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This Special Friendship (1964)
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Original name: Les Amitiés particulières
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Style:
touching, psychological, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt teen, boys love, friendship, gay teenager, teenage life, boys' school, boarding school, youth, boyhood, gay love, friend, child, teenage boy, gay interest, school, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay, teenager, male male relationship, gay student, romantic friendship, catholic school, male homosexuality, boy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, realistic, touching and serious films with plots about gay, lgbt, coming of age, youth, gay interest, lgbtq and friendship mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like This Special Friendship: You Are Not Alone (1978), The Nature of Nicholas (2002), The Fire That Burns (1997), Borstal Boy (2000), For a Lost Soldier (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Nature of Nicholas is a surreal story of twelve-year-old Nicholas as he struggles with an attraction to his best friend.
Style:
touching, serious, surreal, captivating, queer horror ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, zombie, coming of age, friendship, sexual orientation, school, teenage love, teenage life, gay, obsession, youth, family relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students.
Plot:
coming of age, boys' school, altar boy, gay, lgbt, choir, school, friendship, teenage boy, homosexual, religion, boarding school ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, touching, political ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, homosexuality, boarding school life, lgbtq, boys love, gay slur, coming of age, gay love, playwright, drag, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of a romantic relationship between a Canadian soldier and a child set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII. Told in flashback from the present day, the child, now a man, is still seeking his lost soldier.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
world war two, lgbt, forbidden love, gay, man boy relationship, pedophilia, intergenerational friendship, soldier, gay interest, first love, sexual awakening, homosexual ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
europe, netherlands, germany, holland
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, social ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, coming of age, teenage boy, friendship between boys, gay teenager, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lgbtq, boy, first love, children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
What do you dream of when you're 16 years old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sexy, captivating, aesthetic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, teenage protagonist, lgbt teen, teenager, gay relationship, teenage boy, gay interest, death, accidental death, gay teenager, beach resort ...
Time:
year 1985, 2000s, 80s
Place:
normandy, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexual, stylized, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay youth, friendship, lovers, self discovery, best friend, teenage love, innocence lost, friendship between boys ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, catalonia, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Romeo and Juliet has never been more provocative than in this contemporary all-boy staging. Writer/director Alan Brown transfers the setting from fair Verona to a high school military campus where a small group of boys from rival schools act out the ...
Style:
emotional, serious, touching, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, lgbtq, gay love, gym, boys love, gays and lesbians, gender, gay interest, true love, gay romance, gay student ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Style:
surreal, serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay teenager, gender, gay, boy, gay interest, coming of age, teenage love, lgbt teen, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sexual awakening, 13 year old ...
Similarity:
75%
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, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, coming of age, young lovers, secret relationship, gay brother, male nudity, lgbt, sexual awakening ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The coastal California community of Rock Haven is the perfect place for cute eighteen-year-old Brady and his loving mother to begin a fresh start. Their mission: to spread the word of the Lord. But while roaming the beach one day, Brady meets ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, first gay sexual experience, gay teenager, forbidden love, gay relationship, lgbt, gay love, male nudity, teenage life, male pubic hair, repressed homosexual, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sweet, touching, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay love, gay interest, boys love, teenage love, glbt ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Style:
sincere, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay couple, child abuse, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, couples, dysfunctional family, lgbt teen, gay student, homosexual rape ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, gay cinema
Plot:
gay teenager, lgbt teen, love, love affair, boy, relationships, first love, gay, gay crush, gay interest, relationship problems, teenage boy ...
Place:
belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Cliff has just turned 18 and his little sister has a gift for him: booze, a joint, a subway token and the command to have sex. Heading out on the town, Cliff finds friendship -- and more -- in the person of a young hustler named Butch. But ...
Style:
touching, sincere, serious, sentimental, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay teenager, gay, male rape, self discovery, fall in love, friendship, innocence lost, lgbt, lifestyle, teenage life, youth ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, gloomy, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, male prostitution, gay erotica, naked man, lgbt, gay relationship, obsession, gay teenager, gays and lesbians, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When 21 year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV+, his family quickly rallys around him. Leo travels to Paris with his youngst brother Marcel for treatment. When Leo tries to push his brother ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
boy, youth, skinny dipping, hiv, gays and lesbians, friendship, coming of age, lgbt, tragic hero, family problems, family life, pregnancy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, erotic, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, lgbtq, male masturbation, gay crush, skinny dipping, infatuation, teenage boy, friendship, lgbt, lgbt teen, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
15-year-old Tom (Simon Royer) is going to spend another calm summer with his parents and younger sister at their summer house. But by fate, another family comes to spend some time with them, with their 17-year-old son Félix (Marin Lafitte). In the ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexy, unusual plot structure, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, first gay sexual experience, gay relationship, gay teenager, lgbtq, homoerotic friendship, friendship between boys, love, gay love, gay friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, psychological, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay subtext, homosexual, lgbtq, lgbt, love, gay sex, gay relationship, male nudity, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Aoi, a young teacher with striking good looks, has just learned that his newest student Sora is the alluring teen prostitute he once hired. Here the nightmare begins. As the walls of the prestigious academy become a percolating hotbed of sexual ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, lgbt, high school, teacher student relationship, teachers and students, transsexual, student life, couples, power relations, teenage life, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Phillip and Dieter nearly suffocate hiding their sexual identity in the face of puritanical small town values. Joined by a mysterious German relative, the three misfits escape to the big city searching for a place to belong.
Style:
erotic, independent film, sexual, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, gay teenager, gay erotica, lgbtq, nude boy, skinny dipping, gay relationship, lgbt, naked man, male homosexuality, immigrant, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, serious, realistic, tense, crying ...
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, adolescence, catholic school, sex, catholic, boys' school, boarding school, gay, sensuality, youth, lgbt ...
Time:
1950s, year 1976, 70s, year 1953, 50s
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teacher student sex, female sexual predator, pregnancy, forbidden love, love and romance, against the rules, unlikely couple, sexual abuse, teachers and students, life is a bitch, legal, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style:
touching, homoerotic, lgbt cinema, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, boys love, coming of age, lgbt child, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, idaho, flanders, europe, belgium
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a vacation camp somewhere in the French country, 1960. Marc et Philippe are two of the counsellors. Marc is very virile, while Philippe is more reserved. A night, Marc surprises Philippe dressed and made-up like a woman. From now on, he will keep ...
Style:
crying, realistic, semi serious, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
summer camp, gay, gay interest, outdoor sex, homoeroticism, swimming pool, lgbt, humiliation, assault, male nudity, female nudity, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
france, paris france
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: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
Style:
sexy, realistic, sentimental, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, gay, gay interest, friendship, lgbt, gay sex, unrequited love, gay teenager, true love, romantic friendship, gay asian, gay crush ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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