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Fireworks (2023)
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Original name: Stranizza d'amuri
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
June 1982, Sicily. While Italians dream of winning the World Cup, two adolescents dream of living their love story without fear. Gianni, 17, is bullied because of his homosexuality but his life changes when he meets by accident Nino, 16, a captivating and innocent boy. The profound friendship they develop will without embarrassment turn into love, as they start working together for Nino's father, shooting fireworks. When their bond is discovered by their families, the consequences are as violent as the times and mores are conservative. The two teenagers are separated by force but ready to challenge everything and everyone, convinced their love can defeat death.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, dramatic, factual, tragic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay teenager, gay relationship, gay lead character, gay slur, gay interest, gay, lgbt teen, boys love, gay son, homosexual love, gay couple, gay affair, lgbt, teenage boy, relationships, friendship, couples, homophobic slur, father son relationship, 17 year old, tragic romance, teenager, coming of age, gay subtext ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
sicily, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, captivating, gay cinema and lgbt cinema films with plots about gay, lgbt, gay interest, gay kiss, gay teenager, gay subtext and gay lead character mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Fireworks: Dream Boy (2008), Hidden Kisses (2016), Being 17 (2016), The Way He Looks (2014), Skam (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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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:
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Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
2000s
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the beautiful high Pyrenees in south-west France, Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the ...
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france
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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 ...
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The story of a young teenager group, born 1999, and a pupil on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and her friends and their life, troubles, scandals and every day life. Which of the members represented changes per season.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, realistic, sweet, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, high school student, friendship, teenage sexuality, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, gay relationship, teenager, high school, friendship between girls, gay teenager ...
Place:
oslo norway, scandinavia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, denmark
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Style:
sexy, lgbt cinema, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay rape, boxing, beach, male homosexuality, gay student, gay teenager, gay, male nudity, gay bashing, gay relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, teen, cute ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, lgbt teen, gay lead character, gay interest, homosexuality, romantic relationship, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, depressing, gay cinema, loving
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, male nudity, gay, secret relationship, 17 year old, teenage boy, male pubic hair, first love, forbidden love, writers, young lovers ...
Time:
year 1984
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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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:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, light, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, gay, gay son, grandmother grandson relationship, gay relationship, gay asian, lgbtq, getting home, inheritance, marital argument ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway, Poland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
lgbt cinema, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
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Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, gay relationship, homosexual, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, first love, gay romance ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, captivating, serious, sincere, semi autobiographical
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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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:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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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:
29%
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 ...
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australia, new south wales
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29%
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sentimental, psychological, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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29%
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