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Laurence Anyways (2012)
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Laurence Anyways (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self: a woman.
Style: aesthetic, sincere, emotional, romantic, social, uplifting, sentimental, inspirational, lgbt cinema, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, transsexuality, lgbt, impossible love, lgbtq, couple relations, transgender, follow your dream, lesbian, lgbtqi, amor, desire, couples, gender, poetry, desire for fame, relationships, transvestite, sexuality, society, showdown, sex, music, passion, writers ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 20th century, 80s, 1990s
Place: montreal, quebec, canada, montreal quebec canada, montreal quebec

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and touching films with plots about lgbt, lgbtq, love and romance, gay, gender, gays and lesbians and kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Laurence Anyways: Heartbeats (2010), High Art (1998), The Danish Girl (2015), I Killed My Mother (2009), Matthias and Maxime (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Heartbeats (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' ...
Style: sexy, atmospheric, romantic, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: gay, love triangle, friendship, gay interest, homosexual, lgbt, masturbation, love, menage a trois, melancholy, lgbtqi, sexual tension ...
Time: 2000s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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High Art (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
Style: erotic, sexy, emotional, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, photography, addiction, photographer, couples, drug, sexuality, love, lesbian teen, drug addiction, art ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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The Danish Girl (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...
Style: touching, emotional, romantic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, lgbtq, couple relations, gender, painting, gay, artist, gays and lesbians, painter ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century
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I Killed My Mother (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: youth, gay, lgbt, homosexuality, gay son, gay relationship, gay teenager, gay sex, coming of age, family relations, single mother, lgbt teen ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009
Place: france, europe
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Matthias and Maxime (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, ...
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, captivating, art house ...
Plot: gay, gay love, lgbt, gay interest, friendship, homosexual history, life turned upside down, group of friends, first kiss, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, fight ...
Time: 90s, year 2019, 2010s
Place: montreal, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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XXY (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her ...
Style: psychological, sincere, lgbt cinema, hispanic, multicultural ...
Audience: teens
Plot: transsexual, teenage life, sexual exploration, gender, intersex, gender bending, gay sex, sexual abuse, gay, lgbt, transsexuality, homosexuality ...
Place: uruguay, argentina, latin america, south america
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23%
Something Must Break (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Sebastian meets Andreas for the first time, he knows they belong together. While Sebastian defies gender norms — flouting convention in his androgynous fluidity — straight-identifying Andreas becomes unable to accept his attraction to ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, avant garde ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gender, transsexual, transgender, gay, male nudity, skinny dipping, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay cruising, gays and lesbians, gay interest, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 3K
Romeos (2011)
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, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gender, transsexual, transgender, lgbt, gay couple, secret, friendship, sexual attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, love affair ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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21%
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M. Butterfly (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir, cult classic, mysterious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: espionage, gender bending, opera, gay, lgbt, transgender, transsexual, relationships, cross dressing, betrayal, culture clash, gender ...
Time: 60s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: china, asia, france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Boy Meets Girl (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: romantic, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
Style: erotic, sexual, emotional, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sexuality, lesbian love, coming of age, youth, lovers, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lesbianism, adolescence, gays and lesbians ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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21%
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Open (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: gender, transsexual, lgbt, intersex, self discovery, love affair, introspection, couples, society, gender bending, gay, transgender ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
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Style: melancholic, touching, depressing, emotional, psychological ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
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Different for Girls (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
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Duration: 91 min.
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Audience: date night
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Country: Italy, France, USA, Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, erotic, sad ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 101 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, ...
Style: realistic, serious, sexy, psychological, sexual ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 95 min.
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Style: sexy, realistic, serious, touching, sexual ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: serious, sentimental, contemplative, realistic, sexual ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.0
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Stud Life (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: JJ is a 'Stud' Lesbian. Together with her best friend Seb, a gay pretty boy, they work as wedding photographers. When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to chose between her hot new ...
Style: multicultural, psychological, romantic, contemplative, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: art house, emotional, visual, independent film, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
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Time: 90s, year 1997, year 1996
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: touching, sexy, psychological, depressing, sincere ...
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Time: year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
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