Movies like Pixels
If Pixels's mix of relationship problems, gay theme and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pixels's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Pain and Glory
2019 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 114 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also a Spanish-language drama · From the same decade (2010s)
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he…
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Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Directed by Ang Lee · 134 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme, gay relationship
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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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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If Anything Happens I Love You
2020 · Directed by Will McCormack · 12 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.
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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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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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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 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.