Movies like It's Only the End of the World
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It's Only the End of the World (2016)
26K
Original name: Juste la fin du monde
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful, art house, visually appealing, independent film, novela, visual, poetic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, dysfunctional family, illness, resentment, estranged brother, mother son reunion, gay interest, gay lead character, marital argument, parents and children, loneliness, moral dilemma, life philosophy, siblings relations, lgbtqi, family relations, family reunited, childhood memory, playwright, reminiscence, lesbian, women, gay love ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to It's Only the End of the World
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, psychological, touching and captivating films with plots about lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay subtext, gay lead character and gay love mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like It's Only the End of the World: Mommy (2014), I Killed My Mother (2009), Laurence Anyways (2012), The Israeli Boys (2020), Time to Leave (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, touching, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, childhood, troubled teen, teenage boy, mother love, mother son relationship, teenager, adhd ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, near future, year 2015, year 1982 ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay son, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, family problems, youth, gay love, lgbt teen, gay relationship, single mother ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009
Place:
france, europe, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman.
Style:
emotional, sincere, sexual, lgbt cinema, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
transsexual, lgbtq, transsexuality, impossible love, lgbt, couple relations, amor, desire, transgender, follow your dream, lesbian, lgbtqi ...
Time:
90s, year 2012, 20th century, 80s
Place:
montreal, quebec, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel.
The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence ...
Style:
touching, compassionate, thought provoking, sentimental, poignant ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, male male relationship, homosexual, affair, friendship, forbidden love, threesome, fall in love ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A movie star finds his correspondence with an 11-year-old actor exposed, prompting assumptions that begin to destroy his life and career.
Style:
rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating, grindhouse ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gay interest, child, gay love, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, fall in love, relationship vs career, love and romance, sex, actor, society ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, talky ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, tumor, photograph, grandparent grandchild relationship, photographer, gay cruising, gay brother, group sex ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, experimental, anthology ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, father son relationship, nude young male, male pubic hair, gay love, desire for fame, family problems, lgbtq, gay lead character, teenager, gay youth ...
Similarity:
36%
909
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Greece, Dominican Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, melancholic, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, exile, gay love, friendship, closeted gay, gay lead character, machismo, melancholy, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
36%
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567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, melancholic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay couple, gay relationship, gay lead character, homosexual, breakup, carpenter, love and romance, confined ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17 and the consequences for him and his family but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.
Style:
lgbt cinema, suspense, rough, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, gay anal sex, gay club, teenager, suicide attempt, lgbtq, parents and children, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When young art student Ray moves in with his estranged businessman father after years of separation, the two tentatively begin to reconcile their many differences -- including Ray's revelation that he's gay, which his father struggles to ...
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, touching, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gay asian, male male relationship, gay teenager, homosexuality, gay lead character, male homosexuality, gay son, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, father son estrangement, single father ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, ...
Style:
touching, homoerotic, romantic, captivating, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay love, lgbtq, friendship, lgbt, homosexual history, life turned upside down, group of friends, first kiss, fight, society ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s, 2010s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
33%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Cuba
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jesús, a young hairdresser, works at a Havana nightclub for drag performers, and dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesús finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when Angel, his estranged father, abruptly ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sincere, disturbing, serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, female impersonator, lgbtq, gay, transgender woman, lgbt, father son relationship, gay son, gay slur, crossdresser, dysfunctional family, drag queen ...
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style:
homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
What We Have is is the tale of Maurice, a prisoner of his past who is unable to connect with the people in his new Northern Canadian small town, a community that is only too ready to welcome this European misfit into their arms.
Style:
sentimental, touching, melancholic, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, gay lead character, tutor, male nudity, lgbtq, gay couple, love and romance, gay relationship, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
male male relationship, gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay couple, memory loss, amnesia, lgbt, lgbtq, memory lapse, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Mark commits to falling back in love with Jonah, he is forced to look at himself with unprecedented courage and honesty.
Style:
cute, sexy, contemplative, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, relationships, gay interest, relationship problems, lgbtq, breakup, drug, love, gay couple, couples, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay, sex work, gay lead character, homosexuality, gay couple, gay sex, gay relationship, gay love, male male relationship, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Germany, Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father Noé’s secret. The 14-year-old lives with his parents in a village high up in the mountains. Noé is a respected artisan and Segundo’s role model. With loving eye for detail, he ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, father son relationship, gay, teenage boy, gay father, lgbt, father son estrangement, small town, painter, gay slur, family tradition, machismo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
Style:
psychological, serious, sexy, sexual, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male homosexuality, lgbtq, loneliness, lgbt teen, family problems, closeted homosexual, brother brother relationship, threat, farm, gay son ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2013, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a boy becomes a young man, the way he sees the world can change not just his perceptions of those around him, but how others see him. As burgeoning desires come to the surface, there is the choice of either embracing and acting upon them, or ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, touching, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, friendship, family relations, sexual identity, gay interest, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, love affair, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jochen Wenzel, a young teacher, married with two kids, one day surprisingly falls in love with a young male colleague, Tom Leuthner and they begin an unusual affair (= "Eine aussergewöhnliche Affäre"). While Ina, Jochen's wife, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, suspense, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay husband, love triangle, husband wife relationship, gay father, fall in love, extramarital affair, infidelity, adultery, bisexual ...
Similarity:
32%
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, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay, sick mother, broken family, reconciliation, dead mother, cancer, death of mother, gay lead character, gay sex, brother sister relationship, gay interest, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family to see them through.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay marriage, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, childhood friend, marriage, homosexual, dishonesty, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
32%
999
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, sex scene, lgbt, male pubic hair, religion, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place:
guatemala
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the film follows two Mexican-American teenagers, Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza and Dante Quintana, their friendship, and their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, teenage protagonist, introspection, self discovery, friendship between men, friends, problem ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
texas, el paso texas
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Belgium, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fei works illegally as a hustler in order to support his family, yet when he realizes they are willing to accept his money but not his way of life, there is a major breakdown in their relations. Through his relationship to the headstrong Long, Fei ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay sex, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay interest, gay romance, gay hustler, lgbt, gay, gay asian, love affair, ex couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
31%
619
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two brothers reconnect after the death of their parents.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, controversial, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male male relationship, death of mother, loss of father, loss of mother, gay brother, brother brother relationship, gay sex, gay couple, gay incest, lgbt ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and confronting hidden secrets. Volume 13: Trick & Treat features 10 new award-winning shorts, including: Anna Österlund Nolskog's "Boygame" ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, relationships, gay interest, lgbt teen, lgbtq, relationship problems, teenage life, love interest, multiple storylines, life is a bitch, forbidden love ...
Similarity:
31%
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