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Tattoo (2013)
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Original name: Tatuagem
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Brazil, 1978. The military dictatorship that resulted from a coup in 1964 begins to stumble. In a cabaret-like theater located on the periphery between two cities in the northeast of Brazil, a group of artists challenges power and conventional morality with theater plays and public interferences. Led by Clécio Wanderley, the troupe Chão de Estrelas, strongly supported by its homosexual audience, along with intellectuals and other artists, practices political resistance through anarchy and mockery.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, disturbing, period piece, captivating, realistic, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, lgbt, gay, repressed homosexual, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, performer's life, rebelliousness, gender, lgbtq, lgbtqi, nudity, transvestite, male homosexuality, dictator, dictatorship, military, theater, cabaret, counterculture, bare chested male, youth ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Most similar movies to Tattoo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, touching and gay cinema films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, male nudity, gay subtext and love and romance mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Tattoo: Love in the Time of Civil War (2014), Man at Bath (2010), Boys Love (2006), The Israeli Boys (2020), Children of God (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lauded Quebec filmmaker Rodrigue Jean (Lost Song) takes a fearless, unflinching look at the reality of addiction in this tough-minded docudrama set in the bleak milieu of hustlers and junkies in Montreal.
Style:
realistic, touching, disturbing, bleak, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male pubic hair, male prostitute, gay sex, drug addict, prostitute, life is a bitch, misfit, drug abuse, junkie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove they are not in love.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
sex scene, gay, male pubic hair, nudity, gay erotica, gender, masturbation, self discovery, breakup, introspection, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, usa, new york, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
614
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Magazine editor Taishin Mamiya interviews high school model Noeru Kisaragi. Despite Noeru's bad attitude, his painting of an ocean intrigues Mamiya and leads to a dinner, during which Noeru solicits Mamiya sexually. Soon Mamiya sees Noeru with ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, love triangle, boys love, youth, promiscuity, love and romance, gay teenager, jealousy, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.
The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence ...
Style:
touching, compassionate, thought provoking, sentimental, poignant ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, male male relationship, homosexual, affair, friendship, forbidden love, threesome, fall in love ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, mind blowing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, bisexual man, female nudity, gay husband, doctor, lgbt, sex, glbt, open relationship, love triangle, art, bisexual ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A gay man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. A respectable geography teacher by day; by night, hanging out in London's gay bars, looking for a long-term relationship, but usually encountering only ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay teacher, lgbt, gay bar, homosexuality, disco, gay interest, gay stereotype, gay lead character, gay slur, school teacher, glbt ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
28%
514
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, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, sex work, gay lead character, homosexuality, gay couple, gay sex, gay relationship, gay love, male male relationship, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
26%
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:
sensual, melancholic, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gay interest, gay sex, lgbt, social realism, identity, coming of age, sexual awakening, working class, slice of life, young adult ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay love, musician, male nudity, homosexuality, erection, gay erotica, cat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, deep ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, starting over, haunted by the past, gender, breakup, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, depression, lgbtq, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
gay father, homosexuality, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay sex, gay orgy, male nudity, gay parent, gay subtext, self destructing ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
24%
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, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, campus, male nudity, sexuality, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
24%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
COPA 181 is the first feature film by Brazilian director Dannon Lacerda. It is a 100% independent production that deals with the relationship of a couple that is affected by the events in a gay sauna. Awarded in several festivals in Brazil and in ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, psychological, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, gay sex, gay couple, gay relationship, couples, fall in love, gay lead character, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, political, clever, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
prison, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, politics, gay, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, friendship, betrayal, love story, prison sex, crossdresser ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 1930s
Place:
latin america, brazil
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gender, skinny dipping, gay husband, gay man straight woman relationship, cocaine, coming of age, college, lgbt, male homosexuality, naked man, closeted homosexual, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
peru, miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
23%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio, his initial fear is about contracting HIV, but emotional matters soon loom large as well.
Style:
touching, realistic, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, homosexual sex, male nudity, gay interest, unprotected sex, homosexuality, sex scene, lgbtq, homosexual, gay sex, love affair, relationships ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot:
black lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt, human nature, society, lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, artists and showbiz, estrangement ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.
Style:
independent film, surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, aesthetic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, male pubic hair, homosexuality, male nudity, narcissism, gay, matador, erotica, sex, biker, camp, sex slave ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Héctor travels from Hermosillo to Mexico City in the hopes of posing naked for photography collective Feral. His friend Carlos choses not to go with him. Héctor, determined to experiment with his desire without limits, promises himself to always ...
Style:
captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbt, naked man, desire, gay erotica, sex scene, erotica, gay sex, erection, gay straight relations, male nudity ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Style:
sincere, serious, sexy, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, adolescence vs adulthood, lgbtq, gay interest, youth, gay love, parents and children, gay relationship, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay brother ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, buenos aires argentina, latin america, russia ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In China, homosexuality isn't illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for "hooliganism". The film focuses on a young gay writer A-Lan who, being attracted to a young policeman, manages to have himself ...
Style:
talky, psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, homosexuality, male homosexuality, police corruption, sexual attraction, gay lead character, lgbtq, repression, cruise, boys love, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, beijing china, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Desire is mysterious. Desire is overwhelming. Desire is tragic. Desire is FURIOUS. The many permutations of that strange thing called desire are on full display in this stunning collection of 5 short films.
Includes: Loris Is Fine [Loris sta bene] ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, youth, gay love, gay interest, homosexual, love affair, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
male male relationship, gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay couple, memory loss, amnesia, lgbt, lgbtq, memory lapse, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
19%
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