Movies like Boy 2012

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Boy (2012)
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Boy (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Boy ('the helper') tells the story of an invisible member of our society, an illegal Filipino cleaner. He has no name. Moving continuously from one location to the other, he is living between being seen and being invisible, between his life with his boyfriend, an erotic dancer, and his role as financial provider of his family back home. All this changes when his boyfriend auditions for a dance-company and one of his employers commits suicide. A charming photographer shows interest in him. He wants him as a model for a photo series.
Style: psychological, tense, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, gay cinema
Plot: lgbt, gay relationship, gay subtext, gay, depression, photographer, gay asian, gay friend, gay lead character, gay youth, gay club, gay interest, love and romance, gay couple, love, gay love, youth, lovers, alcohol abuse, homosexual, fall in love, couples, gays and lesbians, love affair, young lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: netherlands
Keyword: filipino

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, romantic, touching and sexy films with plots about gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, gay lead character and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like Boy: Butterfly: The Adult World (2015), Boys On Film X (2013), Driving Not Knowing (2015), Clayton & Claudia (2015), Teacher and Student (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Butterfly: The Adult World (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 72 min.
Story: This is a story about gay host bar, shedding a more humane light on the hosts and focusing on their stories.
Style: touching, sexy, light, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, fall in love, love, youth, couple relations, lovers, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
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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: melancholic, touching, tense, romantic, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, love and romance, gay lead character, love affair, love, homosexual, gay relationship, lovers, gay couple, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Driving Not Knowing (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An estranged poet attempts to rekindle a complex relationship with a strung-out musician during a weekend in rural nowhere; their toxic past, however, won't be so easily forgotten.
Style: touching, unusual plot structure, sexy, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: gay, love, poetry, love and romance, gay couple, couples, family relations, fall in love, gay love, friendship, lovers, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Clayton & Claudia (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Claudia Noon is a struggling booker for a local talent agency in Dallas. While working hard to find her actors work, an old crush from her high school years, Kent Bergman, shows-up at the agency looking for representation. It is obvious that Kent ...
Style: romantic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, love and romance, gay relationship, gay couple, lgbt, gay love, homosexual, love affair, couple relations, gay lead character, gay interest, young lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Teacher and Student (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After five years together, Ton and his boyfriend Al are on the verge of splitting up. Al tries to get the romance back on track but Ton has fallen in love his student Joe.
Style: sexy, unusual plot structure, touching, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, teacher, student, love and romance, gay couple, society, couple relations, gay interest, young love, gays and lesbians, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, including: Alain Hain's "Curious Thing" starring Danny Bernardy and Matthew Wilkas; ...
Style: touching, sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, light ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay youth, love and romance, gay couple, fall in love, gays and lesbians, couple relations, love affair, lovers, young lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Are We Ok? (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a ...
Style: psychological, tense, sexy, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: gay, gay lead character, gay couple, father son relationship, sculptor, depression, gay slur, friendship, illness, love and romance, family relations, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Santa Monica (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A young man is warned by his boyfriend that he is leaving. Melancholia becomes part of his life until his friends take him to parties, amid these adventures, he can finally rediscover happiness.
Style: psychological, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, male nudity, gay interest, love and romance, gay relationship, gay couple, gay, nude, gay lead character, fall in love, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Boys On Film 11: We Are Animals (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Boys On Film showcases short works from around the world that challenge genre, initiate discussion and explore issues of sexuality in beautiful ways. Volume 11: We Are Animals contains eight complete films: Dominic Haxton's "We Are ...
Style: unusual plot structure, sentimental, melancholic, romantic, sexy ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay slur, lgbt teen, gay couple, gay relationship, homosexual, lovers, couple relations, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Boys On Film 17: Love Is the Drug (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Explore hidden desires on a sleepover, fall in love with the handyman and be seduced by a stranger on the beach as you discover why Love Is the Drug. Boys On Film 17 includes nine complete films: Nicholas Colia's "Alex And The ...
Style: touching, contemplative, melancholic, romantic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, physical disability, coming of age, love, gay slur, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, gay lead character, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Through a Boy's Eyes (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story: When a boy becomes a young man, the way he sees the world can change not just his perceptions of those around him, but how others see him. As burgeoning desires come to the surface, there is the choice of either embracing and acting upon them, or ...
Style: melancholic, sexy, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, friendship, sexual identity, family relations, gay subtext, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, love and romance, love, gay love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The hour of Living (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Switzerland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Theo goes looking for someone who can tell him about his dad and the person he loved. His quest leads him into the Alps, where George has been living as a recluse for ten years. As they meet, the two men start to make sense of their lives.
Style: visually appealing, sexy, melancholic, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Plot: gay, love, love and romance, gay couple, homosexual, lgbt, couple relations, gay lead character, escapades, love affair, fall in love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Coming Out (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story: The explosive lives, loves and losses of an intermingled group of Montréalers are explored as they confront the subject of difference. Managing a modern relationship can be a mess. Single? Attached? Married? Divorced? Open? Closed? The most common ...
Style: sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, romantic, psychological ...
Plot: gay couple, gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay lead character, lgbt, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, gay love, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 5.7
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One Night Only (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min.
Story: NIGHT BUG (dir. by Kim Tae-Yong) Han-Jae meets gay men at a bar in Jongno District, Seoul. He first meets them through an internet site. Once they get drunk, Han-Jae steals their money. He is accompanied by Hoon and pretends he is his boyfriend. ...
Style: touching, unusual plot structure, romantic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, boyfriend, asian, gay couple, gay relationship, love and romance, youth, homosexual, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Play the Devil (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s mystical Carnival, a gifted and struggling young man becomes the object of intrigue for an older, well-meaning businessman until their worlds collide.
Style: psychological, touching, sentimental, melancholic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, homosexual, gay love, fall in love, couples, lovers ...
Time: 21st century
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What We Have (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: What We Have is is the tale of Maurice, a prisoner of his past who is unable to connect with the people in his new Northern Canadian small town, a community that is only too ready to welcome this European misfit into their arms.
Style: psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, romantic, sentimental ...
Plot: gay, gay teenager, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, tutor, male nudity, lgbtq, gay relationship, love and romance, gay couple, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Where Horses Go to Die (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Daniel is an artist who has lost his desire to paint. An unexpected meeting with three « working girls » one evening marks the beginning of a surreal adventure. Later that night, the wildest dreams and the worst nightmares of his three new muses ...
Style: touching, sexy, psychological, melancholic, romantic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, painter, gay couple, love and romance, lovers, lifestyle, couple relations, couples, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Blackbird (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, ...
Style: melancholic, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, black lgbt, sexuality, gay lead character, baptist, gay interest, gay romance, sexual identity, gay couple, love and romance, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Remarkable Shades of Gay (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Remarkable Shades of Gay is a compilation of 9 short films shot by award winning LGBTQ director William Branden Blinn between 2008 and 2014. Included in the compilation are Thirteen or So Minutes... (2008); Chased (2009); Never or Now (2013); ...
Style: touching, unusual plot structure, sentimental, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, love and romance, gay relationship, gay couple, gay lead character, gay interest, love affair, fall in love, couple relations, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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63%
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Athlete (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Kōhei is a former competitive swimmer who lives an ordinary life with his wife and high school daughter. One day, his wife suddenly asks him for a divorce. He then has a fateful encounter in Tokyo’s gay district, Shinjuku Ni-chōme, with a ...
Style: sexy, melancholic, sentimental, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, love and romance, gay relationship, love affair, homosexual, love, couples, youth, fall in love, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Euphoria (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from. They’re brothers but with two ...
Style: sexy, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot: lgbt, lovers, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, nude, youth, gay love, love interest, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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62%
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Paths (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but ...
Style: melancholic, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Plot: lgbt, gay interest, gay couple, gay, lgbtq, carpenter, breakup, gay relationship, love and romance, love, homosexual, love affair ...
Time: year 2017, 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Westerland (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the midst of a freezing winter on the island of Sylt, Cem comes across Jesús, who is on the verge of committing suicide. The two young men become fast friends, with their friendship unexpectedly threatening to develop into something more. Cem ...
Style: tense, touching, psychological, sexy, melancholic ...
Plot: male nudity, gay, mental illness, eating disorder, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, couple relations, love, gay relationship, love and romance, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 70 min.
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Style: psychological, romantic, sexy, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: gay interest, male nudity, gay, gay relationship, gay love, gay couple, lgbt, male objectification, gay subtext, depression, gay sex, lgbtq ...
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58%
Queen Antigone: Three Acts (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Brother and sister live in Athens; then they start a road trip.
Style: avant garde, touching, romantic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: bullying, gay, siblings, dying father, brother sister relationship, male nudity, love and romance, gay couple, nude, homosexual, family relations, couple relations ...
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55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style: romantic, psychological, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
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55%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: melancholic, psychological, humorous, romantic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, male nudity, long distance relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, love and romance, gay couple, youth, gay love, young lovers, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Label Me (2019)
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: touching, sexy, unusual plot structure, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, lgbt, sex work, gay love, male nudity, love, homosexual, hustler, gay for pay, lgbtq, gay lead character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Coming Out (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Yo is a gay college student who doesn't have the courage to come out to his friends and family.
Style: romantic, melancholic, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, gay bar, gay subtext, lgbt, teenager, university, student, sexuality, crush, melancholy, gay interest, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
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One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.
Style: romantic, melancholic, touching, tense, unusual plot structure ...
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Time: 21st century
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