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Hell Without Limits (1978)
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Hell Without Limits (1978)
Original name: El lugar sin límites
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a whorehouse to own all the buildings and close the deal. It's owned by a man and his daughter: Manuelita is gay, aging, afraid; he cross-dresses and entertains as a flamenco dancer; he wants to sell and leave. His daughter wants to stay. The return of Pancho complicates things: he's a hothead Alejo tries to control and he scared Manuelita the year before. Things come to a head as Pancho breaks Alejo's hold on him, then flirts and dances with Manuelita and finds himself at risk of being called a "maricón."
Style: art house, offbeat, serious, emotional, realistic, homoerotic, queer cinema, campy
Plot: lgbt, gay, gender, prostitution, transvestite, transsexual, lgbtq, literary, amor, prostitute, small town, gay slur, gay subtext, male homosexuality, life is a bitch, gender bending, injustice, gays and lesbians, society, aging, satire, transvestism, social decay, small town life, dog ...
Time: 70s
Place: latin america, mexico
Keyword: mexican

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and touching films with plots about lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbtq, gay interest and society mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Hell Without Limits: Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001), The Matthew Shepard Story (2002), Cal (2013), Macho Dancer (1988), Children of God (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: youth, murder, hate crime, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay, real life, violent content, injustice, gender ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: wyoming, wisconsin
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The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, detective, weeping ...
Plot: gay slur, lgbt, death penalty, gay bashing, gay lead character, gay, gays and lesbians, murder, hate crime, courtroom drama, social decay, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: year 1998, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
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Cal (2013)
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, life is a bitch, society, gay interest, coming of age, age difference, lgbtq, male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Macho Dancer (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A former American soldier becomes an exotic dancer and male prostitute in Manila.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, male prostitution, lgbt, gay, glbt, police corruption, prostitute, gay subtext, male stripper, sexual abuse, teenage life, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Children of God (2010)
Genre: Drama
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, art, religion, gender, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bahamas, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
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On the Downlow (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Isaac and Angel are two young Latinos involved in a south side Chicago gang. They have a secret in a world where secrets are forbidden.
Style: serious, touching, emotional, rough, realistic ...
Plot: lgbt, confession, catholic priest, gay, injustice, forbidden love, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, life is a bitch, gang, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Some of My Best Friends Are (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: It's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" but ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay bar, transgender, transsexual, christmas, gay stereotype, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, homosexual, christmas eve, drag queen ...
Time: 70s, year 1971
Place: new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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The Other Family (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, queer cinema
Plot: gay, youth, gay adoption, drug addiction, adoption, family relations, overdose, drug addict, child trafficking, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Without Destination (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sin Destino follows the life of a 15 year old Mexican boy, Francisco, as he struggles to survive on the streets. His primary source of income is money raised by prostituting himself to men for sex, and the film implies that this learned behaviour ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, rough, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: coming of age, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, drug abuse, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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White Night (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Flight attendant Won-Gyu (Won Tae-Hee) left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon (Lee Yi-Kyung), who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: lgbt, male homosexuality, revenge, gay, haunted by the past, introspection, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, gender, society, gays and lesbians, gay bashing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Garden (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, art house, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, life is a bitch, society, gender, injustice, christ allegory, humiliation, torture, passion, religion, art, surrealism ...
Time: 80s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
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: political, psychological, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: prison, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, politics, gay, friendship, homosexual, betrayal, prison sex, first gay sexual experience, transsexual, love story ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: latin america, brazil
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68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Deep in the lush river jungles of Argentina, Alvaro lives a solitary existence fishing and harvesting reeds. What sets him apart from the rest of his village is that he is gay. There are no other gay men in his world, his only means of expression is ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, gay slur, murder, gay lead character, life is a bitch, couples, love and romance, disagreement, isolation, homosexual, immigration, island ...
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Normal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
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Time: 90s
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In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before, Erwin told a co-worker, Anton, that he loved him. "Too bad, you aren't a woman," he replied. Erwin took Anton at his word. Trying to ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 120 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gender, cocaine, college, coming of age, lgbt, skinny dipping, drug abuse, society, youth, racism, latinx lgbt, gay ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, peru, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Burn the Bridges (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: brother sister incest, gay, incest, nun, lgbt, isolation, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, love and romance, forbidden love, gay sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Nighthawks (1978)
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, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teacher, disco, lgbtq, school teacher, lgbtqi, glbt, school, gay bar, homosexuality, gay lead character ...
Time: 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bugis Street (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 101 min.
Story: It’s monsoon season in Singapore. Bugis Street, the epicentre of multisexual nightlife and unchained libido, is where a band of hedonistic, transidentical poeple has taken root at wacky love hotel SinSin.
Style: erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, gay cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, transgender, transsexual, prostitute, transvestism, nudity, sexual content, gender bending, urban, innocence lost ...
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I Am Happiness on Earth (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Emiliano looks at his life with the eyes of a film director, mixing the objective reality with the processes of the artistic creation. The story he is filming flounders with his daily life, until his world is trapped in the lens of his camera. ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, erotic, queer cinema
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Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Stories of Our Lives (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kenya, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Created by the members of a Nairobi-based arts collective — who have removed their names from the film for fear of reprisal — this anthology film that dramatizes true-life stories from Kenya’s oppressed LGBTQ community is both a labour of love ...
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: gender, lgbt, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, social misfits, society, discrimination, misfit, gay, blaxploitation, black lgbt, african ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Querelle (1982)
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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Tattoo (2013)
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 ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: homosexuality, gay interest, male nudity, gay, lgbt, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, performer's life, rebelliousness, gender ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.2
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Twist (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the currency and hustling is the game.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crying ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, male prostitute, life is a bitch, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, kids in trouble, addiction, sexual relations, youth, apprentice, society ...
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Quick Change (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Dorina is a transsexual woman. She’s got herself a flourishing career, albeit in an illegal cosmetic surgery business. She is a mother figure to Hero, her eight year old nephew, and a devoted wife to Uno. Between her job and her family, Dorina ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sincere ...
Plot: lgbt, transsexual, against the rules, moral dilemma, couples, transvestism, couple relations, life is a bitch, rebellion, physical appearance, gays and lesbians, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Pedro (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, aids, hiv, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, idealism, life is a bitch, society, hopes, terminal illness, lgbt ...
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To an Unknown God (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ageing man comes to terms with his mortality and his sexual orientation. The film was groundbreaking in its frank and mature examination of homosexuality.
Style: social, realistic, serious, sincere
Plot: lgbt, gay, spanish civil war, male homosexuality, couples, gays and lesbians, elderly, introspection, unfulfillment, gender, aging, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: madrid, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
A Woman's Way (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story: George is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village. He spends his first night out in a cheap downtown hotel in Athens. There he meets Strella, a young transsexual prostitute. They ...
Style: serious, emotional, sincere, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: transsexual, incest, gender, prostitute, starting over, love and romance, hopes, greek, jail, gay, haunted by the past, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Salvation Army (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, social ...
Plot: coming of age, gay, father son relationship, self discovery, teenage life, family relations, youth, parents and children, lgbt, secret life, domestic violence, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: south africa, morocco, geneva switzerland, switzerland
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