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Plot Summary:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only to learn that Price & Sons Shoes is failing. While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola. Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work combined with one of Charles' ex-employees, Lauren, leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear. Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of Charles' greedy fiancée who cannot see the greater good in Charles' dream.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, inspirational, motivational, feel good, sweet, satirical, cult classic, offbeat, realistic
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Birds of a Feather (1978)
Plot Summary:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come for dinner.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, cult classic, sex comedy, humorous, witty, social, art house, offbeat, feel good, captivating
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Cowboys & Angels (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an apartment with a gay fashion student and finds himself on the catwalk. The film sets out to explore the difficulties for young people in keeping their identities in a fast moving culture of drugs and clubs.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Manuela and Manuel (2007)
Plot Summary:
Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancé of her best friend Coca - who is pregnant from a one-night stand and must face her conservative family. Hidden identities, misunderstandings, and the tension between two friends pretending to be what they are not, stage a colorful and up-beat story.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, independent film, queer cinema
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Stage Mother (2020)
Plot Summary:
A conservative church-choir director moves to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son drag club.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Hollywood, je t'aime (2009)
Plot Summary:
Recently broken up and barely enduring a dreary winter, gay Parisian Jérôme Beaunez impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. While there he meets some colorful locals and pursues a dormant desire to become a movie star - but never can quite put the past behind him. In this meditation on love and narcissism across continents, Jérôme goes far in the sun-drenched City of Angels but ultimately arrives at an old Hollywood maxim: there's no place like home. Written by anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, offbeat, sexual, queer cinema
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Trick (1999)
Plot Summary:
The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan. Gabriel, an aspiring writer of Broadway musicals, meets Mark, a muscled stripper, who picks him up on the subway. They spend the night trying to find somewhere to be alone... forced to contend with Gabriel's selfish roommate, his irritating best friend, and a vicious, jealous drag queen in a gay dance club. The sun rises on a promising new relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, feel good, witty, sex comedy, independent film, lgbt cinema, clever, touching
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they've contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: road movie, feel good, melancholic, captivating, cult classic, independent film, touching, funny, lgbt cinema, intellectual
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The Iron Ladies (2000)
Plot Summary:
The two main characters, Mon and Jung, play two gay transvestites, who had been constantly overlooked by volleyball coaches because of their appearance. However, when a local team changes coaches, the new coach holds tryouts for a new team. When Mon and Jung are selected, most of the old players resign, leaving the new coach, Coach Bee, in a sticky predicament.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, light, inspirational, feel good, sexy, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow Hansel to leave communist East Germany for the West. But, in order to marry, Hansel must undergo a sex-change. However, the procedure does not go perfectly and Hansel becomes not a trans woman, but a 'genderqueer', Hedwig. Back in the USA, on their first wedding anniversary, Luther leaves Hedwig for another man. On that same day the news headlines were of the fall of the Berlin Wall and freedom. Hedwig tours the US with her rock band and relates her life story while following her ex-boyfriend/band-mate Tommy Speck (to whom she gives the stage name "Tommy Gnosis"), who stole her songs and rose to fame.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, stylized
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Outrageous! (1977)
Plot Summary:
Gay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that he'll someday find the courage to perform in drag himself. When his schizophrenic friend, Liza, turns up looking for a place to stay, he little suspects that she'll be the one to finally motivate him. But over time the two form an increasingly tight bond, Robin helping Liza through an unplanned pregnancy and Liza pushing Robin to develop a successful nightclub act.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: thinking, independent film, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, queer cinema
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Victor Victoria (1982)
Plot Summary:
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: witty, clever, touching, humorous, stylized, funny, romantic, sexy, sex comedy, offbeat
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Heaven's a Drag (1994)
Plot Summary:
Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly, too quickly to suit the ghost of Mark, who reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising and then moves back into their flat to prompt Simon to experience and express feelings. Simon is adamant that feelings, especially love, are not for him. Subplots develop as Mark and Simon observe their neighbor Siobhan's love life and as Simon spends his days as a satellite-TV installer partnered with Dogger, a homophobe ignorant that Simon is gay. Is there any key that can unlock Simon's feelings and allow Mark to rest in peace?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, sexual, crying, black comedy
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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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Adam & Steve (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film, crying, humorous, queer cinema
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Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: road movie, entertaining, cult classic, light, sweet, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cute
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The Birdcage (1996)
Plot Summary:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good, slapstick, hilarious, lgbt cinema, clever, witty
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Plot Summary:
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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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Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Plot Summary:
A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, talky, sad, thinking, cult classic, clever, realistic
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Touch of Pink (2004)
Plot Summary:
A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, romantic, intense, touching, humorous, funny, lgbt cinema, realistic, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: period piece, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, witty, controversial, queer cinema
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Different for Girls (1996)
Plot Summary:
Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual, and she has no desire to stir up the past while she's busy forging a neat and orderly new life. Prentice, on the other hand, has charm but is a social disaster stuck in a dead-end job. His main talent is for getting them both into trouble. Amid the squabbles, they start to fall in love. One night, Kim invites Prentice to a romantic dinner at her flat. Prentice, finding the seduction unexpectedly effective, freaks out. He proceeds to make a public display of both of them and winds up in court. Humiliated and angry, Kim runs away. Only she can save Prentice now, but will true love triumph for a new made woman and an aging punk?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, thought provoking
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Billy Elliot (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional, crying, sweet, sentimental, captivating, realistic
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Cemetery Junction (2010)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: witty, inspirational, stylized, funny, humorous, talky, semi serious, melancholic, atmospheric, clever
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Plot Summary:
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, light, touching, realistic, witty, social
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Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Back in Big Eden, Henry must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: talky, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, teen, inspirational, epic, independent film
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Plot Summary:
At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: witty, touching, semi serious, sexual, teen, humorous, lgbt cinema, thrilling, realistic, sexy
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: teen, independent film, touching, realistic, sexual, crying, lgbt cinema, avant garde, sentimental, sincere
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Calendar Girls (2003)
Plot Summary:
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, touching, inspirational, realistic, witty, entertaining, art house, hilarious, humorous
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Pride (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem - the union seems embarrassed to receive their support. However the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village of Onllwyn, in the Dulais Valley in Wales, and later set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: touching, political, feel good, witty, sincere, humorous, inspirational, emotional, sad, realistic