Movies like Maspalomas

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   Can't Live Without You

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 90 min · Drama · Thriller

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   A gay gym teacher wants to be a father and when his boyfriend's sister, a former addict, comes back on the scene there is now a possible solution.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Keep Coming Back

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 91 min · Drama

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   After the death of his mother, Emilio is not prepared to manage a cursed inheritance, the promiscuity of his desires and the discovery of a love. At 18 years old, he will be puzzled when he realises that fate sometimes hangs on something as fragile as the flight of a dove.

   Why it connects

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   • strong shared themes: festival chéries chéris and gay theme
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   Sebastian

   Similar atmosphere

   2024 · 110 min · Drama

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   Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.

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

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   The Blue Star

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 128 min · Drama · Music

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   The 90s. A famous Spanish rock star travels around Latin America in the endeavour to reconnect with his vocation. There he meets an old musician down on his luck, prompting the birth of an unlikely duo with every chance of becoming an epic commercial failure.

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   • a closely matched era

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   Tell Me When

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 96 min · Drama · Romance

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   After his grandfather's death, a young man decides to fulfill his elder's last wish with the help of his new friends. The problem starts when he falls in love with a female friend who may not feel the same.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Night Stage

   Strong story similarity

   2026 · 119 min · Drama · Romance · Thriller

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   An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: festival chéries chéris and gay theme
   • a closely matched era

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   The Third One

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 72 min · Drama · Romance

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   After meeting in a chat room, Fede arrives at a down- town building to have an intimate encounter with a gay couple older than him. As the night unfolds, Fede has an intense and telling experience. The next morning finds him different, as if suddenly he had found a new possible way to love.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Not Such An Easy Life

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 107 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Today Isaías runs back and forward between the park where he plays with his kids and his architecture studio, where he complains to his colleague Nico. No matter where he is, Isaías feels he should be somewhere else. And when he's with Ainhoa, his wife, they realise just how tiring children can be when they're so young. In the park, he makes friends with Sonia, the mother of another child, from whom he learns that raising children and coming of age isn't that easy. It never was.

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   • a closely matched era

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   Even If It Rains

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 64 min · Drama

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   As he sits on a present situation where his childhood's expiration date gives way to an uncertain adolescence, Agustín decides to create a small freedom spot far from his daily routine.

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    Rotting in the Sun

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 111 min · Comedy · Thriller

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    A filmmaker facing an existential crisis goes on a vacation to a Mexican gay nudist beach, where he meets a social media celebrity who convinces him to collaborate with him on his new TV show. But one disappears and another embarks on a wild journey through Mexico City to find him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: gay theme and lgbt
    • a closely matched era

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