Movies like Sunset
If Sunset's mix of argument, gay theme and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Sunset's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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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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Alice in the Cities
1974 · Directed by Wim Wenders · 110 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and…
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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 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 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 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.
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Howl
2010 · Directed by Rob Epstein · 84 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · From the same decade (2010s)
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…