Movies like The Green

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The Green (2011)
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The Green (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, lgbt cinema, crying, detective
Plot: gay teacher, gay, gay relationship, false accusation, gay slur, life turned upside down, lgbt, couples, society, couple relations, male male relationship, gay couple, fight, student, scandal, teacher, teenage boy, secret, prejudice, reputation, arrest, name calling, pursuit, lgbtq, gay interest ...
Time: year 1998, 21st century, contemporary
Place: connecticut, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, touching and serious films with plots about gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay kiss and gender mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like The Green: I Am Michael (2015), Love Is Strange (2014), Intentions (2003), Redwoods (2009), A Very Natural Thing (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I Am Michael (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gender, lgbt, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, church, lgbtq, preacher, introspection, society, lgbtqi, faith ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 1998, year 2002, year 2000 ...
Place: indiana, usa, san francisco, wyoming, colorado
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100%
Love Is Strange (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
Style: touching, melancholic, emotional, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, homosexuality, gay marriage, teacher, gay couple, lgbt, relationships, love, life turned upside down, character study, wedding, lgbtq ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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100%
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Intentions (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Renee leads a fulfilling life as a professor of theater, mother of two girls, and wife to a kind and successful husband. Her life of contentment is changed forever when she discovers an undeniable attraction between herself and a female graduate ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, independent film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, sexual content, family relations, college, infidelity, love and romance, forbidden love, couples, life turned upside down, teachers and students, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
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Redwoods (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, couples, gay couple, gay relationship, gay sex, gays and lesbians, breakup, gay interest, secret, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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A Very Natural Thing (1974)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push them apart. Mark ...
Style: eros, controversial, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay relationship, lgbtq, lgbtqi, orgy, glbt, gay erotica, cruise, breakup, male pubic hair, gay subtext ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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23%
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Pit Stop (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, touching, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay parent, working class, gay interest, lgbt, gender, breakup, couples, family life, gay father, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 4K
Dream Boy (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, child abuse, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay couple, dysfunctional family, gay rape, gender, homosexual rape, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Full Speed (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A brief extract of four kids' lives somewhere in France. Quentin, who won a writers contest and now pays more attention to his career as an author than to his friends, beautiful Julie, his girl-friend, much more mature than she looks, falling ...
Style: erotic, contemplative, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, glbt, best friend, betrayal, youth, friendship, love triangle, racism, homosexuality ...
Time: 90s
Place: lyon, france, europe, new york, algeria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Keep the Lights On (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. ...
Style: serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay love, gay relationship, drug addiction, infidelity, lgbt, drug addict, phone sex, addiction, coping, lgbtq, gay sex ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, year 2006, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
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: disturbing, sincere, captivating, social, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, homosexual, gay interest, first love, gay bashing, self discovery, gay slur, chinese culture ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, year 1987, 2020s
Place: taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.5
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Free Fall (2013)
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, sexual, atmospheric, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay interest, gays and lesbians, forbidden love, gay slur, male male relationship, infidelity, love affair ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany
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21%
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August (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay couple, love triangle, gender, gay interest, lovers reunited, couples, introspection, male pubic hair, gay romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Coming Out (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: gay, gay cruising, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, love triangle, gay teenager, lgbtq, teacher, sexuality, gay interest, erotica, passion ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Monster Pies (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
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.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, gay teenager, gay relationship, lgbt, gay interest, coming of age, gender, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, teenage love, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Maurice (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style: homoerotic, sexy, scenic, melancholic, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, homosexuality, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, forbidden love, closeted homosexual, gay romance ...
Time: 1900s, pre world war one, 19th century, 1910s, edwardian era ...
Place: england, nebraska, britain, europe, buenos aires argentina ...
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21%
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The Falls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the ...
Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, lgbt cinema, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, missionary, religion, love, lgbtq, lgbt, gay interest, gays and lesbians, society, hopes, religious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, idaho
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20%
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Any Day Now (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style: thought provoking, sad, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, adoption, gay adoption, lgbt, gay couple, down syndrome, homosexual, gay slur, gay parent, district attorney, disability ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Longtime Companion (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style: sad, independent film, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: aids, gay, hiv, politics, friendship, lgbtq, gay couple, courage, gay interest, love, glbt, gay slur ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1988, year 1986 ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Truth About Jane (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, school, high school life, youth, lesbian sex, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gay teacher, mother daughter relationship, friendship, high school, loss of virginity ...
Time: 90s, year 1989, year 1993
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20%
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The Revival (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
Style: melancholic, sexy, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, infidelity, religion, gay interest, sex talk, gay relationship, gay bashing, talking about love, church, gay lead character, fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arkansas
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20%
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in ...
Style: touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: gay, adoption, gay couple, gay parent, teenage boy, gay slur, gay lead character, gender, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay adoption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The Falls: Testament of Love is a continuation of the story of RJ Smith and Chris Merrill, two Mormon missionaries that fell in love during their mission in a small town in Oregon. The boys haven't spoken in five years, but when an unexpected ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay interest, lgbt, husband wife relationship, gay relationship, gay sex, lgbtq, destructive relationship, impossible love, couples, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Eden's Curve (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A coming of age romantic drama set in 1972 based on real life events.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lgbt, naked in public, gay, love triangle, love affair, friendship, lifestyle, obsession, destructive relationship, youth, couples, dull life ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 21st century
Place: southern usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Floating Skyscrapers (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Kuba attends an art opening with his girlfriend of two years and bumps into Mikal. The connection between these two young men is instantaneous and intoxicating, and despite opposition from all sides, he allows Mikal into his life. The results go ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gender, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay sex, bisexual, couple relations, gay interest, love triangle, self discovery, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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I Do (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get complicated when he meets the ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, touching, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, fall in love, discrimination, immigrant, misfit, gender, gays and lesbians, marriage, uncle niece relationship, lgbt, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Way He Looks (2014)
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, cute, sweet, romantic, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, school, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, homosexual, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Just a Question of Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay slur, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, couples, gay relationship, gay love, gender, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay sex ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
I Killed My Mother (2009)
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, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: youth, gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gay son, gay relationship, gay teenager, gay sex, coming of age, family relations, single mother, lgbt teen ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Being 17 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 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, romantic, uplifting, disturbing, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay teenager, bullying, gay love, homosexuality, school, friendship, lgbt teen, first love, male homosexuality ...
Time: 2000s, year 2016
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Wrecked (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale. Ryan is an earnest 18-year-old trying to develop a career as an actor and getting his life on ...
Style: serious, touching, art house, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: gay, group sex, lgbt, love triangle, impossible love, gay teenager, youth, love and romance, male pubic hair, teenage boy, unfulfillment, gay sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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