Top 20 movies like The Whale Tattoo

The Whale Tattoo

The Whale Tattoo follows Joe who returns to the small Norfolk fishing town where he grew up to confront the past. Haunted by death, trauma and unfulfilled love, he soon learns the disturbing truth about the river running alongside the house his estranged father still lives in.

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Genres: Drama

1. Sixth Happiness

Sixth Happiness

Waris Hussein’s acclaimed drama is based on the autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, who stars in the lead role of Brit, a young man born with brittle bone disease, which causes him to have never grown beyond four feet tall. The film follows his sexual awakening whilst his family simultaneously disintegrates all around him. An extremely moving drama confronting stereotypes around disability, sexuality and race, featuring a powerhouse performance from Kanga.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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2. Make the Yuletide Gay

Make the Yuletide Gay

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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3. The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen)

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

In collage sequences, the surrogate of synthetic sensuality takes form and seduces the sailors in the guise of a Hawaiian girl. In ritual punctuation, she distributes deaths which seemingly only the hardy siren Fatality can survive.

It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.

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4. Die Beautiful (Die Beautiful)

Die Beautiful

Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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5. Imaginary Heroes

Imaginary Heroes

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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6. The Home Song Stories

The Home Song Stories

Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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7. The Art of Being Straight

The Art of Being Straight

Twenty-three-year-old John has just moved to L.A. from New York, ostensibly "taking a break" from his longtime girlfriend. He moves in with college bro Andy, whose pals incessantly do that kind of "That is so gay" banter that's essentially harmless - unless you're the only gay guy in the room.

It has an average vote of 4.167 on TMDB.

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8. Algo se fue para siempre

Algo se fue para siempre

Paula is forced to deal with her own grief and loneliness after that she lost her loving partner, Natalia . She spends everyday with herself trying to survive. Depression and nostalgia overwhelms her, but Paula always find a way to escape with drugs. This usually works, but her memories won't let her be free from pain forever.

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9. What Happens In Cap Vermell (Lo que ocurre en Cap Vermell)

What Happens In Cap Vermell

What Happens In Cap Vermell is a story of love and heartbreak, of human relationships, of chance encounters and exceptional characters. A succession of moments linked together that all occur in one place, Cap Vermell, a heavenly, incomparable backdrop where anything can happen.

It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.

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10. Wasteland (Wasteland)

Wasteland

A short about letting go of a bad relationship.

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11. Redwoods

Redwoods

Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.

It has an average vote of 5.636 on TMDB.

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12. Stray

Stray

Set in a parallel universe where the sexual bias favors homosexuals, Eric, a struggling heterosexual, admits himself into a straight conversion camp. What begins as a cure to his deviant lifestyle, becomes a journey of self acceptance.

It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.

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13. Boys On Film 1: Hard Love

Boys On Film 1: Hard Love

Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 1: Hard Love contains nine complete films: Hong Khaou's "Summer" starring Peter Peralta and Jay Brown; Michael Simon's "Gay Zombie" starring Brad Bilanin, Ryan Carlberg, and Robin McDonald; Jason Bushman's "Serene Hunter" starring Eric Debets, Flannan Obé, and Jonathan Blanc; Timothy Smith's "Le Weekend" starring Omar and Fernando Peres; Jean Baptiste Erreca's "Cowboy Forever" featuring Govinda Machado de Figueiredo and Jones Carlos Fialho de Araújo; Damien Rea's "Scarred" starring Chris Anderson, David Durham, and Lara Cazalet; Tim Hunter's "Packed Lunch" featuring Kevyn Boemia, Chris Sayers, and Steven Quigg; John Winter's "Mirror Mirror" starring Roy Billing; and Maxwell Barber's "VGL-Hung!" starring Marcus Proctor, Jeff Chandler, and Ashley Ryder.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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14. Esteros (Esteros)

Esteros

Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia

It has an average vote of 6.605 on TMDB.

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15. The Last of Sheila

The Last of Sheila

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

It has an average vote of 6.955 on TMDB.

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16. Maurice

Maurice

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

It has an average vote of 7.576 on TMDB.

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17. The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

It has an average vote of 6.405 on TMDB.

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18. Wrecked

Wrecked

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.

It has an average vote of 4.2 on TMDB.

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19. Dwarf Planet

Dwarf Planet

A lonely, awkward teenager encounters a male sex worker on a morning in suburban Sydney. Based on the short story "Concealer" by Andy Boreham.

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20. For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat)

For a Lost Soldier

Separated from his family in the Dutch countryside, young boy Jeroen crosses paths with Walt, a Canadian soldier who takes him under his care.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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