Movies like Initiation
If Initiation's mix of neo-nazism, male homosexuality and racism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Initiation's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Uncle Frank
2020 · Directed by Alan Ball · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality
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.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Directed by Héctor Babenco · 120 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality
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 Believer
2001 · Directed by Henry Bean · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: neo-nazism · From the same decade (2000s)
A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination.
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Gods and Monsters
1998 · Directed by Bill Condon · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality
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 People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015 · Directed by Lars Kraume · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past.
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Howl
2010 · Directed by Rob Epstein · 84 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: male homosexuality
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…