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Coming Out (1989)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly falls in love with a young man. Transformed by this love he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is.
Style:
sexual, psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, crying, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay cruising, love triangle, gay teenager, gay slur, gay bashing, gay bar, gay student, lgbtq, gay relationship, passion, teacher, sexuality, gays and lesbians, repressed sexuality, erotica, gay interest, gay teacher, gay love, lesbian, desire, male prostitute, sexual attraction, bare chested male, drag queen ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany, east berlin, europe, east berlin east germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems ...
Style:
sexual, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
gay, arab, gay love, gay interest, love and romance, couples, gays and lesbians, lgbt, homecoming, gay slur, happy ending, society ...
Time:
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Place:
tunisia, africa, south africa, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When young Turkish talent Kutlug Ataman wanted to make a film about transvestites, the first location he had in mind was Istanbul. As he developed the script, his thought was to place these marginal characters, who are subject to societal prejudices ...
Style:
sexual, touching, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, transvestism, lgbt, homosexual, friendship, self discovery, couples, lifestyle, introspection, social misfits, society, discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, baghdad iraq
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the beautiful high Pyrenees in south-west France, Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the ...
Style:
erotic, lgbt cinema, sentimental, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay teenager, bullying, lgbtq, gay love, homosexuality, friendship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt teen ...
Time:
2000s, year 2016
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident
Style:
sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay asian, homosexuality, gay husband, male pubic hair ...
Time:
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Place:
beijing china, china, asia, hong kong, america ...
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu is 18-years-old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning ...
Style:
homoerotic, emotional, touching, erotic, meditative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, depression, gay interest, suicide attempt, lgbtq, gay teenager, male nudity, teenage life, gay romance, homoeroticism, erection, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south of france, europe, frankfurt germany, brittany, france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, sexual, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, apprentice, couples, boys love, rural setting, lgbtq, sexual attraction, farm, gender, lgbt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style:
sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay club, homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexual, one night stand, gay sex ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ernesto (Martin Hahn) is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees--then experiments ...
Style:
crying, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense ...
Style:
sexy, erotic drama, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, gay, unrequited love, desire, teenage boy, high school, alienation, gay subtext, boys love, train, bicycle, love triangle ...
Place:
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100%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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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:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
Style:
homoerotic, sexual, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, gay club, love and romance, youth, gay lead character, gay straight relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, polyamory, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, bisexual, bisexual man, sex scene, gays and lesbians, love triangle, homosexual, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, terrifying, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay slur, sex, lgbt, sexual attraction, horniness, gay bar, nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, talky, semi serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay husband, closeted homosexual, gay, gay lead character, extramarital affair, gay bar, gay interest, sexual attraction, exploring sexuality, repressed homosexual, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Style:
lgbt cinema, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, gay relationship, homosexual, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, first love, gay romance ...
Time:
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Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
Similarity:
29%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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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:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, dancer, lgbt, gender, gay sex, male objectification, male pubic hair, family relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
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29%
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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:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A coming of age romantic drama set in 1972 based on real life events.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lgbt, gay teacher, naked in public, gay, male pubic hair, male nudity, love triangle, love affair, friendship, obsession, youth, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 21st century
Place:
virginia, southern usa
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29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
britain, europe, england, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Kosovo, Albania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
kosovo
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
controversial, eros, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay straight relations, lgbt, gay teacher, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay club, gay marriage, male pubic hair, gay pride, gay parade ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Style:
sexual, teen, independent film, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, high school, happy ending, gay sex ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
ohio, columbus ohio, usa, midwest, new york ...
Similarity:
28%
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