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The Circle (2014)
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Original name: Der Kreis
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 Europe.
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, homosexuality, lgbt, gay club, gay couple, gay teacher, forbidden love, gay rights, girls' school, gay brother, drag queen, gay slur, father son relationship, gay son, opposites attract, against the rules, love and romance, discrimination, cabaret, lgbtq, gay love, blackmail, police raid ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, zurich switzerland
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Venezuela, Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
gender, gay parent, gay love, gay, gay couple, gay slur, estrangement, life turned upside down, photograph, gay father, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, lgbt cinema, touching ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gender, gay relationship, gay interest, lgbt, gay slur, gays and lesbians, gay man straight woman relationship, polyamory, church, gay teenager ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2002, year 2006, year 2000 ...
Place:
indiana, usa, colorado, wyoming, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sexual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gay interest, sex scandal, homosexuality, gay, closeted homosexual, scandal, lgbt, homosexual history, homosexual, gay slur, love affair, journalism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1955, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, london
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, immigration, homosexuality, gay relationship, syrian refugee, gay romance, gay lead character, gay sex, architect, forbidden love ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge ...
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, touching, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay student, aids, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay son, gay teenager, gay love, homosexual history ...
Time:
2000s, 70s, 80s, 90s, year 1978 ...
Place:
austria, australia, indiana, italy, sydney australia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler ...
Style:
realistic, erotic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, male prostitution, gay slur, gay relationship, gay love, gays and lesbians, male prostitute, lgbt, gay sex, gay latino, two males in bed, gay erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, immigrant, farmer, self discovery, dull life, family relations, society, fall in love, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
peru, basque country
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, male nudity, gay slur, gay lead character, gay love, gay sex, orgy, naked man, lgbtq, gay marriage ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, missionary, lgbt, love, religion, forbidden love, male nudity, gays and lesbians, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, idaho
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, talky, touching, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay relationship, gay romance, gay teenager, lgbtq, gay couple, gay student, male male relationship, lgbt, gay sex, gay love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, akron ohio, ohio, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ibrahim chooses to fall for young and handsome Kevin over marrying his cute but expensive cousin Elif while kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic fundamentalism.
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay relationship, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay couple, gay, gay muslim, gay interest, male homosexuality, muslim, tradition, family relations, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
antwerp, europe, turkey, belgium
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what ...
Style:
emotional, homoerotic, sexual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, gay relationship, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay slur, forbidden love, infidelity, gay straight relations, love affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jess is a bohemian youth with secrets to hide from his shrewd parents. James feels trapped living with his irritable mother. After meeting for a sexual encounter, the two young men set off on a spontaneous road trip across rural Argentina to reunite ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, coming of age, gay love, gay relationship, road trip, menage a trois, gay youth, ghost, threesome, masturbation, gay sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexual, sincere, serious, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, homosexuality, gay couple, gay interest, gender, homosexual, lgbt, lgbtq, fall in love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
1930s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1933, year 1952 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nathan, 16, lives alone with his father Stephane. A newcomer in high school, he is invited to a party and falls in love with Louis, a boy in his class. They find themselves out of sight and kiss each other, but someone takes a picture of them. Soon, ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, realistic, captivating, disturbing, cute ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay love, gay bashing, gay teenager, gay youth, gay lead character, gay romance, gay relationship, homosexuality, lgbtq ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay student, coming of age, fall in love, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenage love, self discovery, gay interest, social misfits, lgbt teen ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories still haunt ...
Style:
melancholic, suspense, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, male homosexuality, gay interest, gay club, gay teenager, lgbt, missing person, homosexuality, lgbtqi, gay youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Style:
sincere, serious, sexy, lgbt cinema, homoerotic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, adolescence vs adulthood, lgbtq, gay interest, youth, gay love, parents and children, gay relationship, lgbt teen, male homosexuality, gay brother ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, buenos aires argentina, latin america, russia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two men meet and fall in love under the least joyous of circumstances in this low-key drama from writer and director Yen Tan.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sensual, romantic ...
Plot:
gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, lgbtq, gender, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance ...
Place:
italy, austin texas, europe, texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the ...
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
aids, gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay slur, male homosexuality, homosexual, terminal illness, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, washington d.c., yale university ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, ...
Style:
touching, sweet, sexual, cute, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, blindness, lgbt, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, friendship, gay love, teenage life, lgbt teen, gay interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay, gender, lgbtq, gay love, lgbt, homoeroticism, threesome, love triangle, gay couple, gay seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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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:
sexy, tense, psychological, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay, gay sex, gay couple, gay lead character, lovers, homosexuality, prison, gay slur ...
Time:
year 1952, 1950s, year 1955, year 1954, 50s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him ...
Style:
talky, romantic, emotional, touching, crying ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay subtext, gay interest, gay couple, gay, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, swimmer, wedding, gay lead character, closeted gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
switzerland, turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a double-bass player originally from Albania. It's love at first sight. Confronted by Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir's misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sexual, serious ...
Plot:
gay, musician, gay slur, gay couple, gay relationship, gay sex, kinky sex, prison, sadomasochism, gays and lesbians, love affair, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
Style:
independent film, talky, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, lgbtq, homosexual, drag queen, lgbt, gay, gay bar, gay bashing, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, true love, glbt ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1971, year 1980
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, brooklyn new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Style:
homoerotic, lgbt cinema, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, gay relationship, outdoor sex, male nudity, gay sex, death of father, gay slur, gay brother, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, erotic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gay love, gay, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, married man, gay sex, gay bashing, gay student, judaism, homosexuality, infatuation ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem, palestine, middle east, persia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style:
touching, political, sad, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, gay rights, prejudice, gay pride, gay love, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, year 2014, year 1984, 2000s ...
Place:
england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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