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Montreal Main (1974)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A photographer finds himself falling for a 14 year-old boy.
Style:
controversial, realistic, intense, art house, tense, melancholic, sensitive, experimental, period piece, cult classic ...
Plot:
gay, coming of age, taboo, sexual exploration, autobiography, jealousy, hypocrisy, lgbtq, possession, social realism, friendship, city life, unemployed, gay interest, bonding, lgbt, photographer, gay subtext, closeted homosexual, male homosexuality, masturbation, age gap, dialogue driven, mutual masturbation
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, montreal quebec canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, independent film, melancholic and queer cinema films with plots about gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay subtext, lgbtq, coming of age and male nudity mostly in Drama, Mystery and Comedy genres. Some movies like Montreal Main: The Boy and the Wind (1967), Drifting (1982), Destiny (1997), Confused Feelings (1981), Return to Go (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.
Style:
homoerotic, gay cinema
Plot:
man boy relationship, lgbt, gay interest, trial, gay, court, lawyer, lgbtq, homosexuality, law, lgbtqi, court case ...
Place:
brazil
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103
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, art house, period piece
Plot:
israeli, gay, grandmother, closeted homosexual, gay lead character, sexuality, lgbtq, lgbt, character study, coming of age, identity, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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232
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, ...
Style:
emotional, heartbreaking, melancholic, tense, art house ...
Plot:
gay, black lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, lgbt, gay slur, gay teenager, male homosexuality, sexuality, gay romance, lgbtq, young lovers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, south africa, west africa
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
tragic ending, melancholic, emotional, intense, art house ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, unrequited love, midlife crisis, teacher student relationship, bittersweet, literary, forbidden love, tragic romance, obsession, love ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, erotic drama, indie film, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
male nudity, jealousy, gay, infidelity, masturbation, obsession, male male relationship, possessiveness, sexual jealousy, lgbtq, gay romance, sexual tension ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, multicultural, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, hiv, aids, nude beach, naked in public, homosexuality, illness, community, lgbtq, gay interest, desperation, loss ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
east berlin
Similarity:
100%
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.
Style:
indie film
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, gay romance, male male relationship, gay slur, coming of age, identity crisis, sexuality, gay interest, secret relationship, post traumatic stress, student life ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Israel, China, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, anthology
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The plot follows a middle-aged, closeted homosexual banker from a wealthy family, who falls in love with a much younger heterosexual man.
Style:
social, independent film, gay cinema
Plot:
gay, male nudity, closeted homosexual, male prostitute, lgbt, gay interest, gay crush, gay seduction, female pubic hair, gay subtext, gay slur, banker ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City.
Style:
independent film, realistic, romantic, art house, explicit ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, coming of age, self discovery, slice of life, sexual awakening, young adult, city life, character study, intimate, friendship, happy ending ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
275
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A man finds himself homeless after a fight with his significant other.
Plot:
gay, lgbt, ejaculation, male pubic hair, erection, male nudity, gay interest, unsimulated sex, sex addict, homeless, gay subtext, masturbation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does ...
Plot:
father son relationship, gay, gay parent, teenage boy, homosexual, gay interest, family relations, gay subtext, gay slur, male homosexuality, lgbt, divorced father ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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:
romantic drama, queer cinema
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lluis de Serracant leads a double life. By day he's a young lawyer, scion of a Catalan bourgeois family. At night he's a transvestite performer known to his fans as "Flower of Autumn".
Style:
historical drama, art house, social, period drama, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lgbt, gay, dual identity, transvestism, double life, dictatorship, self discovery, sexual identity, repression, identity crisis, political oppression, cabaret ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, taboo, intimacy, sexual identity, character study, friendship, empathy, sexual exploration, forbidden love, isolation ...
Time:
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Place:
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211
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, alienation, immigration, identity crisis, xenophobia, isolation, trauma, moral ambiguity, social realism, street life ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, independent film, intense, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, character study, biopic, homosexuality, murder, tragedy, seduction, sexual tension, poetry, social commentary, sexploitation ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
rome italy, sicily
Similarity:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
intercultural, realistic, independent film, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A mentally handicapped young man decides to leave the security of his family in order to search the purpose of his existence; whether it is freedom, sexual experience or death.
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, male homosexuality, gay interest, lgbtq, youth, gay subtext, best friend, gender, social misfits ...
Time:
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Place:
iowa, usa, canada, italy, new jersey
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Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, avant garde, independent film, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the metropolitan city of Hamburg, illegal immigrant Chernor (Leroy Delmar), an openly gay African youth with blond hair, makes his money by dealing drugs and dreams of one day living in Australia. Baran (Cagdas Bozkurt), meanwhile, is a Kurdish ...
Style:
melancholic, art house, bleak, independent film, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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