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Twist (2003)
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
male prostitute, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, youth, sexual relations, drug abuse, lgbt, pimp, addiction, apprentice, society, lgbt teen, charles dickens, violence, friendship, teenage boy, coming of age, murder, homosexual, lgbtq, drug addiction, homosexuality, glbt, prostitute ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, quebec
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Most similar movies to Twist
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and crying films with plots about youth, life is a bitch, gay, lgbt, society, coming of age and gay interest mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Twist: Jet Boy (2001), Love in the Time of Civil War (2014), Johnny (1999), 10½ (2010), Speedway Junky (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave Schultz' feature debut Jet Boy is a drama about a boy attempting to figure out his future. Nathan (Branden Nadon) goes on a search to find his father after his mother dies of a drug overdose. Nathan has been prostituting himself in order ...
Style:
independent film, sexy, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, man boy relationship, gay, boyhood, orphan, child neglect, boy, teenage boy, teenager, teenage prostitution, lgbt teen, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lauded Quebec filmmaker Rodrigue Jean (Lost Song) takes a fearless, unflinching look at the reality of addiction in this tough-minded docudrama set in the bleak milieu of hustlers and junkies in Montreal.
Style:
realistic, touching, disturbing, bleak, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male pubic hair, male prostitute, gay sex, drug addict, prostitute, life is a bitch, misfit, drug abuse, junkie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
100%
175
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Johnny, the megalomaniac leader of a group of squeegee kids, finds a video camera and pushes his followers into "acting" out increasingly dangerous "scenes".
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
street gang, videotaping, manipulation, teenage life, filmmaking, urban, addiction, sexual abuse, megalomaniac, urban ghetto life, city life, down on your luck ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
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
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 ...
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay slur, first gay sexual experience, gay bashing, gay erotica, homoeroticism, lgbt teen, closeted homosexual, lgbt, gang, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fifteen year old Deborah meets Jennifer who steers her into a career as an escort. Under the alias Bo she begins a new life that she cannot handle and starts a downward spiral that only she can end.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
teenage prostitution, prostitute, downfall, destructive relationship, lifestyle, teenage life, woman in danger, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, youth, society, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The life of an illegal Russian boy who, after losing his family, is pushed into becoming an escort - ultimately trying to come to terms with who he thinks he is.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
male prostitution, male escort, gay interest, gay rape, male prostitute, gay, hopes, losing-it hero, homosexual, lgbt, immigrant, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Style:
erotic drama, erotic, stylized, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, drug addict, male nudity, friendship, male prostitution, male prostitute, hedonism, addiction, drug, drug abuse, homosexuality, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, palm springs california ...
Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, drug abuse, youth, parents and children, prostitute, dysfunctional family, teenage life, going straight, friendship, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
683
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
street kid, hustler, unrequited love, gay bar, male prostitute, father son incest, gay, survival, introspection, self discovery, estrangement, youth ...
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drug use, drug, heroin addict, drug addict, heroin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of pet, life philosophy, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
disturbing, realistic, serious, weeping, detective ...
Plot:
gay slur, gay, lgbtq, lgbt, death penalty, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, gay interest, murder, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
100%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The movie follows Joe (Dallesandro), a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers around Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend ...
Style:
independent film, erotic, controversial, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot:
male nudity, drug addict, masturbation, welfare, pregnancy, bare chested male, male prostitute, infidelity, drug, female nudity, male pubic hair, circumcised penis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Mala Noche is the film debut from director Gus van Sant. The film portrays the unanswered love of an American man toward a young Mexican man.
Style:
sexual, black and white, lgbt cinema, indie film, postmodern ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay relationship, lgbt, opposites attract, lgbtq, homosexuality, immigrant, gay sex, gays and lesbians, sexual relations, male prostitute ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Minority-group Greeks from an outer suburb of Athens struggle with their life on society's fringe and exploitation of one another.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
lgbt, greek, nude young male, male pubic hair, russian mafia, male prostitute, gay sex, homosexuality, teenage boy, male nudity, rent boy, migration ...
Time:
90s
Place:
greece, geneva switzerland, europe, kazakhstan, italy ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an ...
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Style:
heartbreaking, serious, realistic, compassionate, powerful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, mental health, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay cowboy, friendship, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1968, 2020s, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers on different life paths, a gay waiter with a crush on an eligible bachelor and a drug addict in a twisted dependent relationships with his girlfriend, reunite to mourn the death of their mother.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, brother brother relationship, addiction, family relations, family problems, death in the family, estrangement, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, sexual attraction, death of mother, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
On one evening in a decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, the innocence of youth and family unravels. Five parallel coming-of-age stories dramatize the stages of grief. A youthful mother in a custody battle over her children, finds ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted by the past, teenage life, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, misfit, youth, addiction, custody, society, bittersweet, homosexual ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gender, skinny dipping, gay husband, gay man straight woman relationship, cocaine, coming of age, college, lgbt, male homosexuality, naked man, closeted homosexual, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
peru, miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay teenager, gay lead character, gay, coming of age, murder, best friend, nightclub, gay club, youth, friendship, on the run, obsession ...
Time:
80s
Place:
brighton, england, europe, liverpool
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, depressing, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, gay, sexual abuse, pedophilia, homosexuality, homosexual, child molestation, lgbtq, male rape, homosexual rape, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 2004, 2000s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
kansas, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes him to carry out violent acts.
Style:
serious, disturbing, rough, dark, poetic ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, mental illness, kids in trouble, rebelliousness, friendship, life is a bitch, society, imagination, teenage boy, child abuse, house ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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 relationship, gay, gay adoption, gay parent, youth, drug addiction, adoption, drug addict, child trafficking, family relations, overdose, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bolivia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A poor girl, a rich stud, a university student and a model -- nothing in common, except the desire to experience true intimacy. Their stories unfold and overlap as each becomes victim to their own sexual dependencies, self-perceptions and illusions. ...
Style:
erotic, sincere, psychological, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
sexual relations, sexual abuse, male nudity, transvestite, male rape, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, teenage life, love and romance, life is a bitch, youth, human nature ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, latin america
Similarity:
100%
792
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than he and a family that doesn't get him at all. So when a night of partying leads to a new family of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
addiction, mistaken identity, couples, drug abuse, society, life is a bitch, friendship, gay, lgbt, male nudity, male rape, gay subtext ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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