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Plot Summary:
In this comedy, Thomas and Stephane are a couple of gay men who want to raise a baby. When their efforts to adopt one fall through, they hit on the scheme of having Carole, the (gorgeous) young woman they have saved from a bad relationship, bear a child for them. When she insists that only natural reproduction methods be used, they gamely play good sports by going to bed with her, and become the father(s) of twins.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
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The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the best Christmas House.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Performance Anxiety (2008)
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In this quirky romance, Jeff is a messy, hippie musician, while Peter is a tidy, almost obsessive, office worker. Their idiosyncratic natures lead them on unusual journeys that have amusing consequences, and lead them to a moment of truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Different from Whom (2009)
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Political strategists in a northern Italian city push gay-rights campaigner Piero into the mayoral race, pairing him with uptight conservative toughie Adele (Claudia Gerini). Piero and his partner, Remo, are the stable ones, while buttoned-up divorcee Adele nurses her bitterness.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Violet's Visit (1997)
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Violet, a feisty 15 year-old who prefers the nickname "Scooter" , decides to run away from her boring life in a small town and goes to visit with the father she has never seen. She believes he lives in the city with his new wife, but in fact he is in a gay relationship with his long-time lover. This inevitably leads to changes and readjustments all round as dad gets to know, reluctantly, the daughter he never wanted.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Staircase (1969)
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The film is about an aging gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 949
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic comedy, queer cinema
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Hand Grenade (2017)
Plot Summary:
A family brought together by friendship and love. Two couples and their desire to conceive a child, but someone has a secret that will tear the family apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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The Holiday Sitter (2022)
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Sam is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his sister and her husband have to go out of town. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason and finds himself in an unexpected romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: christmas special, queer cinema
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20 Leugens, 4 ouders en een scharrelei (2013)
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20 LIES, 4 PARENTS AND A LITTLE EGG tells the story of Sjors and Bert, a gay male couple who are unexpectedly introduced to the 15 year-old adolescent Dylan. Dylan was the product of a sperm donation that Sjors had forgotten he had ever made. But after his eviction by his mother and girlfriend, the boy has turned up on Sjors and Bert's doorstep, and the lives of everybody will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Homo Father (2005)
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Gabriel and Robert have been together for three years. Robert is hiding their relationship from the world. Gabriel wants the opposite: he would like everyone to find out how much he and Robert love each other. One day, Natalia, a girl with whom Gabriel had a one-night stand three years ago, pays them visit. She brings a little girl Amelia with her and leaves the child with Gabriel. Later, Natalia calls and tells Gabriel that Amelia is his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Baby Steps (2015)
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Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by Danny's well-meaning but extremely meddlesome mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic, anime, queer cinema
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An Almost Ordinary Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two families meet for a marriage that neither want, and things take a turn when the respective patriarchs fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Invisible Thread (2022)
Plot Summary:
The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min
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Floored by love (2005)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian couple contemplating marriage and a family with a gay teen son taking in an unexpected visitor from the past find their lives not so far apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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The Adopters (2019)
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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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Family Commitments (2015)
Plot Summary:
The happy gay couple David and Khaled would love to marry publicly - if there weren't Khaled's homophobic father Faisal, David's pseudo orthodox Jewish acting mother Lea and a possible paternity and gallery insolvency.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, rough, feel good, entertaining, contemplative, queer cinema
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Seven Days: Friday - Sunday (2015)
Plot Summary:
Toji Seryo is a popular first year high school student. It's well known that Toji Seryo will date anyone that confesses their affection for him on a Monday, but he will break up with that person by Sunday. Yuzuru Shino is a third year student at the same high school. He looks pretty, but all of his former girlfriends end up dumping him. Yuzuru Shino becomes curious about Toji Seryo. On a whim, half serious and half joking, Yuzuru Shino asks Toji Seryo to date. The film is based on a comic. Part 1 follows Monday to Thursday. Part 2 follows Friday to Sunday.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, touching, humorous, disturbing, gay cinema
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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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Coming Out Party (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Coming Out Party" is a celebration of love, life and freedom as seven gay and lesbian comic storytellers share their personal stories of "coming out" to family, friends, and co-workers, and living "out" and proud. Features: Rene Hicks (World Comedy Tour 2002), Sabrina Matthews, John Riggi (“The Dennis Miller Show”), Dan Renzi (MTV’s “The Real World”), Jackie Beat, Terry Sweeney (“Saturday Night Live”), and Bob Smith.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
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Homo Promo (1991)
Plot Summary:
How did Hollywood pitch movies about gays and lesbians between 1956 and 1977? Here are theatrical trailers for 27 mainstream and art-house films, presented chronologically from "Tea and Sympathy" to "Outrageous!" More than half are films released between 1968 and 1972. Half are dramas and half are comedies, with farce dominating the films released after 1971. At least three advertise X-rated films: "The Killing of Sister George," "Midnight Cowboy," and Visconti's "The Damned." There's no voice-over commentary for this compilation, but it does include advertisements for snacks and one warning against public displays of affection aimed at "her" to control "him.".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sorry Angel (2018)
Plot Summary:
A university student and an older, HIV-positive writer strike up a romance in 1993.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, thought provoking, semi serious, humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema, sexual, crying, independent film
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You Should Meet My Son! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, offbeat, sexual, crying, sexy, queer cinema
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Spinnin' (2007)
Plot Summary:
Garate and Omar are young, gay and in love, and want to have a child. After failed attempts with their female pals, they befriend Raquel, a pregnant woman whose partner has died of aids. Sound conventional? Spinnin' is anything but.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, sentimental, sexy, humorous, captivating, serious, sexual, crying, independent film
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All the Others Were Practice (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jôrge is about to meet the man who will be his husband. But with so many guys to choose from, how will he know which one is his perfect match, and which ones are just practice? Meet Jôrge in the fast-paced independent comedy with a huge heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, melancholic, independent film, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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That's Not Us (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, romantic, lgbt cinema, romantic comedy, independent film
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Love or Whatever (2012)
Plot Summary:
Corey had it all - a successful career, bags of charm and, most of all, a bright future with his boyfriend. But, when his other half commits the ultimate betrayal and dumps him for a woman, he embarks upon a wild journey of self-discovery. Soon, he meets a potentially perfect new guy but first he needs to make some life-changing choices. Sexy and genuinely funny (including a hilarious star turn from The Brady Bunch's Jennifer Elise Cox), Love or Whatever is the freshest, funniest gay comedy around.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, offbeat, queer cinema
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Baby Love (2008)
Plot Summary:
They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn't. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, sincere, disturbing, romantic, heartbreaking, humorous, semi serious, crying, queer cinema
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Raising Heroes (1996)
Plot Summary:
Josh and Paul want to adopt Nickie, the child of Paul's recently deceased friend Susan. Susan's mother opposes gays' adopting, and Monday is the final court date. On Friday, Josh stops by a market for milk and glimpses a Mob hit. Unknown to him, the hitmen are now on his trail. Josh hates confrontation and doesn't tell Paul about the murder or call the cops. Instead, he takes Paul for an idyllic weekend in the Poconos. But Sunday, when they return to the city, the murderers are waiting. The Mob boss orders that both be killed. What chance do Paul, who's in the dark, and Josh, who's basically passive, have against this firepower? What will happen to Nickie without them?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer 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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My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, romantic comedy, gay cinema, queer cinema