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Pariah (2011)
8K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Style:
sexual, atmospheric, touching, realistic, sincere, serious, emotional, lgbt cinema, spiritual, powerful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, black lesbian, lgbt teen, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian teen, homosexuality, african american, teenager, sapphic, lesbianism, lgbtq, black, introspection, lgbtqi, self discovery, black history, friendship, youth, gays and lesbians, strong female presence, gender, identity crisis ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, touching and serious films with plots about lgbtq, coming of age, lgbt, lesbian, youth, friendship and gays and lesbians mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Pariah: Foxfire (1996), Bloomington (2010), Rafiki (2018), Brother to Brother (2004), Show Me Love (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
portland oregon, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Kenya, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France, Norway, Lebanon, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
africa, indiana, south africa, kenya
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana, europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
1993: after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
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90s, year 1992, year 1993
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
67%
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, touching, deep ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, serious, realistic ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, romantic, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
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Place:
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34%
11K
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Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
paris france, africa, france
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34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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captivating, touching, sexy, sexual, realistic ...
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Place:
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33%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sincere, serious, emotional, social ...
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, serious, disturbing ...
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girls' night, teens, teen drama
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Time:
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32%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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