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The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005)
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Original name: Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old gay who comes from a criminal family falls in love with a handsome policeman.
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic, serious, realistic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, teenage life, youth, gays and lesbians, man boy relationship, friendship, boy, rich and poor, lgbt child, teenage love, life is a bitch, parents and children, family life, fall in love, society, coming out, unfulfilled love, gang, urban ghetto life, coming of age, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, social realism, gender, transvestite ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
manila philippines, the philippines
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and queer cinema films with plots about youth, coming of age, gay, lgbt, family relations, friendship and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros: The Masseur (2005), You Are Not Alone (1978), Cold Showers (2005), Shank (2009), The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father and a chance meeting with an abusive romance novelist, a masseur working in a gay massage parlor struggles to make sense of his unfulfilling relationships while simultaneously assisting his mother in preparing his ...
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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 ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with ...
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Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, gay bashing, lgbt, gay slur, coming of age, gang, gay erotica, gay sex, gay love, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 104 min.
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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 ...
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gay, coming out, lgbt, religion, couples, gays and lesbians, art, gender, society, abusive husband, youth, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
With a daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy and a son who's lost his much-needed scholarship, an impoverished married couple begins to abandon their faith and courage in the face of such misfortune. But when a gifted young boy called ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, political
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Genie, a Chinese-American teenager, develops feelings for a charming African-American DJ, but her grandmother forbids their romance forcing Genie to choose between family and love.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 88 min.
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Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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