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The Birdcage (1996)
114K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style:
sexy, humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good, laugh out loud, lgbt cinema, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
lgbtq, gay parent, gender, gay, wedding, glbt, cross dressing, gay couple, senator, drag queen, gay father, farce, female impersonator, nightclub, satire, gay slur, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, politician, disorder, comedy of errors, lgbtqi, parents and children, family values, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
florida, miami, usa, miami beach, los angeles, san francisco, united states ...
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Most similar movies to The Birdcage
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, queer cinema and semi serious films with plots about gay, lgbt, gender, lgbtq, gay interest, gays and lesbians and male nudity mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Birdcage: Birds of a Feather (1978), In & Out (1997), The Closet (2001), Jeffrey (1995), Maybe... Maybe Not (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, cult classic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbtq, gay parent, homosexuality, father son relationship, gay couple, gay, transvestite, gay relationship, comedy of manners, glbt, farce, gay stereotype ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, french riviera, saint tropez, provence ...
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Style:
sexy, feel good, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, homosexuality, small town, wedding, gay interest, gay slur, gay stereotype, gay lead character, teacher student relationship, high school teacher ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, homosexual, gay pride, workplace, pretending to be gay, satire, lgbtq, friendship, workplace intrigue, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, lgbt cinema, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, transsexual, road trip, drag queen, gay slur, lgbtq, desert, gender bending, gay interest, transvestism, bus, gay father ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
australia, sydney australia, south australia
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.
Style:
sexy, sexual, touching, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, aids, gay interest, glbt, gay lead character, gay relationship, lgbtq, hiv, lgbt, gay friend, gay couple, celibacy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Der Bewegte Mann is a German comedy about a heterosexual man, Axel, who is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him ...
Style:
homoerotic, sexual, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, farce, friendship, infidelity, bare butt, bare chested male, nudity, male objectification, erotica ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
germany, tokyo, berlin germany, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, sexy, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
gay, transvestism, gender bending, drag queen, lgbtq, friendship, small town, cross dressing, gender, glbt, on the road, gay interest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa, new york, london, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
Style:
cult classic, controversial, political, freeze frame, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female sexual predator, gay, lgbt, pretending to be gay, vietnam war, gay slur, bare breasts, gay stereotype, childish woman, gay cruising, homophobic slur, gigolo ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, miami
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style:
talky, clever, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, glbt, lgbtq, gay lead character, mistaken identity, friendship, farce, odd couple, gay interest, gay straight relations ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Style:
sexy, witty, sexual, touching, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, cross dressing, closeted homosexual, nightclub, gender bending, gender disguise, music, female impersonator, farce, dancing, woman dressed as man ...
Time:
1930s, year 1982, 20th century, year 1934
Place:
paris france, france, europe, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as ...
Style:
funny, sex comedy, surreal, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
lgbtq, transvestism, glbt, male male relationship, lgbt, transsexual, spy, gay, gender bending, homosexual, gay parent, gay stereotype ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
italy, saint tropez, sicily, europe, riviera ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gender, gays and lesbians, gay parent, gay interest, gay father, lgbt, gay relationship, couples, family problems, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A comedy about a religious mother who is determined to stop her gay son's wedding. But her plans go awry when she accidentally befriends his fiancé and begins dispensing relationship advice.
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
gay couple, wedding, gay relationship, male male relationship, gay, mother son relationship, lgbt, gay marriage, lgbtq, gay son, family relations, parents and children ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young phone-sex addict goes to a therapist who herself has died and a psychotic patient is in her place.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, murder, comedy of errors, parents and children, farce, hidden identity, voyeurism, police investigation, gay son, lgbt, gay, glbt ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Butch Camp is a 1996 comedy film. Filmed and set in Chicago, Illinois, it tells the story of a mild-mannered gay man who, tired of being pushed around by straights, enrolls in "Butch Camp," a program designed to turn wimpy gay men into ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay stereotype, glbt, lgbt teen, silly humor, thirtysomething life, screwball, couples, transvestism, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is ...
Style:
feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay love, gay, homosexuality, gay athlete, gays and lesbians, gay couple, gay lead character, couples, family relations ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, witty, clever, retro ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gender disguise, wall street, sexism, workplace, comedy of errors, hidden identity, business, strong female lead, women, farce, racism, fake identity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group ...
Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay interest, friendship, sex, gay, lgbt, glbt, relationships, sexuality, stereotypes, loneliness, farce, dialogue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey, middle east
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, forbidden love, gender bending, male male relationship, american football, gay lead character, family relations, self discovery, eccentric family, closeted gay, best friend ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A zany comedy about two sisters, their gay best friend, and their overzealous stage mom.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gender, lesbian, eccentric family, family relations, parents and children, couples, contests and competitions, fall in love, dancer's life, ambition, lgbt, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Failing cosmetics magnate Sally Fay (Traci Lords) will stop at nothing to possess the waters of the Steam Room to help lift her sagging empire. What she doesn’t count on is the Steam Room Guys banding together to thwart her evil plans.
Style:
sexy, buddy comedy, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay relationship, lgbt, gay, gay couple, gay lead character, male objectification, male nudity, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. Billy tries to get ...
Style:
erotic, light, semi serious, humorous, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbt, male male relationship, gay lead character, relationships, stereotypes, fall in love, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, indiana, san francisco
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room-Xander, a sweet, hunky guy who's recently moved to LA. Smitten, Blaine then finds that he's been chatting to ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, mistaken identity, gay interest, gay lead character, phone sex, looking for sex, artists and showbiz, twentysomething life, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!
Style:
realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay couple, lgbtqi, couples, lgbt, gay interest, couple relations, love and romance, homosexuality, gay son ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
birmingham alabama, southern usa, alabama
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay stereotype, gay, transgender, identity crisis, family relations, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, actor's life, self discovery, youth, fall in love, unsupportive parent ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, spain
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, not serious, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, gay sex, homosexual, summer camp, oral sex, masturbation, sexual relations, sexual content, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
After Marc dumps him, Kyle unites with Gwen and Tiffani to land sexually confused art model Troy by pretending to be straight. However, Marc wants Troy, too, and members from a notorious "ex-gay" group are slipping for the both of them.
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay sex, orgasm, lgbt, closeted homosexual, happy ending, couple relations, couples, gender, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three friends who head the Social Committee in a frat house, called KOK (Kappa Omicron Kappa), are charged with stealing money their fraternity has been saving for a cocktail cruise at the end of the semester, the one that guarantees them a spot at ...
Style:
humorous, teen, funny, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, college, student life, stupidity, transsexual, farce, hidden identity, gender bending, high school, stereotypes, transvestite, sorority ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, romantic, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, love, gay bar, gay friend, gay sex, gay couple, gay best friend, happy ending, friends ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
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