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Palmer (2021)
51K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, captivating, inspirational, dramatic, cult classic, crying, motivational, queer cinema, f word
Audience:
date night, teen drama
Plot:
ex convict, lgbtq, cemetery, little boy, starting over, lgbt, small town, tough guy, friendship, boy, funeral, death of grandmother, grandmother grandson relationship, gay, poverty, life is a bitch, new life, open relationship, social problems, family problems, relocation, grandmother, dark past, confronting the past, troubled past ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, captivating, psychological and realistic films with plots about gay, lgbt, lgbtq, friendship, male nudity, gay interest and kiss mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Palmer: Adopt a Highway (2019), The Boys in the Band (2020), José (2018), One Percent More Humid (2017), The Fallout (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Having spent the last 21 years in a Californian prison for possession of marijuana, a middle-aged man must find his way in a world that has changed completely since he was incarcerated in the 1990's. Finding an abandoned baby in a dumpster sets ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, touching, colorful, scenic ...
Plot:
ex convict, baby girl, baby, new life, angst, journey, parenting, internet, abandoned baby, adoption, clinic, women ...
Place:
usa, california
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Style:
heartbreaking, serious, realistic, compassionate, powerful ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, mental health, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay cowboy, friendship, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1968, 2020s, 60s
Place:
new york
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, sex scene, lgbt, male pubic hair, religion, gay slur, love, grandmother ...
Place:
guatemala
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pair of childhood friends reunite during their summer break from college and deal with a traumatizing experience from their past.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film, crying
Plot:
female nudity, skinny dipping, summer, teacher student sex, friendship, best friend, couple relations, relationship problems, summer vacation, love triangle, love interest, friends ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Style:
suspense, emotional, disturbing, teen, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, school shooting, teenage life, psychological trauma, post traumatic stress, family problems, social problems, tragic event, teenager, high school student, lesbian love, teenage crush ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy, crying ...
Plot:
billiards, gambling, hopes, family relations, kidnapping, family problems, addiction, parents and children, dysfunctional family, introspection, going straight, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
40-year-old Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering his texts he decides to drive north in search of her, starting on what is apparently ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, touching, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay club, gay, gay lead character, sex scene, male nudity, lgbt, drag queen, male male relationship, police officer, gay bar, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
northeast brazil
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Tough, but diva fabulous, Leo, an aspiring drag superstar, is stuck working in a fish cannery in Alaska. He and his twin sister are trapped in the monotony of fist fights and fish guts. Out of necessity, Leo learned to fight back, which catches the ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay bar, lgbt, brother sister relationship, lgbtq, fistfight, life is a bitch, wrestler, drag racing, social problems, fight ...
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ludovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it. His actions lead to problems for him and his family.
Style:
controversial, lgbt cinema, touching, psychological, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
gender, lgbtq, glbt, cross dressing, coming of age, transsexual, gay, children, gay slur, gay crush, transgender, women ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
france, belgium, paris france, europe
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.
Style:
sexy, emotional, disturbing, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, lgbt, gender, grandmother granddaughter relationship, single mother, transsexual, gay, lgbtqi, strong female character, starting over, teenager ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
46%
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot:
bare breasts, bare chested male, college campus, gay slur, dormitory, drug use, sibling relationship, brotherhood, gay, death of friend, roommate, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, columbus ohio
Similarity:
46%
43K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Style:
inspirational, independent film, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
rehabilitation, childhood trauma, father son relationship, absent mother, motel, child protagonist, abusive father, child, alcoholic father, alcoholic, forgiveness, group therapy ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s, year 2015, year 1995, 2000s ...
Similarity:
45%
258
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seeking direction and purpose, Milo rashly decides to become a surrogate and egg donor for an older gay man she meets in a bar. However, as Milo becomes increasingly attached to him, she starts leveraging the pregnancy as a means of staying embedded ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gay, pregnancy and birth, surrogate mother, pregnancy, pregnant woman, female protagonist, social problems, relationships, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, male female relationship, grownups ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
Similarity:
45%
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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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, hispanic ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, single parent, obsession, family relations, society, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, south america, africa
Similarity:
45%
40K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, heartbreaking, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
redemption, juvenile delinquency, childhood, haunted by the past, going straight, bullying, melancholy, released from prison, teen angst, rehabilitation, violent, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.
Style:
thought provoking, ironic, disturbing, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
lesbian interest, mountain, mother daughter relationship, small town, teacher, flirting, dysfunctional relationship, feminist, marriage, lgbt, women, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 1975, year 1959, year 1966, year 1918
Place:
montana
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, gay relationship, outdoor sex, male nudity, gay sex, death of father, gay slur, gay brother, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Style:
captivating, psychological, touching, sentimental, indie film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coming of age, lgbt, family relations, gay, father son relationship, teenage boy, theft, husband wife relationship, marriage, birthday, fired from the job, domestic violence ...
Place:
new york state, brooklyn new york city, spain, philadelphia, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A drag queen takes in a drug addict and her daughter and helps raise the daughter.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, black cinema, queer cinema
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbtq, female impersonator, drag queen, gay parent, gay father, lgbt, family relations, fatherhood, drug addiction, christmas, transvestite, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspenseful, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, small town, childhood friend, gay, older woman younger man sex, female nudity, alcoholism, nudity, boyhood, lgbt ...
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Leading double lives and seeking redemption, a transgender man, a drag queen and a corrupt lawyer collide in this urban purgatory.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, transsexual, drag queen, transgender, crooked lawyer, homelessness, oral sex, sex addict, lgbtq, drag, dance, gay ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, romantic, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prison, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexuality, prison sex, gay love, gay, prison life, gay cruising, gay bar, masturbation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, year 1969, year 1968, year 1957 ...
Place:
germany, west germany, australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
father daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, social problems, ex convict, prisoner, kids and family, dysfunctional family, relationship problems ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
43%
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