Movies like East Side Story

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East Side Story (2006)
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East Side Story (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this playfully provocative story set amidst the often-turbulent backdrop of gentrification, things get hot when an openly gay white couple moves into an East L.A. neighborhood where the locals have more than skeletons in their closets. The arrival of the Anglo newcomers rocks the quiet world of Diego Campos (Rene Alvarado), a handsome young local who is tired of being played for a boy toy by his closeted real estate agent lover Pablo (David Beron). Will Diego stay at home and fulfill his Mexican grandmother’s desire for him to inherit the family restaurant - or will he follow his heart and become a chef in the big city? Award winning producer Carlos Portugal makes his directorial debut with a winning combination of quirky characters, rich storylines and suggestive situations that will appeal to fans of Latino telenovelas and popular series such as "Sex and the City," "Ugly Betty" and "Queer As Folk."
Style: humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema, hispanic, independent film, semi serious, queer cinema
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, restaurant, interracial relations, lgbtq, lifestyle, gay couple, sexual relations, opposites attract, culture clash, food, love triangle, neighbor, ex boyfriend, happy ending, lgbtqi, chef, role playing, gay interest, restaurant owner, grandmother grandson relationship, friendship between men, gay subtext ...
Time: contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Keyword: latin

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, queer cinema and semi serious films with plots about gay, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, lgbtq, gender, lgbt and gay interest mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like East Side Story: Under One Roof (2002), Love or Whatever (2012), Hold Your Peace (2011), BearCity (2010), Straight-Jacket (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Under One Roof (2002)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: It's Sex and the City meets The Wedding Banquet for young San Franciscan Daniel Chang, living at home with his clueless, traditional mother. Desperate for a grandchild, she's eager to see him married and spends much of her time planning ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: gay, gay asian, family relations, opposites attract, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, parents and children, male nudity, social differences, lgbt, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
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100%
Love or Whatever (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corey had it all - a successful career, bags of charm and, most of all, a bright future with his boyfriend. But, when his other half commits the ultimate betrayal and dumps him for a woman, he embarks upon a wild journey of self-discovery. Soon, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, family relations, gay relationship, gay interest, couples, love and romance, gender, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, breakup, gay romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hold Your Peace (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hold Your Peace is the story of Aiden, a man asked to be the best man at his ex-boyfriend's commitment ceremony. Rather than risk going alone, he finds the most unlikely of dates in his roommate's more 'stereotypical' friend, ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: gay, wedding, looking for love, gender, couples, singleness, gay couple, marriage, best man, gay interest, african american, roommate ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay love, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, roommate, homosexuality, gay lead character, couples, family relations, sexual relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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BearCity (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in New York's gay "bear" scene and taking a cue from the popular HBO franchise "Sex and the City," BearCity follows a tight-knit pack of friends experiencing comical mishaps, emotionally sweet yet lusty romantic ...
Style: sentimental, not serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: nightclub, gay, lifestyle, gay bear, gender, buddies, partner, gay couple, friends, gay slur, couple relations, job seeking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Straight-Jacket (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
Style: humorous, sentimental, feel good, witty, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, hollywood, movie star, lgbt, lifestyle, fall in love, actor's life, love affair, couples, couple relations, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
All Over the Guy (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance.
Style: sentimental, feel good, romantic, witty, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, love, friends, lgbt, gay interest, happy ending, lgbtq, storytelling, opposites attract, sex, odd couple, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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eCupid (2011)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: From the director of Is It Just Me? comes this sparkling romantic comedy which takes online dating to the extreme! Marshall is an over-worked ad exec who is suffering from a serious case of the seven year itch with his loving boyfriend. As ...
Style: sexy, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, male male relationship, lgbtq, looking for love, life turned upside down, love and romance, singleness, thirtysomething life, internet, gay teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Four Letter Word (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Six people in New York are adrift. Zeke and Luke work in a sex shop: Zeke takes gay liberation seriously, Luke likes to sparkle and takes nothing seriously. He's offended when Stephen calls him a gay cliché, then, surprisingly, they find each ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sexy, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay sex, gay teenager, gay interest, hustler, obsessive compulsive disorder, prostitute, homosexual, gay couple, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
You Should Meet My Son! (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, acceptance, gay son, lgbt, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, family relations, homosexual, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: birmingham alabama, southern usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Andy Zeffer, "Going Down in LA-LA Land" is a riveting and uncensored look at Hollywood. It is a story that reveals how friendships sustain us and keep us going. It is a tale that reflects our celebrity-obsessed ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, friends, gay relationship, male prostitute, porn industry, actor, gay sex, drug addict, fame, follow your dream, closeted homosexual, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Shut Up and Kiss Me (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Ben is 35, facing the unsatisfying suburban dating world, and looking for more then just sex. Nightmarish attempts with video dating, bad gym run-ins, and his uproarious friends signing him up with online match-making sites have got him nowhere. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Plot: gay, dating, looking for love, lgbt, male pubic hair, couples, thirtysomething life, couple relations, opposites attract, lifestyle, gender, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: After Marc dumps him, Kyle unites with Gwen and Tiffani to land sexually confused art model Troy by pretending to be straight. However, Marc wants Troy, too, and members from a notorious "ex-gay" group are slipping for the both of them.
Style: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, orgasm, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, partner, disorder, love and romance, gender, gay sex ...
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Last Straight Man (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Lewis is a closeted gay man throwing a bachelor party for his straight best friend and secret crush, Cooper. After a night of drunken sex together, the two men decide to meet in the same hotel suite on the same night each year to hook up and catch ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, independent film, homoerotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, gay romance, friendship, male nudity, lgbt, infidelity, male homosexuality, gay relationship, lovers reunited, friendship between men, double life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Long-Term Relationship (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tired of the unsatisfying singles scene, Glenn (Matthew Montgomery) answers a personal ad and meets Adam (Windham Beacham), a handsome Southern man seeking a long-term relationship. The two hit it off immediately, but their initial attraction is ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay interest, friendship, republican, fall in love, youth, opposites attract, love and romance, gender bending, looking for love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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I Think I Do (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.
Style: homoerotic, semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, lgbtq, wedding, gays and lesbians, lovers, lgbtqi, glbt, gay romance, happy ending, roommate, friendship, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Elliot Loves (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two stages of a Dominican-American's life; first as a boy trying to bond with his young mother, then a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, touching, hispanic ...
Plot: gay, youth, lgbt, gay latino, looking for love, self discovery, love and romance, twentysomething life, dating, homosexual, nothing goes right, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Men to Kiss (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The gay couple Tobi and Ernie are being visited by Ernie's old friend Uta. What at first looks like an innocent house-call, turns into an insidious attack on the couple's relationship.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Plot: gay, gay couple, lgbt, gay relationship, love and romance, couples, opposites attract, fall in love, nightlife, lgbtq, twentysomething life, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Is It Just Me? (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room-Xander, a sweet, hunky guy who's recently moved to LA. Smitten, Blaine then finds that he's been chatting to ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sexy, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, mistaken identity, lgbtq, roommate, phone sex, artists and showbiz, looking for sex, gay interest, gender, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Kiss the Bride (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: gay, lgbt, friendship, best friend, family relations, high school, love and romance, young lovers, looking for love, lgbtq, youth, unlikely couple ...
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25%
Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt teen, christmas, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, gay couple, gender, lgbtq, family relations, college, gay interest, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Eat with Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of ...
Style: melancholic, psychological, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, restaurant, chef, food, husband wife relationship, gay couple, gay relationship, family relations, friendship, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Slutty Summer (2004)
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 ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay teenager, friendship, infidelity, lifestyle, youth, womanizer, opposites attract, unlikely couple, love triangle, looking for love, lgbtq ...
Place: new york, virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Be Mine (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: A gay man is about to be married. He thinks back to when he was a kissing virgin, waiting for the right person with whom to have that first kiss.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, looking for love, best friend, couples, heroic mission, breakup, obsessive quest, love and romance, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: long beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Family Commitments (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The happy gay couple David and Khaled would love to marry publicly - if there weren't Khaled's homophobic father Faisal, David's pseudo orthodox Jewish acting mother Lea and a possible paternity and gallery insolvency.
Style: humorous, rough, psychological, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: gay, gay subtext, gay interest, culture clash, lgbt, family relations, gay relationship, gay couple, gay slur, love and romance, homophobe, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Luminarias (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Welcome to Luminarias-where hot spicy dish gets served up with a Latin twist by four successful friends from East LA...with very discriminating taste in men! When separated divorce attorney Andrea finds herself guilty of falling for her white and ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, talky, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: glbt, restaurant, family relations, racism, friendship, couples, thirtysomething life, transvestism, friends, feminism, buddies, gender ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay parent, couples, family problems, family relations, society, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family's only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an arranged marriage to Simran (Jinder Mahal), a lovely girl from a respectable family. Problem is, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: gay, forbidden love, love affair, opposites attract, lifestyle, fall in love, society, couples, family gatherings, family life, culture clash, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: At the suggestion of a friend, gay Leo (Kevin McKidd) enters therapy after many failed relationships make him fear for his social life. In a group session (led by Simon Callow), Leo comes clean about his feelings for a straight member of the group ...
Style: witty, independent film, homoerotic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, friendship, lgbtq, meditation, sexuality, sex, love, lgbtqi ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: london, indiana, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Sex, Politics & Cocktails (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Latin American filmmaker Sebastian Cortez (Julien Hernandez) is unable to commit to his girlfriend and, at age 30, finds himself alone and never in love in this irreverent comedy. On a mission to find the love of his life, he solicits help from his ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay stereotype, looking for love, culture clash, fall in love, friendship, couples, society, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, best friend, sex shop ...
Place: los angeles, latin america, cuba, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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