Movies like Straight Up

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Straight Up (2019)
 6.9
 3K
Straight Up (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A gay brainiac with OCD struggles with accepting his sexuality, and starts a purely romantic, no sex relationship with an actress.
Style: romantic, independent film, romantic comedy, indie film, queer cinema
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gay, gay man straight woman relationship, lgbtq, gay love, obsessive compulsive disorder, coming of age, gay interest, lgbtqi, self doubt, psychoanalyst, chance meeting, bisexuality, gay subtext, sexual identity, aspiring actress, racism, seduction, bisexual, masturbation, library, marriage proposal, gay lead character, improv, lap dance, odd couple ...
Place: los angeles

Most similar movies to Straight Up

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, humorous, captivating and semi serious films with plots about gay, lgbtq, lgbt, gay interest, gay subtext, gay kiss and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Straight Up: Fire Island (2022), Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006), Me Him Her (2015), Love or Whatever (2012), The Love Patient (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.7
 13K
Fire Island (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A group of queer best friends gather in the Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but when a sudden change of events jeopardizes their summer in gay paradise, their bonds as a chosen family are pushed to the limit.
Style: captivating, satirical, semi serious, disturbing, horror comedy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, vacation, friendship, lgbtqi, friends, satire, gay romance, stoner, friendship between men ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: After Marc dumps him, Kyle unites with Gwen and Tiffani to land sexually confused art model Troy by pretending to be straight. However, Marc wants Troy, too, and members from a notorious "ex-gay" group are slipping for the both of them.
Style: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, orgasm, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, partner, disorder, love and romance, gender, gay sex ...
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 5.2
 2K
Me Him Her (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.
Style: humorous, disturbing, captivating, sincere, romantic ...
Plot: gay, friendship, surrealism, lgbt, lesbian, looking for love, lgbtq, disorder, society, escapades, party, gay bar ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Love or Whatever (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corey had it all - a successful career, bags of charm and, most of all, a bright future with his boyfriend. But, when his other half commits the ultimate betrayal and dumps him for a woman, he embarks upon a wild journey of self-discovery. Soon, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, family relations, gay relationship, gay interest, couples, love and romance, gender, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, breakup, gay romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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The Love Patient (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A heart broken ad exec pretends to have cancer to trick his ex-boyfriend into falling in love with him again. When the brash Paul (Benjamin Lutz), realizes his ex-boyfreind, the sensitive souled Brad (John Werskey), is dating one-time Bowflex model, ...
Style: captivating, romantic, entertaining, light, independent film ...
Plot: gay, cancer, gay relationship, fake illness, homosexual, doctor, gay love, family relations, lgbtq, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and ...
Style: romantic, satirical, semi serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, male nudity, homosexual, social satire, relationships, social media, love interest, satire, deception, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The 10 Year Plan (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Myles and Brody are best friends with two very different ways of finding love. Displeased with their current love lives, they make a pact to be together if neither finds love in ten year’s time. Now two months shy of their deadline, both friends ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, fear of commitment, gay sex, affair, lgbtq, friendship, online dating, convention, best friend, friends, lgbtqi ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
All Over the Guy (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance.
Style: sentimental, feel good, romantic, witty, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, love, friends, lgbt, gay interest, happy ending, lgbtq, storytelling, opposites attract, sex, odd couple, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Gerontophilia (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Lake is in a straight relationship with Desiree but finds himself becoming attracted to men at the pool. When he cannot control his desires any longer, he starts working at an adult home and starts a relationship with a much older man.
Style: touching, romantic, sad, lyrical, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: older man younger man relationship, gay, gay bar, gay teenager, gay love, lgbt, journey, escapades, introspection, gay youth, self discovery, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Alex Strangelove (2018)
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 ...
Style: teen, humorous, psychological, lgbt cinema, crying ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, homosexuality, gay interest, first gay sexual experience, sexual confusion, male homosexuality, gay lead character, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school, lgbtq, gay love ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 3.3
 137
Pooltime (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A 40-something gay man has an intimate pool party for his three best middle-aged gay buddies, wondering privately if that special someone might be among them.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, gay interest, bare chested male, cell phone, family relations, pizzeria, advice, ex boyfriend, gardening ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt teen, christmas, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, gay couple, gender, lgbtq, family relations, college, gay interest, youth ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. Billy tries to get ...
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, erotic, witty ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, hollywood, relationships, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, fall in love, lgbtq, lifestyle, celebrity culture, gender, gay interest ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, indiana, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
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: humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining, sex comedy ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, royal family, prince, enemies to lovers, secret relationship, lgbtqi, royalty, love, politics, gay sex ...
Place: england, paris france, buckingham palace
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.4
 2K
Lazy Eye (2016)
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, light, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay couple, infidelity, gay subtext, unrequited love, lgbtq, lgbt, gay lead character, friendship, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay love, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, roommate, homosexuality, gay lead character, couples, family relations, sexual relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
All the Others Were Practice (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Jôrge is about to meet the man who will be his husband. But with so many guys to choose from, how will he know which one is his perfect match, and which ones are just practice? Meet Jôrge in the fast-paced independent comedy with a huge heart.
Style: melancholic, captivating, psychological, romantic, humorous ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, love, love and romance, gay couple, gay relationship, lovers, fall in love, escapades, couple relations, gay lead character, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.9
 1K
Slash (2016)
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, humorous, sexy, gay cinema ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school student, gay interest, gay, teenager, coming of age, gay teenager, seductive, sexuality, sexual orientation, lgbt, writers, sex scene ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 4.5
 190
Fun Down There (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City.
Style: independent film, queer cinema
Plot: gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, lgbt, happiness, male masturbation, homosexual, erection, hand job, male objectification, coming of age ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.3
 631
That's Not Us (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
Style: psychological, sexy, humorous, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, lesbian, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, lgbtqi, love, love and romance, friendship, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.3
 2K
Coffee Date (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Todd's life takes a turn when his friendship with a homosexual causes everyone in his life to start questioning his sexuality.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay interest, gay, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, lgbt, friendship, mistaken identity, couples, best friend, family relations, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Finding Mr. Wright (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Clark Townsend is on his way to the top. Not only is he one of the hottest young men in West Hollywood who just bought his very first condo, but he has successfully managed to turn his best friend and first client Eddy Malone - a talented, eccentric ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, neo screwball comedy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, friendship, best friend, african american, lesbian interest, wilderness, gay man straight woman relationship, talent agent, actress, crush, gay interest, lgbt ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Is It Just Me? (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room-Xander, a sweet, hunky guy who's recently moved to LA. Smitten, Blaine then finds that he's been chatting to ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sexy, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, mistaken identity, lgbtq, roommate, phone sex, artists and showbiz, looking for sex, gay interest, gender, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 7.0
 3K
Sublet (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Style: art house, humorous, sentimental, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, gay interest, writers, gay love, male nudity, gay lead character, lgbtq, beach, gay couple, gay relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
John Apple Jack (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A playboy learns to love, while a virgin learns to live -- a queer romantic comedy set inside the restaurant industry... 'John Apple Jack' brings East and West together to create one sumptuously heart-warming dish. When John discovers his ...
Style: romantic, psychological, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot: lgbt, chef, gay interest, gay, lovers, gay lead character, waiter, interrupted wedding, homosexual, cooking, father son relationship, groom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Breaking Fast (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, contemplative, touching ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay love, gay muslim, muslim, lgbtq, life, male nudity, gay couple, escapades, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.2
 9K
Trick (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan. Gabriel, an aspiring writer of Broadway musicals, meets Mark, a muscled stripper, who picks him up on the subway. They spend the night trying to find ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, feel good, witty ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay romance, gays and lesbians, gay hustler, gay love, gay lead character, lgbtq, happy ending, homosexuality, glbt, one night stand ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.2
 441
Love Love You (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Story: One man was in love with the new one, but another one was in love with the old one. Finally, their love could be ending with the word “us” or not. The proof of true love between Gump and Nai, after they already opened-mind to be in relationship ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, romantic
Plot: gay, lgbt, boys love, couple relations, love and romance, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, relationships, lgbtq, gay asian, lgbtqi ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Men Next Door (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This is a fast-paced comedy about a 40-year-old gay man who finds himself dating two equally lovable men - a secure 50-year-old who came out later in life, and an adventurous 30-year-old who wasn't looking for a relationship. What he ...
Style: humorous, captivating, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot: gay, couples, lgbt, love and romance, gays and lesbians, older man younger man relationship, gay love, male nudity, lgbtq, boyfriend, lgbtqi, gender ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 9K
Crush (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers ...
Style: romantic, psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, teenage girl, relationships, love triangle, lgbtq, love, school, love and romance, teenage love, sapphic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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