Movies and TV shows like We Are Who We Are

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We Are Who We Are (2020)
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We Are Who We Are (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: inspirational, thought provoking, sincere, sentimental, touching, sweet, funny, educational, cute, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, coming of age, forbidden love, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lesbian mother, lesbian, sexual orientation, lesbian teen, gay, desire for fame, lgbtqi, gay subtext, lgbt teen, family relations, teenage life, private vs public, parents and children, traditional versus modern, love, friendship, male nudity, group of friends, father child relationship, politics ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, venice, american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, emotional and realistic films and TV series with plots about lgbt, lgbtq, gay, lesbian, gay couple, friendship and lgbtqi mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like We Are Who We Are: Euphoria (2019), Everything Sucks! (2018), Same-Sex Parents (2001), Prisma (2022), Skam (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Euphoria (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, realistic, depressing, sexy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: addiction, teenager, coming of age, drug addict, high school, mental illness, lgbt, youth, sex, sexuality, school, teenage life ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, brooklyn new york city, italy, california, singapore ...
Similarity:
70%
Everything Sucks! (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
Style: touching, humorous, cult classic, stylized, colorful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, coming of age, relationships, interracial friendship, high school, teenager, school, misfit, father daughter relationship, road trip, parent child relationship, lesbian ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: oregon
Similarity:
100%
Same-Sex Parents (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A jealous classmate exposes the fact that Olympe has 2 gay parents. Feeling ostracized and humiliated, Olympe lashes out at her closeted mother. Life unravels so that the truth can set them free.
Style: touching, atmospheric, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian sex, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, teenage love, teenage life, youth, sexual relations, lgbt, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
 7.8
 3K
Prisma (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: An exploration of the relationships and identities of Marco and Andrea, 2 twins who look identical but approach life in a very different way. The twins begin a journey of discovery and transition from what they should be to what they want to be, ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, realistic
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay couple, twins, self discovery, relationships, identical twins, lgbtq, self acceptance, identity, twin brother, lifestyle, brothers, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
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 8.5
 42K
Skam (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a young teenager group, born 1999, and a pupil on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and her friends and their life, troubles, scandals and every day life. Which of the members represented changes per season.
Style: emotional, dramatic, realistic, sweet, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, high school student, friendship, teenage sexuality, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, gay relationship, teenager, high school, friendship between girls, gay teenager ...
Place: oslo norway, scandinavia
Similarity:
50%
 7.5
 4K
When We Rise (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable ...
Style: lgbt cinema, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: gay, gay rights, lesbian, civil rights, closeted homosexual, friendship, gay love, women's rights, friend, gay interest, racial prejudice, family relations ...
Time: 60s
Place: san francisco, idaho
Similarity:
100%
Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: When Rasmus gets of the train at the Central Station in Stockholm in September 1982 he leaves the little city of Koppom behind, to never go back. Young and beautiful he throws himself out in the gay Stockholm. Benjamin is a Jehova'’s ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, depressing, retro ...
Plot: aids, lgbt, gay, hiv, fall in love, terminal illness, society, lgbtq, gay slur, life is a bitch, love and romance, social differences ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
 8.2
 393K
Sex Education (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Style: sex comedy, sexy, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, coming of age, teenage sexuality, lgbt teen, youth, classmate, sex education, teenage life, couples, love triangle ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england
Similarity:
100%
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 7.5
 10K
Grand Army (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story: Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, cute, emotional, entertaining ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, teenager, high school, fight, social problems, society, coming of age, lgbt, racism, direction and purpose, racist, righting the wronged ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
67%
The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks ...
Style: sexy, erotic, sensual, romantic, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, sapphic, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, female friendship, feminist, sex, women, lesbian sex, lgbtq ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
Similarity:
50%
 7.6
 212
Out With Dad (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Here we have a look into the life of a teenage girl along with her single father. The two share a close relationship. Rose is coming of age, coming out of the closet, and hoping to avoid having a spotlight put on her life. Her dad, Nathan, is ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, lesbian, lesbian interest, lgbt, single father, high school, teenager, lesbian love, friendship, lgbtq, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
Similarity:
26%
 7.5
 3K
Banana (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Witty, heartfelt and unique interlinked stories covering different aspects of LGBT life, featuring the most exciting emerging talent.
Style: realistic, sensual, erotic, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gender, gay lead character, gay, couple relations, gays and lesbians, lesbian, self discovery, haunted by the past, lgbtq, lesbian love, love, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, manchester, europe
Similarity:
26%
Venice: The Series (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: lesbian, gender, family relations, love and romance, gays and lesbians, family life, strong female presence, lesbianism, lgbt, lifestyle, parents and children, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
Similarity:
26%
Queer as Folk (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
Style: emotional, heartfelt, queer cinema
Plot: gay, transgender, tragedy, sexual identity, nightlife, grief, friendship, urban, mental health, bisexuality, coming of age, male nudity ...
Place: philadelphia
Similarity:
26%
 8.5
 92K
Heartstopper (2022)
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:
50%
Giant Little Ones (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Style: lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, lgbt, gay, gay father, friendship, best friend, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, father son relationship, underage drinking, lgbtq, bisexual ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
Similarity:
25%
 6.9
 3K
Eastsiders (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story: What happens after the world ends? Written and directed by award winning playwright Kit Williamson, "EastSiders" explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silverlake. When Cal (Kit Williamson) finds out Thom (Van Hansis) has ...
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay, lgbtq, gay couple, lgbt, gay sex, infidelity, friends, gay lead character, up and down relationship, dishonesty, drag queen ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
25%
 8.2
 51K
Young Royals (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Style: disturbing, romantic, captivating, saga, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay youth, gay lead character, heir to the throne, royal family, forbidden love, teenager, teenage boy, love affair ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: eastern europe
Similarity:
50%
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Starting From Now (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: "Starting From Now" is a lesbian web series that explores the lives of four inner-Sydney women as they struggle to work out who they are, find a place where they belong, and maybe even find someone to love along the way. After building ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, touching, sentimental, anime ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbianism, friendship, lesbian romance, love, lgbtq, love and romance, lesbian couple, crush, lesbian interest ...
Place: idaho
Similarity:
25%
 8.6
 40K
It's a Sin (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
Style: saga, captivating, tense, social, sad ...
Plot: lgbt, aids, lgbtq, gay, hiv, gay interest, gay couple, friendship, gay sex, gay relationship, homosexuality, male nudity ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1981
Place: london, england
Similarity:
25%
Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the ...
Style: anthology, independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, lgbtq, campus, male nudity, sexuality, gay interest, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
24%
 6.6
 1K
One Kiss (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, rough, touching, sweet ...
Plot: gay interest, gay lead character, gay, gay relationship, gay student, brother brother relationship, friendship, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay son, father son relationship, love triangle ...
Place: italy, rome italy
Similarity:
24%
 7.1
 188
Flunk (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: Set in Melbourne Australia, Flunk is a critically acclaimed LGBT teen drama following shy sixteen year old Ingrid, as she starts to explore her sexuality. Falling for her best friend Stella, Ingrid struggles to navigate her first relationship, the ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian interest, lgbtq, grownups, couple relations, gay couple, gay love, social problems, love interest, teenager, teenage life ...
Place: melbourne, australia
Similarity:
24%
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 8.5
 24K
Queer as Folk (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an ...
Style: emotional, sexy, touching, sexual, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay love, gay relationship, friendship, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, homosexual, lesbian, lifestyle, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, idaho, pennsylvania
Similarity:
24%
 7.2
 610
Proud (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: "Fiertés" retraces the fight for the rights of sexual minorities in France through the intimate story of three generations and three destinies of men.
Style: sexy, sincere, erotic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay teenager, gay marriage, male male relationship, gay sex, love and romance, love, youth, love affair ...
Time: year 1981
Place: france
Similarity:
23%
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
Story: Jessica's extraordinarily strong will and heart enables her to rebel against her fanatical, cult-like upbringing. From seven to seventeen Jess is brainwashed to be one of the 'saved', to devote her life to Jesus, to follow the ...
Style: controversial, talky, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian, gays and lesbians, lesbian relationship, atheism, religion, family relations, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, equality, bad mother ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: england, europe
Similarity:
23%
Through a Boy's Eyes (2018)
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: 21st century
Place: europe
Similarity:
23%
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Henry Gamble's Birthday Party takes place over 24 hours at the birthday pool party of 17-year-old preacher's kid Henry Gamble. The party guests include adults and teenagers from his church, as well as Henry's "secular" ...
Style: sexy, lgbt cinema, psychological, homoerotic, touching ...
Plot: lgbt, lgbtq, gay, lgbt teen, teenage boy, gay teenager, masturbation, friendship between boys, teenage protagonist, birthday, birthday party, coming of age ...
Place: chicago
Similarity:
23%
 7.7
 983
Anne Plus (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story: The weekend Anne (24) moves into her own place she unexpectedly runs into her ex-girlfriend Lily, and a lot has happened since they broke up four years ago. Over the weekend, Anne reflects on the relationships she has had throughout her student ...
Style: psychological, romantic, touching, talky, emotional ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship, coming of age, student, lesbian romance, love and romance, fall in love, gays and lesbians, young lovers, lesbian interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: netherlands
Similarity:
23%
 6.9
 374
Kuntergrau (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
TV show
Story: Kuntergrau is a german web series telling the story of five open-minded gay friends on the threshold of adulthood. We are invited in their daily life as they are experimenting the meaning of friendship, sex, love and boundaries in a small circle. ...
Style: sexy, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot: gay relationship, gay lead character, lgbt, gay, friendship, gay couple, young lovers, love, love and romance, homosexual, gays and lesbians, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
Similarity:
23%