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Potato Dreams of America (2021)
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A true story about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the 90s.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay interest, immigration, coming of age, lgbt, mother son relationship, immigrant, american dream, dream, society, relocation, male homosexuality, friendship, new life, religion, teenage boy, little boy, gay youth, lgbtq, lgbtqi, gay subtext, autobiography, jesus, domestic violence ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
usa, russia, seattle, soviet union, ussr, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, humorous and psychological films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay subtext, lgbtq, friendship and gay kiss mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Potato Dreams of America: Geography Club (2013), G.B.F. (2013), Dorian Blues (2004), Three Months (2022), Boy Crush (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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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:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lgbt, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay, introspection, coming of age, teenage life, self discovery, youth, parents and children, friendship, father son relationship ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Coming-of-age film about Caleb, a South Florida teen. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, he finds love in the most unlikely of places.
Style:
homoerotic, ambiguous ending, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, childhood trauma, gay romance, lgbt, gay teenager, homoerotic friendship, bare chested male, best friend, homoeroticism, hiv ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s
Place:
florida, miami
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Based on the coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the film follows two Mexican-American teenagers, Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza and Dante Quintana, their friendship, and their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt, teenage protagonist, introspection, self discovery, friendship between men, friends, problem ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
texas, el paso texas
Similarity:
75%
149
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seven short films in which gay youths and young men negotiate society, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. In several, teen boys come out, perhaps first to a close friend - how will the friends react? For some youths, coming out risks violence. ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay youth, youth, gay love, teenager, gay interest, friendship between men, gay culture, teenage life, male male relationship, social problems ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
73%
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:
lgbt cinema, teen, humorous, psychological, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay interest, gay lead character, first gay sexual experience, sexual confusion, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male homosexuality, gay teenager, high school ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sixteen year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favorite pop star in concert with his two best friends. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, gay, school bully, gay slur, bullying, lgbt teen, coming of age, school, father son relationship, teenager, lgbtq ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Switzerland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, social ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, lgbt, gay teenager, teenage boy, self discovery, father son relationship, gay interest, teenage life, family relations, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
south africa, morocco, geneva switzerland, switzerland
Similarity:
69%
885
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Colin is a stud. Stew, not so much. They've been virtually inseparable since college. But now Colin has fallen for a much younger man.
Style:
lgbt cinema, suspense, contemplative, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbtq, taboo, gay incest, incest, gay club, intern, lgbt, friendship, extramarital affair, family relations ...
Place:
los angeles, pittsburgh
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Style:
period piece, controversial, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual history, gay son, homosexual, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, publisher, revolt, lgbtqi ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
66%
264
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The course of true love does not run smoothly for two young lads at Norman's Cozy campsite on the Welsh coast in the mid 80s. Two English holiday-makers, Paul, an innocent northerner from Rochdale, and George, a jack the lad, nervy young man ...
Style:
light, touching, psychological, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, teenage boy, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbt, family relations, runaway, coming of age, best friend, domineering mother, summer vacation, mother son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
wales
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Three men struggle to save their relationship while traveling across country in search of a doctor they believe will make one of them well.
Style:
road movie, touching, captivating, light, tense ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay, threesome, illness, road trip, gay subtext, gay interest, gay relationship, love and romance, lgbtq, fighting illness, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Style:
art house
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, teenage boy, gay, lgbt, coming of age, friendship between boys, best friend, lgbtq, friendship, lgbt teen, 16 year old ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
65%
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:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
Plot:
gay, gay couple, gay interest, gay relationship, gay parent, lgbt, coming of age, gay father, father son relationship, family values, love, friendship ...
Similarity:
63%
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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:
61%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. In "Trevor", by Peggy Rajski, a teenager faces homophobia and falls in love for the first time. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second ...
Style:
independent film, anthology, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age, male homosexuality, gay interest, lgbtq, youth, gay subtext, best friend, gender, social misfits ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa, usa, canada, italy, new jersey
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
TURTLE HILL, BROOKLYN is a funny, sincere, slice of life about a couple just trying to figure it out. Mateo and Will invite their friends over for Will's 30th birthday. After a few surprise visitors, they get through the day, but realize that ...
Style:
captivating, touching, entertaining, humorous, light ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay couple, gay latino, gay interest, friendship, birthday party, group of friends, gay lead character, party, birthday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
55%
10K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Style:
psychological, touching, talky, melancholic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
gay son, gay teenager, gay interest, father son relationship, gay, high school, cheerleader, high school student, american football, gay student, flash forward, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, idaho, colorado, salt lake city utah, new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marc Hall, a young man living in Quebec, registers his prom date as per his Catholic school's rules. He is denied his request, because his prom date is a boy. Marc Hall is an openly gay teenager in a very conservative Catholic school. This film ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prom, gay teenager, gay, lgbt, teenage love, teenage life, against the odds, youth, society, lifestyle, working class, gay rights ...
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A four-part anthology film dealing with homosexuality from the young to the old. Crush, detailing the budding friendship of a 12-year old girl and a 16-year old boy, who bond over their favorite TV program and musical tastes. The Mountain King, ...
Style:
homoerotic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, anthology ...
Plot:
gay interest, homosexual sex, lgbt, gay, gay lead character, homoerotic friendship, gay teenager, gay couple, male male relationship, gay crush, male homosexuality, homosexual ...
Similarity:
55%
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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:
humorous, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay muslim, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, muslim, gay love, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay couple, society, gays and lesbians, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, touching, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, lesbian teen, closeted homosexual, lesbian love, gay, lgbt, friendship, lgbtqi, bullying, high school life, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
ireland, london, dublin ireland
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Manuel goes back to his hometown for his parents’ wedding anniversary, but he actually wants to ask money to move to Denmark with his boyfriend. Last time he saw his family, he came out of the closet. Since then, their relationship became tense. ...
Style:
psychological, entertaining, contemplative, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, closeted homosexual, homosexual, gay couple, gay relationship, gay lead character, escapades, love and romance, friends, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
52%
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, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, lesbian, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, lgbtqi, love and romance, friendship, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
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:
51%
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:
51%
608
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Birch, a young man living in the Catskill Mountains, reunites with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
Style:
sexy, humorous, melancholic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay sex, homosexual, male nudity, gay couple, youth, gay lead character, young lovers, childhood friend, gay interest, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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