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In the Gloaming (1997)
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In the Gloaming (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, queer cinema
Plot: aids, gay, lgbt, family relations, terminal illness, hiv, cancer, childhood, lgbtq, dying, bereavement, homosexual, gay brother, gay son, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, dysfunctional family, self discovery, family problems, resentment, introspection, gender, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york state

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about family relations, unfulfillment, family problems, terminal illness, life is a bitch, parents and children and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like In the Gloaming: A Place for Annie (1994), A Perfect Son (2000), Our Sons (1991), The Event (2003), An Early Frost (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Place for Annie (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent that she's deported to a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later she ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching
Plot: adoption, aids, hiv, medicine, child illness, nurse, orphan, foster parent, women, homeless, poverty, child abandonment ...
Time: 90s
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100%
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A Perfect Son (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man's terminal illness reunites him with his estranged brother.
Style: serious, emotional, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: gay, life is a bitch, drug abuse, unfulfillment, family in crisis, death in the family, haunted by the past, aids, lgbt, gay interest, brother brother relationship, death of father ...
Time: 90s
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58%
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Our Sons (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Our Sons is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret as two mothers of gay sons, one of whom is dying of AIDS. As a small town waitress, Ann-Margret's character must overcome her own homophobia and learn to love her son ...
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Plot: aids, gay, estrangement, family relations, hospital, parents and children, family problems, friendship, gays and lesbians, small town, lgbt, gay couple ...
Time: 90s
Place: arkansas, usa, california, san diego california
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The Event (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. Nick, a district attorney investigating the ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, couples, terminal illness, gays and lesbians, gender, human nature, life is a bitch, aids, euthanasia, hiv, couple relations ...
Time: year 2003
Place: new york, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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An Early Frost (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in the mid-eighties Michael Pierson, a young gay man, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life. He's forced to be open about the disease and his homosexuality for the first time with his co-workers (he's a successful lawyer) and ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot: aids, gay, hiv, lgbt, gay lead character, lawyer, lgbtq, gay interest, bondage, quarantine, hiv positive, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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52%
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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 ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1994
Place: cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
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46%
Walking on Water (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friends and family gather around the death bed of Gavin, where they assist in the dying man's suicide. But though Gavin's pain has been laid to rest, the grief felt by everyone there has only begun, and Walking on Water compassionately ...
Style: sentimental, touching, sincere, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: infidelity, terminal illness, lgbt, couples, family problems, death in the family, tragic love, dysfunctional family, youth, love and romance, introspection, addiction ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
It's My Party (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: gay, aids, lgbt, suicide, hiv, terminal illness, glbt, death, friendship, deaf, gay interest, male nudity ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Naked As We Came (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Love, loss and hope are tumultuously explored amidst a tranquil backdrop and asks us all the question: What is your dream?
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: gay, gay interest, broken family, sick mother, reconciliation, gay sex, family relations, gay lead character, lgbtq, death of mother, dead mother, cancer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Surrender, Dorothy (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: family problems, homecoming, tragic love, dysfunctional family, best friend, couples, starting over, hopes, life is a bitch, single parent, orphan, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Reconciliation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: RECONCILIATION is a groundbreaking, provocative story about an estranged father and son struggling to overcome the heartbreaking consequences of their past. Grant Taylor (Eric Nenninger) has been troubled by intense childhood memories ever since his ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, emotional ...
Plot: gay parent, family relations, redemption, haunted by the past, last wish, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, terminal illness, parents and children, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Family Tree (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Plot: family relations, deportation, family problems, aging, hopes, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, elderly, gender, death in the family, homosexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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My Own Country (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, sincere, touching ...
Plot: aids, medical, gay, lgbtq, hiv, lgbt, hospital, terminal illness, pregnancy, family relations, gay subtext, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Place: tennessee, usa, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.3
 326
The Weekend (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: lgbt, glbt, loss of lover, aids, gay interest, mourning, couples, family relations, estrangement, family problems, haunted by the past, terminal illness ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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I'm Losing You (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Style: realistic, talky, serious, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: aids, hollywood, family relations, father son relationship, terminal illness, showbiz, infidelity, family problems, dealing with death, artists and showbiz, family in crisis, family life ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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32%
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Alpha Male (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Drama about a family torn apart after the death of its patriarch. Haunted by their father's death, Jack and Elyssa have a fraught relationship with their remarried mother even now they have come of age.
Style: emotional, contemplative, realistic, touching, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, death in the family, parents and children, dysfunctional family, estrangement, unfulfillment, family gatherings, brother brother relationship, coming of age, family business, couples ...
Time: 21st century
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A Christmas Visitor (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father struggles with the past. A daughter fights for the future. A mother searches for answers. The Boyajians have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years. They lost their faith when they lost their son to the Persian Gulf War. Now a stranger has ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, christmas classics, realistic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, grief, introspection, death of son, life is a bitch, redemption, hopes, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iraq, iran
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32%
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My Life (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time ...
Style: sad, emotional, touching, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terminal illness, cancer, death, reconciliation, family drama, childbirth, pregnancy, self discovery, couple relations, family life, expectant father, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Stone Boy (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: One summer morning, 12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene wake at dawn to pick peas and perhaps shoot a wild duck on their family's Montana farm. In a nearby pasture, Arnold's gun fires accidentally. His brother ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: farm, coming of age, youth, boy, grief, hunting, depression, death of brother, guilt, family relations, death in the family, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s
Place: montana, usa
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30%
What Girls Learn (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two teenage girls must come to terms with their stepfather when their mother is struck by illness.
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: teenage girl, single mother, stepfather, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, human nature, love and romance, youth, estrangement, couples, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: georgia, usa, new york
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30%
Be Sure to Share (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble ...
Style: realistic, touching, contemplative, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: family relations, redemption, terminal illness, coping, parents and children, estrangement, unfulfillment, family in crisis, father son relationship, asian prostitute, family problems, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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29%
Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Dysfunctional family drama. Absent father, alcoholic brother Tim (Jim Carrey) try to cope with life. Fox movie of the week.
Style: cult classic, realistic, semi serious, talky, gloomy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, alcoholic, gay interest, substance abuse, glbt, gender, slice of life, recovery, happy ending, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 90s
Place: yale university
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29%
And Then There Was One (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: And Then There Was One - The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple. After struggling ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot: aids, hiv, hiv positive, love, gender, ego clash, human spirit, gays and lesbians, couple relations, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, babies and infants ...
Time: 90s
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29%
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Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A successful American family retreat to their summer home on the banks of Lake Erie to find meaning in life, illness, loss, and change this Christmas. With a successful career in the wine business, and two amazing children, what more can a family ...
Style: uplifting, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: christmas, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, hopes, love and romance, family problems, couples, road not taken, homecoming, miraculous event, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
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27%
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Lullaby (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sad
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, mercy killing, life is a bitch, estrangement, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, estranged family member, death in the family, death, choice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, new york, los angeles
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27%
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Loggerheads (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a gay couple has moved in across the street. All of their lives will intersect as Loggerheads subtly ...
Style: serious, psychological, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, self discovery, couple relations, society, family life, parents and children, haunted by the past, gay relationship, hiv positive, birth mother, sea turtle ...
Time: year 2005, 60s, 90s, 20th century, year 2001 ...
Place: north carolina, appalachia, usa
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26%
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Melting Away (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Shlomo who discovers in his son's Assaf room, women's clothing and accessories, decides to 'teach the boy a lesson'. When Assaf returns to his parents' home on a rainy night from a party, his attempts to enter home fail. His ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, bittersweet, father son relationship, gay, transgender, hospital, israeli, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Style: talky, tense, sincere, gloomy, sexual ...
Plot: estate, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, plantation, frigidity, alcoholic, male homosexuality, estrangement, sexual dysfunction, family relations, family problems, couples ...
Place: usa, new orleans, mississippi
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26%
Fathers and Sons (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: single parent, infidelity, family relations, dysfunctional family, couples, life is a bitch, estrangement, family problems, love and romance, elderly, gender, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san diego california, miami, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Normal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, serious, sexy ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, transgender, gender bending, family drama, depression, sexuality, society, family problems, parents and children, unfulfillment, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
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