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Plot Summary:
A young Muslim man, Rami, who is engaged to a young woman named Sara. We soon discover that Sam is also involved on the side with a young male artist named Lee.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt, UK, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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Present Perfect: Thai Film (2017)
Plot Summary:
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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Shape of Red (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tōko Muranushi is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Tōko meets her former lover, Akihiko Kurata, at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years. Tōko indulges in a sexual relationship with Kurata.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, tense, sentimental, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema, melancholic, contemplative, gay cinema
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Frangipani (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sarasi does not want Chamath to be the only boy in her bridal dressing class but she couldnt help wrapping the beautiful wedding saris that Chamath embroiders. Sarasi wants Chamath to rescue her from an arranged marriage but Chamath wants to run away from the village looking for the freedom in the city.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, touching, melancholic, contemplative, sinhala, unusual plot structure
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The Endless Possibility of Sky (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sex and drugs-getting hooked and getting off –can be addicting. For Drew (Brad Hallowell), eking out a mundane life in Waterville, Maine, it is resisting the illicit pleasure in New York; for Mistress Datina (Philly), it means operating a sex and drug den to cope with her life. In his visually and sexually stimulating film, director Verow introduces multiple characters and overlapping narratives that portray the physical and emotional faces of addiction. For Rob (newcomer Rob Ordonez), drugs and sex are means of finding a bed to sleep in every night – while they provide Christian (Michael Vaccaro) a means of dealing with his helplessness and loss. A writer records these characters and their unforgettable stories. The themes are universal, but the possibilities are endless.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, gay cinema
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Friends and Lovers (2010)
Plot Summary:
After a failed relationship with a waitress, a young gay man is challenged by his love for a straight mechanic.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, independent film, entertaining
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The Marriage (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Kosovo, Albania
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, queer cinema
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I Miss You (2019)
Plot Summary:
Following his son Gabriel’s death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel’s boyfriend Sebastian. While the two battle over Jorge’s inability to accept his son, Sebastian channels his grief into a bold new play in honor of his lost love, in which Gabriel’s inner turmoil is transformed into an eye-popping gay fantasia.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Bolivia, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, melancholic, surprise ending, gay cinema, queer cinema
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It Gets Better (2012)
Plot Summary:
Saithan, a retired post-op transsexual, retreats to the beautiful mountains of northern Thailand and falls in love with a local mechanic. Saithan wonders if Fai will look into her heart rather than her male past. Tonmai has inherited a gay cabaret bar from his father. He plans to sell off the bar, but falls in love with Tonlew, a tomboy ladyboy who works as company driver. Now, Tonmai questions if is he is gay or straight. Din is a high school boy whom his father recently found out to be a ladyboy. His father sends him upcountry to be ordained as a novice monk hoping it may make him straight. However, Din falls in love with a senior monk at the monastery, but must keep his feelings in check. In a world where some believe what they are told to believe, others search for their own truth. When the search leads to love, can circumstances demand that this truth be denied? Experience the journeys of these three loving souls in this courageous and heartfelt film.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, art film, unusual plot structure, 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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Fathers (2016)
Plot Summary:
'LOVE' starts with two people, but 'FAMILY' is more than just the two.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, light, romantic, captivating, melancholic, contemplative, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Nobody's Watching (2017)
Plot Summary:
Nico is a young Argentine actor fighting to build a career in the US, without assistance, or connections, never too far from heart-breaking failure, but often blinded by the mirage of immediate success.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, sincere, captivating, soap opera, erotic, gay cinema, queer cinema
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The Surface (2015)
Plot Summary:
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychological, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, queer cinema
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The Falls: Covenant of Grace (2016)
Plot Summary:
This third and final film of the Falls trilogy revisits former Mormon missionaries Chris and RJ, six years after they first fell in love and were disciplined for it, as they formulate a plan to be together at long last.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sexy, lgbt cinema, suspenseful, controversial, crying, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Boys Life 6 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Anthonlogy of four gay-themed stories centered around the idea of first-time crushes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, realistic, sentimental, psychological, romantic, captivating, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Before the Fall (2016)
Plot Summary:
It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret that he nightly tries to blot out with an excess of liquor.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, sexy, captivating, psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, independent film, queer cinema
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Sodom (2017)
Plot Summary:
20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, contemplative, unusual plot structure, gay cinema, queer cinema
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In the Grayscale (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bruno is an architect who has a perfect life: A nice family and a good job. Anyway, Bruno has a deep sense of unease. He decides to leave his wife to be alone and have time to find him self. A business man offers him to build an iconic landmark in Santiago city. Motivated by this professional challenge, Bruno feels he can find a twist in his life by a vocational route. He start working with a young history teacher named Fer (29) who is agile, energetic, captivating and gay. Starts between them an unexpected and intense romance. At this point he must decide his path. The biggest learning: simplicity is the best way to get up again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, captivating, sexy, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Loev (2015)
Plot Summary:
When hot shot, Wall Street dealmaker Jai thinks of putting some pleasure into his 48 hour business trip to Mumbai, Sahil, his young, music-producer friend, drops everything, including his reckless boyfriend Alex, to help him execute the perfect getaway. Hiking the hills and canyons of Maharashtra, amidst half-attempted conversations and sudden silences, business calls and old jokes, the friends discover there is more than just time-zones keeping them apart. Things take another turn when Alex shows up with a new male-companion at his side, throwing up old conflicts and bringing unanswered questions to the fore.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, psychological, light, touching, homoerotic, gay cinema, 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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Beneath the Skin (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his family falls apart Joshua is forced to move to Canada to live with his estranged father. It is there he meets Jay, a local tattoo artist. The two becomes closer despite the negativity that surrounds them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, psychological, sexy, touching, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Boys Life 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festival favorite recently expanded into a feature film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and his fantasies of sex with two women. Bradley Rust Gray's Hitch follows two attractive young guys on a dizzying road trip that leads them toward sexual self-discovery. David Fournier's Majorettes in Space is a witty French spoof of post-modern sex, romance, relationships, the Pope and baton-twirling majorettes. And, Gregory Cooke's $30 is the bittersweet story of a closeted teen presented with a young prostitute on his 16th birthday.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, captivating, anthology, realistic, independent film, gay cinema
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Kids Run (2020)
Plot Summary:
Andi's life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, freeze frame
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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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Lazy Eye (2016)
Plot Summary:
Passions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, humorous, psychological, light, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative, cute, erotic, gay 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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To Heaven (2012)
Plot Summary:
Shy teenager Andrés lives in the Argentine city of La Plata and cycles between school, work and home listening to punk rock. One night he finds out that his idol, the lead singer of his favorite band, has committed suicide. His religious mother is worried about him and takes him to the local evangelic church, where he, without putting up much resistance, joins a youth group. Here he meets Alex, the cool guitarist of a band practicing upstairs, and is instantly drawn to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, romantic, sexy, touching, melancholic, unusual plot structure, gay cinema
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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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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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Eternal Summer (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sexy, realistic, touching, serious, captivating, erotic, atmospheric, lgbt cinema, contemplative
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Cicada (2020)
Plot Summary:
Ben is a young bisexual man. He comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben's past crawls to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, emotional, talky, erotic, lgbt cinema, queer cinema, gay cinema