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Plot Summary:
Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The show, the longest running ballet on both Broadway and the West End, follows the story of Prince Siegfried, who promises his love to swan maiden Odette, only to be tricked by magician Von Rothbart. The stars include Richard Winsor, Dominic North, Nina Goldman, Madelaine Brennan, Steve Kirkham and Joseph Vaughan.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, mystical
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The Sleeping Beauty (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After Princess Aurora is cursed at birth, she pricks her finger and sleeps for 100 years, until Prince Florimund wakes her with a kiss. Conductor George Crum leads the Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Music, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: silent, silent film
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Hello Again (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 519
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, sexy, psychological, light, unusual plot structure, erotic, visually appealing, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Femme (2023)
Plot Summary:
Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Cinderella (1970)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella is helped to the ball by her fairy godmother.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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Performance Anxiety (2008)
Plot Summary:
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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Rapunzel Nabunzel (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a somewhat unfair treatment with their parents, the witch Charnot becomes the tutor of Rapunzel Nabunzel, a girl who cares in the captivity of a 3D tower. Years later, when she is already a young girl, she is discovered by a red prince who finds the tower in the forest. The prince will talk about the outside world and Rapunzel will have to make the decision to reveal himself and leave.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, parody
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The Night Logan Woke Up (2022)
Plot Summary:
On a cold October night in 1991, an unspeakable event rocks a small town in Quebec, forever haunting a family who tries to hide their dark secret. Thirty years later these secrets buried deep in the past resurface, sending the family on an unstoppable pursuit of reconciliation.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 293 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House) (2011)
Plot Summary:
A full-length ballet created by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The ballet is based on Lewis Carroll's famous story of Alice, an ordinary girl who one summer afternoon falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself on an extraordinary adventure. The music is by Joby Talbot, with designs by the internationally acclaimed Bob Crowley. Alice is danced by the Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson, and actor Simon Russell-Beale plays the cameo role of the Duchess.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Strange Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
The teacher Antek Liebmann moves to the French countryside to leave his former life in Germany behind. He soon gets a job and finds himself in a new relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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One Deep Breath (2014)
Plot Summary:
Maël tries hard to cope with his partner Adam's suicide as well as their troubled past together. Patricia, also one of Adam's lovers, gets herself into danger in her attempt to help Maël in his grief.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, melancholic, suspenseful, independent film
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Seeing Heaven (2010)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young escort, Paul, suffers from trip-like dreams he doesn't understand. These visions are shared by his clients, both scaring and exciting them. Paul is searching for his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen since childhood, and hooks up with enigmatic film director John Baxter. Desired by everyone but lost to himself, Paul is persuaded to make one adult film, which will help him discover himself, and in the process find his twin. But the journey he goes on is a dark one, involving dangerous clients, an unscrupulous rival producer, and unsafe sex. In discovering his true past, Paul is in danger of destroying himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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The City of the Future (2016)
Plot Summary:
A naturalistic film about the nontraditional relationship of lovers Mila, Igor, and Gilmar that shuns convention, instead embracing love in all its dazzling iterations.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Yours Emotionally (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two Brits, Ravi and Paul travel to India where they meet Murthy and Anna an older gay couple that have managed to form a partnership and live together for over 20 years. When Ravi meets and falls for Mani an Indian national who is betrothed to be married. He turns to the older couple for advise and help but traditions die hard in India. Written by [email protected].
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Absent (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sebastiano teaches high school gym classes and coaches swimming. He’s got a job, a girlfriend, and a pretty normal life. But as young Martin starts to infiltrate Sebastiano’s life, his world will get turned upside down. Eerie from the first frame, this Hitchcockian thriller portrays sexual obsession with terrifying realism.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, suspense, lgbt cinema, tense, realistic, gloomy, crying, queer cinema
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Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Plot Summary:
Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, independent film
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The Dresser (2015)
Plot Summary:
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sad, touching
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Fixing Frank (2002)
Plot Summary:
Frank (Miller) is a gay journalist who goes undercover at the urging of his therapist boyfriend Jonathan (Provenza) to write an exposé of Dr. Apsey (Butler). Apsey performs conversion therapy on gay male clients, a practice which Jonathan finds reprehensible. Frank quickly comes clean with Apsey but continues to meet with him under the pretense of interviewing him, but finds himself questioning himself, Jonathan and their six-year relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: queer cinema, cult film
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No Night Is Too Long (2002)
Plot Summary:
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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In Bloom (2013)
Plot Summary:
A gritty and heartbreaking portrayal of love and loss, In Bloom shows a personal and realistic tale of losing first love. During a tumultuous summer in Chicago, a serial killer terrorizes boystown while two young men experience the pain of separation and broken hearts.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, lgbt cinema, gloomy, independent film, queer cinema
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Just Say Love (2009)
Plot Summary:
Physical attractions appear to be the obvious explanation for two people to become a pair. But are they really the reflection of something sublime, everlasting or dare we say, spiritual? Do relationships start in the bedroom or in the heart? In this male love story, the bliss described by Joseph Campbell and sages throughout the millennia is a practical option for finding happiness. As the camera delves into the character’s minds and actions we find fulfillment on both a physical and spiritual level.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, contemplative, serious, realistic, crying, double entendre, queer cinema
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Boy Undone (2017)
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, experimental, queer cinema
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Wrecked (2009)
Plot Summary:
An edgy drama about a gay teen's tumultuous decent into drugs and anonymous sex, Wrecked smashes cinematic taboos while it spins its cautionary tale. Ryan is an earnest 18-year-old trying to develop a career as an actor and getting his life on the right track. This course is quickly threatened with the sudden arrival of his sort-of ex, Daniel, who arrives at Ryan's door wanting a place to stay.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspense, art house, realistic, gloomy, independent film, sincere, queer cinema
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Departure (2015)
Plot Summary:
An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, serious, captivating, realistic, controversial, contemplative, erotic, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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The Company (2003)
Plot Summary:
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: stylized, lyrical, realistic, sincere, serious, talky, independent film, clever, contemplative, erotic
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Food of Love (2002)
Plot Summary:
Young aspiring pianist attracts attention of famous musicians. Chance encounters bring them together but expectations must be managed by all.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, erotic, queer cinema
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Fögi Is a Bastard (1998)
Plot Summary:
A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sexual, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, sexy, queer cinema
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Cal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-year-old Cal returns from France to Britain after receiving news that his mother is ill. His finds his home city of Bristol facing hard economic times brought on by the global economic crisis, with poverty and crime on the rise and rioting and looting almost a nightly occurrence. It is not a warm homecoming as his sick mother remains stubbornly homophobic and wants nothing to do with the now openingly gay Cal while his battered Auntie Jane, now living in a run down council house, dulls her stagnation with welfare funded booze and disturbing attempts to sexually seduce her nephew. Navigating his way across this new landscape he meets a young student who needs his help. However his act of kindness brings him into contact with a lawless drug dealing pimp and a race against time to make peace with his mother and get out of town as quickly as possible. An intense tale of a family mired in poverty, angry and lost but still searching for love, respect and acceptance.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, tense, gloomy, gay cinema, queer cinema
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Five Dances (2013)
Plot Summary:
FIVE DANCES, written and directed by Alan Brown, is a creatively adventurous narrative feature film set in the New York 'downtown' modern dance world. The story follows the rocky emotional journey of an 18-year old dancer (the amazing Ryan Steele) with talent to burn, who must choose between his responsibility to his broken family in the Midwest, and forging a life and career for himself. The film features five of New York's most gifted dancers acting on film for the very first time, and performing the choreography of internationally acclaimed choreographer Jonah Bokaer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, heartbreaking, lgbt cinema, sexual, independent film, sexy, queer cinema
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StreetDance 3D (2010)
Plot Summary:
In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, realistic, sexy, inspirational, sweet, captivating, entertaining, romantic, exciting
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The World Unseen (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, erotic, romantic, deep, historical drama, independent film, bleak, queer cinema