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Stranger by the Lake (2013)
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Original name: L'Inconnu du lac
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Style:
erotic, sexy, talky, unusual plot structure, lyrical, tense, suspenseful, psychological, light, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
gay, sex scene, murder, male male relationship, outdoor sex, summer, police detective, male nudity, investigation, police investigation, love, loneliness, unprotected sex, lake, male homosexuality, oral sex, gay cruising, gay sex, explicit sex, gay friend, murder witness, masturbation, obsession, anonymous sex, serial killer ...
Time:
80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sexy, realistic, erotic and serious films with plots about male nudity, nude, gay, obsession, lgbt, relationships and love and romance mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Stranger by the Lake: Our Paradise (2011), No Night Is Too Long (2002), Knife + Heart (2018), Like a Brother (2005), Alone (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, ...
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, france, lyon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Mexico, Switzerland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, a Parisian TV executive seeks to restore her credibility with an ambitious production after it is initially disrupted by a serial killer.
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slasher, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, film producer, lesbian, homosexual, male nudity, nightmare, hardcore, forced sexual contact, lgbtq, filmmaking, drugs, police inspector ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
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homoerotic, serious, realistic, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
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gay, gay interest, friendship, gay sex, gay straight relations, gay relationship, father son relationship, gay erotica, friendship between men, erection, gay club, male masturbation ...
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Place:
paris france, europe, france
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100%
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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 ...
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psychological, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, light ...
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gay, gay relationship, gay lead character, gay interest, gay sex, gay romance, lgbt, gay erotica, male nudity, lgbtq, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop. The two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for Nicolas' ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
After a decade of living in San Francisco, Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern roots because he can no longer afford the city. On his final night in the city, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose lover has recently died of AIDS, to sell his autobiographical screenplay for big bucks. The writer, Robert, knows he'll have to make major changes ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Duration: 119 min.
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Duration: 125 min.
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Duration: 102 min.
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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