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Beefcake (1998)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thom Fitzgerald's (The Hanging Garden) provocative blending of fiction and documentary, tells the story of Bob Mizer, the pioneering founder of the Athletic Model Guild, a company which produced still photographs and short films extolling the beauty and chiseled physiques of men. The fiction story follows photographer and enterprising businessman Mizer, who teamed up with his mother in 1945 to film his beefy star-wannabes around his sun-drenched pool. It is here that Neil, a naive, right-off-the-bus teen is lured into using his handsome looks to become a model. The wide-eyed Neil soon learns about the world of sex and prostitution. But a police raid and ensuing criminal trial soon threaten both of the men's worlds. Interspersed with the story are rare archival footage and interviews with former co-workers, customers and models.
Style:
stylized, factual, sexual, controversial, realistic, semi documentary, independent film, sentimental, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
male nudity, homosexuality, lgbtq, male prostitute, gay, lgbt, homoeroticism, prostitution, homosexual, physical appearance, gays and lesbians, media, against the rules, sex, model, magazine, trial, gender bending, porn industry, adult filmmaking, bare chested male, male pubic hair, gay interest, nudity, interview ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1934, year 1993 ...
Place:
nova scotia, california, san francisco, venice beach california, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, gay cinema and serious films with plots about gay, male nudity, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Beefcake: Hustler White (1996), Speechless (2012), Label Me (2019), Marching in Darkness (1995), Man at Bath (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, Hustler White transposes the action from the silver screen's old movie backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the porn industry. Said to be an homage to classic Hollywood cinema.
Style:
sexual, clever, controversial, experimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay sex, male prostitution, gay porn, amputee, male prostitute, male pubic hair, gay for pay, sex, satire, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A guy is found by the police swimming naked. He can't, or refuses to, speak and is sent to a hospital. Since no diagnosis can be made, he will be transferred to a mental hospital, when his male nurse decides to take another route. Slowly the ...
Style:
homoerotic, suspenseful, realistic, serious, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, homoeroticism, lgbt, small town, male pubic hair, foreigner, mental institution, gays and lesbians, small town life, male nudity, erotica, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young recruit to the Italian army (Albanese) discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer (Barr) and must ...
Style:
controversial, gay cinema
Plot:
gay soldier, gay, homosexual rape, sexual cruelty, male rape, hospital, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, army, lgbt, gay subtext, male pubic hair ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove they are not in love.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
sex scene, gay, male pubic hair, nudity, gay erotica, gender, masturbation, self discovery, breakup, introspection, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, usa, new york, europe, paris france
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100%
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, sexual, satirical, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, sex, gender, porn industry, gay interest, obsession, lgbt, murder, homosexuality, unrequited love, pornographic video ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
Style:
independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, child prostitute, older man younger man relationship, dead boy, drug deal, subway, cocaine, homosexual, teenage prostitution, pimp ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, dramatic, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbtq, aids, israeli, sexuality, family drama, lgbt, humanism, identity, illness, empathy, gay, grief ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel
Similarity:
100%
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514
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual ...
Plot:
male nudity, male prostitution, homoeroticism, naked man, erotica, lgbt, passion, hot guys, gender bending, lesbian, male pubic hair, bare chested male ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, talky ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, tumor, photograph, grandparent grandchild relationship, photographer, gay cruising, gay brother, group sex ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, campus, male nudity, sexuality, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Style:
heartbreaking, serious, realistic, compassionate, powerful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, mental health, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay cowboy, friendship, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1968, 2020s, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous ...
Style:
captivating, sexual, serious, psychological
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay japanese, gay sex, sex worker, prostitution, prostitute, homosexual, conflict, male nudity, male prostitute, gay couple ...
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
It’s monsoon season in Singapore. Bugis Street, the epicentre of multisexual nightlife and unchained libido, is where a band of hedonistic, transidentical poeple has taken root at wacky love hotel SinSin.
Style:
serious, realistic, erotic, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, transsexual, lgbtq, transgender, prostitute, transvestism, nudity, gay subtext, sexual content, gender bending, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
asia, malaysia, singapore
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A gay man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. A respectable geography teacher by day; by night, hanging out in London's gay bars, looking for a long-term relationship, but usually encountering only ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay teacher, lgbt, gay bar, homosexuality, disco, gay interest, gay stereotype, gay lead character, gay slur, school teacher, glbt ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, rent boy, gay, male prostitution, gay teenager, male objectification, lgbt teen, youth, male homosexuality, gay relationship, male prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, czech republic, prague
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate ...
Style:
intense, realistic, witty, powerful, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtqi, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbtq, gay slur, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, birthday party, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, london, san francisco
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Brazil, 1978. The military dictatorship that resulted from a coup in 1964 begins to stumble. In a cabaret-like theater located on the periphery between two cities in the northeast of Brazil, a group of artists challenges power and conventional ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, lgbt, gay, repressed homosexual, soldier, self discovery, love and romance, society, performer's life, rebelliousness, gender ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In this verité-style drama, Anthony, a newcomer to San Francisco, attempts to come to terms with his abusive ex-lover when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a street hustler.
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, gender, gay interest, gay lead character, male nudity, looking for love, couples, love and romance, city life, rent boy, male pubic hair, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The movie follows Joe (Dallesandro), a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers around Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend ...
Style:
independent film, erotic, controversial, surreal, disturbing ...
Plot:
male nudity, drug addict, masturbation, welfare, pregnancy, bare chested male, male prostitute, infidelity, drug, female nudity, male pubic hair, circumcised penis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Mala Noche is the film debut from director Gus van Sant. The film portrays the unanswered love of an American man toward a young Mexican man.
Style:
sexual, black and white, lgbt cinema, indie film, postmodern ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay relationship, lgbt, opposites attract, lgbtq, homosexuality, immigrant, gay sex, gays and lesbians, sexual relations, male prostitute ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Have you ever met someone who made your body heat up, get a little nervous and sweaty, and made your crotch stir a bit? Sexual Tension: Volatile will reignite those lustful feelings as it weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various stages ...
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, anthology, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay crush, sex, male nudity, lust, gay teenager, longing, seduction, homoerotic friendship ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
26%
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
Similarity:
26%
190
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, homosexual, gay sex, love affair, relationships ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Madrid, Roberto Orbea is a member of the Spanish communist party. He is married to Carmen, and he has been elected as Deputy in the first democratic elections in Spain. But his enemies, the fascist, know his double life. Roberto likes boys, and they ...
Style:
political, social, sensual, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, male pubic hair, gay love, gay slur, male prostitute, gays and lesbians, politics, male prostitution, ladies man, unfaithfulness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, madrid, europe, venice
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a woman named Odete (Ana Cristina De Oliveira) descends into madness and claims to be pregnant with the child of Rui's (Nuno Gil) late lover, Pedro (João Carreira). As grief-stricken Rui mourns ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, psychological, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, male nudity, male pubic hair, love and romance, breakup, lgbt, obsession, loss of lover, couples, gender, solace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, europe
Similarity:
25%
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