Movies like Charlatan 2020

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Charlatan (2020)
Charlatan (2020)
Original name: Šarlatán
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia, Poland
Story: The breathtaking story of a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Plot: healer, gay, communism, closeted gay, gay lead character, closeted homosexual, diagnosis, czech history, arrested, gay protagonist
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: central europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, queer cinema, tense and serious films with plots about gay, biopic, lgbt, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexual and male nudity mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Charlatan: Monstrum (2017), Rock Hudson (1990), Milada (2017), Dance of the 41 (2020), A Prominent Patient (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Charlatan (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The breathtaking story of a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Style: non-linear, contemplative, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: closeted homosexual, gay, closeted gay, healer, lgbt, diagnosis, politics, arrested, gay lead character, gay interest, mistrust, traumatized man ...
Time: year 1935, 1950s, year 1942, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place: central europe, prague
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Monstrum (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Movie about a sculptor Otakar Svec who is building a statue of Stalin in Prague.
Style: retro
Plot: artist, painter, art, josef stalin, suicide, husband wife relationship, communist, european history, communism, moral dilemma, sculptor, czech history ...
Time: 1950s
Place: prague, central europe
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Rock Hudson (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Plot: gay, aids, hollywood, celebrity, male homosexuality, biopic, gay subtext, gay interest, homosexual, illness, actor, marriage of convenience ...
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Milada (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, touching, tense
Plot: lawyer, european history, world war two, husband wife relationship, jail, trial, politics, strong female character, sister sister relationship, courtroom, strong female lead, female protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s
Place: prague, central europe
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Dance of the 41 (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Style: tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, sweet ...
Plot: homosexuality, gay, gay slur, gay relationship, orgy, homosexual history, homosexual, female nudity, gay sex, gay affair, male nudity, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 19th century
Place: mexico, mexico city
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A Prominent Patient (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It is 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man with no nation. In America he tries to forget the personal and political betrayal he and his ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, stylized, serious
Plot: diplomacy, diplomat, czech history, european history, nazi germany, psychiatrist, life is a bitch, fascism, cold war, philosopher, post war, psychology ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1937, year 1938, year 1939, 1930s
Place: israel, prague, central europe
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One Life (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Plot: world war two, jewish history, nazi occupation, nazi germany, jewish family, little girl, flashback, swimming pool, baby, train, restaurant, photograph ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe
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Rustin (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Style: political, gay cinema
Plot: gay, gay interest, homosexual history, gay african american, civil rights movement, activist, protest, lgbtq, gay rights, civil rights, african american, minister ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, washington d.c.
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A Vote for the King of the Romans (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Story: Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, tense, disturbing
Plot: king, knight, father son relationship, czech history, european history, aristocrat, royal family, historical character, family relations, power struggle, kingdom, historical figure ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages
Place: central europe
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20%
Against the Law (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The film tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly – during the time homosexuality was a crime – turned Queen's evidence against him in one of ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, tense, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, gay relationship, prison, gay slur, lgbtqi, love and romance, gay couple, homosexuality ...
Time: year 1952, 1950s
Place: europe
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Apollo 11 (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could ...
Style: uplifting
Plot: space exploration, astronaut, exploration, nasa, moon landing, space travel, space race, mission, alien, apollo program, outer space
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May the Lord Be with Us (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story: The Defenestration of Prague, which took place on May 23, 1618, was the decisive historical moment that unleashed the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) between several Catholic and Protestant states and changed the course of European history forever.
Plot: czech history, european history, catholicism, historical event, politician, politics, aristocrat, nobleman, defenestration
Time: 17th century
Place: prague, central europe
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18%
Concert at the End of Summer (1980)
Genre: Biography
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Plot: composer, biopic, husband wife relationship, musician, european history, czech history
Time: 19th century
Place: central europe
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18%
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Ludwig II (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, period drama
Plot: king, suicide, princess, power relations, tragic hero, idealism, state affairs, downfall, royalty, gay, biopic, lgbt ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1860s, 1880s
Place: bavaria, munich germany, germany, europe, versailles
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18%
Holding the Man (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge ...
Style: touching, psychological, suspense, unusual plot structure, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay student, gay couple, aids, gay romance, gay relationship, gay teenager, gay love, gay son, homosexual history ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: austria, australia, indiana, italy, melbourne ...
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Naked Rose (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Among the millions of victims of the Nazi madness during the Second World War, Pierre Seel was charged with homosexuality and imprisoned in the Schirmeck concentration camp. He survived this terrifying experience of torture and humiliation, and ...
Style: semi documentary, queer cinema
Plot: gay, holocaust, nazism, biopic, gay slur, art, homosexual, crucifix, gay interest, world war two
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The Curse of Steptoe (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story: In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: lgbt, mine, adultery, stage actor, actor, closeted homosexual, homosexual, television studio, gay couple, in the closet
Time: 60s
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18%
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Maria Theresa (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
Duration: 200 min.
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Story: The young Maria Theresia sees her life clearly in front of her: she will marry Franz Stephan of Lorraine and start a family of many with him. Even if Franz Stephan is not quite sure of his luck and her father, Emperor Charles VI, and his powerful ...
Style: psychological, captivating, contemplative
Plot: aristocrat, female politician, female protagonist, motherhood, czech history, european history, empress, strong female lead, political leader, high society, strong female character, noblewoman ...
Time: 18th century
Place: central europe
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Afterimage (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the ...
Style: avant garde, twist ending, educational, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: art, artist, painting, painter, communism, legal system, father daughter relationship, professor, teacher student relationship, loss of mother, one legged man, art history ...
Time: 50s, year 1948, year 1950, year 1952, 1940s ...
Place: poland
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Enfant Terrible (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, captivating, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, film producer, gay club, gay couple, male nudity, actor, gay lead character, society, gay love, fall in love ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s
Place: munich germany
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Milk (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style: thought provoking, political, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, politics, homosexuality, protest, homosexual, murder, gays and lesbians, discrimination, male homosexuality, politician, biopic, gender ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1973 ...
Place: san francisco, california, new york, america, bay area ...
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The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian embassy in Bern. Based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Plot: immigrant, shootout, embassy, communism, hostage situation
Time: 1950s
Place: romania, switzerland
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17%
300 Miles to Heaven (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.
Plot: truck, communism, youth, boy, social worker, teenager, young boy, escape, children, arrest, cigarette smoking, father son relationship ...
Place: poland, denmark
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Nise: The Heart of Madness (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeirom where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by ...
Style: light, captivating, spiritual, inspirational
Plot: mental patient, mental illness, disturbed individual, art, biopic, brazilian history, art exhibition, mental institution, historical event, painter, female artist, mentally unstable ...
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who was dismissed from the Air Force for being gay and the story of his fight to be reinstated.
Style: political
Plot: gay, u.s. air force, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexuality, courtroom drama, equality, gay subtext, military, gay soldier, sergeant, closeted homosexual ...
Time: year 1975
Place: virginia, langley virginia
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An Englishman in New York (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: gay, aids, lgbt, gays and lesbians, englishman abroad, lifestyle, showbiz, narcissism, friendship, society, aging, performer's life ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
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17%
Secret Weapon (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
Plot: biopic, treason, media, nuclear, traitor, pacifism, pacifist
Place: israel
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17%
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Colonel Redl (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Style: political, biting, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war one, lgbt, military, soldier, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, great war, treason, espionage, duel, biopic, couples ...
Time: year 1985, 1910s, pre world war one, 20th century
Place: south africa, europe, germany, czech republic, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
The Einstein of Sex (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th century. The script reveals main characters in Hirschfeld's life ...
Style: realistic, serious, biting, offbeat, witty ...
Plot: gay, gay erotica, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, sexology, glbt, bare butt, bare chested male, male pubic hair, gay rights, transvestite ...
Time: 19th century, 1930s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Lord of the Ants (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, ...
Style: gay cinema
Plot: older man younger man relationship, gay, poet, playwright, gay relationship, gay interest, gay slur, gay hustler, lgbt, gay subtext, bicycle, hugging ...
Time: 60s, year 1959, year 1965, 1950s, year 1968
Place: italy
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