Movies Like Billy's Tale
If you liked Billy's Tale (1994), a romance movie directed by Steven Scarborough, 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.
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Henry & June (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceWhile traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin…
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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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True Romance (1993)
★ 7.5/10Also romanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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Félix and the Fish (2011)
★ 5.3/10Also romanceFélix finds a young man lying unconscious on the beach and realizes he has scales on his back. Félix takes him home and takes care of him.
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Circuit (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also romanceThe hunky John is a closeted small-town cop who moves to L.A., where he is quickly seduced into the gay life of workouts and dusk-to-dawn parties. With actual circuit party footage and mounds of glistening and chiseled…
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The Consequence (1977)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceThomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, they try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will leave them alone.
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Beautiful Thing (1996)
★ 7.3/10Also romanceDuring a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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The Birdcage (1996)
★ 7/10Also romanceA gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
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The Wishmakers (2011)
★ 3.7/10Also romanceThree young gay men arrive in Los Angeles to fulfill their dreams and aspirations, during a summer which will change their lives. In a world of You Tube celebrities, unemployment, downward mobility, and socializing…
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Fujimi Block No. 2 Symphony Orchestra (1997)
★ 1/10Also romanceHigh school music teacher, Morimura Yuuki, is the concert master and first violinist of the amateur orchestra, Fujimi Orchestra. Surprisingly, a young conductor named Tonoin Kei (known as a musical genius) joins this…
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Eating Out (2004)
★ 5.7/10Also romanceAfter getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.
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Love Songs (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceIsmael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of…
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Him (2019)
★ 5.5/10Also romanceAndri, an anxious teenage boy, hides and represses his sexuality in fear of his masculine father's reaction but, on the eve of Andri's first date, he finds a clever way to reveal his secret.
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East Side Story (2006)
★ 5.2/10Also romanceDiego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo…
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Were the World Mine (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceIf you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way…
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Summer Lovers (1982)
★ 5.4/10Also romanceMichael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing…
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Bent (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceMax is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the…
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Seeking: Jack Tripper (2015)
Also romanceTucker and Lance have been married for a few years now and are grappling with the onset of monotony. Both are loyal and supportive spouses, but the marriage rut which looms overhead has both in a quiet panic. The idea…
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My Best Friend (2018)
★ 7/10Also romanceLorenzo, a quiet teenager lives in a small town at the edge of the world in beautiful Patagonia. He’s a good student and a curious and smart person, more skilled in music and literature than sports. Lorenzo’s father…
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Zerophilia (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also romanceLuke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia where so many crazy questions…