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Secret (2012)
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Original name: סוֹד
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ksawery is a young gay man who performs as drag queen in a Warsaw nightclub. Karolina is Jewish and seems to be his agent. Jan is Ksawery's lonely grandfather, who's been hiding a dark secret which the couple wants to reveal.
Style:
emotional, realistic, dramatic, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
lgbt, drag queen, gay lead character, grandfather, nightclub, family secret, family drama, identity, character study, memory, holocaust, cabaret, acceptance, intimacy, urban, cross dressing, confrontation, performance art, trauma, love triangle, betrayal, loyalty, nostalgia, slice of life, gay ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and independent film films with plots about identity, memory, slice of life, family drama, character study, urban and intimate mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Secret: How to Disappear Completely (2014), Unspoken (2024), Sauna (2025), Monica (2022), Chasing the Wind (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 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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95%
139
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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:
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Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, bathhouse, transgender, gay sex, lgbt, lgbtq, identity, sexuality, acceptance, empathy ...
Place:
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Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, dramatic, reflective, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
grief, grandfather, funeral, getting home, family conflict, family drama, loss, intimate, character study, small town, mourning, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
sensual, melancholic, independent film, erotic, gay cinema
Plot:
prostitution, lgbt, drag queen, night, lgbtq, nightlife, love, sexuality, nightclub, urban, friendship, hustler ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman returns his family home after eight years in exile avoiding the terrorism of the ETA.
Style:
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Plot:
terrorism, exile, family home, family drama, homecoming, danger, fear, trauma, identity, reconciliation, paranoia, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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