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The Graffiti Artist (2004)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. For this iconoclastic young visionary, the vast wall surfaces of deserted alleys and train yards are at once a daunting symbol of capitalist oppression and a texturally rich, seamless tableau ripe for exploitation to amplify his artistic dialectic of anger and rebellion.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, teenage life, social differences, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, friendship, life is a bitch, society, social misfits, rebelliousness, drug abuse, addiction, city life, hip hop, lgbt, shoplifting, homelessness, gay sex, unrequited love, artist, minimalism ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
oregon, seattle, usa, washington state, portland oregon, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and sincere films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay kiss, gender, youth, lgbtq and gay interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like The Graffiti Artist: Dream Boy (2008), Four (2012), Speedway Junky (1999), Sugar (2004), Eban and Charley (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
639
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.
Style:
realistic, emotional, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay sex, coming of age, gay african american, interracial relations, gay, couples, couple relations, society, teenage life, family relations, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who develops a crush on him. He is then introduced to a whole gang led by a young hustler. The racer-to-be ...
Style:
talky, serious, realistic, slang, feel good ...
Plot:
gay interest, male prostitution, closeted homosexual, gay, gay friend, bare chested male, gay crush, friendship, scam, best friend, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, sentimental, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay teenager, gay, male rape, self discovery, fall in love, friendship, innocence lost, lgbt, lifestyle, teenage life, youth ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of his teaching job in Seattle. There he courts 15-year-old Charlie and eventually the two start a sexual relationship. As the age of consent in ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, intergenerational friendship, orgasm, friendship, family relations, teenage life, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.
Style:
erotic, independent film, sexual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay erotica, lgbtq, nude boy, skinny dipping, gay relationship, lgbt, naked man, male homosexuality, immigrant, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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: 104 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Todd Verow revisits his own youth for his latest work. The film's main character is Joe, who, like the director, grew up in Bangor in Maine. Joe, an 18 year old high school senior who longs to move away from poor white trash roots and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay crush, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay, gay athlete, self discovery, youth, family relations, friendship, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
John is an ex-cop who leaves small-town life and provincial attitudes behind for a new existence in West Hollywood. As he seeks an open, accepting gay life, John is introduced to the fast-paced Circuit Party scene, featuring beautiful people and a ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, male prostitution, drug abuse, male prostitute, lgbt, gay relationship, addiction, ex cop, fish out of water, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, los angeles, palm springs california, california, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The coastal California community of Rock Haven is the perfect place for cute eighteen-year-old Brady and his loving mother to begin a fresh start. Their mission: to spread the word of the Lord. But while roaming the beach one day, Brady meets ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay relationship, lgbt, gay love, male nudity, teenage life, male pubic hair, repressed homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
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 ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay sex, gay interest, gay lead character, lgbt teen, gay student, lgbt, closeted homosexual, drug use, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
548
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale. Ryan is an earnest 18-year-old trying to develop a career as an actor and getting his life on ...
Style:
serious, touching, art house, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, impossible love, group sex, love triangle, lgbt, sex, erection, male pubic hair, gay teenager, youth, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, high school, teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, best friend, youth, buddies, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
22%
809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, incest, family relations, siblings relations, lgbt, sexual relations, teenage life, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, sexual attraction, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, coming of age, young lovers, secret relationship, gay brother, male nudity, lgbt, sexual awakening ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
Style:
sexy, realistic, sentimental, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, gay, gay interest, friendship, lgbt, gay sex, unrequited love, gay teenager, true love, romantic friendship, gay asian, gay crush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, hong kong
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Paul and Agnes have been going out for quite a while and Agnes is shocked to learn that he'd rather live with two roommates on campus than move in with her. As soon as he meets one of his roommates, Louis-Anault, Paul's behavior changes - ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, male pubic hair, male nudity, swinger, gay athlete, love triangle, gays and lesbians, sexual relations, male homosexuality, naked man ...
Similarity:
20%
5K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Belgium
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Strangers in their own birthplace, a camp 16-year-old, lollipop-sucking Dany and his 18-year-old brother Odysseus cross the entire country (along with pet rabbit Dido ) in search of their Greek father, who they only know as “The Nameless”, ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, brother brother relationship, gay brother, hopes, coming of age, missing father, youth, lgbt, follow your dream, social misfits, society, misfit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
greece, albania, europe, athens greece
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At the age of 14 the world around you changes at a dizzying speed. But what if actually it's you that changing? What if these changes take you away from what up until now, has been your world? Ibrahim and Rafa are going to suffer these changes ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay love, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay teenager, gay youth, gay slur, gay romance, closeted gay, friendship between boys, teenage life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
After a decade of living in San Francisco, Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern roots because he can no longer afford the city. On his final night in the city, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten ...
Style:
sexual, mumblecore, controversial, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gender, erection, sex scene, gay sex, gay erotica, oral sex, lgbt, gay friend, gay love, ejaculation, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, ohio
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Lust and dysfuntion come full circle in this collection of nine steamy scenes exploring gay life, sex, addition, drugs and HIV/AIDS as revealed by a latino pool boy, a television writer, a meth dealer and others. As one affair leads into another, ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, male nudity, closeted homosexual, hiv, gay relationship, infidelity, youth, breakup, gay sex, gay couple, support group, lifestyle ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
20%
367
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
17-year-old Eric follows his parents to immigrate to Canada and is thus forced to confront different emotional and cultural problems. He must not only adjust to the new environment, but also come to terms with his homosexuality. Standing at the ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, homosexual, immigrant, self discovery, lifestyle, forbidden love, culture clash, teenage life, family relations, human nature, society ...
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, new york, hong kong, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin (Mateus Almada) has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay romance, gay teenager, teenage boy, gay latino, lgbt, friendship, boy, male nudity, gay friend, secret love, character study ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenager discovers that mending a broken heart is no simple thing in this independent romantic drama from Mexico. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Ortuno), a 17-year-old who has recently embraced his homosexuality, has just parted ways with his first serious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lost love, gay relationship, sex scene, gay interest, losing-it hero, lgbt, unrequited love, breakup, unfulfilled love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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