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Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)

  • Drama
  • 108 min
  • ★ 6.3/10 from 48 ratings

A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.

Directed byJoe Mantello

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    Philadelphia

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 126 min · Drama

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    Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: aids and gay theme
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  2. 02

    Buddies

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    1985 · 81 min · Drama

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    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 diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: aids and gay theme
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  3. 03

    It's My Party

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    1996 · 110 min · Drama

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    Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon, a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: aids and hiv
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  4. 04

    City of Hope

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    1991 · 129 min · Drama

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    This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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  5. 05

    Tape

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    2001 · 87 min · Drama

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    Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping, it appears that there is an undercurrent of tension in the air.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    And the Band Played On

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    1993 · 140 min · Drama · TV Movie

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    The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: aids and hiv
    • substantial genre overlap
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    A Home at the End of the World

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    2004 · 96 min · Drama · Romance

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    Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: aids and lgbt
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Two Brothers

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    2001 · 85 min · Drama

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    An independent drama about two brothers trying to patch up the holes in their relationship, while coming to terms with their personal differences. One brother has moved away from home rather than confront his family with the fact that he's gay; he eventually has a reunion with his older brother, who ran away from home years before, with no explanation regarding where he went and why.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: gay theme and hiv
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    Head On

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    1998 · 104 min · Drama

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    Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
    • a closely matched era
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