Movies like Between Two Women

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Between Two Women (1986)
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Between Two Women (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, terminal illness, stroke, friendship, mother, husband wife relationship, marital problem, family disapproval

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out queer cinema, touching, psychological and independent film films with plots about lgbt, gay, gay interest, lgbtq, friendship, love and family relations mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Between Two Women: Fixing Frank (2002), Tucked (2018), In the Gloaming (1997), Amazing Grace (1992), Honeyglue (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fixing Frank (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, glbt, male nudity, closeted homosexual, conversion therapy, bathtub
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Tucked (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: TUCKED is a raw and tender drama about an aging 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, lgbt, drag queen, transsexual, desire for fame, friendship, loss, slice of life, mortality, love, transgender ...
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In the Gloaming (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: aids, gay, lgbt, family relations, terminal illness, hiv, bereavement, lgbtq, childhood, cancer, dying, gay son ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york state
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81%
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Amazing Grace (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: israeli, lgbt, aids, gay, glbt, lgbtq, gay subtext, mother, homosexuality, erotic fantasy, homosexual, gay teenager ...
Place: israel
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76%
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Honeyglue (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upside down. That is where she meets Jordan, a purse snatching cross dresser artist, who takes her on adventure of a lifetime.
Style: sexy, queer cinema
Plot: cancer, lgbtq, lgbt, terminal illness, love, gender, death, desire for fame, cross dressing, husband wife relationship, bisexual, husband and wife ...
Place: indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The David Dance (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Away from the microphone, David is soft spoken, shy and unsure of himself. However, as his on-air alias ‘Danger Dave,’ the host of “Gay Talk,” he’s poised, witty, and every listener’s best friend! His sister, Kate, a thrice divorced ...
Style: touching, psychological, sexy, melancholic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, adoption, lgbt, friendship, love, family relations, foster child, brother sister relationship, interracial adoption, gay interest, escapades, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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71%
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation.
Style: crying
Plot: real life, quadriplegic, als, cheerleader, high school football, football, coach, high school sports, perseverance, life, boss, never give up ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 80s
Place: hawaii
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Pretty/Handsome (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: A married father of two tells his wife and teenage sons that he is transsexual.
Style: cult classic, queer cinema, tv series pilot
Plot: lgbt, transsexual, gay, older woman younger man relationship, transgender, transsexuality, trans woman, flashback, sex, party, seduction, marriage ...
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64%
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The Man in Her Life (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, gays and lesbians, gay subtext, filipina, cheating wife, nudity, gay interest, female nudity, teacher, sex, homosexual, gay
Place: the philippines
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63%
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Open Bodies (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual, gay subtext, teenager, coming of age, arab, bisexuality, male nudity, wig
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60%
Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: David, Craig and Alicia are a triangle of young lovers who find angst and despair as they sort out their feelings and sexuality in a late-night coffee shop.
Style: independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
Plot: polyamory, gay, lgbt, bisexual, homosexual, coffee shop, bowling, photographer, infidelity, love triangle, young, gay kiss ...
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58%
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Three Veils (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, religious hypocrisy, oppression, lgbtq, muslim, social problems, sexual relations, lifestyle, women, sexual desire, sexual fantasy ...
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55%
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Looping (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Three intertwining stories about women, who end up in a psychiatric clinic...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, prison, woman, female nudity, female protagonist, skinny dipping, bulimia, death of mother, sister sister relationship, alcoholic mother, rape ...
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Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Henry Gamble's Birthday Party takes place over 24 hours at the birthday pool party of 17-year-old preacher's kid Henry Gamble. The party guests include adults and teenagers from his church, as well as Henry's "secular" ...
Style: psychological, sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: lgbt, lgbt teen, gay, gay teenager, masturbation, lgbtq, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, friendship, self mutilation, puberty, adultery ...
Place: chicago
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54%
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
Plot: aids, gay, family relations, hiv, lgbt, terminal illness, mother daughter relationship, homosexuality, grandmother, reconciliation, lighthouse, brother sister relationship ...
Place: ireland
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54%
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Boys Life 2 (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Compilation of four short films about homoerotic situations involving young men. In "Trevor", by Peggy Rajski, a teenager faces homophobia and falls in love for the first time. Tom DeCerchio directed "Nunzio's Second ...
Style: independent film, anthology, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, coming of age, lgbtq, lgbt teen, youth, gay subtext, male homosexuality, best friend, high school life, friendship ...
Time: 90s
Place: iowa, usa
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54%
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Raising Heroes (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Josh and Paul want to adopt Nickie, the child of Paul's recently deceased friend Susan. Susan's mother opposes gays' adopting, and Monday is the final court date. On Friday, Josh stops by a market for milk and glimpses a Mob hit. ...
Style: independent film, queer cinema
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You're Not You (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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Fireflies (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Greece, Dominican Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico. There his nostalgia and melancholy are confronted with new friendships, while he starts to ...
Style: touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, friendship, self discovery, melancholy, migration, exile, solitude, machismo, lgbtq, gay love, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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52%
The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s best friend, out of the blue, asks them to take care of her two kids for a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing
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Nasty Baby (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Nasty Baby centers around a Brooklyn couple, Freddy and his boyfriend Mo, who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly. Freddy is an artist, and his latest work is all about babies – it’s clear he’s dying to be a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, interracial couple, gay couple, friendship, illegal immigrant, couples, couple relations, best friend, gender, society, love and romance, latinx lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
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Nowhere (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style: romantic, psychological, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay love, immigration, gay couple, fall in love, chase, escapades, gay relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Ranchlands (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: The story of a spiritually scarred man whose life changes forever when he must return to his estranged family to help care for a brother who is suffering from brain cancer. With the help of a spiritually enlightened caregiver, he faces the demons of ...
Style: rough, suspense, touching, suspenseful
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Noah's Arc (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Four gay friends live in L.A. and deal with today's issues, boyfriends, aids, your boyfriend's children, making it in the movie biz, etc.
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay african american, gay, lgbt, gay interest, lgbtq, gay subtext, friend, hiv, male nudity, dating, friendship between men, gay parent ...
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Snapshots (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti worries about Rose being all alone, but the stubborn matriarch will not sell. There are memories here ...
Style: psychological, sincere, touching, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot: lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lake, lesbian sex, lesbian, flashback sequence, secret, pride, woman, lgbtq, love ...
Time: 60s
Place: missouri
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45%
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LUMA (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The young, pregnant housewife Jennifer- nickname LUMA- meets the self confident, bisexual Christiane. Their friendship develops up to an vehement love affair, which is driving Luma into an turmoil of emotions. Raised up under catholic influence, she ...
Style: suspense, sexy, psychological, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: bisexual, female friendship, friendship, love, tenderness, homosexual, bisexual woman, chaos, husband wife relationship, lgbt, lesbian, girl ...
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Making Maya (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Basketball is the backdrop against which this coming of age lesbian Indie flick is set. A touching story of young ladies irresistibly drawn together against their will.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: lesbian, meaning of life, friendship, self discovery, basketball, best friend, lgbt, lesbian interest, lesbianism, contest, basketball player, female female kiss ...
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The Last Passport (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: independent film
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The Lost Coast (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, friendship, forest, halloween, gay best friend, self discovery, haunted by the past, lifestyle, introspection, hopes, camping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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43%
Consenting Adult (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young and shy Jeff discovers his attraction to men. After struggling with himself he comes out to his parents. Mum eventually listens to his son and tries to understand his feelings, but his Dad would rather die - which, in the end, he really does, ...
Style: sad, crying
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Place: washington state
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