Movies like Benjamin
If Benjamin's mix of filmmaking, gay romance and gay theme stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Benjamin's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Bros
2022 · Directed by Nicholas Stoller · 115 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay romance, gay theme, gay relationship · Also comedy and romance
Two gay men are possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.
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Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Directed by Ang Lee · 134 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: gay romance, gay theme, gay relationship · Also drama and romance
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
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Maurice
1987 · Directed by James Ivory · 140 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and romance
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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My Policeman
2022 · Directed by Michael Grandage · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and romance
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…
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Looking: The Movie
2016 · Directed by Andrew Haigh · 85 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2010s)
Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult…
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Malcolm & Marie
2021 · Directed by Sam Levinson · 106 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: filmmaking · Also drama and romance
As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
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The Thing About Harry
2020 · Directed by Peter Paige · 86 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also romance and comedy
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day.
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Alex Strangelove
2018 · Directed by Craig Johnson · 99 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
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.
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Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 118 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (2010s)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
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¿Quieres ser mi hijo?
2023 · Directed by Ihtzi Hurtado · 100 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso comedy and romance
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.