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Pain and Glory (2019)
67K
Original name: Dolor y gloria
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, psychological, captivating, hispanic, enigmatic, sentimental, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, drawing, nostalgia, death of mother, childhood memory, addiction, homosexuality, desire, cinema, heroin, lgbtqi, doctor, homosexual, poverty, gay lead character, lovers, filmmaking, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, year 1985, 1950s, year 2019, year 1981, 50s
Place:
spain, madrid
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, psychological, sexy and realistic films with plots about lgbt, gay, lgbtq, friendship, male nudity, gay interest and gay kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Pain and Glory: Talk to Her (2002), My Mother (2015), Green Butterflies (2017), All About My Mother (1999), Law of Desire (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
121K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Style:
sentimental, touching, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
actor, filmmaking, factory, death, brother sister relationship, singer, doctor, pneumonia, old woman, birthday, dancing, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, even his life.
Style:
erotic, sincere, disturbing, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, closeted gay, lgbt, gay slur, lgbtq, gay rights, closeted homosexual, secret relationship, friend, childhood trauma, secret ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his birthday as he runs to seek an actress' autograph. Beside herself with grief, she returns to Barcelona to tell the boy's father about the death of the son he never knew he had.
Style:
erotic, sad, art house, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, lgbtq, transvestism, gender, lgbt, transgender, prostitute, friendship, grief, lesbian, single mother, transsexual ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, argentina ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, serious, talky ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, tumor, photograph, grandparent grandchild relationship, photographer, gay cruising, gay brother, group sex ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the 1960s. Father Manolo, director of the school and its professor of literature, is witness to and part of these discoveries. The three are ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, neo noir, cerebral, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sexual abuse, gay, transsexual, lgbtq, child abuse, transvestism, male nudity, teacher, coming of age, boarding school, lgbtqi, glbt ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexual, gay love, lgbtq, lovers, gay lead character, lgbt, male pubic hair, male nudity, flashback, gay erotica ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
madrid, barcelona, spain
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style:
sincere, sad, uplifting, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay adoption, gay parent, gay, gay couple, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, homosexuality, couples, lgbt, gay slur, male male relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, visually stunning, breathtaking, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
stripper, writer's life, party, high society, passion, female nudity, friendship, artist, aging, surrealism, skinny dipping, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
Style:
sexy, erotic, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, gay love, teenager, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay sex, male homosexuality, exploring sexuality, lgbt teen, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, new york, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young gay man determined to reinvent his life leaves everything behind on his quest for self-realization.
Style:
non-linear, psychological, tense, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay love, gay lead character, gay, gay son, gay relationship, male nudity, gay couple, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay club, gay youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
23%
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: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more ...
Style:
sad, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
food, mother son relationship, gay, drinking, friendship, promise, slacker, lie, chemotherapy, new life, drinking alcohol, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, year 1983, year 2013
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the ...
Style:
road movie, homoerotic, art house, erotic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, male prostitute, friendship, homosexual, coming of age, unrequited love, male prostitution, male friendship, lgbt, homoerotic friendship, friendship between men ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1991
Place:
idaho, portland oregon, oregon, italy, rome italy ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Style:
touching, melancholic, sentimental, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, gay, culture clash, religion, teenage pregnancy, gay latino, character study, life turned upside down, starting over, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, glendale california, spain
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Madrid, Roberto Orbea is a member of the Spanish communist party. He is married to Carmen, and he has been elected as Deputy in the first democratic elections in Spain. But his enemies, the fascist, know his double life. Roberto likes boys, and they ...
Style:
political, social, sensual, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, male pubic hair, gay love, gay slur, male prostitute, gays and lesbians, politics, male prostitution, ladies man, unfaithfulness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, madrid, europe, venice
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's 1957, and Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images ...
Style:
cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, life & death, gay, filmmaking, friendship, biopic, gay lead character, gardener, depression ...
Time:
year 1998, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s
Place:
pacific ocean, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lust, sex, nudity, desire, erotica, unfaithful wife, rape, older woman younger man, disability, obsession, strong sexual content ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, sarajevo ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Style:
sexy, sensual, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay crush, gay lead character, lgbt, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, spa, korean american, immigrant ...
Place:
los angeles, korea
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, political, clever, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
prison, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, politics, gay, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, friendship, betrayal, love story, prison sex, crossdresser ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 1930s
Place:
latin america, brazil
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Desire is mysterious. Desire is overwhelming. Desire is tragic. Desire is FURIOUS. The many permutations of that strange thing called desire are on full display in this stunning collection of 5 short films.
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Style:
psychological, sexy, melancholic, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay couple, love and romance, youth, gay love, gay interest, homosexual, love affair, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
20%
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian returns to his Texas hometown and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
aids, gay, gay interest, closeted homosexual, christmas, homosexuality, hiv, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, stand up comedian, gay slur, homosexual ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
High Heels is a murder mystery comedy centering on flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo and her daughter Rebecca, a television anchorwoman. After being estranged for 15 years, Becky re-enters Rebecca's life when she comes to perform a concert. ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, art house, sexual, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, transvestism, obsession, who done it, guilt, lgbtq, mother daughter reunion, women, couples, family relations, mother daughter relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 70s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, caribbean ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style:
disturbing, lgbt cinema, depressing, independent film, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, gay, sexual abuse, pedophilia, homosexuality, homosexual, child molestation, lgbtq, male rape, homosexual rape, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 2004, 2000s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
kansas, new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Nico is a young Argentine actor fighting to build a career in the US, without assistance, or connections, never too far from heart-breaking failure, but often blinded by the mirage of immediate success.
Style:
sexy, soap opera, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay latino, gay lead character, gay friend, gay club, male nudity, lgbt, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
buenos aires argentina, new york, argentina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate ...
Style:
intense, realistic, witty, powerful, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtqi, homosexual, homosexuality, lgbtq, gay slur, gay lead character, lgbt, gay relationship, birthday party, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, london, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
65K
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, touching, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
oedipus complex, dysfunctional family, single mother, mentally unstable, juvenile delinquent, childhood, troubled teen, teenage boy, mother love, mother son relationship, teenager, adhd ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, near future, year 2015, year 1982 ...
Place:
quebec, canada, montreal
Similarity:
20%
350K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style:
sexy, inspirational, lgbt cinema, visually stunning, art house ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forgiveness, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, lgbt, african american, homosexuality, gay, gay interest, dysfunctional family, drug addict, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
florida, atlanta georgia, indiana, idaho, miami
Similarity:
20%
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