Movies like Yves Saint Laurent
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Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
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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:
sentimental, melancholic, factual, captivating, sweet, art house, serious, realistic, stylized, costume drama ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbtq, gay interest, rise to the top, biopic, lgbt, glbt, character study, art, fashion industry, designer, gays and lesbians, friendship, fashion model, drug abuse, cocaine, bisexual, gay club, rich man, job, post war, professional, sewing ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s, 70s, year 1957 ...
Place:
paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria, tokyo, russian
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Most similar movies to Yves Saint Laurent
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, queer cinema and captivating films with plots about biopic, gay, lgbt, gay interest, gender, lgbtq and art mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Yves Saint Laurent: Coco Before Chanel (2009), Coco Chanel (2008), House of Versace (2013), Factory Girl (2006), Halston (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, nudity, male nudity, rise to the top, orgy, interview, couple relations, lgbt, model, scandal ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1967, year 1970 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing ...
Style:
serious, realistic, inspirational, touching, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, rags to riches, designer, eccentricity, couples ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball’s widely-read book "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival", the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, family business, fashion designer, drug abuse, fashion show, workplace, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, addiction, model ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a ...
Style:
sexy, factual, sentimental, melancholic, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
art, fashion, artist, biopic, bare butt, addiction, destiny, drug addiction, couple relations, painter, cowboy, mentor ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, paris france, london ...
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
Style:
homoerotic, factual, semi documentary, semi autobiographical, feel good ...
Plot:
fashion, gay interest, homosexual, drug use, gay hustler, sex scene, older man younger man relationship, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay man straight woman relationship, male nudity, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Serbia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Director Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
ballet, dancer, gay, politics, cold war, dancing, nudity, painting, desertion, kgb, biopic, male nudity ...
Time:
50s, year 1961, year 2019, 1950s, year 1938
Place:
paris france, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
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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:
realistic, stylized, factual, cult classic, period piece ...
Plot:
gay, pianist, aids, lgbtq, celebrity, couples, gays and lesbians, biopic, closeted homosexual, gay romance, music, showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2013, year 1979, year 1986 ...
Place:
las vegas, southern california, indiana, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
novelist, biopic, dysfunctional family, nanny, relationship vs career, rise to the top, writers, writer's life, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story about the life and loves of an amazing woman-Coco Chanel- who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary of all our creative icons.
Style:
inspirational, factual, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion designer, fashion, businesswoman, dressmaker, designer, historical figure, fashion show, mistress, illegitimate child, high society, creativity, life philosophy ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 19th century, year 1981
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
They loved each other with the ardor of thirteen-year-old boys. Rebellion and curiosity, hopes and doubts, girls and dreams of glory – they shared it all. Paul was rich, Emile poor. They went skinny-dipping, drank absinthe, starved, only to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, factual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
painter, art, friendship, artist, painting, novelist, female nudity, portrait, nude painting, seaside, infidelity, end of friendship ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, 1860s ...
Place:
south of france, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
30%
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:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's 1957, and Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images ...
Style:
cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, life & death, gay, filmmaking, friendship, biopic, gay lead character, gardener, depression ...
Time:
year 1998, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s
Place:
pacific ocean, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
28%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Rodolphe Marconi writes, directs, and stars in the coming-out drama Défense d'Aimer (Love Forbidden). Marconi plays Bruce, a young student from Paris who accepts a fellowship in Rome. He takes a flat at the Villa Medicis and writes full time. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, sexy, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, love affair, fall in love, lifestyle, intrigue, bisexual, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, glbt, gay subtext, male homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, italy, france, rome italy
Similarity:
25%
915
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sexual, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rise and fall, writer's life, writers, couples, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, car accident, novelist, society, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic drama, sensual, anthology ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, aids, sex, lgbtq, bittersweet, gender, love, sexuality, nudity, gay interest, passion ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1924, Simone de Beauvoir, a girl with polished appearance, prepares for her final examination in philosophy and meets Jean-Paul Sartre. He seems to know her true personality and considers her the only woman worthy of his intellect. Their chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, factual, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
feminism, open relationship, lesbian, love affair, writer's life, philosophy, couples, love triangle, gender, fall in love, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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.
Style:
costume drama, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, aids, artist, photograph, obscenity, hiv, bdsm, photographer, art, fame, controversy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gender bending, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, ambition, rise and fall, rising to stardom, love and romance, music band, love affair, addiction ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, touching, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, homosexuality, lgbt, gay club, gay couple, gay teacher, forbidden love, gay rights, gay brother, girls' school ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, zurich switzerland
Similarity:
23%
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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:
unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay relationship, gay, gay club, gay couple, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, film producer, male nudity, actor, fall in love, gay love ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
munich germany, germany
Similarity:
23%
54K
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:
erotic, melancholic, psychological, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, lgbtq, supermodel, model, lgbt, heroin, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, witty, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, writers, gay cruising, male nudity, glbt, lgbt, murder, lgbtq, homosexual, gay relationship, biopic ...
Time:
60s, year 1987, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, europe, australia, morocco, london ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove they are not in love.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, emotional, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
sex scene, gay, male pubic hair, nudity, gay erotica, gender, masturbation, self discovery, breakup, introspection, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, usa, new york, europe, paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Style:
erotic, cult classic, costume drama, sexual, serious ...
Plot:
gay, poet, lgbt, homosexuality, male nudity, violence, melancholy, homosexual, writer's life, homoeroticism, teenage boy, gay teenager ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, turn of the century, 1870s
Place:
paris france, europe, africa, france, holland ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, period drama
Plot:
fashion, gay, empire fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, biopic, life, career, business, ambition, seamstress, haute couture ...
Time:
year 1947, 1940s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
22%
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