Movies Like Mensonge

If you liked Mensonge (1993), a movie directed by François Margolin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Parting Glances (1986)
★ 6.9/10
Michael and Robert, two gay men living in Brooklyn, spend their last day together before Robert leaves for Africa on work assignment. Michael still has feelings for his friend Nick, who has AIDS.
2
Buddies (1985)
★ 8.2/10
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his…
3
Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
★ 7/10
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a…
4
My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5/10
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…
5
The Normal Heart (2014)
★ 7.7/10
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose…
6
Jeffrey (1995)
★ 6.3/10
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a…
7
And the Band Played On (1993)
★ 6.4/10
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
8
An Englishman in New York (2009)
★ 6.4/10
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and…
9
Rent (2005)
★ 6.8/10
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
10
Flow (1996)
★ 7.7/10
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
11
The Object of My Affection (1998)
★ 5.8/10
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
12
How to Survive a Plague (2012)
★ 6.8/10
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made…
13
Three Months (2022)
★ 7.1/10
Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb…
14
Bros (2022)
★ 6.6/10
Two gay men are possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.
15
Gia (1998)
★ 7.1/10
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
16
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
★ 6.2/10
A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
17
Rent (2019)
★ 6.7/10
The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
18
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
★ 7.9/10
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
19
Boy Erased (2018)
★ 7/10
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his…
20
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015)
★ 5.9/10
The bonds between Naomi and Ely are tested when they fall for the same guy.