Movies like Deep End
If Deep End's mix of lgbt teen, gay theme and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Deep End's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Boy Erased
2018 · Directed by Joel Edgerton · 115 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: lgbt teen, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his…
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Love, Simon
2018 · Directed by Greg Berlanti · 110 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: lgbt teen, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate…
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: lgbt teen, gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him…
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The Little Matchgirl
2006 · Directed by Roger Allers · 7 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: short film
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life.
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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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Float
2019 · Directed by Bobby Rubio · 7 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (2010s)
A father discovers that his son floats, which makes him different from other kids. To keep them both safe from the judgement of the world, Dad hides, covers, and grounds him.
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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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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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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 Swan
2023 · Directed by Wes Anderson · 17 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.
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The Human Voice
2020 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 30 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.