Movies like Out in the Dark
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Out in the Dark (2012)
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Original name: עלטה
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue in this striking debut feature from Israeli director Michael Mayer.
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sincere, touching, serious, sexual, gloomy, sad, cute, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, forbidden love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, gay student, gay sex, israeli, male homosexuality, love affair, gay romance, impossible love, freedom, society, lgbtqi, lgbt, interfaith relationship, gay interest, illicit affair, gender, patriotism, politics, male male relationship, glbt ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, palestinian authority, asia, mediterranean sea, tel aviv israel
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Most similar movies to Out in the Dark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and lgbt cinema films with plots about lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, love and romance, gay kiss and gay subtext mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Out in the Dark: Brokeback Mountain (2005), Free Fall (2013), Yossi & Jagger (2002), The Bubble (2006), Burnt Money (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
89%
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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:
71%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, realistic, sincere, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay soldier, israeli, gay lead character, gay love, glbt, gay slur, gay romance, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, lebanon, palestine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay sex, sex, male nudity, gay love, gay, lgbtq, forbidden love, israeli, gay interest, lgbt, gay soldier ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, erotic, intense, serious ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay romance, male nudity, glbt, couples, homoeroticism, sex, male pubic hair, gay relationship, gay interest ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 90s, 70s
Place:
uruguay, argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Chechnya. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
gay, male prostitute, gay cruising, sexual relations, disorder, gay youth, lgbtq, childhood trauma, gay club, boys love, lgbt teen, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, chechnya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Malik has a lot on his plate when he returns home to Tunisia after living in France. He's processing his father's death, he can't come out to his mother, and his childhood anxieties have resurfaced. But all of Malik's problems ...
Style:
sexual, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
gay, arab, gay love, gay interest, love and romance, couples, gays and lesbians, lgbt, homecoming, gay slur, happy ending, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tunisia, africa, south africa, france, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, erotic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gay love, gay, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, married man, gay sex, gay bashing, gay student, judaism, homosexuality, infatuation ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem, palestine, middle east, persia
Similarity:
100%
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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:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gender, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, gay love, couples, gay sex, gay romance ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
BOYS tells the story of Sieger, a sporty, rather quiet 15-year-old boy who discovers love during the summer holidays. Sieger is training in the new athletics team for the national relay championships and meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay romance, male male relationship, gay love, coming of age, gay interest, gay athlete, gay lead character, gay relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
83%
34K
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:
100%
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:
58%
25K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach ...
Style:
touching, sexy, sweet, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, surfing, homosexuality, gay relationship, homosexual, gay romance, gay slur, lgbtqi, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
california, idaho, southern california, new jersey, san francisco ...
Similarity:
67%
1K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, immigrant, farmer, self discovery, dull life, family relations, society, fall in love, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
peru, basque country
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, dramatic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
transsexual, gender, gay, gays and lesbians, gender bending, lgbt, murder, gay soldier, transgender, gay interest, making love, lgbtq ...
Place:
kansas, kentucky, missouri, nashville tennessee, tennessee ...
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%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when their illicit relationship is ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sexual, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, love affair, racism, couples, love and romance, neo nazi, homosexuality, neo nazism, male bonding, friendship, unlikely couple, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, denmark
Similarity:
100%
3K
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%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Breathtaking in its subtle beauty, Harvest is an achingly romantic tale of an innocent but ever increasingly passionate affair that develops between two simple farmhands. Life on a farm is all that sullen teen Marco knows- leading a perfunctory and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, sexual, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, apprentice, couples, boys love, rural setting, lgbtq, sexual attraction, farm, gender, lgbt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, talky, touching, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay romance, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay couple, gay student, male male relationship, lgbt, gay sex, gay love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, akron ohio, ohio, florida
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Steamy Thai nights provide the backdrop for unbridled romance, crime and action as two men unexpectedly brave forbidden love. Maek, a cold assassin-for-hire, is sent to knock off Iht, a police informant, when in a twist of fate the killer is shot ...
Style:
sexual, sincere, tense, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, forbidden love, gays and lesbians, gay asian, gay love, couples, gay brother, gender, lgbt, aids, love and romance, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, asia, thailand
Similarity:
25%
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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:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay sex, lgbt, mormon, impossible love, young lovers, secret relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, utah, seattle, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, couples, gay sex, gay couple, homoeroticism, gay relationship, gay father, family problems, gays and lesbians, homosexual, secret, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, northern california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At the age of 14 the world around you changes at a dizzying speed. But what if actually it's you that changing? What if these changes take you away from what up until now, has been your world? Ibrahim and Rafa are going to suffer these changes ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay love, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay teenager, gay youth, gay slur, gay romance, closeted gay, friendship between boys, teenage life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Duncan Mudge, mid-teens, lives apart from his rural world populated by his distant father and rough local kids. His main companionship is a chicken left after his mother's death until the neighbor's son befriends him.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, touching, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
bullying, gay teenager, gay, boys love, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, male homosexuality, lgbt, father son relationship, male rape, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style:
tense, bleak, enigmatic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, gay romance, homosexuality, gay interest, gay best friend, painter, best friend, male male relationship, gay lead character ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, beirut lebanon, lebanon
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay subtext, gay relationship, gay sex, gay lead character, gay muslim, gay club, refugee, coming of age, gay love, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, iran
Similarity:
23%
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