Movies like Drown 2015
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Drown (2015)
2K
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man. Phil is gay. After the annual awards dinner, Len finds Phil in the Club House locker room and violently attacks him. To Len’s surprise, Phil refuses to rat on Len about the beating. When Phil wins the annual Surf Lifesaving competition, Len’s defeat is final. In an act of revenge, Len gets Phil drunk and subjects him to a series of humiliating acts. But, the hatefulness forces Len to come face to face with a fundamental question: can he accept the truth about his own sexuality.
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, queer cinema, f word
Plot:
lifeguard, bullying, gay interest, jealousy, gay, gay club, beach, drowning, gay love, swimming, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay slur, gay sex, suicide by drowning, gay bashing, gay bar, public nudity, intimidation, gay relationship, gay couple, father son relationship, darkroom, abuse, machismo ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, gay cinema, lgbt cinema and captivating films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, lgbtq, bare chested male and male nudity mostly in Drama, Sport and Thriller genres. Some movies like Drown: Shank (2009), Land of Storms (2014), Boy Undone (2017), Agony (2016), 1:54 (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
3K
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%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Hungary, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, cute ...
Plot:
gay slur, gay love, gay, gay relationship, gay bashing, male homosexuality, skinny dipping, homosexuality, male nudity, lgbt, father son relationship, menage a trois ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, eastern europe, hungary
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
gay, memory loss, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, amnesia, gay straight relations, lgbtq, homosexual sex, compassion, kidnapping, gay club ...
Similarity:
100%
350
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the 3rd of October a twenty-four-year-old student from Vienna kills his lover and chops up her corpse. Her torso is found in a dumpster, other body parts and the head are missing. There is no clue about the motive of the murder. A silent ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, psychological, tense, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, male nudity, male homosexuality, male pubic hair, friendship between men, lgbt, socially awkward, student, emotional abuse, classmate classmate relationship, university, machismo ...
Place:
central europe, vienna
Similarity:
100%
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2K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tim is a bit of a loner. At school he gravitates towards another shy boy and they become friends. But the verbal and physical bullying by a gang of kids, as well as an aggressive use of social media, unsettle Tim’s new mate and he backs away from ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay athlete, bullying, high school sports, gay teenager, runner, gay, lgbt, secretly observing, friendship between boys, gay bashing, homosexuality, high school ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
100%
24K
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%
8K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, serious, grim ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, female impersonator, lgbt, gay bashing, secret relationship, closeted homosexual, gay slur, homophobe, avenge, assault ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay love, teenager, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay sex, male homosexuality, exploring sexuality, lgbt teen, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
On a rainy night, a dead body is fished out of a lake and brought to a local morgue. The details of who she is or what happened to her are unknown. What drove the girl to such a grisly fate?
Style:
exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
little mermaid, unrequited love, musical performance, waltz, suicide by drowning, cabaret, tragedy, self sacrifice, torture, surfing, hallucination, blood ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, captivating, disturbing, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, rugby, friendship, gay love, gay slur, gay teenager, friendship between men, school, coming of age, rivalry, boarding school ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
21%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay rape, boxing, beach, male homosexuality, gay student, gay teenager, gay, male nudity, gay bashing, gay relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.
Style:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, gay interest, homosexual, accidental death, gay teenager, jealousy, gay crush, gay erotica, unrequited love, gay son, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games ...
Style:
sincere, feel good, captivating, light, crying ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtq, gay athlete, male nudity, gay slur, gay bashing, rivalry, friendship, society, youth, escapades ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
europe, paris france
Similarity:
21%
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first time director Marcelo Briem Stamm. Handsome middle class Manuel (Patrico Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Veron), a ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, melancholic, unusual plot structure, light ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay interest, gay lead character, gay romance, sex, gay sex, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay erotica, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
It's Christmas Eve, 1986, and Borja is a precocious teenager with a passion for film. As his family comes together to celebrate the holiday, the combined forces of the suffocating Chilean heat, free-flowing drinks, and repressed desire ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, erotic, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay interest, sex scene, teenager, gay brother, sexual attraction, male full rear nudity, naked man, teenage boy, male nudity, gay sex ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
chile
Similarity:
20%
6K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love. In Swiss German.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay relationship, forbidden love, gay romance, gay athlete, gay interest, homoeroticism, male homosexuality, gay sex, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, switzerland, central europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here... longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
Style:
erotic, rough, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, male prostitute, violence, male nudity, gay interest, naked man, gay sex, gay hustler, sex work, male pubic hair, homeless, passion ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sincere, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, judaism, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay sex, gay couple, gay romance, male nudity, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, friendship, brother brother relationship, gay interest, youth, male nudity, grandfather grandson relationship, family relations, homoerotic friendship, masturbation, gay son, gay brother ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia
Similarity:
19%
748
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
James has served time for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found in the river. A visit from his victim's mother upon parole sends him on a quest to find the truth. With little time and danger at every turn, ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, gay, gay sex, gay blow job, gay brother, gay son, masturbation, gay crush, gay lead character, child murder, cover up ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emotionally ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay sex, gay, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay couple, gay subtext, homosexual, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
19%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, turkey
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
John Keitel wrote the film based on his personal undergraduate experience and filmed campus footage in the neighborhood and environs surrounding his graduate film school alma mater USC.
Style:
sexual, semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, gay cruising, gay love, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, homosexuality, gay friend ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school. The winner of the competition held there wins one ticket to the Olympics. There he meets Nevo, beautiful, gifted, who awakens ...
Style:
erotic, lgbt cinema, gay cinema, complex, earnest ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay interest, gay athlete, male nudity, closeted gay, male masturbation, male pubic hair, gay, closeted homosexual, gay youth, masturbation, swimmer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
male rape victim, male nudity, sex scene, trauma, childhood trauma, revenge, bare butt, haunted by the past, boy, rage, storytelling, traumatized man ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, sexual, realistic ...
Plot:
lifeguard, gay, gays and lesbians, homosexual, gay interest, swimming pool, gay wedding, aids, first gay sexual experience, gay husband, lgbt, gay lead character ...
Time:
90s
Place:
marseille, spain, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Željko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay interest, closeted gay, gay, male nudity, troubled youth, male objectification, bare chested male, gay teenager, bisexual man, homophobic slur ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man returns to his family farm, after a long stay in ex-gay conversion therapy, and is torn between the expectations of his emotionally distant father, and the memories of a past, loving relationship he has tried to bury.
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, gay couple, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, rural setting, lgbt, gay lead character, male male relationship, conversion therapy ...
Similarity:
19%
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