Movies and TV shows like Halston

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Halston (2021)
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Halston (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
Style: factual, homoerotic, semi autobiographical, semi documentary, feel good, inspirational, based on true events
Plot: fashion, drug use, gay, gay interest, lgbt, gay relationship, rise to the top, lgbtq, leadership, rising to stardom, haute couture, drugs, art, smoking, male protagonist, lifestyle, homosexual, sex scene, disco, criminal, aids, gay couple, interracial romance, sister, cocaine ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: new york, usa, america, united states of america

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, serious and realistic films and TV series with plots about gay, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, homosexual, aids and gender mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Halston: Mapplethorpe (2018), The Naked Director (2019), POSE (2018), Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Eastsiders (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mapplethorpe (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Plot: gay, aids, artist, gay interest, obscenity, bdsm, hiv, photographer, art, controversy, racism, fame ...
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The Naked Director (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: In 1980s Japan, one determined man turned every crushing setback into opportunity. His name was Toru Muranishi, and he revolutionized his industry.
Style: erotic, funny, captivating, sensual, sexploitation film
Plot: cheating wife, adult filmmaking, porn industry, female nudity, sex scene, director, yakuza, filmmaking, teamwork, new beginning, porn star, nightclub ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: japan, tokyo, hokkaido, hawaii
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100%
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POSE (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.
Style: light, atmospheric, entertaining, inspirational, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, transsexual, female impersonator, desire for fame, dance school, socialite, success, showgirl, aids, society ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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54%
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Style: melancholic, sentimental, enigmatic, factual, captivating ...
Plot: fashion, gay, rise to the top, fashion designer, lgbt, ambition, character study, art, lgbtq, gay interest, gays and lesbians, drug abuse ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1965 ...
Place: paris france, france, morocco, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay couple, infidelity, lgbt, friends, up and down relationship, lgbtq, dishonesty, gay sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
An Englishman in New York (2009)
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, aids, lgbt, gays and lesbians, englishman abroad, lifestyle, showbiz, narcissism, society, aging, performer's life, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
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49%
Tales of the City (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is ...
Style: sincere, romantic, sentimental, touching, erotic ...
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, gays and lesbians, apartment building, lesbian, friendship, neighbor neighbor relationship, blackmail, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, filmmaking ...
Place: san francisco
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48%
The Temptations (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: african american, music, rock, r&b, singer, flashback, black cast, dancing, blaxploitation, rock and roll, loss of son, rise and fall ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 50s, 60s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Welcome to Chippendales (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
Style: psychological
Plot: disney, male stripper, stripper, gay interest, immigrants, business, murder, life, club, secret, suicide, nightclub ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1979
Place: las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
American Crime Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminals.
Style: realistic, serious, political, entertaining, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: courtroom drama, legal action, murder, crime investigation, legal investigation, police, racism, society, maniac, gay, lawyer, courtroom ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, los angeles, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Enfant Terrible (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German ...
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, psychological, tense, contemplative
Plot: lgbt, gay, film producer, actor, male nudity, gay couple, gay club, gay love, gay relationship, fall in love, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s
Place: munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Gia (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style: psychological, rough, melancholic, sexy, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: lesbian, fashion, addiction, drug abuse, mental illness, heroin, drug addiction, aids, supermodel, model, lesbian romance, lesbianism ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Tom of Finland (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of ...
Style: homoerotic, realistic, compassionate, serious, romantic ...
Plot: gay, male homosexuality, lgbt, homosexual history, gay soldier, gay interest, lgbtq, gay slur, homosexuality, naked man, 30 year old, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, post world war two, year 1991
Place: los angeles, new york, san francisco, helsinki finland, finland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style: psychological, heartbreaking, compassionate, depressing, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: aids, transsexual, drugs, fighting the system, human spirit, life is a bitch, casual sex, treatment, gay, hiv, hiv positive, gay slur ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1985, year 1986
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, tokyo, amsterdam ...
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47%
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Rock Hudson (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Plot: gay, hollywood, aids, celebrity, male homosexuality, illness, marriage of convenience, closeted homosexual, homosexual, hugging, actor, gay lead character ...
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47%
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Rocketman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Plot: musician, rock music, lgbt, rising to stardom, homosexual, gay lead character, gay, music, mother and son, drunkenness, gay slur, rock star ...
Time: 60s, 70s, future, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: england, california, madison square garden manhattan new york city, london, new york ...
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47%
Walt Before Mickey (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career. The legendary Walt Disney had a tumultuous childhood, yet he was determined to overcome obstacles in his path, before the creation of his first ...
Style: motivational, factual, feel good, serious
Plot: filmmaker, brother, brother brother relationship, follow your dream, relationship vs career, rise to the top, dream come true, bigger dreams, success, career, dream, daydreamer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, coming out, aids, swimming, olympic athlete, diving, lgbt athlete, couples, adoption, rise and fall ...
Time: 70s, 90s, 80s, year 1988, year 1984
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46%
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A Very English Scandal (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: British politician Jeremy Thorpe is accused of murdering his ex-lover and is forced to stand trial in 1979.
Style: captivating, light, humorous, tense, political ...
Plot: politics, gay, british history, lgbt, closeted homosexual, secret life, member of parliament, lgbtq, ex lover, politician, friend, witness ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: united kingdom, dublin ireland, california, london
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46%
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Sinatra (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
Story: An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: singer, dancing, jazz, art, friendship, celebrity, couples, relationship vs career, showbiz, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, musician's life ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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46%
Holding the Man (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge ...
Style: touching, psychological, sexy, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay romance, aids, lgbt, gay couple, gay student, gay love, gay relationship, gay teenager, coming of age, gay bashing, gay interest ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: austria, australia
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46%
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Coming Out (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: The explosive lives, loves and losses of an intermingled group of Montréalers are explored as they confront the subject of difference. Managing a modern relationship can be a mess. Single? Attached? Married? Divorced? Open? Closed? The most common ...
Style: romantic, unusual plot structure, touching, melancholic, sexy ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, gay lead character, lgbt, love and romance, lovers, youth, fall in love, society, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 8.0
 25
Naked Rose (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Among the millions of victims of the Nazi madness during the Second World War, Pierre Seel was charged with homosexuality and imprisoned in the Schirmeck concentration camp. He survived this terrifying experience of torture and humiliation, and ...
Style: semi documentary, queer cinema
Plot: holocaust, gay, nazism, gay slur, art, crucifix, homosexual, gay interest, world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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WeCrashed (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 427 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: business, narcissism, love affair, greed, love interest, financial ruin, sister, founder, masquerade
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46%
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The Offer (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 586 min.
TV show
Story: Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never before revealed experiences of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo.
Plot: mafia, library, godfather, filmmaking, director, crew, female nudity, filmmaker, life, office, journalist, cocaine ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, year 1972
Place: new york
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46%
The Happy Prince (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Belgium, Italy, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: THE HAPPY PRINCE tells the story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. This great man of letters, once one of the most famous authors in England, is now a superstar on the skids. As Oscar lies on his death bed, the past comes flooding back to him, ...
Style: suspenseful, touching, captivating, sad, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, gay romance, gay relationship, gay couple, gay youth, victorian england, writers, gay friend, downfall, gay lead character, irony ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: paris france, london, naples italy
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45%
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Style: stylized, realistic, factual, sexy, entertaining ...
Plot: gay, pianist, aids, gays and lesbians, showbiz, celebrity, music, gay sex, gay couple, lgbt, homosexual, art ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place: las vegas, california, southern california, usa
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45%
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style: inspirational, touching, rough, sad, tragic ending ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, musician, music, aids, singer, rock band, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock music, rock concert ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place: england, atlanta georgia, los angeles, britain, munich germany ...
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45%
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: serious, touching, thought provoking, realistic, depressing ...
Plot: aids, lgbt, gay, gay slur, hiv, fall in love, terminal illness, acceptance, family disapproval, belief, social differences, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: stockholm sweden, sweden, eastern europe
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45%
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Blonde (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
Story: A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, contemplative
Plot: hollywood, starlet, actor's life, historical figure, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, love and romance, desire for fame, rising to stardom, filmmaking, couples ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1930s, 1940s
Place: venice beach california, usa, maine
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45%