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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
Style: road movie, feel good, melancholic, captivating, cult classic, independent film, touching, funny, lgbt cinema, intellectual ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gay, road trip, desert, on the road, transgender, drag queen, gay slur, transvestism, gender bending, homosexuality, bus, homosexual, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, cross dressing, relationships, adaptation, lgbtqi, love, male nudity, gay interest, travel, buddies, gay parent ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, south australia
Keyword: visit, challenge, australian

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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, entertaining, sweet, light ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: gay, transvestism, gender bending, drag queen, small town, friendship, cross dressing, road trip, on the road, lgbt, transgender, culture clash ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: nebraska, usa, new york
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Kinky Boots (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only ...
Style: touching, humorous, inspirational, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, fashion, small town, family business, gay slur, gender bending, fashion show, transvestite, gay, working class ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: milan italy, england, europe, london, italy
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The Birdcage (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: gay, cross dressing, senator, gender, drag queen, gay parent, gay couple, farce, lgbtq, wedding, gay slur, nightclub ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami, usa, miami beach, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town's understanding.
Style: surreal, touching, sentimental, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
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Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 60s
Place: ireland, england, europe, big ben london, london
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The Sum of Us (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff ...
Style: feel good, touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, father son relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, lgbtq, looking for love, loneliness, gay interest, love and romance, widower, gay lead character ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia
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100%
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, lyrical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, drag queen, berlin wall, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, usa ...
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Victor Victoria (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Style: witty, humorous, clever, stylized, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
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Time: 1930s, year 1982, 20th century, year 1934
Place: paris france, france, europe, chicago
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The Closet (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
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Birds of a Feather (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: funny, cult classic, sex comedy, humorous, witty ...
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Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: france, french riviera, cote d'azur, saint tropez, provence ...
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Birds of a Feather 2 (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as ...
Style: funny, sex comedy, surreal, realistic, semi serious ...
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Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: italy, saint tropez, europe, sicily, riviera ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan. Gabriel, an aspiring writer of Broadway musicals, meets Mark, a muscled stripper, who picks him up on the subway. They spend the night trying to find ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
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Duration: 108 min.
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Style: feel good, humorous, funny, laugh out loud, not serious ...
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 100 min.
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Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: humorous, entertaining, talky, not serious, realistic ...
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Time: year 1997, 90s
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Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: independent film, talky, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
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Different for Girls (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: sexy, touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot: transsexual, gay, transgender, lgbt, glbt, lgbtq, bittersweet, friendship, gender, bullying, happy ending, school ...
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Vegas in Space (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Maybe... Maybe Not (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: sexual, humorous, homoerotic, semi serious, realistic ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb get together to watch Universong, a Eurovision-like television song contest. They gather to watch and are depressed by the lifelessness of the Israeli entry, a parody of many recent offerings, a flashy, ...
Style: parody, captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
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Punks (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In his directorial debut, Patrik-Ian Polk chronicles the everyday dramas of four single, gay black men as they search for love — especially in the quartet’s favorite West Hollywood watering hole, Miss Smokies. The foursome includes successful ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
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Time: 20th century, 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous ...
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28%
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Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual ...
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Highway 61 (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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The Iron Ladies (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
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Outrageous! (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
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Time: 20th century, 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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You Should Meet My Son! 2 (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
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Style: satirical, semi serious, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style: talky, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, glbt, friendship, mistaken identity, lgbtq, farce, odd couple, gay interest, lgbt teen, gay straight relations ...
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