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Beauty (2011)
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Original name: Skoonheid
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tells the story of François van Heerden, a mid-40s, white, Afrikaans-speaking family man living in Bloemfontein, who has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, erotic, disturbing, serious, crying, independent film, queer cinema ...
Plot:
gay, afrikaans, closeted homosexual, gay sex, homosexuality, gay rape, obsession, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, lgbt, oral sex, sexual attraction, infatuation, temptation, gay husband, self discovery, life turned upside down, family life, disorder, parents and children, gay club, sexual repression, husband wife relationship, stalker, male rape ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
south africa, africa, ethiopia, cape town south africa
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Most similar movies to Beauty
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay kiss, lgbtq, male nudity and gay lead character mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Beauty: The Other Family (2011), Boulevard (2014), Children of God (2010), An Unusual Affair (2002), Spring Fever (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, queer cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay adoption, gay parent, youth, drug addiction, adoption, drug addict, child trafficking, family relations, overdose, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, older man younger man relationship, gay interest, male prostitute, bare chested male, gay husband, unrequited love, repressed sexuality, couples, secret relationship, male male relationship ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bahamas
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Johnny (Johnny Ferro) is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a hot musician. They begin a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, couples, lgbtq, gender, art, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, society, youth, artists and showbiz, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jochen Wenzel, a young teacher, married with two kids, one day surprisingly falls in love with a young male colleague, Tom Leuthner and they begin an unusual affair (= "Eine aussergewöhnliche Affäre"). While Ina, Jochen's wife, ...
Style:
sincere, touching, suspense, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay husband, love triangle, husband wife relationship, gay father, fall in love, extramarital affair, infidelity, adultery, bisexual ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled in a clandestine affair with the other man. Along with Luo's girlfriend, they succumb to the delirium of drunken nights, but how long can their tryst last?
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
gay husband, gay, hopes, closeted homosexual, gay club, male nudity, infidelity, love triangle, tragic romance, couples, escapades, dishonesty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his own son, whilst at work a recent takeover threatens his job. Unable ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, psychological, touching, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay husband, gay interest, dysfunctional marriage, gay teenager, closeted gay, male prostitute, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, sodomy, gay couple, gay relationship, gay father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
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
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here... longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.
Style:
erotic, rough, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, male prostitute, violence, male nudity, gay interest, naked man, gay sex, gay hustler, sex work, male pubic hair, homeless, passion ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The life of an illegal Russian boy who, after losing his family, is pushed into becoming an escort - ultimately trying to come to terms with who he thinks he is.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
male prostitution, male escort, gay interest, gay rape, male prostitute, gay, hopes, losing-it hero, homosexual, lgbt, immigrant, life turned upside down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with ...
Style:
erotic, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay slur, first gay sexual experience, gay bashing, gay erotica, homoeroticism, lgbt teen, closeted homosexual, lgbt, gang, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
gender, gay parent, gay love, gay, gay couple, gay slur, estrangement, life turned upside down, photograph, gay father, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alex wants to become a father. Steven, his partner, has to confront his insecurities and fear of change after a lifetime smothered by superficiality. Unable to adopt legally, but still eager to become parents, they decide to turn to the black ...
Style:
erotic, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay adoption, gay couple, infidelity, male nudity, gay, couple relations, love and romance, love, family relations, teenage boy, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
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:
22%
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:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kuba attends an art opening with his girlfriend of two years and bumps into Mikal. The connection between these two young men is instantaneous and intoxicating, and despite opposition from all sides, he allows Mikal into his life. The results go ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay love, gay, couple relations, swimmer, bisexual, gay sex, gays and lesbians, love triangle, male pubic hair, friendship, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
100%
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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:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, turkey
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A man sick of his life, decides to leave his wife and find his happiness elsewhere. Along the way he meets a man with whom he falls in love. The film covers a decade of his life, each scene taking place roughly during his daughter's birthday.
Style:
erotic, crying, queer cinema
Plot:
male nudity, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, closeted homosexual, gay, gay club, aids, gay parent, gay father, freedom, love ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father and a chance meeting with an abusive romance novelist, a masseur working in a gay massage parlor struggles to make sense of his unfulfilling relationships while simultaneously assisting his mother in preparing his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
masseur, gay, sexual relations, male prostitute, gay sex, death of father, dysfunctional family, family problems, self discovery, family life, parents and children, lgbt ...
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
20%
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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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, social ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, lgbt, gay teenager, teenage boy, self discovery, father son relationship, gay interest, teenage life, family relations, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
south africa, morocco, geneva switzerland, switzerland
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Paul's homosexual affair at Bible College with a new student named Alex sets tongues wagging, mostly with un-Christian reactions. The dean, himself a closet case, threatens to expel Paul, and the football jocks have their eye on Alex. The ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, couples, gender, college, lgbt, incest, gays and lesbians, love and romance, youth, teenage love, friendship, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Love, loss and hope are tumultuously explored amidst a tranquil backdrop and asks us all the question: What is your dream?
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay, sick mother, broken family, reconciliation, dead mother, cancer, death of mother, gay lead character, gay sex, brother sister relationship, gay interest, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, romantic, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prison, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexuality, prison sex, gay love, gay, prison life, gay cruising, gay bar, masturbation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, year 1969, year 1968, year 1957 ...
Place:
germany, west germany, australia
Similarity:
19%
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