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Aya Arcos (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When successful writer Edu falls in love with a young hustler, Fabio, his initial fear is about contracting HIV, but emotional matters soon loom large as well.
Style:
touching, realistic, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, homosexual sex, male nudity, gay interest, unprotected sex, homosexuality, sex scene, lgbtq, love, relationships, gay love, gay sex, romantic relationship, homosexual, love and romance, sexual relations, gay relationship, love affair, homosexual love, gay lead character, gay couple, homoeroticism, homosexual history, male homosexuality, couple relations ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, queer cinema, sexy and unusual plot structure films with plots about gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay lead character, couple relations, love and gay couple mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Aya Arcos: Ranchlands (2019), Don't Tell Anyone (1998), Paths (2017), The Mattachine Family (2023), Label Me (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
The story of a spiritually scarred man whose life changes forever when he must return to his estranged family to help care for a brother who is suffering from brain cancer. With the help of a spiritually enlightened caregiver, he faces the demons of ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, touching, suspense
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, cancer, family secret, lgbtq, brother brother relationship, gay lead character, gay slur, love, husband wife relationship, homophobic slur ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the alleged autobiography of gay peruvian talk show host Jaime Bailey. Joaquin, a young man from the high class of Lima, deals with problems concerning his sexual identity as a child, then as a teenager pressured by his macho snobbish ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gender, skinny dipping, gay husband, gay man straight woman relationship, cocaine, coming of age, college, lgbt, male homosexuality, naked man, closeted homosexual, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
peru, miami, usa, florida
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100%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but ...
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:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, social, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay sex, gay interest, male nudity, gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay couple, bare chested male, lovers, couples, love affair ...
Similarity:
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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:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay love, musician, male nudity, homosexuality, erection, gay erotica, cat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An adaptation of an 18th century Chinese classic remixed for an honest depiction of gay life in Taipei in the 21st century.
Style:
unusual plot structure, contemplative, touching, sexy
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, drug, sexuality, gay couple, youth, gay lead character, homosexual, love and romance, gay love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
27%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
COPA 181 is the first feature film by Brazilian director Dannon Lacerda. It is a 100% independent production that deals with the relationship of a couple that is affected by the events in a gay sauna. Awarded in several festivals in Brazil and in ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, psychological, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, gay sex, gay couple, gay relationship, couples, fall in love, gay lead character, love and romance, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay crush, gay relationship, gay couple, gay sex, gay slur, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, gay lead character, nude, male homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, germany, denmark
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style:
homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, romantic, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexual, gay relationship, love and romance, gay couple, love affair, fall in love, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s mystical Carnival, a gifted and struggling young man becomes the object of intrigue for an older, well-meaning businessman until their worlds collide.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay sex, gay lead character, gay african american, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay interest, gay couple, lovers, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
25%
504
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Love Story between Matheus and Diego is portrayed in the film script Diego writes when he becomes a filmmaker.
Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay subtext, male nudity, gay couple, gay love, depression, gay lead character, young lovers, lovers, gay, photographer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Marek starts as a trainee on a container ship. It's 197 meters long, 30 meters wide, and bound for Martinique. Full of anticipation, he leaves his parents' farm in Western Pomerania and goes on board at Saint-Nazaire. Marek wants to find ...
Style:
sexy, touching, contemplative, psychological, meditative ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay relationship, homoeroticism, male objectification, sailor, male nudity, nudity, workplace romance, swimming, gay lead character, ship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlantic ocean, caribbean
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
What We Have is is the tale of Maurice, a prisoner of his past who is unable to connect with the people in his new Northern Canadian small town, a community that is only too ready to welcome this European misfit into their arms.
Style:
sentimental, touching, melancholic, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, gay lead character, tutor, male nudity, lgbtq, gay couple, love and romance, gay relationship, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Desire is mysterious. Desire is overwhelming. Desire is tragic. Desire is FURIOUS. The many permutations of that strange thing called desire are on full display in this stunning collection of 5 short films.
Includes: Loris Is Fine [Loris sta bene] ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, youth, gay love, gay interest, homosexual, love affair, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
gay father, homosexuality, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay sex, gay orgy, male nudity, gay parent, gay subtext, self destructing ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sincere, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, judaism, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay sex, gay couple, gay romance, male nudity, first gay sexual experience, lgbtq, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Mid-summer heatwave. Nikos and Alain, two male prostitutes and a female pimp, Monica, get tangled in a peculiar relationship after meeting in a dark street called POUTANA. They fall in love, play with guns and talk about card games, money and ...
Style:
avant garde, unusual plot structure, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, homoeroticism, gay, gay interest, male objectification, gay couple, love and romance, nude, couples, lovers, gay love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, greece
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
NIGHT BUG (dir. by Kim Tae-Yong) Han-Jae meets gay men at a bar in Jongno District, Seoul. He first meets them through an internet site. Once they get drunk, Han-Jae steals their money. He is accompanied by Hoon and pretends he is his boyfriend. ...
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, sincere, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, boyfriend, asian, gay lead character, love and romance, gay relationship, gay couple, homosexual, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A boy who lives with his parents in Kyoto comes to Tokyo for a business trip and stays with his fuck buddy. They have no special plans for the five days together. They will go to work in the morning, come home, spend the evening together, and sleep. ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, unusual plot structure, queer cinema ...
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, love and romance, gay couple, fall in love, gay love, lgbt, young lovers, youth, love affair, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
917
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.
Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, romantic, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay, one night stand, sex scene, homosexuality, gay interest, male homosexuality, lovers, gay relationship, gay lead character, male nudity, naked in public, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; ...
Style:
touching, light, sexy, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay youth, gay lead character, love and romance, gay couple, fall in love, love, gay relationship, couples, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
92
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
An independent documentary film maker conducts an interview with former porn star Kayden Daydream, who now lives in a run down bedsit struggling with drug addiction, alcoholism and mental health issues. The former sex icon, Quinn, A.K.A Kayden, ...
Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexual, gay interest, gay teenager, boy, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, fall in love, gay love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
male male relationship, gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay couple, memory loss, amnesia, lgbt, lgbtq, memory lapse, riddles and clues, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbt, gay lead character, gay relationship, lovers, gay romance, gay couple, closeted gay, young lovers, gay african american, gay, baptist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
From the cliffs of the Isle of Wight to an abandoned swimming pool in Lambeth, Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia presents an eclectic mix of ten UK-set short films including: Harry Wootliff's "I Don't Care" starring Iwan Rheon; Ben ...
Style:
touching, psychological, melancholic, sexy, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, gay relationship, fall in love, couple relations, society, young lovers, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jun, a young man of North Korean origin who had illegally emigrated to South Korea, works in a gas station. After protecting a colleague, Sun-hee, a Chinese immigrant of Korean ethnicity, Jun gets fired. When he goes back to the station for his pay, ...
Style:
melancholic, sexy, touching, romantic, sentimental ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, boys love, immigration, gay couple, gay relationship, love and romance, society, gay interest, youth, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
21%
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