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Movies Like The Male Gaze: First Kiss

If you liked The Male Gaze: First Kiss (2018), a drama and comedy movie directed by Sam Langshaw and hazart, 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. 1Alex Strangelove

    Alex Strangelove (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A…

  2. 2Saltburn

    Saltburn (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy

    Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling…

  3. 3Your Friends & Neighbors

    Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…

  4. 4The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."

  5. 5Flow

    Flow (1996)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

  6. 6Pretty Boy

    Pretty Boy (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen…

  7. 7My Brother the Devil

    My Brother the Devil (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic…

  8. 8Three Months

    Three Months (2022)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedy

    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…

  9. 9The House of Tomorrow

    The House of Tomorrow (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

  10. 10CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  11. 11Totally F***ed Up

    Totally F***ed Up (1994)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.

  12. 12Emergency

    Emergency (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.

  13. 134th Man Out

    4th Man Out (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.

  14. 14Magic Mike XXL

    Magic Mike XXL (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.

  15. 15Everybody's Talking About Jamie

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by…

  16. 16Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  17. 17Nowhere

    Nowhere (1997)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest…

  18. 18Boy Erased

    Boy Erased (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    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…

  19. 19The People's Joker

    The People's Joker (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.

  20. 20Dear White People

    Dear White People (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A campus culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.

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