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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, independent film, queer cinema
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Jonathan (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to keep from him. The story takes another dramatic turn when Ron, Burghardt’s long-lost friend from his youth, re-appears — and a well-kept family secret is uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, sexy, touching, captivating, suspenseful, erotic, crying, independent film, queer cinema
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Otra historia de amor (1986)
Plot Summary:
A dynamic young man falls in love with his own boss, a married businessman, with two children.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: crying, queer cinema
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The Blue Caftan (2022)
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Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags:
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8 Years (2022)
Plot Summary:
How to overcome true love? Jose considers David the man of his life, but when he suddenly breaks up with him after 8 years together, Jose is haunted by memories of their past relationship, which bring home to him that their life together wasn't as ideal as he once thought.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Are We Lost Forever (2020)
Plot Summary:
One morning it is over. For Hampus it is a relief to break up from their destructive relationship, while Adrian is devastated. Will he be able to survive without the love of his life, or is there a way of somehow getting him back?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, sentimental, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, crying, independent film
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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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The Visitor (2011)
Plot Summary:
Cibrâil, a young policeman, is living happily with his girlfriend in Berlin. He is well integrated in society despite his Turkish background. One day his girlfriend's cousin comes to stay and Cibrâil's life is turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sexy, suspense, independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
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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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Moffie (2019)
Plot Summary:
Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is different. Try as he may, he cannot live up to the macho image expected of him by his family, by his heritage. Set during the South African border war against communism, this is a long-overdue story about the emotional and physical suffering endured by countless young men.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, political, independent film, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Monsoon (2019)
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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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Winning Dad (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young man tricks his homophobic father into a camping trip with his secret boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema
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The Third One (2014)
Plot Summary:
After meeting in a chat room, Fede (22) arrives at a downtown building to have an intimate encounter with a gay couple older than him. As the night unfolds, Fede has an intense and telling experience. The next morning finds him different, as if suddenly he had found a new possible way to love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, disturbing, minimal cast, erotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Falls: Covenant of Grace (2016)
Plot Summary:
This third and final film of the Falls trilogy revisits former Mormon missionaries Chris and RJ, six years after they first fell in love and were disciplined for it, as they formulate a plan to be together at long last.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sexy, lgbt cinema, suspenseful, controversial, crying, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay 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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Mixed Kebab (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ibrahim chooses to fall for young and handsome Kevin over marrying his cute but expensive cousin Elif while kid brother Furkan converts to Islamic fundamentalism.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, lgbt cinema, homoerotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Plot Summary:
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in Jerusalem's Orthodox community is respected by friends and family. However, when he hires handsome runaway student Ezri to assist with his business, sexual tensions bristle and the pair cautiously embark on a love affair. Meanwhile, a neighbouring shopkeeper persists in seeing a man of her own choosing, even though she's been promised by her father to another. As forbidden truths come to the fore, these lovers are forced to either confront or relent in the face of a centuries-old religious community, with startling results.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bleak, realistic, captivating, lgbt cinema, tense, erotic, homoerotic, powerful, independent film, serious
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The Last Match (2013)
Plot Summary:
Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field at their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife and wife's granma, gambler Reinier always fails in getting the stoke of luck he looks for. At the same time he cannot help being infatuated by Yosvani. Handsome Yosvani will give up his wealthy -and elder- girlfriend whom he hooked to pay him a lavish life in the big city, and the works he makes for her father, a loan thug, so much in love he is with Reinier. But the boys would fight hard to keep this love in the reckless Havana streets.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, touching, serious, homoerotic, erotic, lgbt cinema, cute, humorous, semi serious
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Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ibrahim falls in love with Alexander, a blond, blue eyed German criminal and show wrestler who is straight - an impossible friendship that surpasses the both of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, lgbt cinema, psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, crying, buddy comedy, independent film
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The Blonde One (2019)
Plot Summary:
Womanising Juan must quickly find a flatmate after his brother moves out. In moves Gabriel (the blonde of the title), Juan's stoic and very handsome co-worker, who is recently widowed and struggling to support his young daughter. What starts off as a seemingly affable living arrangement soon turns to burgeoning attraction, then full-blown desire.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, disturbing, bleak, erotic, surprise ending, psychological, suspense, lgbt cinema, cute, gay cinema
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Jess & James (2015)
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Jess is a bohemian youth with secrets to hide from his shrewd parents. James feels trapped living with his irritable mother. After meeting for a sexual encounter, the two young men set off on a spontaneous road trip across rural Argentina to reunite with Jess' estranged brother. On their journey, they confront strange occurrences and engage in a ménage à trois affair that brings them closer. Their newly found affection grows, all while discovering a fresh vision of freedom and happiness. JESS & JAMES is a sexually charged road-trip movie, a love story, and a coming-of-age tale, set against the mythical landscape of the Argentinian Pampas.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, sincere, road movie, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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Share (2011)
Plot Summary:
The rich yuppie Rene (played by superstar Paolo Rivero) lives in his grandmother's house, which he loves and adores. His driver Levi (Kristofer King, the new idol of the Philippine screen) lives in the house, too. Rene focuses on his career entirely and goes to work every day. However, Rene has a dark secret: he loves men. One weekend he goes to his house by the sea with Levi. Overwhelmed by the masculine beauty and grace of Levi, Rene drops all restraints... it is a weekend that changes the lives of both forever. The Filipino master director Miko Jacinto, whose film BINYAG already an international success, has brought us his new film SALO - a familiar theme interpreted with great empathy. With great cinematic skill, his camera tells a wonderful and touching story in magical realism. Another classical Philippine film!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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No Hard Feelings (2020)
Plot Summary:
Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran. As a romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the fragile relationship between the three is put to a test.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sentimental, sexy, touching, melancholic, contemplative, 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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Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two love stories, sixty years apart, charting the challenges and huge change to gay lives with Michael and Thomas from WW2 to Adam and Steve to the present day.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, psychological, touching, erotic, retro, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, period drama
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Holding the Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge burden which will affect every aspect of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, suspense, sincere, sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, romantic, lgbt cinema, sad
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Yossi & Jagger (2002)
Plot Summary:
A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolete outpost is guarded from attack.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: emotional, sincere, realistic, compassionate, epic, lgbt cinema, homoerotic, serious, independent film, erotic
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Against the Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly – during the time homosexuality was a crime – turned Queen's evidence against him in one of the most explosive court cases of the 1950s - the infamous Montagu Trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, suspenseful, semi documentary, queer cinema
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A Moment in the Reeds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Finland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, erotic, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Free Fall (2013)
Plot Summary:
A promising career with the police, a baby on the way... Marc's life seems to be right on track. Then he meets fellow policeman Kay and during their regular jogs Marc experiences a never-before-felt sense of ease and effortlessness -- and what it means to fall in love with another man. Torn between his family and his new feelings for Kay, Marc sees his world careening more and more out of control. Suddenly, his life is in free fall and Marc realizes that try as he may, he can't make everyone happy. Least of all, himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: emotional, sexual, disturbing, atmospheric, touching, sincere, lgbt cinema, serious, erotic, sexy
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Akron (2015)
Plot Summary:
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: talky, sincere, atmospheric, touching, captivating, emotional, lgbt cinema, cute, queer cinema, gay cinema