Movies like Alex Strangelove
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Alex Strangelove (2018)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.
Style:
lgbt cinema, teen, psychological, humorous, romantic comedy, feel good, crying, teen comedy, queer cinema, gay cinema
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, gay lead character, first gay sexual experience, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sexual confusion, male homosexuality, gay teenager, high school, gay love, lgbtqi, sexual orientation, desire for fame, coming of age, closeted gay, teenager, frat party, gay romance, glbt, school, relationships, relationship problems ...
Time:
2000s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, gay cinema, lgbt cinema and realistic films with plots about gay, lgbtq, lgbt, gay kiss, gay interest, gay subtext and lgbtqi mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Alex Strangelove: Being 17 (2016), Love, Simon (2018), Love, Victor (2020), The Thing About Harry (2020), Geography Club (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the beautiful high Pyrenees in south-west France, Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the ...
Style:
erotic, lgbt cinema, sentimental, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbt, gay teenager, bullying, lgbtq, gay love, homosexuality, friendship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt teen ...
Time:
2000s, year 2016
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
133K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sweet, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, homosexuality, high school, homosexual, teenager, lgbtq, gay lead character, gay interest, gay teenager, gay relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 2000s
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, saga, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, high school, lgbtq, gay lead character, closeted gay, gay teenager, homosexual, gay relationship, gay interest, closeted homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style:
feel good, lgbt cinema, psychological, gaming, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, couples, youth, road trip, teenager, gay interest, young adult, gay romance, gay relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.
Style:
witty, sexual, semi serious, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, closeted homosexual, gay interest, sexual orientation, gay relationship, lesbian, gay lead character, gay athlete, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, disturbing, cute ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay love, gay bashing, gay teenager, gay youth, gay lead character, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexuality, lgbtq ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
82%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, gay teenager, gay relationship, teenager, teenage life, high school, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
britain, europe, england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two guys who make a pact to lose their virginity before prom find their friendship tested when one of them comes out of the closet.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, light, sociological, happy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay interest, friendship, virginity, lgbtq, gay best friend, best friend, profanity, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and ...
Style:
sexual, teen, cult classic, feel good, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, sapphic, lesbian love, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, conversion therapy, cheerleading, lgbtq, cheerleader, lesbian relationship, lesbianism ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style:
touching, sweet, sexual, cute, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, lgbt teen, gay interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, light, sincere, cute ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, male male relationship, male homosexuality, gay lead character, friendship between boys, gay love, homoeroticism, closeted gay, closeted homosexual, puberty, homosexuality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Charlie, a highly strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...? Based on Alice Oseman's bestselling ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen, cute ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexuality, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Passions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.
Style:
lgbt cinema, humorous, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay, gay subtext, gay interest, lgbtq, gay couple, unrequited love, gay lead character, gay marriage, infidelity, youth, gay love, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, mojave desert
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, gay lead character, gay love, gay romance, gay best friend, love, hiking, gay slur ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gay teenager finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle U.S. in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.
Style:
sexual, teen, independent film, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, lgbt teen, coming of age, first gay sexual experience, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, high school, happy ending, gay sex ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
ohio, columbus ohio, usa, midwest, new york ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A sexually active Texas college guy begins to reevaluate his practice of mutual masturbation with straight buddies after he meets an unapologetically gay fellow student.
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
gay, male masturbation, closeted homosexual, gay straight relations, gay teenager, gay interest, gay student, homoeroticism, male nudity, lgbt, gay sex, college student ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud now threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay interest, politics, gay relationship, prince, gay erotica, life, president, secret relationship ...
Place:
england, buckingham palace, texas, austin texas, paris france
Similarity:
80%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Freshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sex comedy, sexy, humorous, gay cinema ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay interest, high school student, gay lead character, lgbt teen, closeted homosexual, gay teenager, gay, teenager, sex scene, seductive, coming of age, gay subtext ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories still haunt ...
Style:
melancholic, suspense, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay interest, gay club, gay teenager, lgbt, missing person, homosexuality, lgbtqi, gay youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay straight relations, gay interest, friendship, gay incest, forbidden love, lgbt, boys love, lgbtq, gay relationship, male male relationship, cousin ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, political, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay, homosexuality, aids, closeted homosexual, gay slur, road trip, human nature, lgbtq, repressed homosexual, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1984, year 1977, year 1973
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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25K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach ...
Style:
touching, sexy, sweet, romantic drama, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, surfing, homosexuality, gay relationship, homosexual, gay romance, gay slur, lgbtqi, gay love, gays and lesbians, gay teenager, first gay sexual experience ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
california, idaho, southern california, new jersey, san francisco ...
Similarity:
75%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The bitter fight for supremacy between the three most popular girls at North Gateway High takes an unexpected turn when their classmate, Tanner, is outed and becomes the school’s first openly gay student. The trio races to bag the big trend in ...
Style:
sweet, humorous, erotic, light, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay interest, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, gay youth, high school, friendship, teenage life, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sweet, touching, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay love, gay interest, boys love, teenage love, glbt ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.
Style:
sincere, sensual, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love triangle, gay, bisexuality, gay interest, gay teenager, high school hunk, coming of age, best friend, profanity, polyamory, stepmother stepson relationship, gay best friend ...
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Adam is your average working-class guy living in small-town America. He's an auto mechanic who spends his free time with his tight-knit band of bros, Chris, Nick and Ortu, with whom he does everything—poker, video games, shooting hoops, ...
Style:
talky, realistic, touching, romantic, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay straight relations, gay interest, gay son, gay bar, friendship, happy ending, relationships, gay friend, glbt, dating ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young professional soccer players share a hotel room the night before their first big game. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives - a decade of fame and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, sentimental, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay slur, gay athlete, gay love, gay lead character, football, homosexuality, closeted gay, male objectification, male homosexuality ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place:
italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
Similarity:
45%
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