philadelphia who happens to have a history of getting involved with married men. His father, played by veteran Richard Lawson and his soon-to-be step mom, Leslie Zemeckis, are on him to find someone ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, entertaining, noir, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, homosexual, lgbtq, relationships, love affair, couple relations, in love, fall in love, love and romance, romantic relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The Falls: Testament of Love is a continuation of the story of RJ Smith and Chris Merrill, two Mormon missionaries that fell in love during their mission in a small town in Oregon. The boys haven't spoken in five years, but when an unexpected ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay sex, lgbt, mormon, impossible love, young lovers, secret relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A lonely, middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.
Style:
sexy, road movie, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, road trip, gay lead character, lovers, motel, gay sex, gay couple, couples, gay, homosexual, photograph ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, seattle, arizona, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Wyatt returns home for the holidays to try to convince his mom to sell their family ranch, an unexpected romance with handsome ranch hand Heath may throw off his plans.
Style:
sexy, sincere, psychological, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexual, gay couple, christmas, ranch, happy ending, gay cowboy, gay lead character, horse ranch, lgbtq ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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