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Snails in the Rain (2013)
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Original name: שבלולים בגשם
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, erotic, suspense, realistic, crying, disgusting, homoerotic, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay crush, homoeroticism, desire, masturbation, love letter, sexual attraction, bare chested male, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, self discovery, lifestyle, couples, gender, gay romance, lie, lust, living together, gays and lesbians, chess, rape, army, military, sex scene, beach ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and sexy films with plots about lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay kiss, gender and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Snails in the Rain: Floating Skyscrapers (2013), Keep the Lights On (2012), I Am Michael (2015), Yossi (2012), Hawaii (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay love, gay, couple relations, swimmer, bisexual, gay sex, gays and lesbians, love triangle, male pubic hair, friendship, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
100%
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, emotional, touching, sexual, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, drug addiction, gay love, infidelity, drug addict, lgbt, phone sex, addiction, publishing house, orgasm, gay sex, workaholic ...
Time:
year 1998, 2000s, year 2006, year 2003, year 2000 ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, realistic, sincere, lgbt cinema, touching ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gender, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbt, gay slur, gays and lesbians, gay man straight woman relationship, polyamory, church, gay teenager ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2002, year 2006, year 2000 ...
Place:
indiana, usa, colorado, wyoming, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay soldier, gay porn, sadness, loneliness, male nudity, sexual attraction, haunted by the past, bereavement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eugenio offers his childhood friend Martin a work for the summer. With a game of power and desire a relationship starts to grow that goes beyond their friendship.
Style:
lgbt cinema, serious, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, friendship, male male relationship, gay love, gay, male homosexuality, gay lead character, gay romance, male pubic hair, naturist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ibrahim chooses to fall for young and handsome Kevin over marrying his cute but expensive cousin Elif while kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic fundamentalism.
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay couple, gay, gay muslim, gay interest, male homosexuality, muslim, tradition, family relations, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
antwerp, europe, turkey, belgium
Similarity:
100%
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:
sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, child abuse, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, dysfunctional family, lgbt teen, gay student, homosexual rape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, transgender, gender, transsexual, sexual attraction, lgbt, friendship, gay couple, trans man, lgbtq, self discovery, love affair ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style:
sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay club, homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexual, one night stand, gay sex ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, canada
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, dancer, lgbt, gender, gay sex, male objectification, male pubic hair, family relations, hopes, introspection, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, middle east
Similarity:
34%
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, homoerotic, lgbt cinema, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, boys love, coming of age, lgbt child, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, idaho, flanders, europe, belgium
Similarity:
32%
24K
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, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A teenager discovers that mending a broken heart is no simple thing in this independent romantic drama from Mexico. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Ortuno), a 17-year-old who has recently embraced his homosexuality, has just parted ways with his first serious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
gay, lost love, gay relationship, sex scene, gay interest, losing-it hero, lgbt, unrequited love, breakup, unfulfilled love, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu is 18-years-old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning ...
Style:
homoerotic, emotional, touching, erotic, meditative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, depression, gay interest, suicide attempt, lgbtq, gay teenager, male nudity, teenage life, gay romance, homoeroticism, erection, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south of france, europe, frankfurt germany, brittany, france ...
Similarity:
31%
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 ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dancer, dancing, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, couples, friendship, rivalry, gay romance, obsession, audition, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
georgia, tbilisi, ethiopia, eastern europe, asia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, coming of age, young lovers, secret relationship, gay brother, male nudity, lgbt, sexual awakening ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
Similarity:
30%
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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:
sexual, serious, realistic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, gay cruising, love triangle, gay teenager, gay bashing, gay slur, gay bar, gay student, lgbtq, gay relationship, passion, sexuality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Antoine, a handsome boy in his 20s, falls for a straight best friend who does not reciprocate, and being a junkie exits the film quite early. Enter a girl, who seems to make him happy again, after he has tried living as a rent boy with men, having ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay, unrequited love, gay anal sex, prostitute, lgbt, nightlife, love triangle, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, looking for love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A routine trick propels a tall, dark, cynical hustler into a series of life-changing encounters in this drama. But this amicable and sexually efficient rent boy begins to look at himself differently when he finds himself lost in a maze-like ...
Style:
realistic, lgbt cinema, psychological, sexual, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay interest, gay romance, male prostitute, prostitution, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay sex, male nudity, prostitute ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
30%
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:
sincere, serious, sexy, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, adolescence vs adulthood, lgbtq, gay interest, youth, gay love, parents and children, gay relationship, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay brother ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, buenos aires argentina, latin america, russia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the ...
Style:
sexual, touching, sincere, erotic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, aids, making love, glbt, loneliness, self discovery, male male relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an ...
Style:
independent film, terrifying, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay slur, sex, lgbt, sexual attraction, horniness, gay bar, nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two men embark on an unconventional romance in Todd Verow's sexy Parisian-set drama. Claude finds a young man passed out in the street and, taking pity on him, decides to take him to his apartment to safely sleep. Awakening the next morning, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
closeted gay, gay relationship, gay interest, gay, older man younger man relationship, true love, couples, lgbt, gays and lesbians, unlikely couple, haunted by the past, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay slur, gay relationship, gay love, gays and lesbians, male prostitute, lgbt, gay sex, gay latino, two males in bed, gay erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Womanising Juan must quickly find a flatmate after his brother moves out. In moves Gabriel (the blonde of the title), Juan's stoic and very handsome co-worker, who is recently widowed and struggling to support his young daughter. What starts ...
Style:
disturbing, erotic, bleak, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay relationship, homosexual, gay erotica, gay interest, gay romance, male male relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Carla and Bruno believe they have answers for everything until Rai appears in their lives, an attractive and mysterious young who lives outside the rules. In this story about love and friendship, boundaries dissolve by the rhythm of funky and break ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, polyamory, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, bisexual, bisexual man, sex scene, gays and lesbians, love triangle, homosexual, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A sexually active Texas college guy begins to reevaluate his practice of mutual masturbation with straight buddies after he meets an unapologetically gay fellow student.
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
gay, male masturbation, closeted homosexual, gay straight relations, gay teenager, gay interest, gay student, homoeroticism, male nudity, lgbt, gay sex, college student ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Too shy to make a proper introduction, a recent college grad devises to shoot a documentary about the NYC nightlife scene in order to meet the go-go guy he’s cyber-obsessed with.
Style:
realistic, sexual, erotic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, obsession, gender, nightlife, male nudity, filmmaking, gay sex, gay relationship, bare chested male, gay love, passion, male prostitution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
28%
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