Movies like Twice a Man

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Twice a Man (1963)
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Twice a Man (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring physician.
Style: experimental, avant garde, independent film, art house, surreal, deviant, tense, melancholic, poignant, tragic ending
Plot: incest, sexual repression, family tragedy, character study, domestic drama, jealousy, taboo, symbolism, crazy love, obsession, sexual awakening, literary, lgbt, greek mythology, suicide, minimalism, gay subtext, male homosexuality, intimate, gay, family relations, homosexual, homosexuality, gay relationship, woman ...

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Most similar movies to Twice a Man

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out art house, melancholic, experimental and independent film films with plots about gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay subtext, intimate, male nudity and character study mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Twice a Man: A Child in the Crowd (1976), Hide and Seek (1980), Confused Feelings (1981), The Illiac Passion (1967), Praxis (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
A Child in the Crowd (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a while, he becomes the pet of some German soldiers, running errands for them. Later, he helps the ...
Plot: pedophilia, boyhood, world war two, lgbt, public humiliation, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay subtext, bare breasts, female nudity, male protagonist, gay relationship ...
Time: 1940s
Similarity:
100%
Hide and Seek (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
Plot: israeli, lgbt, gay subtext, teacher student relationship, secret relationship, homosexuality, young boy, gay teacher, following someone, gay interest, teacher, gay ...
Time: post world war two, year 1946
Place: israel, jerusalem
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100%
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 ...
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:
63%
The Illiac Passion (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to the "forest." There, under an apple tree, he communes with his selves, represented by ...
Style: avant garde, independent film, experimental, surreal, poetic ...
Plot: bisexuality, underground, muse, surrealism, sexuality, odyssey, counterculture, brooklyn bridge, journey, mature, ritual, adaptation ...
Time: 60s
Place: ancient greece
Similarity:
62%
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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 ...
Style: psychological, existential, philosophical, art film, surreal ...
Plot: male pubic hair, male nudity, gay interest, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, self discovery, identity, identity crisis, mental breakdown, character study, alienation ...
Similarity:
43%
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: art house, independent film, experimental, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot: ambiguity, behind the scenes, introspection, character study, beach, collaboration, intimate, identity, obsession, regret, memory, nostalgia ...
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Sand and Blood (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bullfighting, music, medicine, change, and homoerotic possibilities mix in this study of friendship. Francisco is a bullfighter on his way up, so focused even sex doesn't hold his interest. After a minor road accident, he meets a doctor, ...
Style: tense, emotional, art house, intense, melancholic ...
Plot: bullfighting, bullfighter, friendship, character study, obsession, passion, machismo, relationships, sexual repression, medicine, doctor, trauma ...
Place: spain
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Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: David, Craig and Alicia are a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in a late-night coffee shop.
Style: art house, melancholic, tension, psychological, intense ...
Plot: polyamory, coffee shop, love triangle, character study, loneliness, slice of life, intimate, gay, identity crisis, alienation, realism, minimalism ...
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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 ...
Style: surreal, psychological, atmospheric, tension, disturbing ...
Plot: gay interest, abuse, obsession, adolescence, manipulation, sadism, male nudity, taboo, sexual awakening, sex worker, identity crisis, macabre ...
Time: 70s
Place: london
Similarity:
36%
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: existential, reflective, melancholic, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot: loneliness, character study, loss, hopelessness, memory, frustration, identity crisis, alienation, intimate, lgbt, gay, redemption ...
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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: controversial, art house, intense, realistic, sensitive ...
Plot: gay, coming of age, sexual exploration, autobiography, taboo, jealousy, lgbtq, possession, social realism, hypocrisy, friendship, city life ...
Time: 70s
Place: montreal
Similarity:
35%
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FEEL (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: This avant-garde film is a stained glass window of emotion. 28 different people's feelings are woven into an emotional time capsule that will never exist again. A multi-dimensional bottle of feelings and time and art captured in a film.
Style: art film, experimental, avant garde, art house, emotional ...
Plot: empathy, intimate, memory, humanism, visionary, bittersweet, character study, identity, artistic, cult
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Mind Fuck (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Yaki just wanted to make a porn film. As a child growing up in an ultra-orthodox family (very religious), he never even heard about this "dubious" genre. Actually, he never even encountered the world of television and film. After shooting ...
Style: experimental, independent film, avant garde, art house, psychological ...
Plot: religion, sexuality, taboo, religious conflict, filmmaking, creative process, identity, gay, intimate, identity crisis, mature, transgression ...
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Container (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in ...
Style: experimental, black and white, avant garde, art film, poetic ...
Plot: desire for fame, identity crisis, minimalism, intimate, metaphysics, human relationship, darkness
Similarity:
33%
Enter the Clowns (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Xiao Bo (Yu Bo) lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving.
Style: controversial, intense, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
Plot: transgender, sexuality, mature, desire for fame, lgbtq, identity crisis, family drama, switching roles, sexually explicit, dysfunctional family, transformation, intimacy ...
Similarity:
31%
Hooks to the Left (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Based on the journals of Nail, a male hustler who reentered the prostitution ring after 10 years in a relationship, Todd Verow's experimental documentary (shot entirely on a cell phone camera) examines the changing landscape of male ...
Style: experimental, avant garde, disturbing, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: male prostitution, gay, sex work, eroticism, sex worker, prostitute, identity crisis, found footage, isolation, urban decay, lgbtq, lgbt ...
Similarity:
31%
The Male Gaze: Shadows on Skin (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: ​From a swimming pool in Brazil to the back seat of a car in Germany via an apartment in the early hours of the morning where three men dance to the beat of wild passions, here are four stories about the marks that can be left when skin touches ...
Style: touching, anthology, thrilling, art house, reflective ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, gay interest, skin, intimate, intimacy, multiple storylines, gay couple, problem, relationships, homosexual, couple relations ...
Place: brazil, germany
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Ranchlands (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: The story of a spiritually scarred man whose life changes forever when he must return to his estranged family to help care for a brother who is suffering from brain cancer. With the help of a spiritually enlightened caregiver, he faces the demons of ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, touching, suspense
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, cancer, family secret, lgbtq, brother brother relationship, gay lead character, gay slur, love, husband wife relationship, homophobic slur ...
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Phantom Images (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A filmmaker continues shooting his film after his funding is pulled.
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: gay, gender, gays and lesbians, dying, filmmaker, filmmaking, character study, lgbtq, memory, homosexuality, morphine, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
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Black Ruby (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jules and Louis, hustlers and jazz musicians struggle to create a hit when a black-Hispanic escort named Ruby interrupts their lives distracting their music and causing Louis to fight his friend's debts away.
Style: art house, experimental, tense, multicultural, sexy ...
Plot: jazz, escort, seduction, character study, betrayal, ambition, jealousy, love triangle, urban, intimate, nightlife, streetfighting ...
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Blue Briefs (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by ...
Style: sexy, unusual plot structure, romantic, melancholic, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexual, gay relationship, love and romance, gay couple, love affair, fall in love, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Sound (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Style: art house, thought provoking, serious, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot: character study, obsession, creative process, isolation, alienation, realism, intimate, family conflict, identity crisis, mental health, slow burn, slice of life ...
Place: kolkata
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Boys to Men (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style: homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot: gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
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The Israeli Boys (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Secrets, lies, surprises and more are explored in this rich selection of gay short films from Israel. The 6 short films are: Three (2018); A Trip to the Desert (2016); Rubber Dolphin (2018); Stav (2018); After His Death (2017); Leave of Absence ...
Style: touching, compassionate, thought provoking, sentimental, poignant ...
Plot: gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay interest, homosexuality, male male relationship, homosexual, affair, friendship, forbidden love, threesome, fall in love ...
Place: israel
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Miss Julie (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Miss Julie has power over Jean because she's an aristocrat but he has power over her because he's a man. On Midsummer Eve this power battle turns to love which is consummated. But as each one battles for power, Jean convinces Miss Julie ...
Style: tense, tragic ending, art house, period drama
Plot: class conflict, sexual tension, forbidden romance, gender roles, tragedy, manipulation, character study, suicide, claustrophobia, literary, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
Time: 19th century
Similarity:
28%
Boys On Film X (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Boys On Film presents the tenth volume in the world's most successful short film series. All boundaries will be broken as Boys On Film X promises to take it further than ever before, showcasing eight of the most sexy, unique and brilliant new ...
Style: sentimental, romantic, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, love and romance, escapades, young lovers, society, gay couple, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
Similarity:
28%
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La rabbia (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, psychological, reflective, art house ...
Plot: filmmaking, self discovery, director, actor, surrealism, creative process, lifestyle, social problems, life philosophy, filmmaker, existentialism, character study ...
Similarity:
28%
Drunken Noodles (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Adnan, a young art student, arrives in New York to spend the summer in an apartment. He interns at a gallery that exhibits the work of an older, unconventional artist he once crossed paths with. As moments from his past and present intertwine, a ...
Style: art house, sensual, independent film, erotic drama, melancholic
Plot: art student, intimacy, sexual tension, creative process, self discovery, coming of age, identity, sexual awakening, summer romance, erotic art, gay interest, gay sex ...
Place: new york
Similarity:
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The House of Bernarda Alba (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, ...
Style: tense, art house, period piece
Plot: jealousy, tragedy, illicit affair, claustrophobia, repression, family conflict, domestic drama, femininity, sexual frustration, hypocrisy, envy, mature ...
Time: 1920s
Similarity:
27%
Aural Distortion (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 47 min.
Story: A variety of characters reflect on the same moments in time from very different perspectives. Some are tenuous, some are whimsical, some are deadly.
Style: thought provoking, existential, psychological, art house, experimental ...
Plot: memory, multiple perspectives, character study, moral ambiguity, everyday life, intimate, slice of life, urban, minimalism, murder, wine, perception
Place: cannes, iceland
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27%