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Firebird (2021)
15K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Estonia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, art house, captivating, suspense, thought provoking, lgbt cinema, gay cinema, queer cinema, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay love, lgbtq, gay lead character, forbidden love, cold war, gay soldier, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay interest, aerial combats, male male relationship, gay romance, gay relationship, gay slur, bare chested male, air force, gay couple, lgbt, closeted gay, gay man straight woman relationship, unfaithful husband, death of lover, soldier, homoeroticism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
estonia, afghanistan, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out gay cinema, queer cinema, lgbt cinema and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay love, gay interest, gay subtext and lgbtq mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Firebird: Burning Blue (2013), My Policeman (2022), Free Fall (2013), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Maurice (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following two fatal aircraft accidents aboard an Aircraft Carrier, a government agent is placed aboard the ship. His mission is to determine what may be at the root of these mishaps and prevent the inevitable third chain breaking accident which ...
Style:
emotional, lgbt cinema, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, forbidden love, lgbtq, gay teenager, couple relations, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, lgbt, fighter pilot, love affair, life turned upside down ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, powerful, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, police officer, gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, love, gay affair, relationships, lost love, secret relationship, male male relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
year 1957, 50s, year 1958, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
venice, brighton, italy
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexual, forbidden love, love story, gays and lesbians, lgbt, first gay sexual experience, gay slur, gay love ...
Time:
80s, year 1963, 60s, year 2005, 20th century ...
Place:
wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, america ...
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93%
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27K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 1909, Maurice Hall (James Wilby) enters Cambridge, where he befriends wealthy Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). Clive confesses he is sexually attracted to Maurice, who realizes he is a homosexual when he begins to return Clive's feelings. The two ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, homoerotic, scenic, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbt, gay love, gay romance, forbidden love, homosexual, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, ancient times, edwardian era, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
england, britain, nebraska, europe, france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Style:
lgbt cinema, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, gay relationship, homosexual, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, first love, gay romance ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, light, sincere, cute ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, male male relationship, male homosexuality, gay lead character, friendship between boys, gay love, homoeroticism, closeted gay, closeted homosexual, puberty, homosexuality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
887
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dorama, inspirational ...
Plot:
gay love, lgbt, homosexuality, male male relationship, gay lead character, gay couple, homoerotic friendship, gay, gay slur, discrimination, male homosexuality, homosexual love ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France
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:
costume drama, touching, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
gay relationship, victorian england, gay couple, writers, gay interest, gay youth, gay friend, gay, downfall, gay romance, exile, father son relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 2000s, victorian era
Place:
paris france, london, naples italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Fernando is on holiday with his closest male friends in a beautiful country house in a suburb of Buenos Aries. On their own without their girlfriends in a “men only” environment, the hunky young studs bask in the hot sun, play in the pool, smoke ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sincere, humorous, disturbing, sweet ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay interest, homoeroticism, gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, male bonding, male nudity, closeted gay, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, gay slur, gay friend ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The life story of a young man who has been pursuing an impossible love with his straight boyfriend and contemplating on the mortality of his loved ones.
Style:
erotic, philosophical, romantic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
gay sex, gay love, gay romance, gay, unrequited love, gay lead character, homoeroticism, skinny dipping, romantic friendship, brother brother relationship, male nudity, countdown ...
Place:
hong kong, china, tel aviv israel, jerusalem, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young professional soccer players share a hotel room the night before their first big game. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives - a decade of fame and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, sentimental, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay slur, gay athlete, gay love, gay lead character, football, homosexuality, closeted gay, male objectification, male homosexuality ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Womanising Juan must quickly find a flatmate after his brother moves out. In moves Gabriel (the blonde of the title), Juan's stoic and very handsome co-worker, who is recently widowed and struggling to support his young daughter. What starts ...
Style:
disturbing, erotic, bleak, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay relationship, homosexual, gay erotica, gay interest, gay romance, male male relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
touching, lgbt cinema, disturbing, independent film, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, summer, gay love, love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay romance, homosexuality, first love, gay interest, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 2010s, 2000s, year 2017
Place:
italy, nebraska, mediterranean sea, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is different. Try as he may, he cannot live up to the macho image expected of him by his family, by his heritage. ...
Style:
sexy, touching, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay slur, closeted gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay soldier, gay, military, homosexuality, soldier ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 1981
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred ...
Style:
homoerotic, costume drama, period piece, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, lgbt, glbt, writers, lgbtq, hypocrisy, male homosexuality, biopic, gay sex, scandal, gay lead character ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1880s, year 1997 ...
Place:
ireland, britain, england, europe, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay straight relations, gay interest, friendship, gay incest, forbidden love, lgbt, boys love, lgbtq, gay relationship, male male relationship, cousin ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bruno is an architect who has a perfect life: A nice family and a good job. Anyway, Bruno has a deep sense of unease. He decides to leave his wife to be alone and have time to find him self. A business man offers him to build an iconic landmark in ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay, gay crush, gay club, gay interest, lgbtq, male nudity, masturbation, gay sex, bisexuality, husband wife relationship, gay father, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, realistic, sincere, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay soldier, israeli, gay lead character, gay love, glbt, gay slur, gay romance, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel, lebanon, palestine
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly – during the time homosexuality was a crime – turned Queen's evidence against him in one of ...
Style:
sexy, tense, psychological, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay, gay sex, gay couple, gay lead character, lovers, homosexuality, prison, gay slur ...
Time:
year 1952, 1950s, year 1955, year 1954, 50s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Golf never wanted a brother. Bank just wanted to be loved. What grew between them changed both boys forever.
Style:
romantic, psychological, unusual plot structure, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, youth, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay lead character, friendship, love, gay couple, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.
Style:
homoerotic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay romance, homosexuality, homoeroticism, closeted homosexual, gay anal sex, gay soldier, gay sex, military training, homosexual ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Two love stories, sixty years apart, charting the challenges and huge change to gay lives with Michael and Thomas from WW2 to Adam and Steve to the present day.
Style:
lgbt cinema, erotic, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, homosexuality, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay couple, love, gay sex, gay love, lgbtq, secret relationship, gay soldier ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s, 20th century, 1940s, 50s
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, immigration, homosexuality, gay relationship, syrian refugee, gay romance, gay lead character, gay sex, architect, forbidden love ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben is a young bisexual man. He comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben's past crawls to the surface.
Style:
sexy, erotic, emotional, talky, touching ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, male male relationship, gay, gay sex, gay lead character, sex scene, two males in bed, bisexual man, interracial relations, bisexual, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, lgbt cinema, erotic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, migrant worker, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, village life, sheep, homosexuality ...
Time:
year 2017, 2000s, 2010s, 90s
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, indiana, britain, romania ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, male nudity, gay slur, gay lead character, gay love, gay sex, orgy, naked man, lgbtq, gay marriage ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay slur, gay relationship, gay love, gays and lesbians, male prostitute, lgbt, gay sex, gay latino, two males in bed, gay erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marius is a highly successful lawyer based in Vilnius. He becomes obsessed with Ali, a handsome Syrian refugee he first encounters in an online chatroom run out of Belgrade. Marius is rich and enjoys a vibrant social and cultural life. Nevertheless, ...
Style:
psychological, talky, touching, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
gay subtext, refugee, gay interest, young lovers, forbidden love, gay love, lawyer, love affair, love interest, couple relations, society, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
lithuania, belgrade serbia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Diego is a doctor who has fallen in love with a married man with a son. Against the advice of his boss and best friend, he continues his affair with Alberto. The consequences of this affair profoundly alter not only the two men's lives, but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, eros, erotic, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay love, closeted homosexual, male male relationship, gay latino, lgbt, gay sex, unfaithful husband, gays and lesbians, infidelity, love triangle, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
25%
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