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Plot Summary:
A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sexy, touching, melancholic, cute, independent film, queer cinema
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Customized Companion (2017)
Plot Summary:
The love between two guys in a long-term relationship has faded and each look outside the relationship to a phone app that summons a customized virtual companion, hoping to find what they have lost between each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative
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The Marriage (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Kosovo, Albania
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema
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It Gets Better (2012)
Plot Summary:
Saithan, a retired post-op transsexual, retreats to the beautiful mountains of northern Thailand and falls in love with a local mechanic. Saithan wonders if Fai will look into her heart rather than her male past. Tonmai has inherited a gay cabaret bar from his father. He plans to sell off the bar, but falls in love with Tonlew, a tomboy ladyboy who works as company driver. Now, Tonmai questions if is he is gay or straight. Din is a high school boy whom his father recently found out to be a ladyboy. His father sends him upcountry to be ordained as a novice monk hoping it may make him straight. However, Din falls in love with a senior monk at the monastery, but must keep his feelings in check. In a world where some believe what they are told to believe, others search for their own truth. When the search leads to love, can circumstances demand that this truth be denied? Experience the journeys of these three loving souls in this courageous and heartfelt film.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, art film, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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Monsoon (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kit can’t remember much of his native Vietnam. When he returns to the Land of the Golden Star for the first time in over thirty years, he takes in his local surroundings as any Western tourist would, and the environment is as exotic as the language is incomprehensible. The aim of Kit’s travels – to find a place to scatter his parents’ ashes – thus becomes part of a journey back to his roots and to the discovery of his identity, which external circumstances have rendered ambiguous and complex.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sentimental, romantic, sexy, melancholic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Mr. X and I (2015)
Plot Summary:
Diverse real stories of boys who love boys and want to make it work.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, captivating, melancholic
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Breaking Fast (2020)
Plot Summary:
Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, contemplative, cute, queer cinema
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Falling for Angels (2017)
Plot Summary:
In this riveting anthology series, modern-day relationships are explored through the lens of each distinct neighborhood in Los Angeles including Silver Lake, Bel Air, Leimert Park, Boyle Heights, Koreatown, and Malibu.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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Last Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Luke and Jonah, two high school sweethearts, spend their final days together over the course of a long, quiet summer in the rural American South, contemplating their uncertain future and the uncertain future of America.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sexy, melancholic, lgbt cinema, controversial, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Eat with Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of mother and son. But now, as Emma indulges herself with the encouragement of a saucy new friend, and Elliot confronts his fears of intimacy, mother and son find ways to communicate with food where words fail. Stars Sharon Omi, Teddy Chen Culver, Nicole Sullivan (MADtv) and a surprise moment with George Takei.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Capital Games (2013)
Plot Summary:
Take two ambitious men, one top LA advertising firm, add a competition for the same high ranking job. Tough ex-LAPD cop, Steve Miller quit police to work in the calm environment of a business office. Mark Richfield, the glamorous new kid in the office, soon wins favor with the big boss and co-workers causing Steve to cringe in jealousy. After a crazy night in the Santa Fe desert Steve becomes torn between passionate love and passionate hatred. Steve and Mark endure agonizing decisions that will affect their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, sexy, melancholic, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Remarkable Shades of Gay (2016)
Plot Summary:
Remarkable Shades of Gay is a compilation of 9 short films shot by award winning LGBTQ director William Branden Blinn between 2008 and 2014. Included in the compilation are Thirteen or So Minutes... (2008); Chased (2009); Never or Now (2013); Without a Mom (2011); Triple Standard (2010); Toeing the Line (2013); À la carte (2013); Truth or Dare (2014); and He She We (2010).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, gay cinema
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Tumbledown (2013)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, Todd Verow’s Tumbledown is an explosive cocktail- an emotional rollercoaster ride through the dark sides of sexuality. A complicated love triangle develops after hunky Jay meets bartender Nick and invites him to spend the weekend with him and his partner in their country cabin. Soon, copious amounts of sex, drugs and alcohol lead to a dark obsession and even darker complications. Always bold and never less than riveting, Tumbledown is sure to leave you breathless.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Surface (2015)
Plot Summary:
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, queer cinema
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Before the Fall (2016)
Plot Summary:
It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret that he nightly tries to blot out with an excess of liquor.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, sexy, captivating, psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema
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About Us (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Love Story between Matheus and Diego is portrayed in the film script Diego writes when he becomes a filmmaker.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Sodom (2017)
Plot Summary:
20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Sebastian (2017)
Plot Summary:
Alex is an Argentinian student in Toronto for just one week. They both know that the relationship ends when he catches his flight back home. But they’re falling for each other and it’s the kind of relationship that changes them, unlocks things hidden deep inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, romantic, sexy, melancholic, queer cinema
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Finding Me: Truth (2011)
Plot Summary:
Truth follows the loves, losses, fights, jealousies and broken hearts of a group of friends. It centers around the sweet, bright-eyed and emotionally vulnerable Faybien (RayMartell Moore). Comfortable with his gayness but saddled with self-esteem issues, Faybien's love life is put into an emotional spin when his ex, Lonnie, returns with an interest in reigniting their relationship. You'd think that he'd get a sympathetic ear from his friends, but they already have their own issues. Reggie's in love with bisexual, non-committal Greg; high-strung queen bee Amera is certain her boyfriend is cheating on her; and the always-meddling muscle queen Jay is busy confronting his rough trade boyfriend's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, light, romantic, sexy, humorous, melancholic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The First Time - Bedingungslose Liebe (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of two boys and how they deal with the discovery of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, crying, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Leather (2013)
Plot Summary:
Birch, a young man living in the Catskill Mountains, reunites with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, melancholic, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
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To Heaven (2012)
Plot Summary:
Shy teenager Andrés lives in the Argentine city of La Plata and cycles between school, work and home listening to punk rock. One night he finds out that his idol, the lead singer of his favorite band, has committed suicide. His religious mother is worried about him and takes him to the local evangelic church, where he, without putting up much resistance, joins a youth group. Here he meets Alex, the cool guitarist of a band practicing upstairs, and is instantly drawn to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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Play the Devil (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of Trinidad and Tobago’s mystical Carnival, a gifted and struggling young man becomes the object of intrigue for an older, well-meaning businessman until their worlds collide.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
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Westerland (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a freezing winter on the island of Sylt, Cem comes across Jesús, who is on the verge of committing suicide. The two young men become fast friends, with their friendship unexpectedly threatening to develop into something more. Cem and Jesús - laconic, alienated loners - find their previously uneventful lives starting to spin out of control now that each has someone who means something to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, touching, psychological, sexy, melancholic, romantic, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Paths (2017)
Plot Summary:
Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but all of their shared experiences: all the years between the first kiss and today.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, queer cinema
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People You May Know (2016)
Plot Summary:
'People You May Know' tells the story of four friends in their 40s in Los Angeles. All them will have to confront a new reality when Delia gets pregnant from Joe, her best friend who happens to be gay.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Clayton & Claudia (2015)
Plot Summary:
Claudia Noon is a struggling booker for a local talent agency in Dallas. While working hard to find her actors work, an old crush from her high school years, Kent Bergman, shows-up at the agency looking for representation. It is obvious that Kent doesn't remember Claudia and for good reason. The two instantly fall in love with one another. After weeks of dating, Claudia fears the worst... she fears Kent might leave once he discovers who she really is.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, gay cinema
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Driving Not Knowing (2015)
Plot Summary:
An estranged poet attempts to rekindle a complex relationship with a strung-out musician during a weekend in rural nowhere; their toxic past, however, won't be so easily forgotten.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, independent film, gay cinema
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Blackbird (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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After Louie (2017)
Plot Summary:
As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor's guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation's indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam's understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema
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Beautiful Something (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, sincere, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, independent film, queer cinema