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Plot Summary:
Julia, Lucas, Aaron, Nora and Lola live in a building in the chaotic Mexico City, . Everything changes when Felix moves to the unoccupied apartment next to them. Félix comes to know their neighbors and this changes the dynamics of the lives of the characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, feel good, queer cinema
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The Summer Side (2012)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about a family of Gran Canaria island that shown in a "situation totally on edge" and reflects the way to be the canaries, as its author.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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These Peculiar Days (2019)
Plot Summary:
Eight friends travel to a cabin in the woods to celebrate their high school graduation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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Velociraptor (2014)
Plot Summary:
During the end of the world, two best friends walk around their city, talking about their sex lives, and one of them reveals they are still a virgin.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, suspenseful, talky
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Butterfly (2015)
Plot Summary:
A butterfly, a creature symbolising rebirth and a new beginning, epitomises Romina’s and Germán’s world, a world that consists of two parallel realities. In one of them they grow up as siblings who desire each other and try to give shape to their love without sexual fulfilment; in the other they are a young man and woman who form an awkward friendship instead of succumbing to their feelings for each other. Germán finds himself in a discordant relationship with Mariela. Mariela’s brother is interested in Bruno. Bruno is with Romina, but wants to be with Germán. Playfully alternating between these two realities, the lovers find themselves drawn into ever new couplings in order to explore their intuitive feelings – cautiously, but at the same time prepared to lose everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sincere, suspenseful, offbeat, feel good
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The Young, the Gay and the Restless (2006)
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An aging, wealthy diva, Ms. Victoria Gaylord, in her late 50's learns that she has a mysterious illness and will soon be dead. Her family, friends, and entourage gather at her fabulous estate to assist her during this time of ill health. Some of these guests are loyal while others are vultures creeping their way into Ms. Gaylord's finances.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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4 Days in France (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man leaves everything behind to travel aimlessly through France, letting himself be guided only by the people and landscapes he encounters: four days and four nights of wandering, during which his lover tries to locate him via Grindr, a smartphone dating app.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Lieve Jongens (1980)
Plot Summary:
Lieve Jongens (“Sweet Boys”) explores the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged writer and the handsome young men who dominate his life. Wolf, a successful writer of romantic novels, is plagued by self doubt and writer's block. Though pleasant looking and well-preserved, he fears age will rob him of the youthful companionship he so desperately craves. With the help of his equally randy and manipulative young sex partner, Wolf plots to seduce the gentle Muskrat from the arms of a much older lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Tell Me About Yourself (2022)
Plot Summary:
Chava, a 17-year-old boy who has a secret admirer, feels more attracted to boys. When leaving his school in a rainy day, Carlos offers him a ride, and so their adventure begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
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Sex, Party and Lies (2009)
Plot Summary:
A youth group is preparing for what will be the summer of their life, including secrets, lies, sex, confusion, evenings and holidays.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, light, suspense, entertaining, art house, queer cinema, hot
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The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps (2022)
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Two years after the death of Jean, Matthias, the coach, decides to take Selime, a young man from the suburbs he believes is gay, to accompany the Shiny Shrimps to the Gay Games in Tokyo, on a trip to pay tribute to their friend who left too early. But after they miss their connection, they find themselves stranded in Russia, in one of the not the most gay-friendly regions in the world. The start of a crazy adventure as incredible as it is perilous.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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Bromance (2016)
Plot Summary:
When three friends go on a camping trip in a remote part of Argentina, sexual tensions quickly bubble to the surface. Once in virtual seclusion by the beach, Juli, also camping at the site, quickly recognises that that the boys seem to have a closer relationship than what she would consider 'normal'. The line between friendship and love fade further for two of the boys in particular as their desire becomes too much to bear. When what started as a simple getaway quickly becomes tinged with sex, romance, and conflict, everyone is forced to confront who they really are for the very first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, humorous, lgbt cinema, contemplative, queer cinema
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Saturday Night at the Baths (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Continental Baths, a favorite hangout of New York homosexuals, provides the background of this socially conscious comedy drama that tries to examine the relationships between gay and heterosexual people. The story centers around a macho, heterosexual piano player who gets a job at the notorious nightclub and must therefore reconsider his attitudes. His girl friend helps him too. In the end, he winds up becoming sure of his sexuality when he tries to sleep with a gay man.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Everything is Free (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Ivan's old college roommate comes to visit him in Columbia, he brings his brother and a whole lot of romantic complications.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, queer cinema
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Taekwondo (2016)
Plot Summary:
Fernando is on holiday with his closest male friends in a beautiful country house in a suburb of Buenos Aries. On their own without their girlfriends in a “men only” environment, the hunky young studs bask in the hot sun, play in the pool, smoke pot, and drink, most often semi-clad or naked. In this freewheeling and testosterone-infused environment, they talk of their desires and strengthen their individual bonds.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, sweet, captivating, disturbing, lgbt cinema, independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
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How to Be a Slut in America (2017)
Plot Summary:
A three-part feature by Brian Jordan Alvarez An honest portrayal of a young man figuring out how he wants to live out his romantic and sexual life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, gay cinema
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The Adopters (2019)
Plot Summary:
Martín, a TV host of 42, has the urgent need of becoming a father. Leonardo, an agronomist of 45 and Martín’s partner for the past ten years, has doubts since he himself was adopted by his parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Kill the Monsters (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three men struggle to save their relationship while traveling across country in search of a doctor they believe will make one of them well.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, tense, light, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014)
Plot Summary:
Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: captivating, hispanic
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José (2018)
Plot Summary:
José (19 years old) lives with his mother (50s) in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. Jose spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, Jose is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Guatemala
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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The Last Straight Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lewis is a closeted gay man throwing a bachelor party for his straight best friend and secret crush, Cooper. After a night of drunken sex together, the two men decide to meet in the same hotel suite on the same night each year to hook up and catch up. Over the course of twelve years, we see four additional nights that depict how the two men grow and how their friendship changes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, independent film, homoerotic, realistic, lgbt cinema, crying, sex comedy, queer cinema
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Uncle Frank (2020)
Plot Summary:
Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free spirit Wally. No one really knows about Frank’s life, except his newly-arrived teenage niece, Beth, who promises to keep his relationship with the family secret. But when, Mac, the overbearing patriarch of his family dies, Frank is forced to go home for the funeral, where old traumas arise and he has to face his family again. In part road movie, partly a story of maturity, this film still to be named is a funny but deeply moving story about family, forgiveness and our intrinsic power to choose who we want to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, suspenseful, philosophical, dark comedy, cult classic, crying, independent film, gay cinema
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Cousins (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, emotional, touching, realistic, homoerotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Sex, Shame & Tears (1999)
Plot Summary:
A comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos and Ana, while Miguel and Andrea are joined by Maria. The presence of guests triggers lust, rejection, infidelities, reconciliation and other consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: saga, romantic comedy, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Jeffrey (1995)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, witty, sexual, sexy, independent film, satirical, sentimental, feel good, realistic
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Boys Life 4: Four Play (2003)
Plot Summary:
The latest installment in this series of gay short films.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, anthology, independent film, mockumentary, gay cinema, queer cinema
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A Skeleton in the Closet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Manuel goes back to his hometown for his parents’ wedding anniversary, but he actually wants to ask money to move to Denmark with his boyfriend. Last time he saw his family, he came out of the closet. Since then, their relationship became tense. Manuel’s plans get ruined when his boyfriend dumps him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, contemplative, queer cinema
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Cal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting and looting almost a nightly occurrence. It is not a warm homecoming as his sick mother remains stubbornly homophobic and wants nothing to do with the now openingly gay Cal while his battered Auntie Jane, now living in a run down council house, dulls her stagnation with welfare funded booze and disturbing attempts to sexually seduce her nephew. Navigating his way across this new landscape he meets a young student who needs his help. However his act of kindness brings him into contact with a lawless drug dealing pimp and a race against time to make peace with his mother and get out of town as quickly as possible. An intense tale of a family mired in poverty, angry and lost but still searching for love, respect and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense, gloomy, gay cinema, queer cinema
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4th Man Out (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adam is your average working-class guy living in small-town America. He's an auto mechanic who spends his free time with his tight-knit band of bros, Chris, Nick and Ortu, with whom he does everything—poker, video games, shooting hoops, getting drunk and meeting women. But there is something about Adam that even his friends don't know. He is not that interested in women. When he comes out, sort of by accident but not really, his best friend Chris promises him that nothing will change but, of course, some things do. After the initial shock, the boys quickly come around to the fact that Adam is still the same dude, but when his double date with Chris ends disastrously, a drunken misunderstanding threatens to derail the group's entire dynamic. Fourth Man Out is a feel-good buddy comedy with plenty of heart that focuses on the growing pains and ultimate strengths of of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, talky, touching, realistic, romantic, stylized, funny, lgbt cinema, hilarious, clever
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Queer as Folk (1999)
Plot Summary:
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies. The first series was re-shown on More 4 between 14 and 18 October 2007, as part of Channel 4's 25th-birthday celebrations. Queer as Folk was produced by the Red Production Company for Channel 4. The title of the programme comes from a dialect expression from some parts of Northern England, "there's nowt so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people"; which is a word play the modern day English synonym of "queer", meaning homosexual. Davies had originally titled the series this, although at the suggestion of Channel 4 executives for a period during its development and pre-production it was known as Queer as Fuck, before it reverted to the former name.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: controversial, sensual, sexual, erotic, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sex comedy
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Wandering Heart (2021)
Plot Summary:
Santiago, gay single father, has reached a tipping point in his life. Reeling from a bitter breakup, he is facing the impending departure of his daughter Laila, with whom he shares a close yet emotionally charged relationship. As the fear of being alone threatens to swallow him whole, his behavior becomes increasingly erratic. Over the course of a chaotic summer divided between Argentina and Brazil, Santiago must learn to let go of Laila so each can find their own freedoms.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, lgbt cinema, queer cinema