Best tv shows like Jacqueline Susann's Valley of The Dolls
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Plot Summary:
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min
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Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (1976)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of the happenings at a major bank.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 320 min
Plot tags:
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Where Have My Skirts Gone? (2019)
Plot Summary:
One day, Nobuo Harada starts work as a Japanese language teacher at a high school. He is gay and dresses like a woman. He sympathizes with the lives and worries of his students.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
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Between Two Women (1986)
Plot Summary:
When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Pink: A Summer Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three friends embark on an adventure, and will spend the summer at the beach house of the father of one of them, in Barra da Tijuca. They meet new people, live new loves, make new friends and travel on an adventure that will change their lives!.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration:
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Triage (2022)
Plot Summary:
Tin is a third-year resident physician in emergency medicine who deals with a wide range of patients who circle the emergency room every day until the night of the 18th. His life changes when Tol, a male student who was pushed into the emergency room in a serious condition. That night wasn't just the the night that he couldn't save him. Because when he woke up, he found himself trapped in a time loop.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration:
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Yuri or Another (2019)
Plot Summary:
Sinohara Yuri (Fumika Baba) is a young female college student who has been troubled by a dangerous stalker who won’t leave her alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological
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First Day (2020)
Plot Summary:
It's Hannah Bradford's first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration:
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Endings (2010)
Plot Summary:
Emmy Ferguson is a 10-year old who learns that, after a long bout with leukemia, today is probably her last day on earth. Chris Ryan is a 35-year-old drug addict who is determined to make this his last day. And Adonna Frost, suffering from advanced breast cancer, has made a similar decision about the end of her life. They are all strangers to each other, but as Emmy embarks on a strange journey, and as the day's events bring these three dying people together, through Emmy's unique point of view, their lives are changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Valley of the Dolls (1994)
Plot Summary:
An updated adaptation of the Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls, which follows the trials and tribulations of several women who live in Southern California.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: soap opera
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Chinese Chocolate (1995)
Plot Summary:
Searching for love abroad, two very different Chinese women, a dancer and a doctor, follow their dreams and journey west to Canada. They quickly learn that the paths of heart are rocky as the men in their lives reveal dark, unsettling secrets which change the lives of everyone forever. Intimately and honestly exploring for the first time the sexuality of Chinese women living in a foreign culture, this award-winning study of love and relationship makes for a unforgettable treat.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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After Forever (2018)
Plot Summary:
After Forever is the story of Brian and Jason, a 50-ish New York City gay couple, who have it all until they don't.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tear jerker, tearjerker
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Queers (2017)
Plot Summary:
Eight short monologues charting the UK gay experience and in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act, curated by Mark Gatiss. Each monologue is set in the same pub, taking place at various points in the last hundred years.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: queer cinema
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A Mother's Love (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process. In "A Mother's Love", the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Whatever This Is. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Whatever this is. follows Sam (Hunter Canning) and Ari (Dylan Marron), two production assistants in New York, as well as Sam's girlfriend Lisa (Madeline Wise), a teacher without pay for the summer. Sam and Ari are scraping by working low paying video production gigs focused on a variety of fame seekers. A chance encounter puts Lisa on the road to a possible summer job, but she's not sure where it could lead - or if she's really qualified.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, biting, suspense
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Stupid Wife (2022)
Plot Summary:
Luíza and Valentina are law students and classmates, but from totally different worlds and personalities. Luiza sees in Valentina all the flaws she believes someone can have, and hates her. One day, however, Luiza wakes up to find herself ten years older and, to her horror, married to Valentina. It turns out that now, Luíza was the victim of a trauma, which she is still unaware of and which led her to a process of Dissociative Amnesia; not remembering her marriage to Valentina, much less her son Leo. In this process, she will need to rediscover herself, who she has become. At the same time, Valentina seeks to win back her wife.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Three Veils (2011)
Plot Summary:
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
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Kamikaze Hearts (1986)
Plot Summary:
Alternately distressing, instructive, contestable, and fascinating, Juliet Bashore's 1986 documentary about a lesbian couple working in the porn industry—a cynical older woman (Sharon “Mitch” Mitchell), who is a seasoned porn star, and her lover (known as Tigr), who is an uneasy newcomer to this world, where drugs play a significant role—offers a disturbing glimpse of the modification of bodies, feelings, and lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, sensual, independent film, queer cinema
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Queer as Folk (2022)
Plot Summary:
The lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
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Tales of the City (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, romantic, sentimental, touching, erotic, feel good, saga, sensual, lgbt cinema, queer cinema
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Venice the Series (2009)
Plot Summary:
Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is currently in its fourth season. Venice is described by Chappell as "a show about families, and life, and all the simplicity of it, and the turmoil of it. We're going to be following a character named Gina who is a designer, and she is a gay woman.".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, serious, soap opera
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Monte Carlo (1986)
Plot Summary:
An American writer on the Riviera courts a Russian singer who is spying on Nazis for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Anne Plus (2018)
Plot Summary:
The weekend Anne (24) moves into her own place she unexpectedly runs into her ex-girlfriend Lily, and a lot has happened since they broke up four years ago. Over the weekend, Anne reflects on the relationships she has had throughout her student years in Amsterdam.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, touching, emotional, talky, queer cinema
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Starting From Now (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Starting From Now" is a lesbian web series that explores the lives of four inner-Sydney women as they struggle to work out who they are, find a place where they belong, and maybe even find someone to love along the way. After building an international viral following across the first three seasons and reaching 20 million views in less than two years on YouTube, seasons 4 and 5 were acquired for broadcast television and screened on SBS2 in March, 2016.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, suspense, suspenseful, anime, queer cinema
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POSE (2018)
Plot Summary:
A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, visual, powerful, inspirational, sexy, cynical, queer cinema
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When We Rise (2017)
Plot Summary:
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 341 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, lgbt cinema, suspenseful, political, queer cinema
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Lip Service (2010)
Plot Summary:
Lip Service was a British television serial drama portraying the lives of a group of lesbians living in Glasgow, Scotland. Production on the show, which stars Laura Fraser, Ruta Gedmintas and Fiona Button, began in summer 2009 in Glasgow. The show debuted on BBC Three on 12 October 2010. Filming on a second series was confirmed in late 2010, with filming beginning on 30 May 2011. The second series aired on BBC Three from 20 April 2012. In January of 2013, shows creator, Harriet Braun, announced that BBC Three cancelled the series without explanation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, sexy, semi serious, erotic, sexual, dark, deep, sensual, talky
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Vida (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn't be more different or distanced from each other are forced to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and surprising truth about their mother’s identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, erotic, touching, humorous, sensual, hispanic, queer cinema
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The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in L.A.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, erotic, sentimental, sincere, touching, sensual, queer cinema
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The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Plot Summary:
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: retro, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, black cinema
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Euphoria (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, realistic, depressing, serious, psychedelic, rough, erotic, aesthetic, sentimental