Movies like We 2003
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We (2003)
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Original name: Wir
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A summer trip to Berlin offers a fleeting glimpse into the lives of the country's youth in this vibrant, character-driven drama from director Martin Gypkens. When twentysomething Florian arrives in town to pay a visit to long-lost pal Pit, the duo quickly reminisce before heading out to a party. Soon meeting up with many of Pit's acquaintances, the film follows various intersecting lives as they are woven to create an intricate, microcosmic look at life's ups and downs as seen through the eyes of Germany's youth.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, friendship, lgbt, coming of age, youth, slice of life, relationships, summer, urban, nostalgia, realism, young adult, self discovery, everyday life, bittersweet, drifting, gay, homosexual, homosexuality, high school friends, identity, social realism, grownups, gay subtext ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, independent film, emotional and psychological films with plots about friendship, coming of age, gay, lgbt, male nudity, intimate and gay interest mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like We: Body Electric (2017), Return to Go (2000), New Wave (2008), Nowhere (2017), Drifter (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, multicultural, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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180
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
france
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A film about people who are leaving Serbia for economic reasons.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
emigration, coming of age, friendship, love triangle, youth, uncertainty, identity, social realism, slice of life, intimacy, bittersweet, graduation ...
Place:
serbia, belgrade
Similarity:
80%
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689
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Moritz follows a boyfriend to Berlin and is soon abandoned by him. Alone in the big city, he embarks on a journey through a wide range of queer experience. Only through a new circle of queer friends does he develop his own ideas of sexuality and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male nudity, lgbt, gay lead character, life is a bitch, relationship problems, introspection, self discovery, social problems, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
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103
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, art house, period piece
Plot:
israeli, gay, grandmother, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, sexuality, lgbtq, lgbt, character study, coming of age, identity, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
Style:
reflective, melancholic
Plot:
grownups, adolescence, coming of age, friendship, self discovery, personal growth, youth, female friendship, female bonding, loss of innocence, relationships, life lesson ...
Time:
1920s
Similarity:
73%
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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Johnny leaves a Washington State juvenile facility and travels to Olympia where he meets other gay men and starts to put to rights some of the wrongs done to gay youths
Style:
independent film, emotional, reflective
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, identity, self discovery, intimate, introspection, character study, healing, redemption, angst, friendship, coming of age ...
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588
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Johan, a gay man in Copenhagen, revels in nightlife until meeting William, a transgender man. Their profound love challenges societal norms surrounding gender, identity, and relationships.
Style:
atmospheric, sensual, melancholic, erotic, pornographic
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, bathhouse, transgender, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, identity, sexuality, acceptance, empathy ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joe, in the midst of dropping out of college and coming out as gay, decides to record the everyday activities of his life on a handheld mini-video and post the clips to the internet. Soon after he begins this experiment, Joe meets Jesus, a ...
Style:
emotional, experimental
Plot:
identity, sexuality, lgbtq, self discovery, coming of age, character study, intimate, internet culture, identity crisis, social media, slice of life, young adult ...
Place:
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Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Román is an actor who works in B-movies and who’s isolated in his apartment as a pandemic keeps the world on edge. Aldo, an indigenous young man, is an essential worker who’s allowed by the authorities to come and go. They live across from each ...
Style:
dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay anal sex, gay sex, male nudity, male pubic hair, pandemic, actor, homosexual, relationships, homosexuality, quarantine ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Explore hidden desires on a sleepover, fall in love with the handyman and be seduced by a stranger on the beach as you discover why Love Is the Drug. Boys On Film 17 includes nine complete films: Nicholas Colia's "Alex And The ...
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, psychological, contemplative, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, coming of age, physical disability, gay slur, gay lead character, love, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
St. Sebastian College is only open to male, homosexual students. The same goes for the faculty who fought passionately to create this gay utopia free from hatred and discrimination. But beneath the seemingly perfect façade, a quagmire of jealousy, ...
Style:
talky, romantic, touching, emotional, psychological
Plot:
gay subtext, gay interest, male nudity, gay club, gay lead character, gay sex, high school, love affair, love, friends, love interest, gay youth ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, existential, independent film, experimental
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, art house, bleak, independent film, tense
Plot:
coming of age, kurd, revenge, gay, immigration, illegal immigrant, deportation, diaspora, friendship, survival, refugee, alienation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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67%
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, melancholic, reflective, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, house, boredom, adolescence, teenager, teenage life, relationship problems, life is a bitch, escape, drifting ...
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Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, emotional, realistic, melancholic, pastoral
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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134
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, reflective, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
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142
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Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, independent film, art house, melancholic ...
Plot:
relationships, adultery, romancing partners, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, love and romance, romantic triangle, tragic love ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
65%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
germany
Similarity:
65%
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, psychological, disturbing, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
lgbt, teenager, school, love, homosexual, gay interest, lgbtq, friendship, bullying, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Similarity:
65%
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, touching, emotional
Plot:
gay subtext, male nudity, lgbt, gay interest, gay, beach, gay lead character, mental illness, siblings, family relations, couples, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, existential, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, freedom, relocation, identity crisis, isolation, intimate, escape, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Cover-boy racconta l’amicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) l’uno rumeno e l’altro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente s’incontrano: l’esperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio ...
Style:
intercultural, realistic, independent film, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
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Genre: Romance, Drama
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, psychological
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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204
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, family relations, parents and children, child as adult, teachers and students, minimalism, lgbt, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic, queer cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
alcoholism, coming of age, friendship, grownups, youth, substance abuse, mother and daughter, female friendship, personal growth, family conflict, slice of life, identity ...
Similarity:
61%
290
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young Danny has left his home town in the middle of nowhere (="Nirgendwo") behind and moved to Berlin to study business. The twentysomething enjoys big city life and independence. When his father dies unexpectedly, however, Danny has to ...
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, sentimental
Plot:
getting home, self discovery, grief, nostalgia, personal growth, coming of age, identity, small town, provincial, bittersweet, slice of life, second chance ...
Place:
bavaria, berlin germany
Similarity:
61%
232
Genre: Drama
Country: Guinea, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, ...
Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, melancholic, tense, art house ...
Plot:
gay, black lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, lgbt, gay slur, gay teenager, male homosexuality, sexuality, gay romance, lgbtq, young lovers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, south africa, west africa
Similarity:
61%
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