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Bookends (2008)
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Bookends (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Eight twenty-somethings gather together to celebrate the birthday of a mutual friend. Before the evening concludes, relationships are tested, hearts are broken and passions are renewed.
Style: touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, unrequited love, dark humor, loneliness, friendship, gay lead character, love triangle, fall in love, flirting, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lost love, dysfunctional relationship, gay interest, haunted by the past, insecurity, closeted homosexual, bisexual man, fraud, lgbt, lgbtq, dating, gay subtext, sex, dog ...
Keyword: live music

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, humorous, touching and independent film films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, love and romance, gay subtext and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Bookends: Before the Fall (2016), Latter Days (2003), To a Tee (2006), Lazy Eye (2016), Breaking Fast (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Before the Fall (2016)
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: lgbt cinema, sexy, captivating, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay couple, gay lead character, gay romance, lgbtq, gay love, love, unrequited love, hiking, gay best friend ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: virginia, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 19K
Latter Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, controversial, sexy ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, sex, first gay sexual experience, depression, gay interest, gay love, gay teenager, relationships, one night stand, couples ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, utah, idaho, usa, salt lake city utah ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.9
 661
To a Tee (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A seriocomic feature about a playwright who feeds off his stubborn attraction to the wrong type of guy. When he attracts the attention of a newspaper columnist who will champion his work, success seems guaranteed until he meets her boyfriend.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cheating, jealousy, dysfunctional relationship, confession, infidelity, party, photograph, journalist, passionate kiss ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 6.4
 2K
Lazy Eye (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Passions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.
Style: lgbt cinema, humorous, sincere, light, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay couple, infidelity, gay subtext, unrequited love, lgbtq, lgbt, gay lead character, friendship, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Breaking Fast (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, contemplative, touching ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay love, gay muslim, muslim, lgbtq, life, male nudity, gay couple, escapades, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 631
That's Not Us (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
Style: psychological, sexy, humorous, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lesbian, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, lgbtqi, love, love and romance, friendship, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Paternity Leave (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four years into his first stable relationship, a man finds out that he is pregnant with his partner's baby.
Style: light, humorous, feel good, captivating, cult classic ...
Plot: pregnant man, gay relationship, gay, gay lead character, child, gay parent, lgbt, gay interest, family relations, television, friendship, birth ...
Place: nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.9
 1K
Eat with Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of ...
Style: melancholic, psychological, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, restaurant, chef, food, husband wife relationship, gay couple, gay relationship, family relations, friendship, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Finding Me: Truth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Truth follows the loves, losses, fights, jealousies and broken hearts of a group of friends. It centers around the sweet, bright-eyed and emotionally vulnerable Faybien (RayMartell Moore). Comfortable with his gayness but saddled with self-esteem ...
Style: melancholic, humorous, light, sexy, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay african american, black lgbt, lgbt, infidelity, african american, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, homosexual, love, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.9
 539
Leather (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Birch, a young man living in the Catskill Mountains, reunites with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
Style: sexy, touching, psychological, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, male nudity, homosexual, childhood friend, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, love story, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.0
 5K
Plan B (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bruno's plan to win back his ex-girlfriend hits a snag when he becomes attracted to her boyfriend.
Style: humorous, psychological, lgbt cinema, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, bisexual, lgbt, gay love, lgbtq, love triangle, revenge, sexuality, rivalry, seduction, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Alex Strangelove (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex ...
Style: teen, humorous, psychological, lgbt cinema, crying ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, homosexuality, gay interest, first gay sexual experience, sexual confusion, male homosexuality, gay lead character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school, lgbtq, gay love ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.5
 1K
Front Cover (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.
Style: sexy, touching, melancholic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, closeted homosexual, gay sex, self loathing, fashion, love and romance, sexual tension, friendship, stereotypes, loneliness, character study ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
West Hollywood Motel (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Various lives intersect in and around a West Hollywood motel in this kaleidoscopic comedy about sex, love, and the meaning of life.
Style: romantic, humorous, tense, melancholic, entertaining ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay couple, gay interest, extramarital affair, drunkenness, infidelity, marriage, unconditional love, gay culture, love and romance, gay love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.8
 899
Shared Rooms (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A new romantic comedy feature film that brings together three interrelated tales of gay men seeking family, love and sex during the holiday season.
Style: touching, psychological, thought provoking, humorous, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: all male cast, gay interest, nudist, gay, sex talk, gay couple, lgbtq, gay lead character, homosexual, christmas, teenager, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.6
 3K
The Fluffer (2001)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Johnny Rebel is a charismatic heterosexual man who makes his living acting in gay porn. His live in girlfriend Babylon is a stripper so she understands the reality of working in the sex industry. Sean McGinnis doesnt. He is a 22-year-old kid who ...
Style: melancholic, intense, satirical, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, sex, obsession, porn industry, gender, lgbt, unrequited love, murder, unfulfilled love, actor's life, filmmaking, lgbtq ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Men Next Door (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This is a fast-paced comedy about a 40-year-old gay man who finds himself dating two equally lovable men - a secure 50-year-old who came out later in life, and an adventurous 30-year-old who wasn't looking for a relationship. What he ...
Style: humorous, captivating, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gay, couples, lgbt, love and romance, gays and lesbians, older man younger man relationship, gay love, male nudity, lgbtq, boyfriend, lgbtqi, gender ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
A Skeleton in the Closet (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Manuel goes back to his hometown for his parents’ wedding anniversary, but he actually wants to ask money to move to Denmark with his boyfriend. Last time he saw his family, he came out of the closet. Since then, their relationship became tense. ...
Style: touching, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, closeted homosexual, homosexual, gay couple, youth, society, couple relations, gay love, gay relationship, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Love or Whatever (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corey had it all - a successful career, bags of charm and, most of all, a bright future with his boyfriend. But, when his other half commits the ultimate betrayal and dumps him for a woman, he embarks upon a wild journey of self-discovery. Soon, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, family relations, gay relationship, gay interest, couples, love and romance, gender, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, breakup, gay romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.3
 5K
Big Eden (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood ...
Style: romantic, touching, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, lgbt, friendship, small town, self discovery, native american, gay couple, gay love, happy ending, gay interest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s
Place: montana, new york, indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.0
 686
Bromance (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When three friends go on a camping trip in a remote part of Argentina, sexual tensions quickly bubble to the surface. Once in virtual seclusion by the beach, Juli, also camping at the site, quickly recognises that that the boys seem to have a closer ...
Style: sexy, contemplative, light, humorous, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, friendship, love triangle, beach, lgbtq, youth, love, love and romance, latinx lgbt, boys love ...
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.3
 7K
Dear Ex (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Sanlian's ex-husband passes away, she discovers he has altered his insurance policy, cutting out their son in favor of a stranger named Jay.
Style: captivating, humorous, thought provoking, touching, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, psychotherapy, lgbtq, lgbt, love, teenager, love triangle, gay asian, cancer, loss of loved one, grief, loss of father ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taiwan, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Last Straight Man (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Lewis is a closeted gay man throwing a bachelor party for his straight best friend and secret crush, Cooper. After a night of drunken sex together, the two men decide to meet in the same hotel suite on the same night each year to hook up and catch ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, independent film, homoerotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, gay romance, friendship, male nudity, lgbt, infidelity, male homosexuality, gay relationship, lovers reunited, friendship between men, double life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Thing About Harry (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style: feel good, lgbt cinema, psychological, romantic comedy, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay lead character, youth, couples, road trip, teenager, young adult, love, gay romance, wedding, lgbtq ...
Time: 2000s
Place: missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Edge of Seventeen (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Style: teen, independent film, realistic, sexual, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, homosexuality, lgbt teen, coming of age, gays and lesbians, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, gay sex, high school, happy ending ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: ohio, usa, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.8
 6K
Eating Out (2004)
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.
Style: witty, erotic, lgbt cinema, independent film, sex comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, phone sex, fall in love, looking for love, teenage love, best friend, couples, gay sex, lgbtqi ...
Place: tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.8
 790
The One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Providing the romantic comedy genre with a decidedly queer twist, THE ONE is an effortlessly charming tale which proves that love is never simple! Hunky Daniel couldn’t have it better: great parents, a successful career and his beautiful fiancée ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: gay, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, gay husband, first gay sexual experience, gay father, love triangle, repressed homosexual, marital problem, marriage, friendship between men, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Beautiful Something (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Style: sexy, light, melancholic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, gay sex, gay subtext, love, lgbtq, couples, youth, love and romance, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.3
 14K
Threesome (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Eddy and Stuart share two-thirds of a dormitory suite. Due to bureaucratic error, a woman named Alex is added to their room. At first, relations among the three are tense. Soon, however, Alex falls for Eddy, and Stuart lusts after Alex.
Style: sexy, cute, lgbt cinema, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, polyamory, roommate, sex, menage a trois, friendship, lgbt, lgbtq, dormitory, sex scene, erotica ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
 3K
Sublet (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Style: art house, humorous, sentimental, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, gay interest, writers, gay love, male nudity, gay lead character, lgbtq, beach, gay couple, gay relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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