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Palaces of Pity (2011)
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Palaces of Pity (2011)
Original name: Palácios de Pena
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression.
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay subtext, lesbian, knight, death, inheritance, teenage girl, gay interest, trial, court

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, independent film, experimental and avant garde films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay subtext, male nudity, lgbtq and homosexual mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Palaces of Pity: Open Bodies (1998), Confused Feelings (1981), Bareback ou La guerre des sens (2006), He Hated Pigeons (2015), Montreal Main (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Open Bodies (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, gay subtext, teenager, coming of age, arab, bisexuality, male nudity, wig
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Confused Feelings (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It is the story of a middle age professor who falls deaply in love with a young student in his English literature class. The student is a boarder in the teacher's house. The teacher is married and his wife knows he is mostly attracted to young ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teenager, homosexual, school, love, gay subtext, intergenerational friendship, gay interest
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Bareback ou La guerre des sens (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A cinephile meets on a beach in Ramatuelle his favorite filmmaker. He proposes to film the painful adventure that is just live. The two men will knit the scenes, each in its own way. The filmmaker keeps pushing the project, arguing that the chuting ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay subtext, lgbt, nudity, male nudity, nude beach, skinny dipping, male objectification, gay interest, film within a film
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He Hated Pigeons (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Love is everything with a young man journey's from the north to south of Chile to fulfill a promise.
Plot: gay, latinx lgbt, lgbt, gay subtext, road trip, pickup truck
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Montreal Main (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A photographer finds himself falling for a 14 year-old boy.
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, gay, bonding, gay interest, gay subtext, male homosexuality, lgbt, closeted homosexual, photographer, masturbation, mutual masturbation
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Man in Her Life (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay subtext, filipina, cheating wife, nudity, gay interest, female nudity, teacher, sex, homosexual, gay
Place: the philippines
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Fixing Frank (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, glbt, male nudity, closeted homosexual, conversion therapy, bathtub
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60%
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Raising Heroes (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Josh and Paul want to adopt Nickie, the child of Paul's recently deceased friend Susan. Susan's mother opposes gays' adopting, and Monday is the final court date. On Friday, Josh stops by a market for milk and glimpses a Mob hit. ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, gay parent, lgbtq, gay adoption, gay subtext, lgbt, couples, gay couple, homosexual, gay lead character, gay father, adoption ...
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Praxis (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Praxis peels away the layers of narrative even as Brian, the film's axis, struggles to create his true self. Brian, a writer on the verge of a breakdown, is aided by Joe and an Elusive Woman as he sifts through the fragments of his persona to ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay erotica, tattoo, loneliness, dream, male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, skinny dipping, gay subtext ...
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55%
The Young, the Gay and the Restless (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: An aging, wealthy diva, Ms. Victoria Gaylord, in her late 50's learns that she has a mysterious illness and will soon be dead. Her family, friends, and entourage gather at her fabulous estate to assist her during this time of ill health. Some ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, glbt, bisexual, gay subtext, gay slur, lesbian, death, father son relationship, anniversary, homophobe, incest ...
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51%
Daydream Obsession 2: Infidelities (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In this sequel to the ever-so-campy, wanna-be gay soft porn, Daydream Obsession, the naked-body-obsessed Clayton (Joseph Dain), whose previous demented daydreams turned to kidnapping and bondage nearly destroyed his friendship in the last film with ...
Plot: lgbt, masturbation, jealousy, gay, gay subtext, sexual obsession, infidelity, nudity, obsession, male nudity, gay interest, video diary ...
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50%
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Diamantino (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Portugal, France, Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt imagine a famous football player absolutely everybody lusts after. An outlandish, ingenuous and funny comedy on the world of football and gigantic long-haired dogs that portrays the nation in dire need of heroes.
Style: funny, cult classic, absurd, experimental, avant garde ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, football, skinny dipping, soccer, lesbian, sex, siblings, human relationship, animal, distopia, house ...
Place: portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Noah's Arc (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Four gay friends live in L.A. and deal with today's issues, boyfriends, aids, your boyfriend's children, making it in the movie biz, etc.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay african american, gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext, friend, hiv, male nudity, dating, friendship between men, gay parent ...
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48%
 7.4
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Salut Victor (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Friendship between two old men becomes love. Slightly-unkempt, tired, and frail, Philippe Lanctot moves into a rest home. The administrator says she wants him to be happy, but that seems far from his mind: he's waiting to die. Then, into his ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, friendship, friendship between men, retirement home, gay relationship, bachelor, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay lead character ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.3
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Destiny (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Guinea, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, black lgbt, gay teenager, black, african, gay interest, homosexual, interracial sex, female nudity, gay slur, male homosexuality ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, south africa, west africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Ben & Sam (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.
Plot: gay interest, college, gays and lesbians, lgbt, male homosexuality, gay subtext, gay slur, male objectification, homosexuality, gay, gay relationship, college student ...
Place: the philippines
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Little Gay Boy (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, experimental, avant garde ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, father son relationship, desire for fame, lgbtq, gay love, family problems, family relations, teenage life, relationship problems, teenager ...
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Sublime (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Style: art house
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbtq, coming of age, friendship, teenage boy, latinx lgbt, boys love, teenage crush, teenager ...
Place: argentina
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William, the New Judo Master (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Portrays the universe of an eternal being that exists within a lifecycle filled with disappointments and hopelessness. It's the chronicle about the search for love and the fight against oblivion.
Style: experimental, avant garde
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, nightmare, singer, nudity, mask, underwear
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42%
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Lieve Jongens (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lieve Jongens (“Sweet Boys”) explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who dominate his life. Wolf, a successful writer of romantic novels, is plagued by self doubt and writer's block. Though pleasant ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay subtext, bare butt, nudity, church, fetish, gay sex, homosexual, male nudity, sexuality, marriage ...
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42%
 5.2
 22
Manderley (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This is the story of three homosexuals who decide to spend the summer together at the cottage that the parents of one of them have in Santander. The film shows naturally a series of attitudes then considered shocking and even unnatural.
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay subtext, lgbt, parents, bare chested male, nudity, male nudity, gay stereotype, party, rain, painting ...
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42%
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Pretty Boy (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Nick is a handsome 13-year-old runaway whose search for a family leads him into the arms of male prostitution. While Nick's sexual exploits with strange men keep his pockets lined with cash, the experience does nothing to preserve his waning ...
Plot: male prostitution, lgbt, gay, glbt, teenager, accidental killing, aids, homosexual, runaway, prostitution, gay subtext, male full rear nudity ...
Place: copenhagen
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41%
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Duffer (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: 'Duffer' (1971) is a rarely seen cult British movie that has languished in the vaults of the British Film Institute for the best part of forty years until they decided to release it on DVD/BluRay for the first time last month. It's a ...
Plot: gay interest, male nudity, abuse, gay, male pubic hair, obsession, kidnapping, gay subtext, pubic hair
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41%
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Amazing Grace (1992)
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: queer cinema
Plot: israeli, lgbt, aids, gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, mother, homosexuality, erotic fantasy, homosexual, gay teenager ...
Place: israel
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Closing Numbers (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Keith, Anna and their son Peter are a close, loving family living in a smart suburban street of a provincial city. Anna is a typical middle-class housewife, filling her day with good works, until one day, when she finds a note that leads to a ...
Style: independent film
Plot: aids, gay, infidelity, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, bisexuality, hiv, gay subtext, gay interest, closeted homosexual, bisexual ...
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40%
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Body Electric (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fernando, on the production line piques his interest and Elias finds ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbtq, gay, lgbt, lgbtqi, male pubic hair, erection, gay interest, gay sex, male nudity, gay subtext, nudity, male objectification ...
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39%
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Phoenix (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's 1961 classic L'Avventura, Michael Akers' "PHOENIX" is infused with symbolism and a sexy spark. Dylan Wells (Chad Edward Bartley) has a good job, a great apartment and an exciting ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt, gay subtext, man in underwear, gay sex, male nurse, love triangle, birthday, double life, infidelity ...
Place: phoenix arizona
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38%
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Twisted (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This retelling of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist may be populated by drug pushers, pimps and prostitutes, but the book's classic themes remain the same. Caught under the thumb of a lecherous brothel owner, 10-year-old Lee befriends an ...
Style: independent film
Plot: male prostitution, gay, glbt, lgbt, male prostitute, gay subtext, drag queen, child prostitute, undercover cop, aspiring musician, exotic dancer, homeless man ...
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38%
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Westler (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, cold war, berlin wall, gay interest, lgbtq, iron curtain, gay subtext, curfew, gay love, transvestite, homosexual love ...
Place: berlin germany, west berlin west germany, west germany, east germany, east berlin
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Cal (2013)
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, life is a bitch, society, gay interest, coming of age, age difference, lgbtq, male nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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