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An Englishman in New York (2009)
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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 seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
Style: sincere, realistic, touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, queer cinema, flamboyance, iconic
Plot: gay, aids, lgbt, gays and lesbians, englishman abroad, showbiz, lifestyle, narcissism, friendship, society, aging, performer's life, celebrity culture, gay lead character, gay bar, elderly, artists and showbiz, gender bending, lgbtq, writers, art, biopic, gay club, gay interest, darkroom ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, queer cinema, serious and touching films with plots about gay, lgbt, gender, gays and lesbians, gay interest, lgbtq and biopic mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like An Englishman in New York: The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Brother to Brother (2004), Pedro (2008), Sal (2011), Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
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, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, revolt, publisher, lgbtqi, world war two, gay slur, gay subtext, bittersweet ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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Brother to Brother (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Style: serious, thought provoking, realistic, touching, social ...
Plot: black lgbt, gay, gay teenager, lgbt, human nature, society, lifestyle, friendship, lgbtq, artists and showbiz, love and romance, estrangement ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Pedro (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An intimate biopic of Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive Cuban-American, who was cast for the MTV reality show, The Real World: San Francisco, in 1994. Due to his experience on the Real World, Pedro became a celebrity and a sympathetic face of the AIDS ...
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, sincere ...
Plot: gay, aids, hiv, rising to stardom, fighting the system, human spirit, idealism, life is a bitch, society, hopes, terminal illness, lgbt ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1994
Place: cuba, san francisco, miami, latin america, usa ...
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Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dramatisation of Kenny Everett's struggle to achieve personal and professional fulfilment.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, sincere, realistic
Plot: gender, couples, couple relations, artists and showbiz, coping, radio dj, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, gay, biopic
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england
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Sal (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: gay, lifestyle, introspection, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity, biopic, beat generation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Andy Zeffer, "Going Down in LA-LA Land" is a riveting and uncensored look at Hollywood. It is a story that reveals how friendships sustain us and keep us going. It is a tale that reflects our celebrity-obsessed ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, friends, gay relationship, male prostitute, porn industry, actor, gay sex, drug addict, fame, follow your dream, closeted homosexual, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where ...
Style: touching, witty, independent film, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, obsession, gays and lesbians, love, self discovery, unrequited love, lgbt, obsessive love, friendship, filmmaking, lgbtq, glbt ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: london, new york, long island, europe, usa ...
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Worried About the Boy (2010)
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, captivating, period piece ...
Plot: gay, musician's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, rise and fall, ambition, music band, rising to stardom, love and romance, anti conformity, love affair, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, london
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Gods and Monsters (1998)
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: enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental, cult classic ...
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Time: year 1998, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, pacific ocean
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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, art house ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbt, rise to the top, biopic, character study, art, glbt, fashion industry, lgbtq, gay interest ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria
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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, sincere ...
Plot: gay, hiv, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, biopic, olympics, olympic athlete, swimming, motivation, glbt, diving ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1984, year 1988, 80s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 111 min.
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Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: aids, mccarthyism, politics, hotshot lawyer, gay, law, cold war, fascism, intrigue, lgbt, hospital, homosexual history ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1968, year 1954 ...
Place: new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
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Style: homoerotic, costume drama, touching, period piece, witty ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: independent film, clever, disturbing, surreal, art film ...
Plot: art, artist, lesbian, feminist, biopic, women, writers, painter, feminism, lgbt, art history, true crime ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: new york, usa
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Against the Law (2017)
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: romantic, sentimental, tense, touching, sexy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, interracial couple, gay couple, friendship, illegal immigrant, couples, couple relations, best friend, gender, society, love and romance, latinx lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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It's My Party (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
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Burton and Taylor (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot: actor's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, biopic, love, art, love affair, showbiz, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
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Savage Nights (1992)
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, anthology, erotic drama, steamy ...
Plot: gay, aids, lgbt, sex, lgbtq, bittersweet, gender, love, sexuality, time travel, polyamory, hiv ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
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Nighthawks (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A gay man is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night. A respectable geography teacher by day; by night, hanging out in London's gay bars, looking for a long-term relationship, but usually encountering only ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teacher, disco, lgbtq, school teacher, lgbtqi, glbt, school, gay bar, homosexuality, gay lead character ...
Time: 70s
Place: england, london, europe
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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: contemplative, psychological, captivating, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gays and lesbians, film producer, gay club, gay couple, male nudity, actor, gay lead character, society, gay love, fall in love ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s
Place: munich germany
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Life (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, friendship, actor, celebrity, buddy, photograph, celebrity culture, journalism, photographer ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place: usa
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Christopher and His Kind (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, sexual, crying ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gender, lgbt, self discovery, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lifestyle, writers, homosexual, sadomasochism, fall in love, society ...
Time: 1930s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1931, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, england, hamburg germany ...
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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.
Style: costume drama, queer cinema
Plot: gay, aids, gay interest, artist, photographer, obscenity, hiv, bdsm, photograph, art, controversy, racism ...
Time: 70s
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Before Night Falls (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, lyrical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay, aids, homosexual, writers, poet, childhood, artist, gays and lesbians, gay latino, idealism, writer's life, freedom ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, 60s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba, caribbean, new york ...
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Atomic Age (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Two young boys, Victor and Rainer, take the commuter train to spend the evening in Paris. In a nightclub on the banks of the Seine they go from one disappointment to another, from failed chat ups to street brawls. But as they get carried away by the ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot: gay, friendship, teenage life, friends, buddies, lifestyle, on the road, city life, lgbt, teenager, coming of age, feminist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Circle (2014)
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, serious, realistic, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay teacher, lgbt, gay rights, gay couple, gay slur, homosexuality, opposites attract, forbidden love, fighting the system, gay son, father son relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: zurich switzerland, switzerland
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