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Manderley (1981)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This is the story of three homosexuals who decide to spend the summer together at the cottage that the parents of one of them have in Santander. The film shows naturally a series of attitudes then considered shocking and even unnatural.
Style:
romantic drama, art house, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, taboo, intimacy, sexual identity, character study, friendship, forbidden love, sexual exploration, empathy, isolation, melancholy, gays and lesbians, confession, coming of age, coastal town, cottage, slow burn, lgbt, gay subtext, party, beach, male nudity, parents ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
spain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, queer cinema, art house and independent film films with plots about gay, gay interest, gay subtext, lgbt, lgbtq, male nudity and coming of age mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Manderley: Er Moretto - Von Lieben leben (1984), Drifting (1982), Maspalomas (2025), Montreal Main (1974), Bringing Him Back (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is the story of a runaway desperate poor 14 years old boy, becoming a prostitute and suffering all kinds of tribulations in Rome in the 80s. And the gay scene is somewhat accurate of those days
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controversial, independent film, melancholic, ambiguous ending, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitution, poverty, sexploitation, male prostitution, gay, survival, urban, street life, social realism, colosseum, teenage runaway, exploitation ...
Time:
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Place:
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103
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Robi is a young Israeli who lives his grandparents and works at their store. He dreams of finding true love and becoming a movie director, both of which seem increasingly difficult. His film career stalls, until he can get financial backing and his ...
Style:
independent film, melancholic, romantic drama, art house, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the ...
Style:
heartbreaking
Plot:
male nudity, gay, retirement home, gay slur, elderly, identity, lgbtq, friendship, melancholy, loneliness, isolation, repression ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
canary islands, spain
Similarity:
29%
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:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After losing their mother, Mía and Moi take refuge in a ramshackle family home, in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere. With them, Biel, Moi’s boyfriend. Together the three of them try to rest and heal the wounds. Especially in the case of ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, touching, emotional
Plot:
gay subtext, male nudity, lgbt, gay interest, gay, beach, gay lead character, mental illness, siblings, family relations, couples, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
27%
588
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Johan, a gay man in Copenhagen, revels in nightlife until meeting William, a transgender man. Their profound love challenges societal norms surrounding gender, identity, and relationships.
Style:
atmospheric, sensual, melancholic, erotic, pornographic
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, bathhouse, transgender, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, identity, sexuality, acceptance, empathy ...
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A contemporary evocation of Judas Iscariot trying to escape from his own guilt after betraying his best friend. He wanders into a forest and lost in himself, meets a mysterious young man. The young companion will accompany him on this path of ...
Style:
religious drama, meditative, reflective, psychological, avant garde ...
Plot:
gay, remorse, redemption, guilt, religion, spiritual journey, forest, penance, forgiveness, ethical dilemma, character study, confession ...
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This film depicts three episodes in the life of the highly eccentric, unabashedly homosexual Italian filmmaker Per Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was best known to Americans for his film The Gospel According to St. Matthew. However, in his native Italy, ...
Style:
art house, independent film, intense, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, character study, biopic, homosexuality, murder, tragedy, seduction, sexual tension, poetry, social commentary, sexploitation ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
rome italy, sicily
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23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being ...
Style:
emotional, touching, psychological, talky, romantic ...
Plot:
gay father, homosexuality, gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay sex, gay orgy, male nudity, gay parent, gay subtext, self destructing ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A cinematic homage to the Front Homosexual d'Action Révolutionnaire, the first gay rights movement in France, AllesandroAvellis' compassionate drama tells the tale of a young activist living in Paris when homosexuals had no place in ...
Style:
period piece, romantic drama, historical drama, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
lgbtq, homosexuality, gay rights, repression, sexual identity, political activism, gay, underground movement, identity crisis, forbidden love, social change, family conflict ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
514
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, society, life is a bitch, gay interest, male pubic hair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbtq, coming of age, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
22%
164
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:
22%
85
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The unlikely friendship of two twenty-somethings in Seattle blossoms, complicates, and ultimately redefines their understanding of sexuality and modern relationships.
Style:
romantic drama, ambiguous ending, art house
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, sexual identity, personal growth, lgbtq, coming of age, empathy, intimate, bittersweet, urban, slice of life, youth culture ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Style:
art house
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, teenage boy, gay, lgbt, coming of age, friendship between boys, best friend, lgbtq, friendship, lgbt teen, 16 year old ...
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, art house, independent film
Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
1K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi autobiographical
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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.
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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 ...
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israel
Similarity:
20%
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Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
lgbt, love triangle, marriage, sexuality, female protagonist, infidelity, betrayal, heartbreak, sexual frustration, character study, gender roles, empathy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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20%
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
art film, independent film, experimental, intercultural, avant garde
Plot:
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Place:
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567
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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:
sentimental, romantic, touching, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, friendship, family relations, sexual identity, gay interest, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, love affair, homosexual ...
Time:
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Place:
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