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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. ...
Style:
sexy, gothic horror, costume drama, period piece, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, vampire, sexual attraction, lesbianism, magician, supernatural, love, power of love, impossible love, true love ...
Time:
2010s, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Star and Brandon, estranged brother and sister, are brought together after their mother's recent death and her absurd final request to dispose of her ashes in the body of a whale. With no choice or face losing their much-needed inheritance - ...
Style:
independent film, crying
Plot:
gay bashing, gay brother, gay, brother sister relationship, gay interest, repressed homosexual, sexual repression, whale, sexual orientation, sexual attraction, drunkenness, republican ...
Place:
iowa, missouri, oklahoma, texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.
Style:
homoerotic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay romance, homosexuality, homoeroticism, closeted homosexual, gay anal sex, gay soldier, gay sex, military training, homosexual ...
Place:
austria
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: New Zealand, Australia, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
piano, desire, sexual relations, adultery, couple relations, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, feminist, love, love affair, couples, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Style:
captivating, psychological, sentimental, crying, tragic
Plot:
secret relationship, teenage girl, coming of age, sexual attraction, desire, temptation, missionary, religion, love affair, sin, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
labor day
Place:
memphis, kentucky
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nolan Mack, a soft-spoken bank employee, undoubtedly loves his wife Joy, though their cavernous empty house only underscores how disconnected they’ve always been from each other. Nolan finds himself drifting from his familiar present-day life in ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, older man younger man relationship, gay interest, male prostitute, bare chested male, gay husband, unrequited love, repressed sexuality, couples, secret relationship, male male relationship ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, dark past, church, serial murder, small town, teenager, murder, double life, fear, mysterious villain, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, midwest
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Norman Bates is again released from the mental hospital he was placed in at the end of Psycho III after serving another few years and is apparently rehabiliated for the second time. Norman is now married to a young nurse named Connie and is ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, scary, cult horror, suspense ...
Plot:
voyeur, split personality, childhood trauma, psycho killer, psychopath, double murder, poisoning, incestuous desire, schizophrenia, matricide, child abuse, oedipus complex ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, 80s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by ...
Style:
medical horror, surreal, sexy, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
social outcast, body horror, dysfunctional family, surgeon, losing-it hero, surgical operation, sister sister relationship, high school, gory, mentally unstable protagonist, social relations, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It's Halloween night at the Bowl-o-Rama where Samantha and her friends are having a party. Everyone's having a great time... until the Chubbies arrive. From the distant planet of Snerd, where sex is outlawed, come the chubbies. A race of ...
Style:
horror comedy, raunchy, teen horror, absurd, independent film ...
Plot:
halloween, monster, creature feature, dark humor, teenager, alien invasion, body horror, survival, blood, female nudity, halloween party, lawyer ...
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With an eye for excitement, James has a habit of filming the erotic exploits of his neighbors. But when one of his tapes catches more than he anticipated, James winds up the victim of a vicious hit-and-run. Enter James' ex-girlfriend Lena Slane ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, detective, sexploitation film, hot
Plot:
sexual desire, masturbation, erotica, sex, exhibitionism, sexual attraction, oral sex, love, female nudity, seduction, passionate sex, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay relationship, gay, lgbt, forbidden love, gender, gay sex, gay interest, sex, friendship between men, sexual attraction, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay, mistaken identity, looking for love, disorder, gay couple, comedy of errors, friendship, lifestyle, prostitution, infidelity, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, psychopath, male nudity, sexual cruelty, loss of control, porn actress, nudity, female nudity, obsessed fan, oral sex, disturbed person, shyness ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style:
semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, closeted homosexual, vacation, beach, repressed homosexual, beach house, gay interest, unrequited love, accident, gay, restaurant, secret ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Newly married to an older man, Julie returns to Vienna, where a razor wielding slasher is killing women. Jean, her cruel and sadistic former lover, immediately contacts her, certain that only he can satisfy her strange vice. But she rejects him. She ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, slasher, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, lovers, voyeurism, mystery killer, perversion, reckless driving, threatening telephone call, extramarital affair, serial murder, female friendship, obsession, murder ...
Time:
20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1971
Place:
europe, spain, austria, turin italy, sicily ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Lothar Schramm is a simple man with complex problems, yet he seems like such a nice guy. He works as a taxi driver and lives by himself where he is happy to answer his door to strangers and kill them outright. As with many shy loner types he has a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bloody, slasher, controversial ...
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, psycho killer, necrophilia, psycho, prostitute, sexual torture, violent, sexual cruelty, perversity, nudity ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, art house, erotic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, lgbtq, surrealism, gays and lesbians, lgbt, murder, male male relationship, male homosexuality, glbt, sexuality, psychology ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Style:
sexual, black and white, suspense, gothic, gothic horror ...
Plot:
nun, religion, medieval, renaissance, folk horror, forbidden love, curses spells and rituals, terror, abbess, sexual repression, literary, witchcraft ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 1961, near future
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Style:
gothic, suspense, gothic horror, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
jekyll and hyde, servant, laboratory, prostitute, dual identity, mad scientist, hiding, brothel madam, sexual assault, eroticism, sexual attraction, brothel ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
scotland, london
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The disturbed arts teacher, Anna Veigh, is hired by Mr. Laing as a governess to raise Flora and her brother Miles. Anna believes that the ghosts of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and housekeeper, Peter Quint, are in the property haunting the ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychological, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, governess, lake, sex crime, estate, lesbian, lesbian interest, female nudity, cemetery, nightmare, possessed human, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Uruguay, Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Leo, a young man coming to terms with his own sexuality, runs into Caro, a primary school friend he fancied when they were kids, who's now trying to ward off her own personal demons. This casual re-encounter will affect their personal conflicts ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay love, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, friendship, gay, self acceptance, lgbt, self discovery, gays and lesbians, depression, sexual attraction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Scientist Shane Brown neglects his new bride, instead spending their honeymoon searching for an old colleague who disappeared after a research paper he had written was discredited by the medical community. It turns out that Dr. Semeneau is living in ...
Style:
bloody, disturbing, sexual, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
violence, vampire, sex, gory, cannibal, cannibalism, murder, wanting to die, chambermaid, bloodbath, flesh eating, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2001, turn of the century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, ghana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whizzkid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the United Kingdom BDSM scene.
Style:
sexy, sexual, sex comedy, intellectual, independent film ...
Plot:
bdsm, fetish, crossdresser, dominatrix, bisexual, sex show, sex, sexual perversion, forbidden love, femme fatale, gender bending, nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. The inmates force the prelate to watch a play depicting what really happened in 1912. We meet him as a young man, ...
Style:
serious, emotional, enigmatic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
gay, gender, homosexuality, boys love, bishop, homosexual, lgbtq, vengeance, tragedy, love triangle, haunted by the past, teachers and students ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Style:
sexy, erotic, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adult filmmaking, insurance, husband wife relationship, dark humor, exhibitionism, female nudity, family relations, love and romance, nothing goes right, couple relations, disorder, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
High schooler Kiroku Nanbu yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku’s sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.
Style:
realistic, serious, witty, black and white
Plot:
high school student, gang, satire, delinquent, adult humor, school, political satire, catholic, fight, teenager, training, sexual repression ...
Time:
year 1966, 1930s, year 1936
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.
Style:
political, neorealism, surreal, controversial, allegory ...
Plot:
resistance, confession, sin, suicide, sexual repression, religion, bare butt, satire, self flagellation, political party, priest, death ...
Place:
italy
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