Movies like Lost Everything
If Lost Everything's mix of journalist, fame and in the closet stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Lost Everything's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Directed by Todd Haynes · 123 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, gay theme
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
2018 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: fame, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
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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American Beauty
1999 · Directed by Sam Mendes · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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The Normal Heart
2014 · Directed by Ryan Murphy · 133 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose…
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Moonlight
2016 · Directed by Barry Jenkins · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his…
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Rocketman
2019 · Directed by Dexter Fletcher · 121 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Directed by Héctor Babenco · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs.
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Gods and Monsters
1998 · Directed by Bill Condon · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him.
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019 · Directed by Xavier Dolan · 123 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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The Boys in the Band
2020 · Directed by Joe Mantello · 122 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
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The Crush
1993 · Directed by Alan Shapiro · 89 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: journalist
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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Howl
2010 · Directed by Rob Epstein · 84 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his…