Movies like Sagwan

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Sagwan (2009)
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Sagwan (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sagwan is a story of an 18-year-old boy named Alfred, whose routinary life as a boatman becomes complicated as he discovers how much more life around him has to offer. His family's haunting dark past inhibits him from living his young life freely.
Style: psychological, suspense, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay interest, gay, murder, seduction, sexual awakening, relationships, gay teenager, family relations, homosexual, sexuality, homosexuality, sexual relations, self discovery, gay friend, introspection, gay couple, sexual tension, sexual attraction, confronting the past, sexual desire, troubled past, couple relations, sexual activity, gays and lesbians ...

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Most similar movies to Sagwan

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, queer cinema, captivating and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, lgbtq, gay subtext and couple relations mostly in Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Sagwan: Boys to Men (2001), Father & Son (2015), My Fair Son (2005), B-Boy Blues (2021), First Taste (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boys to Men (2001)
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, psychological, captivating, disturbing, anthology ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, lgbt, homosexual sex, drug use, gay erotica, homosexual, gay teenager, gay lead character, gay couple, gay friend, gay crush ...
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100%
The Male Gaze: Nocturnal Instincts (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Israel, China, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Strap yourself in for an exhilarating journey into darkness with these five award-winning short films from across the globe that delve into heart-pumping escapades varying from the intensely erotic to the ultra-violent to the warm-inside feels. The ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspense, anthology
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, male homosexuality, nightlife, sexuality, homosexuality, violence, seduction, one night stand, relationships ...
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37%
 4.9
 157
Father & Son (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A story about a gay dad who has raised his surrogate son alone after the death of his partner. The kid, weary of being bullied, seeks to break out on his own. He takes up with a guy who it turns out has a crush on the kid's dad. In limited ...
Style: psychological, captivating, sexy, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, parent child relationship, male homosexuality, gay interest, gay crush, relationship problems, gay love, gay son, fall in love, homosexuality, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 95
My Fair Son (2005)
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: psychological, suspenseful, touching, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: gay, gay son, gay teenager, dysfunctional family, father son estrangement, single father, homosexuality, father son relationship, homosexual, gay couple, gay love, gay lead character ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 4.5
 663
B-Boy Blues (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.
Style: thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, fall in love, gay subtext, gay interest, gay african american, gay love, relationship problems, couple relations, male male relationship, relationships, gay friend ...
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27%
 5.3
 100
First Taste (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 64 min.
Story: The title "Binyag" translates to 'loss of innocence,' and this little-known film from the Philippenes shows, very effectively, the process in which one young person loses his own innocence. A boy living a quiet, picturesque life ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: gay, male nudity, homosexual, lgbt, relationships, sexual relations, sexual content, countryside, erotica, sexual awakening, homoeroticism, lifestyle ...
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Old Narcissus (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous ...
Style: psychological, captivating, sexual, serious
Plot: sex worker, gay sex, gay, gay interest, homosexual, conflict, male nudity, prostitution, prostitute, male prostitute, gay couple, homosexuality ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.0
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Label Me (2019)
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: touching, sexy, unusual plot structure, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, lgbt, sex work, gay love, male nudity, love, homosexual, hustler, gay for pay, lgbtq, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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One Summer Night (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the winter of 2013, Yong-jun and Jae-sung, a member of the Korean People’s Army, are caught having sex by a superior. After that, Yong-jun decides to defect from North Korea to the South leaving Jae-sung behind. Yong-jun risks his life to step ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, love interest, life is a bitch, love story, relationships, love affair, unrequited love, couple relations, relationship problems, tragic love ...
Place: north korea, south korea
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25%
 5.2
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Aya Arcos (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio, his initial fear is about contracting HIV, but emotional matters soon loom large as well.
Style: touching, realistic, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot: gay, homosexual sex, male nudity, homosexuality, lgbt, gay interest, sex scene, lgbtq, love, sexual relations, relationships, homosexual love ...
Place: rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Twilight Dancers (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Current most popular performer at a gay club in the Philippines (though it’s patronized by an awful lot of ogling straight women), Dwight (Tyron Perez) has a crush on a collegiate girl and an eye on better prospects working abroad. But he unwisely ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, male prostitute, gay club, gay, prostitute, dancer, male homosexuality, couple relations, gay bar, money problems, gay crush, homosexual ...
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25%
 5.1
 106
Pantasya (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A digital feature has five episodes that all deal with wild gay fantasies involving men in uniform. It starts with "Biyahe," about a jilted taxi driver and his jealous passenger who find comfort in each other's lovesick arms. The ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: gay sex, lgbt, gay, sexual relations, relationships, love affair, gay lead character, sex, male male relationship, sexploitation, gay love, sexual desire ...
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25%
 6.0
 516
Paths (2017)
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: melancholic, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Plot: lgbt, gay interest, gay couple, gay, lgbtq, carpenter, breakup, gay relationship, love and romance, love, homosexual, love affair ...
Time: year 2017, 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.9
 556
Always Say Yes (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Héctor travels from Hermosillo to Mexico City in the hopes of posing naked for photography collective Feral. His friend Carlos choses not to go with him. Héctor, determined to experiment with his desire without limits, promises himself to always ...
Style: captivating, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot: gay, gay erotica, gay sex, erotica, lgbt, erection, sexual desire, sexual promiscuity, escapades, unsimulated sex, desire, relationships ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
I Promise You Anarchy (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large ...
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, gay lead character, gay couple, gay crush, bisexuality, lgbtq, couple relations, love and romance, gay latino, gay teenager, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 1K
Blackbird (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, ...
Style: melancholic, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, black lgbt, sexuality, gay lead character, baptist, gay interest, gay romance, sexual identity, gay couple, love and romance, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Shed My Skin (2015)
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: suspense, psychological, rough, thought provoking, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, teenager, gay interest, lgbt, gay sex, teenage boy, suicide attempt, lgbtq, parents and children, self discovery, loneliness ...
Time: 2000s
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22%
Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
Style: psychological, disturbing, sexual, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: gay, gay erotica, filmmaking, gay sex, gay interest, gender, lgbtq, gay club, gay love, lifestyle, male male relationship, gay couple ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 1K
Hard Paint (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: While facing criminal charges, Pedro must grapple with his sister's sudden decision to move away and leave him behind. Alone in the darkness of his bedroom, he dances covered in neon paint, while thousands of strangers watch him via webcam.
Style: suspense, melancholic, disturbing, independent film, enigmatic ...
Plot: gay, male pubic hair, gay teenager, lgbt, gay sex, bullying, lgbtq, teenager, life turned upside down, escapades, rivalry, youth ...
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Wandering Heart (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style: romantic, emotional, talky, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay father, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, father daughter relationship, gay sex, male nudity, gay subtext, gay lead character, self destructing, father daughter conflict ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.4
 2K
The Prince (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Prince, moved by jealousy and doubts about its sexuality, kills the Gipsy, his bestest friend. In jail he'll meet the Horse, a respected gangster in prison through which will discover, by force, the immense human need of love and being ...
Style: suspenseful, sexy, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot: gay interest, gay relationship, gay, male objectification, jail cell, prison rape, gay erotica, gay love, homosexual, criminal, murder, male full rear nudity ...
Time: year 1970, 2000s, 70s
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.0
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What We Have (2014)
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: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, romantic, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, tutor, male nudity, lgbtq, gay relationship, love and romance, gay couple, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.8
 1K
Dry Cleaning (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bored couple takes in a young man who turns their lives inside out
Style: contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: gay sex, gay, mature woman, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, affair, misfit, freak, couples, ladykiller, province ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe, switzerland, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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End of the Century (2019)
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: unusual plot structure, sexy, sentimental, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay erotica, gay lead character, male nudity, gay love, lovers, gays and lesbians, homosexual, tourist, cruise ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: madrid, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the ...
Style: anthology, independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, sexuality, male nudity, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality, campus ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Like You Mean It (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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: sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, relationship problems, relationships, lgbtq, breakup, drug, couples, love and romance, love, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Lost Boys (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic
Plot: teenage boy, gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay love, juvenile detention, lgbt, fall in love, star crossed lovers, gay friend, adolescence, love story ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.2
 166
Ranchlands (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: The story of a spiritually scarred man whose life changes forever when he must return to his estranged family to help care for a brother who is suffering from brain cancer. With the help of a spiritually enlightened caregiver, he faces the demons of ...
Style: rough, suspense, touching, suspenseful
Plot: gay, lgbt, homosexual sex, family secret, cancer, lgbtq, gay lead character, gay interest, gay slur, brother brother relationship, couple relations, illness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.3
 278
Wild Awakening (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Toni and Emma are brother and sister who owns a stable farm. Ramon and his son, Aaron works for them. Toni is openly gay and loves to party, Emma has a crush on Aaron who is a closeted gay who is afraid that his father might find out, but his father ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, homoerotic ...
Plot: gay, male nudity, gay sex, lgbt, murder, couples, gay interest, male objectification, farm, sex scene, police, voyeurism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.5
 170
Amazing Grace (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: israeli, lgbt, aids, gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, mother, homosexuality, erotic fantasy, homosexual, gay teenager ...
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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