Movies like Dedalus
If Dedalus's mix of hustler, old man and male prostitution stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dedalus's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 104 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: hustler, male prostitution, gay theme
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor.
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Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Directed by John Schlesinger · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: hustler, male prostitution
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to…
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In Cold Blood
1967 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 134 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
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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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Uncle Frank
2020 · Directed by Alan Ball · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme
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.