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Plot Summary:
A crew is shooting a libertine costume film in the countryside when Valentin, the director, suddenly disappears. While the local police investigates, the film shoot continues but takes an odd turn. Robin, the cameraman and director’s lover, follows a promise and reaches the Mexican Pacific.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: avant garde, gay cinema, queer cinema
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A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987)
Plot Summary:
Shot in B&W, Gyula Gazdag's film follows the surreal and often comic quests of young Andris, an orphan searching for a father who doesn't exist, and Orban, a government clerk who's had enough of oppressive bureaucracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crying, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, suspense, melancholic, ironic, surreal, meditative
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Trouser Bar (2016)
Plot Summary:
According to producer David McGillivray, "John Gielgud was obsessed with trousers, loved corduroy and leather. And so he wrote a film set in a menswear shop." Screenplay was originally penned for the late filmmaker Peter de Rome.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Short, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, bleak, melancholic, disturbing, period piece, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The Samurai (2014)
Plot Summary:
A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him, but scents something more in the darkness. What he finds is a man, it seems, wild eyed, of wiry build, in a dress. He carries a katana, a Samurai sword. When the Samurai invites Jakob to follow him on his crusade towards the village, it becomes Jakob's mission to pursue the lunatic to end this wanton destruction. At the end of the night Jakob has experienced too much, is too far from whom he once was. Something hidden has been unleashed to meet the first rays of daylight.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, surreal, detective, grindhouse, dark drama
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Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022)
Plot Summary:
On his deathbed, his royal highness Alfredo, King without a crown, is taken back to distant youth memories and the time he dreamt of becoming a fireman. The encounter with instructor Afonso from the fire brigade, opens a new chapter in the life of the two young men devoted to love and desire, and the will to change the status quo.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: avant garde, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Aphrodisiac (1973)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric Professor Leviticus Wirtsus is obsessed with crossbreeding animals of different species. His research leads Wirtsus to discover a LSD-type substance called Fongaluli.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, weird
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Harvest Lake (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five friends fall under the seductive influence of a libidinous, otherworldly presence that threatens to change their lives forever in this strange and erotic new film from director Scott Schirmer (Found) and producer Brian K. Williams (Time to Kill). Starring Jason Crowe (Dead Moon Rising), Ellie Church (Headless), Tristan Risk (American Mary), Dan Nye (The Legend of Wasco), and Kevin Roach (The Confession of Fred Krueger), with special FX by The Clockwerk Creature Company.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, mystical
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Moon Child (1989)
Plot Summary:
Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god: the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. Before David can fulfill his prophecy he must escape the heavily guarded scientific organization that has adopted him. David's strange behavior and the fact that he possesses extrasensory perception, has attracted the attention of an organization researching so-called "prodigious beings" in the occult tradition. David soon discovers that their goal is to channel the moon's energy into a child yet to be born, robbing him of his rightful place as the Son of the Moon. Two women, Victoria, a member of the center, and Georgina, the future mother of the supposed moonchild, will help David fulfill his destiny. After several attempts David manages to escape the center and undergoes a series.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 625
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, manga, gay cinema, weird
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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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Death Drive (2014)
Plot Summary:
Death Drive tells the story of a young man, who after emerging from a pool of water scrambles to piece together the previous night before embarking on a series of psychedelic adventures that reveal his darkest internal instinct.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde
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Palaces of Pity (2011)
Plot Summary:
Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags:
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Luminous Procuress (1971)
Plot Summary:
A series of erotic vignettes and sexual imagery (mostly of the gay variety) are presented courtesy of The Cockettes (a gay/drag performance art ensemble of late 60s/early 70s San Francisco).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: avant garde, dark, explicit, aesthetic, transgressive, homoerotic, underground film, independent film, queer cinema
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Hidden Beauties (1999)
Plot Summary:
Three gorgeous beauties awaken from an ancient nap and immediately begin making up for lost time, engaging in as many passionate encounters as time will allow.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, stylized, semi serious, sexual
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Dreamwood (1972)
Plot Summary:
Dreamwood narrates the oniric quest of a modern argonaut in a mysterious island located somewhere on the borders of the unconscious.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anthology, experimental, avant garde, independent film
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Angel Mine (1978)
Plot Summary:
A young and affluent couple become fatally entangled in their own wish-fulfillment world.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Fantasy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: weird
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Lesbian Harem (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two lesbian lovers escape the city to commit a lovers-suicide deep in the forest. There they are captured by the queen of a lesbian colony who uses the two lovers for her own sex games. The couple organize a revolt against the queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: erotic, fairy tale
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Lucinda's Spell (1998)
Plot Summary:
Something Magical Is In The Air...... Jason the last descendant of Merlin, must father a child on the eve of Beltane. A coven of the world's most powerful witches have gathered in New Orleans for a spell contest to determine who will bear his magical child. But a bizarre battle between good and evil ensues when a young prostitute, Lucinda challenges the coven with her own special brand of magic. To complicate matters, Madison, a desperate New Orleans voodoo priest, hungry to use Jason's alchemical blood to turn lead into gold, stikes a treacherous alliance with the seductive witch Beatrice whose only desire is to use Merlin's offspring to control the most powerful magic on earth... Revel in magic and mayhem as Lucinda struggles to overcome diabolical odds in the most outlandish spell contest you've ever seen!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bizarre
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1313: Haunted Frat (2011)
Plot Summary:
During Spring Break, a fraternity built atop the burned ruins of an insane asylum is haunted by a sinister visitor.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, homoerotic, independent film
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ErOddity(s) (2014)
Plot Summary:
ErOddity(s)- four exceptional short stories set in the world of erotic fantasy, including; You Belong To Me A young man, madly in love, will stop at nothing to hold on to the object of his affection. Wanted Convinced that his boyfriend is hiding something a young guy launches his own investigation in to his double life. A Christmas Unfulfilled Barely 20 but already insatiable voyeur, Zack sets his sights on his neighbours. The Heart of Man It's time for Thomas to exact his revenge- from beyond the grave.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, disturbing, erotic, anthology
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Walking with the Ferryman (2014)
Plot Summary:
An emotional fantasy in which a grieving gay man must open disbelieving eyes to the possibility of supernatural and mythological worlds in order to gain opportunity for reconciliation with a lover lost to apparent suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, queer cinema
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Animals (2012)
Plot Summary:
Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure which will take over their lives. Animals is a story of teenage love, of sacrifice, of the tragedy of two clashing worlds. A Tale in which the power of imagination blurs it´s borders with reality and where death turns out to be an ending as tempting as inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, serious, offbeat, avant garde, gloomy, manga, queer cinema
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Fluctuations (1970)
Plot Summary:
A bizarre don't-even-try-to-make-sense-of-it bombardment of sexual imagery that plays like stream of consciousness from a degenerate: threesomes, foursomes, lesbians, bondage, hair-whipping (!) and, believe it or not, even kung-fu. Avant-garde masterpiece or pure gutter trash? Perhaps both.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: bizarre
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
Plot Summary:
Big Bang Love tells the story of two young prisoners from different backgrounds whose bond transcends their pasts. This stunning, imaginative film has been adapted from Masaki Ato's homoerotic graphic novel. Two beautiful young men become lovers in jail until one kills again. As they open their hearts to each other, life around them dissolves between the real world with a murder mystery and a surreal journey filled with images of a primitive past and an ambiguous future.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, surreal, art house, suspense thriller, avant garde
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Poltergay (2006)
Plot Summary:
Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To make matters worse, the club was destroyed by fire, and now the house is haunted by the ghosts of five gay clubbers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, not serious, horror comedy, exciting, offbeat, queer cinema, campy
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The Secret Path (2014)
Plot Summary:
A love story. Theo and Frank are on the run from the British Navy in the early 1800's. They hide in the grounds of an abandoned country house and discover it's more than the living they're running from.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, period piece, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, stylized, serious, experimental, disturbing, controversial, artsy, slow cinema, aesthetic
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Pink Narcissus (1971)
Plot Summary:
An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: independent film, surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, aesthetic, touching, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized
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Slash (2016)
Plot Summary:
Freshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, gay cinema, weird, hot, queer cinema
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The Princess and the Pauper (1997)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale about a twin princess and a prince who where seperated after their birth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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Finisterrae (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two ghosts walk along the Camino of Santiago.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surreal, contemplative, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, road movie, mind bending, psychedelic, dark, deep
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Undertow (2009)
Plot Summary:
A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Peru, Colombia, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: emotional, sincere, touching, serious, lgbt cinema, romantic, melancholic, scenic, sad, surreal