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Plot Summary:
A fragile young artist (LILY), fresh out of University, meets an attractive young man in a club (FINN). Lily invites Finn to come and stay with her at her house while her parents vacation in Italy for the summer. When Lily's jealous younger brother (JAMIE) finds out that Finn is not who he claims to be, Jamie decides to play a sinister game to get rid of him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
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The War Boys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Three young vigilantes huddle on la linea ready to chase illegals back across the border into Mexico... but they soon learn that there are borderlines deep within each one of them that each of them has to cross.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, erotic, lgbt cinema, crime drama, independent film, hispanic, queer cinema
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The Angel Was Born (1969)
Plot Summary:
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
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Pooltime (2010)
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A 40-something gay man has an intimate pool party for his three best middle-aged gay buddies, wondering privately if that special someone might be among them.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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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
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Angel (1982)
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Twenty-year-old homosexual Angelos, who works in a jewelry shop, lives very discreetly in a rather hostile social environment. When he falls in love with a sailor, Michalis, he decides to leave home, abandoning his alcoholic father, his hysterical mother and his disabled sister, to live with his lover. Later on, he will also join the army. A former lover of his visits him and tells him things about Michalis. At a party, Michalis forces Angelos to dress up as a woman. Later on, Angelos ends up on the street with other transvestites. He gets arrested and expelled from the Navy, while his father kills himself out of shame. His clients often humiliate him, and his lover beats him brutally.Angelos, in despair, decides to kill Michalis..The film is based on true facts and has shocked Greek public opinion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 126 min
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True Love (2004)
Plot Summary:
Seven short stories about growing up gay in America and searching for true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anthology, queer cinema
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Daybreak (2008)
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A married man is having an affair with another man. After some time apart, the two men spend a night together in a family vacation home in Tagaytay, Cavite. Together in such close quarters, the two are left with nothing to do but to confront the realities of their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, queer cinema
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Present Perfect: Thai Film (2017)
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Following a painful breakup, Toey decides to heal his broken heart in Higashikawa town where he meets Oat, who is on his bachelor finale trip. From stranger to friends, romance spark off between the two. Before returning to the "real" world, they have to pick up their broken pieces and rebuild it. Join us for a heartwarming journey as we follow the simple pursuit of love. This is the simple story of Present Perfect.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Romance
Country: Thailand, Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sincere, sexy, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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In from the Side (2022)
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Two men in a gay men's rugby club must conceal an adulterous affair they unwittingly fall into before it leads to the collapse of the delicate social and political fabric of the club.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: art house, queer cinema
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Regular Guys (1996)
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Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their apartment and as last resort he moves to Edgars place. Working together with a new, good-looking, very self-confident, female collegue, but living with a good-looking gay guy makes him pretty uncertain about his sexuality and his role as a cop. Written by Konstantin Articus.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, detective, sexy, queer cinema
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1 Last Chance at Paradise (2013)
Plot Summary:
Love and memories shared by two young guys soon after the world's end.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, touching, melancholic, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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eCupid (2011)
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From the director of Is It Just Me? comes this sparkling romantic comedy which takes online dating to the extreme! Marshall is an over-worked ad exec who is suffering from a serious case of the seven year itch with his loving boyfriend. As Marshall’s 30th birthday nears he sets hell-bent on changing his life and comes across a mysterious dating app called eCupid which quickly turns his world upside down, overwhelming him sexy guys at every turn! Firing on all cylinders with a sharp script, hot cast and even an extended cameo from Hollywood legend Morgan Fairchild, eCupid will win your heart!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, sexual, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Partners (2009)
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Both detectives on a sickening murder case struggle with being alone and childless in their 40s. As they investigate the young man found beaten and strangled to death, platonic friends Karine and Herve unravel a love story between Vincent, and Rebecca a high school girl. The teenage lovers quickly plunged into the kind of amour fou the flics fear to chance for themselves. Rebecca is missing, and unknown to her, the boy was a homosexual Internet hustler. The ordinarily blasé male investigator is appalled to find that on-line dating is a world the sexy Karine knows well. Is Rebecca the killer, another victim or ?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, sexy, neo noir, twisted, realistic, gloomy, detective, queer cinema
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&Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three loners from Sitges, Berlin and Amsterdam try to blend together in Brussels, city of unification.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, captivating, sexy, semi serious, touching, humorous, serious, realistic, sexual
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Bromance (2016)
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When three friends go on a camping trip in a remote part of Argentina, sexual tensions quickly bubble to the surface. Once in virtual seclusion by the beach, Juli, also camping at the site, quickly recognises that that the boys seem to have a closer relationship than what she would consider 'normal'. The line between friendship and love fade further for two of the boys in particular as their desire becomes too much to bear. When what started as a simple getaway quickly becomes tinged with sex, romance, and conflict, everyone is forced to confront who they really are for the very first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, light, humorous, lgbt cinema, contemplative, queer cinema
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India Blues: Eight Feelings (2013)
Plot Summary:
INDIA BLUES is an edgy, bold and passionate love story between two young men who are sometimes afraid to love each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: experimental, avant garde
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Greek Pete (2009)
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Just as doctors, lawyers and others strive to reach the top of their professions, Greek Pete (Peter Pittaros) longs to reach the pinnacle of his. The only difference is that he's a rent boy, and the recognition he seeks is a nod from the World Escort Awards. Sexually explicit and emotionally honest, Greek Pete provides a rare glimpse of life as a sex worker, focusing on the business details and intellectual realities of being a male escort.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he meets Eddie McNally, who is on leave from the air force and the pair embark on an affair together. However, it is their weekend at the estate of Lord Edward Montagu which eventually leads to a scandal which rocked modern Britain and led to a reconsideration of, and the eventual decriminilisation of homosexuality.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, intellectual, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Over the Edge (2011)
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Jason (Danny Bedford) is in a crisis. He won’t go to work and stays holed up in his flat. But when his TV breaks, he is forced to call co-worker Richard (Sean Hart) to fix it. All is normal, except when Jason mentions that a friend of his may be dead in his bed. Instead of hightailing it out of the potential murder scene, Richard (who has the hots for Jason) instead not only checks the body (yes, dead) but also proposes a homemade autopsy. And when the scalpel cuts the flesh, these two young men are now in it together. But it is not just one body, a serial killer is roaming London’s streets, but the bodies seem to all end up in Jason’s flat.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, queer cinema
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No Night Is Too Long (2002)
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Young Tim Cornish's life has begun with great promise. Blessed with extraordinary good looks, Tim enjoyed much attention and cared little of broken hearts. At University he was a favored student in a prestigious creative writing course, but a chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets Tim on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder. In a flashback, he tells his story of cruelty, love and a soul-destroying guilt that offers little chance for redemption.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, sexual, lgbt cinema, controversial, sexy, queer cinema, gay cinema
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My Brother the Devil (2012)
Plot Summary:
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, bleak, realistic, rough, serious, multicultural, gloomy, independent film, crying, queer cinema
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Fire Island (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of queer best friends gather in the Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but when a sudden change of events jeopardizes their summer in gay paradise, their bonds as a chosen family are pushed to the limit.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, buddy comedy, romantic comedy, queer cinema
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Good Boys (2005)
Plot Summary:
Movie follows two young gay hustlers through interwoven stories during a night in Tel Aviv.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer 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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Our Paradise (2011)
Plot Summary:
Vassili is an aged prostitute with killer instincts. He finds an unconscious young man in the Forest of Boulogne and takes him home. Now lovers and accomplices, the two men become a couple in prostitution and steal from their clients. And yet, menaces of retaliation leave the couple with no choice but to escape from Paris. The runaway begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, emotional, lgbt cinema, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema, gay cinema
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My Policeman (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: dramatic, thought provoking, serious, captivating, lgbt cinema, powerful, gay cinema, period drama
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More Than Friendship (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mia, Lukas and Jonas always where like one heart and soul since their earliest childhood. Until three years ago when everything changed. Friendship became love that is well beyond all conventions. A Part of the society feels provoked by such kind of companionship and meets them with some lack of understanding to say the least. Even their parents aren't really fond of the situation. Once a year, the trio makes a trip. During which they try to let emotion flow as they come, not having to fear the reactions of others. Now there is the time again for such a trip. And that is where the film starts. After renting a mobile home the journey starts as usual. Only one thing different this time, Jonas was diagnosed with cancer in terminal state a few months ago. The three of them know that this might very well be the last trip they will ever make. Regardless, Mia and Lukas try their best for Jonas not to think of the inevitable. Sadly the vow to spend the last trip only in joy, fails.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, suspense, lgbt cinema, crying, queer cinema
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Cas (2016)
Plot Summary:
Pepijn and George’s steady, seven-year relationship is shaken up after they allow a young student named Cas to sleep on their couch until he finds a place of his own. Gradually, both men fall head over heels for Cas’ laconic charm and it forces them to reconsider their many long-term plans. Is Cas’ presence endangering their relationship or is he actually a blessing in disguise?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, sexy, humorous, lgbt cinema, unusual plot structure, contemplative, gay cinema, 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
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Savage Nights (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: sexy, sexual, anthology, sensual, cult classic, erotic drama, steamy, sincere, serious, realistic