Movies like Center of My World
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Center of My World (2016)
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Original name: Die Mitte der Welt
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A strange family: 17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he returns from summer camp, the mood in the mansion has soured somehow. Phil doesn’t worry about it, hanging out with his best friend Kat instead. When he starts to feel attracted to a mysterious new student at school, Phil is plunged into emotional turmoil only exacerbated by the trouble at home.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, rough, erotic, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, friendship, rejection, gay erotica, gay interest, gay lead character, gay sex, bisexuality, gay relationship, male objectification, gay athlete, first gay sexual experience, gay brother, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, gay son, awkwardness, betrayal, brother sister relationship, gay friend, gay youth, gay love ...
Place:
central europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, captivating, touching and gay cinema films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay kiss, gay love and gay lead character mostly in Drama, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Center of My World: A Brother (2018), North Sea Texas (2011), Boys (2014), Call Me by Your Name (2017), The Way He Looks (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
15-year-old Tom (Simon Royer) is going to spend another calm summer with his parents and younger sister at their summer house. But by fate, another family comes to spend some time with them, with their 17-year-old son Félix (Marin Lafitte). In the ...
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lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, lgbt, gay teenager, gay relationship, gay sex, gay love, gay interest, gay friend, gay erotica, love, friendship between boys ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, romantic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbt teen, gay teenager, gay love, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, love and romance, teenage love, gays and lesbians, gay interest ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
belgium, france, europe, flanders
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. ...
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touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay teenager, gay athlete, gay romance, gay relationship, teenage love, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, USA, Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
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touching, disturbing, sincere, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
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teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, summer, love, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, coming out, gay teenager, homosexuality, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
italy, europe, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style:
touching, sweet, romantic, sexual, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, blindness, homosexuality, coming of age, gay love, friendship, school, teenage life, coming out, gay teenager, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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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:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, youth, lgbt, gay son, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay teenager, gay sex, family relations, gay student, coming of age, domineering mother ...
Place:
france, canada, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychological, melancholic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay relationship, musician, gay love, gay lead character, erection, cat, gay sex, male nudity, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 116 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, sentimental, disturbing, romantic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay teenager, bullying, homosexuality, gay love, first love, school, lgbt teen, friendship, male homosexuality ...
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search for the wife and son of his dead lover.
Style:
melancholic, sexy, tense, psychological, social ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, bisexual man, closeted gay, gay interest, lgbt, love, lgbtq, family relations, love and romance, gay lead character, religion, male objectification ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jerusalem, berlin germany, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving ...
Style:
talky, emotional, touching, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay relationship, gay couple, gay romance, gay sex, gay student, lgbt, love, lgbtq, gay youth, american football ...
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, erotic, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, sheep, gay relationship, gay couple, gay interest, migrant worker, gay romance, gay lead character, homosexual, male male relationship ...
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, britain, romania, united kingdom
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style:
feel good, lgbt cinema, uplifting, psychological, neurotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, young adult, youth, couples, road trip, teenager, love, gay sex, wedding, gay romance ...
Place:
missouri
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67%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
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teens, pre-teens
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gay, lgbt, coming out, gay love, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay bashing, gay teenager, bullying, closeted homosexual, gay romance, gay son ...
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89%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
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gay, lgbt, lgbt teen, high school, homosexual, coming out, teenager, homosexuality, gay lead character, gay teenager, love, gay relationship ...
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60%
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.
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lgbt cinema, homoerotic, suspenseful, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, coming of age, homosexual, bisexual, accidental death, male nudity, gay crush, gay teenager, friendship, jealousy, male rape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Georgia, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Merab has been training since a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. In ...
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disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, dancing, lgbt, dancer, gay slur, obsession, rivalry, gay interest, audition, friendship, gay romance, first gay sexual experience ...
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georgia, georgia (former ussr), tbilisi, caucasus, asia ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Style:
serious, sincere, sexy, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male homosexuality, adolescence vs adulthood, gay relationship, gay love, youth, forbidden love, gay incest, gay athlete, incest, gay sex ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
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brazil, buenos aires argentina, rio de janeiro, latin america, russia ...
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100%
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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:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay athlete, forbidden love, gay romance, gay sex, soccer, homoeroticism, homosexual ...
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, switzerland, central europe
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100%
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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.
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touching, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, gay cinema ...
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teens, chick flick, pre-teens
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gay, boarding school, school, friendship between men, outcast, team, gay teenager, friendship, gay slur, rugby, rivalry, humiliation ...
Place:
ireland
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
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.
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realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
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gay, gay relationship, gay teenager, lgbt, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, teacher, gay interest, fall in love, teenage love, self discovery ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
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Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay interest, gay slur, male nudity, gay bashing, gay sex, lgbt, skinny dipping, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated ...
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gay, gay student, gay lead character, gay interest, love triangle, gay slur, bullying, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay youth, brother brother relationship, father son relationship ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne where he meets the ...
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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:
romantic, disturbing, touching, social, sincere ...
Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Shy teenager Andrés lives in the Argentine city of La Plata and cycles between school, work and home listening to punk rock. One night he finds out that his idol, the lead singer of his favorite band, has committed suicide. His religious mother is ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church supported gay conversion program.
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teens, teen drama
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