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Benediction (2021)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirised generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war.
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, crying, epic war, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
world war one, soldier, gay, poet, friendship between men, closeted homosexual, conscientious objector, historical figure, gay relationship, writers, gay interest, gay club, wartime, changing lives, bravery, writer's life, self awareness, anti war, emotionally unstable, influence, lgbt, life, military officer, wounded soldier, military life ...
Time:
1910s, 60s, year 1914, 1920s, 1950s, 50s, 1960s
Place:
london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of the soldiers meeting there are Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of ...
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psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
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world war one, shell shock, traumatized man, great war, war, world war, writers, psychology, poet, gay interest, hospital, world war two ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city
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87%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style:
touching, period piece, captivating, costume drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war one, wartime, death, aspiring writer, women, war, nurse, poetry, wartime life, love and romance, love affair, adaptation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
england, london, oxford university, france, yorkshire ...
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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.
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homoerotic, erotic, art house, captivating, suspense ...
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gay, gay love, lgbtq, gay lead character, forbidden love, cold war, gay soldier, gay sex, closeted homosexual, gay interest, aerial combats, gay romance ...
Time:
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Place:
estonia, afghanistan, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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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 ...
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gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay soldier, israeli, gay lead character, gay love, glbt, gay slur, gay romance, closeted homosexual ...
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Place:
middle east, israel, lebanon, palestine
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
homosexuality, gay lead character, homosexual history, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay, gay slur, orgy, gay orgy, gay sex, closeted gay, male nudity ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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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
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61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, battles, military, british army, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, missing person, parents and children, great war, father son relationship, battlefield ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915
Place:
france, dublin ireland, germany, england
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
gay relationship, victorian england, gay couple, writers, gay interest, gay youth, gay friend, gay, downfall, gay romance, exile, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, london, naples italy
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55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, serious, erotic, tense, factual ...
Plot:
poet, artist, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, painter, homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, political unrest, closeted homosexual, spanish civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 2008
Place:
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53%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, semi autobiographical, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
lgbt child, gay, school, coming of age, church, christmas, snow, corporal punishment, gay interest, lgbt, boy, youth ...
Time:
year 1992, 1950s, 90s, 50s
Place:
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53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
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Plot:
aids, gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay slur, male homosexuality, homosexual, terminal illness, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
crying, period piece, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 121 min.
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Audience:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, suspenseful, suspense, rough, retro ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oxford university, birmingham alabama, europe, england
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, queer cinema
Plot:
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Place:
liverpool, england
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s, year 1987, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, europe, australia, morocco, london ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church supported gay conversion program.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, lgbt cinema, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, father son relationship, gay teenager, religion, gay interest, church, coming of age, conversion therapy, lgbtqi, homosexuality ...
Time:
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Place:
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34%
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