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The Blue Caftan (2022)
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Original name: أزرق القفطان
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.
Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, husband wife relationship, gay interest, tailor, gay love, gay cruising, gay romance, gay arab, bathhouse, cancer, death of wife, sexual attraction, bare chested male, apprentice, older man younger man relationship, lgbt, terminal illness, homosexual, male homosexuality, relationships, love triangle, family relations, love and romance, love affair ...
Place:
middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, queer cinema and romantic films with plots about lgbt, gay, gay interest, love affair, gay subtext, relationships and gay lead character mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Blue Caftan: The Astronaut Lovers (2024), The Sea (2021), The Blonde One (2019), Esteros (2016), Of an Age (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A man who travels from Spain to Argentina for a vacation at his family home, where he becomes attracted to a childhood friend. But their relationship is full of misunderstandings as they try to hide it from family and friends.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, closeted homosexual, friendship between men, childhood friend, male nudity, homosexual, relationships, couples, gay lead character, gay couple, male homosexuality ...
Place:
argentina
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The story of Ana and Diego, a couple who decide to go live on the coast in Chile. There, they meet Vicente, with whom Diego secretly begins a relationship. Ana, for her part, must decide if she wants to open up to a relationship that deconstructs ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
gay interest, male male relationship, lgbt, gay, male homosexuality, gay anal sex, free love, gay sex, gay couple, homosexual, relationships, forbidden love ...
Place:
chile
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:
100%
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%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Serbian ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.
Style:
exciting, dramatic, captivating, serious, crying ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, closeted homosexual, sexual attraction, male male relationship, gay, teenage boy, 17 year old, ballroom dancing, gay slur, sexual awakening, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 2010s, 20th century, year 2010 ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Their love feels solid—until an old friend reappears and Ootani starts wondering if he’s really the one Tachibana wants.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
gay asian, gay, unrequited love, college student, love triangle, love affair, friends, romantic friendship, love interest, relationship problems, jealousy, boys love ...
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80%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A long time married couple comes to decide within 24 hours, through encounters with strangers, that letting go might be their biggest proof of love.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
marital crisis, couples, relationship problems, marital problem, marriage crisis, husband wife relationship, troubled marriage, marriage, relationships, love and romance, family problems, family relations ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Shima is an extremely shy young man who just started a new job. On his first day, he shares an elevator with a brash, hungover man named Togawa, who he soon learns is actually his boss. Over time, Shima becomes preoccupied with the Togawa as he ...
Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay asian, gay lead character, male male relationship, homoerotic friendship, boys love, gay couple, male homosexuality, employer employee relationship, love affair, lgbtq ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Instanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his realtives' Instanbul ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, enigmatic ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, homosexuality, glbt, homosexual, lgbt, turkish bath, bathhouse, lgbtq, male homosexuality, culture clash, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
italy, middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
707
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Pob and Dew are friends who study at the same school but slowly realize, that there might be something more than friendship between them. Unfortunately, they live in an era which isn't open to homosexuals and thus the two get separated only to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, gay asian, gay, forbidden love, gay teenager, closeted gay, repressed homosexual, gay couple, male homosexuality, lgbt teen, social issues ...
Place:
thailand
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%
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: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
David's turning 50 and having a Mid-life Crisis! He isn't sure his "perfect husband" loves him, and if he's chosen the right career. Aging is something he never thought about, but now he is faced with making the rest of his ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
gay romance, gay, lgbt, midlife crisis, love and romance, middle aged man, gay straight relations, couple relations, relationships, love affair, love story, love interest ...
Similarity:
67%
187
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Henri and Thom live together in Brussels and have been in perfect love for 35 years, or so it seems. Since Henri retired as a policeman, nothing has gone right. His days are dull and endless, his feelings are fading and their home has become a ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, gay cinema
Plot:
gay marriage, gay relationship, gay interest, gay, gay couple, lgbt, gay lead character, homosexuality, relationship problems, satire, gay crush, homosexual ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, lgbt, gay, fall in love, gay subtext, gay lead character, gay love, male male relationship, couple relations, relationship problems, relationships, gay african american ...
Place:
new york
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31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Unlike the three previous films, Pure focuses on the relationship between Misu Arata and Shingyouji Kanemitsu , which begins when Shingyouji takes the test to enter Shidou Gakuen . That's when he meets Misu and falls for him. Then we come back ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, yaoi
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, gay couple, gay interest, boys' school, boarding school, gay love, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay teenager, best friend ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Darryl Stephens plays Pete Logsdon-just a guy in Philadelphia who happens to have a history of getting involved with married men. His father, played by veteran Richard Lawson and his soon-to-be step mom, Leslie Zemeckis, are on him to find someone ...
Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, homosexual, lgbtq, relationships, love affair, couple relations, in love, fall in love, love and romance, romantic relationship ...
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29%
Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, romantic, captivating
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay subtext, writers, love and romance, gay couple, male male relationship, relationship problems, love affair, love story, couples, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.
Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, romantic, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay, one night stand, sex scene, homosexuality, gay interest, male homosexuality, lovers, gay relationship, gay lead character, male nudity, naked in public, young lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt, France, Israel, Lebanon
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a woman and his best friends drift away, he comes face to face with the harsh realities of life as a ...
Style:
romantic, psychological, independent film
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, closeted homosexual, gay love, arab, gay muslim, masturbation, closeted gay, repressed homosexual, taboo sex, social problems, relationships ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
south africa, middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, erotic, independent film
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian friend, lesbian erotica, infidelity, illness, lgbtq ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of two boys and how they deal with the discovery of love.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, melancholic, sexy ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, male homosexuality, gay relationship, teenage boy, hugging, homosexuality, homosexual, gay teenager, lgbtq, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Kosovo, Albania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol.
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, gay interest, gay sex, gay couple, closeted gay, gay lead character, gay love, gay slur, gay relationship, lovers, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kosovo
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Namibia
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
In Namibia, a country where sodomy is still a crime and gay relationships are stigmatized against, two lives intersect: George, a middle-class insurance broker living in central town, Windhoek, and Simeon, a kapana seller who lives in Katutura, ...
Style:
romantic, talky, touching, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay relationship, closeted gay, closeted homosexual, gay slur, gay subtext, male homosexuality, secret, discrimination, gay lead character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, namibia, south africa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Gabriel and Robert have been together for three years. Robert is hiding their relationship from the world. Gabriel wants the opposite: he would like everyone to find out how much he and Robert love each other. One day, Natalia, a girl with whom ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
gay, gay father, lgbt, gay couple, gay parent, gay interest, father daughter relationship, family relations, gay relationship, male male relationship, gay love, parents and children ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, enigmatic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay african american, homosexuality, male male relationship, gay teenager, gay sex, gay lead character, male prostitution, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay bar ...
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of ...
Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay sex, chef, restaurant, gay couple, gay lead character, love, homosexual, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a youth correctional facility, Joe is preparing his return to society. But William’s arrival turns his desire for freedom into desire of another kind. Behind fences and cell walls, passions begin to play havoc with the need for liberty.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological
Plot:
gay interest, gay teenager, gay relationship, gay, gay arab, teenage boy, gay love, fall in love, juvenile detention, gay couple, homosexuality, love and romance ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man tricks his homophobic father into a camping trip with his secret boyfriend.
Style:
romantic, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, father son relationship, gay interest, lgbtq, father and son, gay son, parents and children, love and romance, in love, romantic friendship, relationships, love affair ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two men in a gay men's rugby club must conceal an adulterous affair they unwittingly fall into before it leads to the collapse of the delicate social and political fabric of the club.
Style:
captivating, psychological, art house, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, rugby, gay crush, gay sex, gay romance, affair, bare chested male, male nudity, lgbt, gay athlete, gay erotica ...
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27%
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