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In the Name Of (2013)
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Original name: W imię...
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, social, sexual, gloomy, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual, gays and lesbians, catholic, boys love, religions or cults, priest, repressed homosexual, homoeroticism, catholic church, sex with a priest, sodomy, sexual attraction, celibacy, gay sex ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, serious and psychological films with plots about gay, gay interest, gay subtext, lgbt, male nudity, lgbtq and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like In the Name Of: Priest (1994), The Devil's Playground (1976), Perfect Obedience (2014), Tom at the Farm (2013), Hidden Kisses (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style:
independent film, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, serious, realistic, tense, crying ...
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, adolescence, catholic school, sex, catholic, boys' school, boarding school, gay, sensuality, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
1950s, year 1976, 70s, year 1953, 50s
Place:
australia, melbourne
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ
founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not
addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009.
But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing
Plot:
pedophile priest, punishment, child abuse, sex with a priest, bullying, pedophile, seminary, gay interest, boy, gay, teenager, catholic priest ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.
Style:
psychological, serious, sexy, sexual, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, male homosexuality, lgbtq, loneliness, lgbt teen, family problems, closeted homosexual, brother brother relationship, threat, farm, gay son ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2013, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, disturbing, cute ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay love, gay bashing, gay teenager, gay youth, gay lead character, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexuality, lgbtq ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
At an elite private Border School four students form a clique to sneak out of school after hours to meet, drink and play. By trying to escape the golden cage which their wealthy parents have stuck them in, they search for the Extreme. In the course ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
bullying, teen drug use, immorality, boarding school, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, lgbt, kids in trouble, youth, society, gay, teen angst ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
810
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A first person narrative of a gay serial killer explores violence, sexuality, and imagination.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, independent film, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, naked man, lgbt, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, male nudity, male prostitution, nudity, male pubic hair, gay interest, gay straight relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first time director Marcelo Briem Stamm. Handsome middle class Manuel (Patrico Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Veron), a ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, melancholic, unusual plot structure, light ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay interest, gay lead character, gay romance, sex, gay sex, lgbt, male pubic hair, gay erotica, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
30%
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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:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, serious, grim ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, female impersonator, lgbt, gay bashing, secret relationship, closeted homosexual, gay slur, homophobe, avenge, assault ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay sex, gay, missing person, mistaken identity, lgbt, gender, chases and races, chase, drug, party, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
androgyny, social misfits, lgbt, family relations, youth, parents and children, friendship, society, gay, boyhood, leaving home, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy, sicily
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot:
gay, priest, celibacy, suicide, church, uncover truth, fighting the system, clergy, society, dishonesty, crisis of conscience, expose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor. (TCM.com)
Style:
talky, captivating, realistic, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
homosexuality, seminary, catholic, religion, celibacy, priest, suburbs, gay, friendship, wine, mentor, idealism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
connecticut, new jersey
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
gay, memory loss, lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, amnesia, gay straight relations, lgbtq, homosexual sex, compassion, kidnapping, gay club ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Style:
sexy, sensual, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay crush, gay lead character, lgbt, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, spa, korean american, immigrant ...
Place:
los angeles, korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay sex, gay, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay couple, gay subtext, homosexual, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
29%
999
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, sex scene, lgbt, male pubic hair, religion, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place:
guatemala
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, church, social relations, small town, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, escape from reality, gay, youth, depression, emo, alienation, delusion, internet, mental illness, fictional reality, self harm ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay love, teenager, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay sex, male homosexuality, exploring sexuality, lgbt teen, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pair of recently married gay men are threatened by one of the partners' brother, a religious fanatic who plots to murder them after being ostracized by his church.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
gay relationship, church, male male relationship, homosexual, family relations, christian, religion, love and romance, gays and lesbians, couples, life is a bitch, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, vermont, california
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
lifeguard, bullying, gay interest, jealousy, gay, gay club, beach, drowning, gay love, swimming, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
28%
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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:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The coastal California community of Rock Haven is the perfect place for cute eighteen-year-old Brady and his loving mother to begin a fresh start. Their mission: to spread the word of the Lord. But while roaming the beach one day, Brady meets ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay relationship, lgbt, gay love, male nudity, teenage life, male pubic hair, repressed homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
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:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, missionary, lgbt, love, religion, forbidden love, male nudity, gays and lesbians, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, idaho
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A beautiful young escort, Paul, suffers from trip-like dreams he doesn't understand. These visions are shared by his clients, both scaring and exciting them. Paul is searching for his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen since childhood, and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, gay sex, gay club, male prostitute, escort, fall in love, starting over, sexual relations, dream, twins, haunted by the past, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
27%
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