Best movies like Why Not Me?
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Plot Summary:
Four gay French expatriots share a business in Barcelona. When they and their parents are thrown together for a "coming out" party, another French Farce ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema, hot
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Chef's Special (2008)
Plot Summary:
Maxi thinks is life is perfect. He is a famous cook who own a top hype restaurant in Chueca. He is living his homosexual life without complex. But when his son Edu and his daughter Alba appears, and comes a new neighbor which is an attractive ex famous Argentinian soccer player, they will punch his regular life and change his valors.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, sexy, humorous, semi serious, romantic, realistic, sexual, fairy tale, crying, queer cinema
Similar in 88%
Costa Brava (1995)
Plot Summary:
In Barcelona, Anna is a tour guide working on her monologue, in which she's a Communist housewife whose lesbian neighbor is an object of curiosity. She's sent an audition tape to San Francisco's Another Stage. While giving a tour, she meets Montserrat, American, Jewish, teaching in Barcelona and unhappy with her job. Montserrat, claiming "I'm not a lesbian," approaches Anna; they start a relationship, and with occasional trips to the Costa Brava, it becomes a romance. Anna helps Montserrat find another job, but it's in the States. Their parting seems inevitable. They take a last trip to the Costa Brava and keep praying. Does God have a miracle in store?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, queer cinema
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Mommy Is Coming (2012)
Plot Summary:
With things growing a bit stale in the bedroom, lesbian couple Claudia and Dylan agree to seek sexual experiences outside their relationship. Dylan discovers new pleasures at a sex club, while Claudia, in drag as Claude, finds a surprising partner.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, underground film, sex comedy, funny, light, romantic, captivating
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Men to Kiss (2012)
Plot Summary:
The gay couple Tobi and Ernie are being visited by Ernie's old friend Uta. What at first looks like an innocent house-call, turns into an insidious attack on the couple's relationship.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Be Mine (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gay man is about to be married. He thinks back to when he was a kissing virgin, waiting for the right person with whom to have that first kiss.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Fashion Victims (2007)
Plot Summary:
At 52, traveling salesman Wolfgang Zenker (Edgar Selge) is in old school territory: he peddles the company's classic clothing line to boutiques that cater to women over 35. When Wolfi loses his drivers license in his brand-new Mercedes but can't afford to lose the season's sales because his frustrated wife (Franziska Walser) desperately wants a new bathroom, their son's vacation plans take a back seat as Karsten (Florian Bartholomäi) is forced to making sales rounds with his father instead of celebrating his high school graduation in Spain. Also making the rounds in small town southern Germany is successful and attractive sales rival Steven Brookmüller (Roman Knizka), 33. As the men's paths cross, long-hidden secrets are revealed and things come to a hilarious head.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Lie Down with Dogs (1995)
Plot Summary:
Wayward mid-20's NYC guy goes to the Pines for a change of pace for the summer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, homoerotic, sexy
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Three of Hearts (1993)
Plot Summary:
A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic, sexual, sexy, hot
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Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
Plot Summary:
After Marc dumps him, Kyle unites with Gwen and Tiffani to land sexually confused art model Troy by pretending to be straight. However, Marc wants Troy, too, and members from a notorious "ex-gay" group are slipping for the both of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, erotic, sex comedy, independent film, sexy, witty
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Alto (2015)
Plot Summary:
Frankie is head strong and passionate about her rock band and her Italian-American heritage. She is engaged to a good Italian man, and everything in her life is in order until she discovers a murder victim in the trunk of her rental car. Heather, her sister, convinces Frankie to attend the funeral where they meet Nicolette, the daughter of the new Brooklyn mafia don. When Nicolette shows up at a gig, it triggers a cascade of events that take Frankie towards an unexpected romance.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, queer cinema
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Alex and Leo (2010)
Plot Summary:
Leo, an advertising executive in his mid-30s, falls in love with Alex who's just gotten out of a long-term relationship. While Alex doesn't quite know how to react to Leo's advances, Leo's facing trouble with Alex's oddball clique.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sexy, sexual, independent film, queer cinema
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He Is My Girl (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dix ans après L'Homme est une femme comme les autres, Simon Eskenazy est devenu un grand interprète de musique traditionnelle juive. Il voit successivement débarquer sa mère envahissante, son ex-femme, son fils de 10 ans qu'il n'a jamais vu et Naïm, un jeune travesti musulman qui va changer sa vie.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Elliot Loves (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two stages of a Dominican-American's life; first as a boy trying to bond with his young mother, then a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, hispanic, realistic, non-linear, independent film, queer cinema
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You Should Meet My Son! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sincere, captivating, touching, offbeat, sexual, crying, sexy, queer cinema
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I Think I Do (1997)
Plot Summary:
A screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: homoerotic, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema, gay cinema
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Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
Plot Summary:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group becomes strongly divided on their actions.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous, independent film, sex comedy, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Me, Myself & Her (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, tense, captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, queer cinema
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Kiss the Bride (2007)
Plot Summary:
In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying a woman!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Out at the Wedding (2007)
Plot Summary:
After telling her fiancé, Dana, that her entire family is dead, Manhattanite Alex whisks off to her childhood home in South Carolina to serve as bridesmaid at her high-maintenance, estranged sister Jeannie's wedding. As she tries not to steal Jeannie's thunder by telling her family that a) she's engaged, and b) the man she's going to marry is a Jewish African American, things get a little mixed up.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, queer cinema
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Butch Jamie (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman on set. The film's subplots include Jamie's bisexual roommate Lola and her cat actor Howard, Lola's abrasive butch German girlfriend Andi, and Jamie's gay Asian friend David.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, queer cinema
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Love or Whatever (2012)
Plot Summary:
Corey had it all - a successful career, bags of charm and, most of all, a bright future with his boyfriend. But, when his other half commits the ultimate betrayal and dumps him for a woman, he embarks upon a wild journey of self-discovery. Soon, he meets a potentially perfect new guy but first he needs to make some life-changing choices. Sexy and genuinely funny (including a hilarious star turn from The Brady Bunch's Jennifer Elise Cox), Love or Whatever is the freshest, funniest gay comedy around.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, offbeat, queer cinema
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Mango Kiss (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Mango Kiss" is a story about Lou whose world turns upside-down when she falls in love with her best friend Sassafras. They journey to San Francisco and stumble into the wild world of role-playing and non-monogamous S/M dykes. Comedy ensues as these wholesome girls get in over their heads.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, independent film, sexual, queer cinema
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April's Shower (2003)
Plot Summary:
April's Shower begins with a group of people gathered for a wedding shower for April. At first, it seems to be a normal gathering for such an occasion but, as time goes on, secrets and stories begin to be revealed. Alex is a chef and a maid of honor at April's wedding. She ultimately reveals her true feelings which ends up taking an effect on everybody at the shower.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, touching, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Friends (With Benefits) (2009)
Plot Summary:
Meet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies, his job, her band, their parents, their friends (their sanity), they find little time for relationships...but lots of time for the desire. One fateful day, a brave Owen proposes the "perfect" solution: Friends (read: no messy relationship stuff)...with benefits (read: insanely messy sex stuff). "Perfect," that is...if the two hadn't always been secretly in love with one another So what DOES happen when two close friends decide to secretly blur the lines dividing friendship and relationship...and the rest of their tight knit group of friends finds out? The answer: complications arise. A LOT of complications. In fact, to quote their therapist, "It's brought down empires; imagine what it can do to a group of friends".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, touching, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, sexual, sex comedy, hot
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French Twist (1995)
Plot Summary:
After learning of her husband's infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, humorous, sex comedy, surprise ending, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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Times Have Been Better (2006)
Plot Summary:
After moving in with his beau, 30ish banker Jérémy (Arnaud Binard) decides to let the cat out of the bag, telling his unsuspecting parents, Guy (Bernard Le Coq) and Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim), that he's gay. Though they've always envisioned themselves as enlightened, the news staggers Guy and Rosine -- who are determined to get to the root of Jérémy's homosexuality. Olivier Guéritée also stars in this delicious French farce.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous, realistic, queer cinema
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It's in the Water (1997)
Plot Summary:
When hordes of gays and lesbians come out "of the closet" in the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas, intolerant residents go into a panic about the water supply.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, queer cinema
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Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
Plot Summary:
A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, multicultural, sexual, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Four Faced Liar is a story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City... A story of love and lies for four twenty-somethings looking to find themselves in New York City. A pair of best friends and a seemingly perfect couple meet at a local Irish pub tucked in the winding streets of the West Village. Through their chance meeting, the four bond and over time all of their relationships with one another morph into love, betrayal and heartbreak for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, sensual, clever, offbeat, independent film
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Gray Matters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, independent film, stylized, erotic