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As Luck Would Have It (2002)
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Original name: Le hasard fait bien les choses
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre is a literature professor in Switzerland. Due to the vagarities of Swiss law, he is selected, basically at random, to be the guardian of a parentless teenage boy named Antoine. Conflict comes into the story as Jean-Pierre, who has just accepted a major promotion, must now deal with caring for a teenage boy he doesn't want to care for, as well as handling his own jealous boyfriend. Then his wife steps into the picture. Things get complicated from there as Jean-Pierre tries to get out of his guardianship.
Style:
crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, closeted gay, teacher, adoption, glbt, lgbtq, gay, guardian, chance, secret life, gay subtext, school, musician, court, fake marriage, vacation, jealousy, pianist, orphan, homosexual, maid, profanity, composer, gay relationship, anger ...
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, independent film, humorous and touching films with plots about gay interest, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexual, gay subtext and gay kiss mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like As Luck Would Have It: Alex Strangelove (2018), Kept Boy (2017), Sorry Angel (2018), Taekwondo (2016), Eating Out (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
lgbt cinema, teen, humorous, psychological, romantic comedy ...
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teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, gay lead character, first gay sexual experience, sexual confusion, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, high school ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 132 min.
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atmospheric, captivating, sincere, emotional, touching ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Fernando is on holiday with his closest male friends in a beautiful country house in a suburb of Buenos Aries. On their own without their girlfriends in a “men only” environment, the hunky young studs bask in the hot sun, play in the pool, smoke ...
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lgbt cinema, sincere, humorous, disturbing, sweet ...
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teens
Plot:
gay interest, homoeroticism, gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, male bonding, male nudity, closeted gay, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay slur, gay friend ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After getting dumped by his girlfriend Tiffani (Rebekah Kochan), Caleb (Scott Lunsford) commiserates with his roommate Kyle (Jim Verraros), who notes that while he has trouble getting the men he wants he could get any woman because he's gay.
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witty, sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay sex, lgbt, fall in love, phone sex, teenage love, looking for love, best friend, couples, gay student ...
Place:
tucson arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, gay lead character, gay love, gay romance, gay best friend, love, hiking, gay slur ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, semi autobiographical, psychological, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay interest, gay, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, gay subtext, male full rear nudity, kinky sex, lgbt, gay lead character, sex talk ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual, and she has no desire to stir up the past while she's ...
Style:
sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two college students fall in love one year before graduation and have bright futures ahead until one of them develops schizophrenia.
Style:
romantic, psychological, independent film, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay relationship, gay, gay couple, mental health, schizophrenia, lgbtq, hallucination, flash forward, student, hearing voices, mental illness ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay sex, chef, restaurant, gay couple, gay lead character, love, homosexual, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay subtext, homosexual, lgbtq, lgbt, love, gay sex, gay relationship, male nudity, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, teenage boy, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbt, family relations, runaway, coming of age, best friend, domineering mother, summer vacation, mother son relationship ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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israel, usa, mediterranean sea, palestine, middle east ...
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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61%
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, humorous, psychological, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
gay, gay marriage, lgbtq, gay slur, family relations, friendship, village, gay son, gay couple, father son relationship, gay interest, gay culture ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, sweet, touching, cute, light ...
Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sex comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, disturbing, romantic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
52%
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, sentimental, melancholic, touching, lyrical ...
Plot:
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Place:
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50%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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