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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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4 Days in France (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man leaves everything behind to travel aimlessly through France, letting himself be guided only by the people and landscapes he encounters: four days and four nights of wandering, during which his lover tries to locate him via Grindr, a smartphone dating app.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, queer cinema
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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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Sublet (2020)
Plot Summary:
A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, sentimental, sexy, humorous, captivating, contemplative, social, cute, crying
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Kept Boy (2017)
Plot Summary:
A story of love, greed - and moisturizer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, erotic, queer 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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Benjamin (2018)
Plot Summary:
A promising young filmmaker is thrown into emotional disarray over the impending release of his second feature, when he is introduced to a magnetic French musician called Noah.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, sexy, captivating, melancholic, romantic, semi autobiographical, crying, tripping, unusual plot structure
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120 Beats Per Minute (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, art house, psychological, sentimental, captivating, disturbing, political, lgbt cinema, social, gay cinema
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Beloved (2011)
Plot Summary:
From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, captivating, disturbing, humorous, semi serious
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Eat with Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of mother and son. But now, as Emma indulges herself with the encouragement of a saucy new friend, and Elliot confronts his fears of intimacy, mother and son find ways to communicate with food where words fail. Stars Sharon Omi, Teddy Chen Culver, Nicole Sullivan (MADtv) and a surprise moment with George Takei.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, humorous, melancholic, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Mascarpone (2021)
Plot Summary:
Antonio is a 30 yo family man, whose life finds an unexpected twist when he's suddenly dumped by his husband, whom he depends both psychologically and economically: he needs to find a new place to stay, a job and a new purpose in life. Antonio finds a room in an apartment owned by Denis and starts to work in a bakery owned by Luca, while attending pastry school. Through this process he discovers that it was wrong of him to give up his independence for the sake of his relationship in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, humorous, emotional, talky, crying, independent film, gay cinema, queer 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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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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Front Cover (2015)
Plot Summary:
One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sincere, sexy, touching, captivating, melancholic, romantic, romantic comedy, independent film, queer cinema
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Scenes from a Gay Marriage (2012)
Plot Summary:
A recently single man finds solace in his upstairs neighbors' seemingly perfect relationship - until he suspects one of them is cheating.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: touching, suspenseful, independent film, queer cinema
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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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Beyond the Walls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a double-bass player originally from Albania. It's love at first sight. Confronted by Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir's misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo promises that he will love Ilir for the rest of his life, Ilir leaves the city and doesn't return. A few days later, Paulo finds out that Ilir is in jail, and the two lovers embark on an heart-breaking relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, realistic, sexual, serious, silent, sexy, queer cinema, gay cinema, silent film
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Seashore (2015)
Plot Summary:
A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin (Mateus Almada) has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to be an inheritance-related document from the family of his recently deceased and estranged grandfather. Tomaz (Mauricio Jose Barcellos) accompanies him, seemingly hoping to regain some of their former closeness. The two boys shelter themselves in a glass house, in front of a cold and stormy sea.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, realistic, talky, sincere, atmospheric, captivating, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Cousins (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected attraction among the boys.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, emotional, touching, realistic, homoerotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Men Next Door (2012)
Plot Summary:
This is a fast-paced comedy about a 40-year-old gay man who finds himself dating two equally lovable men - a secure 50-year-old who came out later in life, and an adventurous 30-year-old who wasn't looking for a relationship. What he doesn't find out right away is that the two men are, in fact, father and son. And as they say, wackiness ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, realistic, touching, independent film, offbeat, queer cinema
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Leather (2013)
Plot Summary:
Birch, a young man living in the Catskill Mountains, reunites with his childhood friend from the city, Andrew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, humorous, captivating, melancholic, independent film, 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 Songs (2007)
Plot Summary:
This modernist musical about love and loss in Paris centers around a young couple, Ismael and Julie, who in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student – one of which may offer him redemption.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, sentimental, sexy, sexual, psychological, touching, captivating, lgbt cinema, sensual
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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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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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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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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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It's My Party (1996)
Plot Summary:
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, independent film, philosophical, depressing, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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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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I Am Jonas (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories still haunt him Trying frantically to put the missing pieces together, Jonas becomes determined to break the shackles of the past and finally set himself free.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: melancholic, sincere, touching, suspense, art house, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema