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Straight-Jacket (2004)
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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:
homoerotic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, witty, sexual, touching, offbeat, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, homosexuality, gay relationship, hollywood, couple relations, movie star, lgbt, fall in love, love affair, lifestyle, actor's life, couples, showbiz, artists and showbiz, husband wife relationship, marriage, scandal, gender bending, closeted gay, gay husband, homoeroticism, car sex, teacher, mental disorder ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and queer cinema films with plots about gender, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay, lgbt, love and romance and gay interest mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Straight-Jacket: Love or Whatever (2012), Is It Just Me? (2010), East Side Story (2006), Under One Roof (2002), All Over the Guy (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, realistic, semi serious, touching, light ...
Plot:
gay, gay romance, gay brother, gender, lgbt, lgbtq, family relations, brother sister relationship, couples, love and romance, gays and lesbians, lgbt teen ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, mistaken identity, gay interest, gay lead character, phone sex, looking for sex, artists and showbiz, twentysomething life, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema, hispanic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, gay couple, gays and lesbians, restaurant, interracial relations, lifestyle, sexual relations, opposites attract, culture clash ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, gay relationship, family relations, opposites attract, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, parents and children, social differences, lgbt, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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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, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, love, gay bar, gay friend, gay sex, gay couple, gay best friend, happy ending, friends ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
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100%
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, gay relationship, dating, lgbt, looking for love, male pubic hair, thirtysomething life, couples, opposites attract, lifestyle, love and romance, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman on set. The ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, hollywood, gender bending, showbiz, actor's life, lesbian relationship, couples, gender, switching roles, lgbtq, transsexual, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay love, gay, homosexuality, gay athlete, gays and lesbians, gay couple, gay lead character, couples, family relations ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. Billy tries to get ...
Style:
erotic, light, semi serious, humorous, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbt, male male relationship, gay lead character, relationships, stereotypes, fall in love, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, indiana, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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, homoerotic, realistic, not serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nightclub, gender, lgbtq, gay bear, gay, lifestyle, slut, gay couple, gay slur, buddies, partner, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds a funky coffee shop, where he hopes to do some writing, but instead meets an older hunk.
Style:
sexual, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, homosexual, skinny dipping, sleaze, lgbt, nudity, gay subtext, couples, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style:
witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, actress, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, mistaken identity, social differences, comedy of errors, bus, writers, young lovers, movie star ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, beverly hills, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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, gay interest, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay relationship, fame, gay sex, follow your dream, friends, male prostitute, actor, drug addict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
lgbtq, gay, homosexuality, happy ending, male male relationship, gay romance, lovers, wedding, gays and lesbians, sexual attraction, gay club, gay affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, political, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay, homosexuality, aids, closeted homosexual, gay slur, road trip, human nature, lgbtq, repressed homosexual, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1984, year 1977, year 1973
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay sex, orgasm, lgbt, closeted homosexual, happy ending, couple relations, couples, gender, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
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, humorous, touching, captivating, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, christmas, lgbt teen, gay relationship, gay interest, gay couple, closeted homosexual, family relations, gay son, youth, love and romance, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife — so to speak — in this drag comedy. "Girls Will Be Girls" casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), a has-been starlet of the ...
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
longing, transvestism, hollywood, lgbt, cabaret, gay, lgbtq, showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, transsexual, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, arkansas, wyoming
Similarity:
100%
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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 couple, lgbtq, gay, gay relationship, lgbt, love and romance, couples, fall in love, opposites attract, nightlife, gay lead character, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, sexual, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, gay sex, gay relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gender bending, gay interest, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, passion, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, touching, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, friendship, homosexuality, gay couple, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, self discovery, small town, gay crush ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, new york, indiana, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Political party leader David Holst, one of Sweden's most popular politicians, is handsome, funny, popular and predicted as the country's next prime minister. But what at first appears to be an easy victory turns into a grueling defeat as ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay, secret relationship, gay husband, politics, political party, lgbt, couples, moral dilemma, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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, sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, gay couple, young lovers, gay marriage, male nudity, friendship, best friend, family relations, high school, love and romance ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, sentimental, humorous, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, gay sex, friendship, homosexual, gay marriage, gay wedding, male pubic hair, lgbt, gender bending, dog ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Wayward mid-20's NYC guy goes to the Pines for a change of pace for the summer.
Style:
sexual, independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
gay, gender bending, lgbt, lgbtq, young lovers, glbt, gay subtext, couples, friends, lifestyle, self discovery, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
massachusetts, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Recently broken up and barely enduring a dreary winter, gay Parisian Jérôme Beaunez impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. While there he meets some colorful locals and pursues a dormant desire to become a movie star - but ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, gender, lgbt, prostitute, transsexual, transvestism, lifestyle, disorder, friends, couples, fall in love, actor's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, los angeles, paris france, california
Similarity:
100%
931
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love. Robin, who is married to her girlfriend for half a dozen years, and Lacie, someone who never had a lasting ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, sincere, erotic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian erotica, love affair, self discovery, actor's life, looking for love, showbiz, infidelity, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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, sexual, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding, gender, gay relationship, gay couple, best man, gay interest, gay, looking for love, couples, singleness, marriage, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Let the drag-off begin! When Conner first meets Devin, he feels an instant attraction to him. However, soon Conner's nemesis, the Puerto Rican drag queen Adora wants Devin all to herself. Conner soon realizes the only way to compete with a drag ...
Style:
touching, captivating, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
gender, gay, contests and competitions, rivalry, jealousy, gender bending, transgender, lgbtq, gay club, transvestite, gay straight relations, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, filmmaking, couples, hidden identity, actor's life, disorder, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, frame up, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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