Movies like Breakfast on Pluto
If Breakfast on Pluto's mix of transvestism, transsexuality and loss of loved one stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Breakfast on Pluto's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Tangerine
2015 · Directed by Sean Baker · 87 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: transsexuality, playful, sentimental · Also comedy and drama
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark…
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Demolition
2016 · Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée · 101 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one, pregnancy, male homosexuality · Also comedy and drama
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Directed by Beeban Kidron · 108 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: transvestism, amused · Also comedy and drama
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles.
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Batman Begins
2005 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 140 min7.7
Why you'll like itWith Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy · Shares: loss of loved one · From the same decade (2000s)
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City.
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Uncle Frank
2020 · Directed by Alan Ball · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, male homosexuality
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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Wilde
1997 · Directed by Brian Gilbert · 118 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality, ireland
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred…
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Being John Malkovich
1999 · Directed by Spike Jonze · 113 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: transvestism · Also comedy and drama
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994 · Directed by Stephan Elliott · 103 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: playful · Also drama and comedy
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, male homosexuality
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics.
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Unpregnant
2020 · Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: pregnancy · Also drama and comedy
After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.
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The World According to Garp
1982 · Directed by George Roy Hill · 136 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: pregnancy · Also drama and comedy
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
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Alex Strangelove
2018 · Directed by Craig Johnson · 99 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality · Also comedy and drama
Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated.